“We are eating grass because there is no food”
"There is nothing for us to eat, nothing." A serious malnutrition crisis is affecting many parts of South Sudan
Q&A with Head of UNICEF Gaza
UNICEF’s Chief of Gaza Field Office Pernille Ironside took questions during a live Q&A session on Reddit on Wednesday.
Dust and shells falling from the sky
Five-year old Zacharia Abu Taweida from Gaza, who is hearing impaired, tells UNICEF about the night he had to flee his home
Explainer: Why are Iraq’s children in crisis?
In June, violence erupted in the Iraqi city of Mosul causing half a million people to flee their homes in a matter of day, up to half of them children.
Ebola: a survivor’s story from Guinea
UNICEF sat down with an Ebola survivor in Guinea, one of the earlier cases in the country – Kadiatou*.
“It is so hard to live these days”
“It is so hard to live these days," says 10-year-old Mohammed, who has taken shelter in a UN-run school in Gaza City after fleeing the family home in Shishaya. “There was shelling. My family and I hid under the staircase. We were very scared and rightly so, because our home was destroyed. Thanks to the staircase, we survived. We ran away, it was scary because the whole neighbourhood was being shelled. Now we are in this school. I feel safe here, it is a school,” he says.
More than 10 children killed every day in Gaza
As the hostilities enter their twenty-first day, the number of children dying is growing. More than 1,000 Palestinians have been reported killed so far, of whom around 230 were children – more than 10 a day. The youngest child killed was only 3 months old.
A humanitarian pause for children in Gaza
A humanitarian pause is taking place today in Gaza for five hours. UNICEF staff members are on the ground, checking primary health care clinic and hospitals to help injured children and evaluate their needs.