Amid surging conflict in Yemen, UNICEF mobile teams respond to children’s urgent health needs

Aden, 13 July 2015 – With health services across Yemen disintegrating under the impact of a brutal conflict, UNICEF and its partners are stepping up nutrition screening, vaccinations and other life-saving interventions for millions of children caught up in the ongoing crisis. Julien Harneis, UNICEF Representative in Yemen said: “Our mobile teams and staff have … Continued

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on brutal violence against children in South Sudan

NEW YORK, 17 June 2015 – “The violence against children in South Sudan has reached a new level of brutality. The details of the worsening violence against children are unspeakable, but we must speak of them. “As many as 129 children from Unity State were killed during only three weeks in May.  Survivors report that … Continued

At least 279 children killed amidst ongoing violence in Yemen

DUBLIN, 16 Jun 2015 –  The number of children in Yemen who have been killed as a result of conflict over the last 10 weeks is four times that of all those confirmed to have been killed in 2014*. At least 279 children have been killed and 402 injured since the escalation of violence in Yemen which began … Continued

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham visits Cambodia to focus attention on children in danger

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham visits Cambodia to focus attention on children in danger Photos are available for download here: http://uni.cf/1MVESlG LONDON/SIEM REAP, Cambodia, 15 June 2015 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham travelled to Cambodia to see how UNICEF and its partners are helping children who have endured physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and … Continued

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