How we rebuild childhoods after Boko Haram
UNICEF Child Protection specialist describes the difficult process of reintegrating children abducted by Boko Haram back into their communities.
UNICEF Child Protection specialist describes the difficult process of reintegrating children abducted by Boko Haram back into their communities.
On 2 May 2017 UNICEF delivered critical supplies to Syrian children as part of the first humanitarian convoy to reach the besieged city of Duma in over six months.
As the guns in eastern Mosul in Iraq finally start to quieten, children are starting to rebuild their lives
Five years of unrest and conflict have left more than 10 million children in Yemen in urgent need of help. With the countries health service near collapse, the situation has become terrible for children. A child dies every 10 minutes in Yemen from preventable causes like diarrhoea, breathing infections and malnutrition. The violence has ruined … Continued
In Syria, water has been used as a weapon of war by all parties to the conflict
The Syrian conflict is now in its seventh year and it is children who are paying the heaviest price. No child in Syria is spared the horror of war. They can’t escape the violence, not in schools, hospitals, playgrounds, parks or even their own homes. For Syrian children, each year of conflict has been … Continued
Entire villages have lost their crops and livestock, forcing families to leave their homes in search of food and water. Asha, a young widow, and her four children were forced to leave their home when all their livestock died. With the help of their neighbours they travelled to a temporary shelter in search of food and … Continued
A new UNICEF report has warned 600 million children (1 in 4) will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040. According to Thirsting for a future – water and children in a changing climate, extremely high levels of water stress are currently being experienced in 36 countries; water stress occurs when … Continued
UNICEF has released ‘Song for Syria’ a powerful new song and music video performed by children affected by six years of war in Syria. The song is a message of hope from Syria’s children to the people of the world, with a simple request to get their childhood back. ‘Song for Syria’ is sung by … Continued
The nutritional situation in South Sudan is critical. Malnutrition levels among children have reached emergency levels. Ongoing conflict and an economic crisis has created widespread food insecurity leaving 1 million children in the country severely malnourished. “More than one million children are currently estimated to be acutely malnourished across South Sudan. Over a quarter … Continued
Rapid Response Missions are vital in emergency situations like South Sudan, where ongoing conflict has displaced millions of people from their homes. Displacement has left people scattered across the country in far flung locations that make it difficult to reach children with vital supplies and services like clean water, sanitation, food, medicine and education. … Continued
A Deadly Journey for Children – Central Mediterranean Migration Route. UNICEF’s latest report on child migration includes the story of Pati* (16), from Nigeria. The Libyan Coast Guard brought her to a remote detention centre in Libya after the boat she was trying to cross to Italy in capsized. She was travelling on her … Continued
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