UNICEF scales-up relief for Rohingya facing critical 'shortages of everything'
Sep 15, 2017, at 04:38 am
New York, Sept 14(Just Earth News): Amid an acute shortage of humanitarian supplies for the thousands of Rohingya arriving every day in Bangladesh, having fled violence in Myanmar, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is undertaking a “massive†scale-up of its emergency operations to ensure that those most vulnerable are not endangered further.
Ahead of Hurricane Irma, UNICEF preparing supplies and communication lines to youth
Sep 07, 2017, at 04:44 am
New York, Sept 6(Just Earth News): If Irma stays on its current track as a category 5 hurricane, it will bring devastating damage within hours to parts of the Caribbean, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday cautioned.
Conflict, widespread poverty stall progress on education rates over past decade – UNICEF
Sep 07, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Sept 6(Just Earth News): Pervasive levels of poverty, protracted conflicts and complex humanitarian emergencies have led to stagnation in reducing the global out-of-school rate over the past decade, prompting the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to call for more investments.
16 million children affected by massive flooding in South Asia – UNICEF
Sep 03, 2017, at 01:07 pm
New York, Sept 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday that an estimated 16 million children are in urgent need of life-saving support in the wake of torrential monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India and Bangladesh.
Children's access to safe water and sanitation is a right, not a privilege – UNICEF
Aug 30, 2017, at 04:27 am
New York, Aug 29(Just Earth News): In countries beset by violence, displacement, conflict and instability, children's most basic means of survival – water – must be a priority, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, warning that children living in fragile situations are four times more likely to lack access to drinking water.
Syria: UNICEF cites conflict's 'staggering' impact on children; calls for urgent protection
Aug 26, 2017, at 09:43 am
New York, Aug 26(Just Earth News): Six and a half years of war in Syria has inflicted untold suffering on the country's children, a senior United Nations official said on Friday, urging parties to the conflict to stop the violence and live up to their legal obligations to children.
UNICEF warns use of children as 'human bombs' is on the rise in north-east Nigeria
Aug 23, 2017, at 09:40 am
New York, Aug 23(Just Earth News): The United Nations children agency on Tuesday expressed extreme concern at the appalling increase in the cruel and calculated use of children, especially girls, as “human bombs†in north-east Nigeria.
'Dramatic' rise in Central African Republic violence happening out of media eyes, warns UNICEF
Aug 16, 2017, at 01:38 pm
New York, Aug 16(Just Earth News): The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a child and “right now there are few eyes looking at them and few hands trying to help,†the United Nations children's agency said on Tuesday.
'Dramatic' rise in Central African Republic violence happening out of media eyes, warns UNICEF
Aug 16, 2017, at 01:37 pm
New York, Aug 16(Just Earth News): The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a child and “right now there are few eyes looking at them and few hands trying to help,†the United Nations children's agency said on Tuesday.
Over 500,000 children in Libya need aid; UNICEF urges political solution to years-long crisis
Aug 11, 2017, at 05:07 am
New York, Aug 10(Just Earth News): Ongoing conflict and the breakdown of the economy have left more than a half million children in need of humanitarian aid in Libya, according to the United Nations children's agency.
'Don't turn a blind eye' to dire situation of children in DR Congo's Kasai region – UNICEF
Aug 08, 2017, at 04:32 am
New York, Aug 7(Just Earth News): The world must not turn a blind eye to the dire situation of children and families in the Grand Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, stressing that nothing can justify terrible acts of abuse against women and children.
DRC's Kasai region one of world's 'largest displacement crises' for children – UNICEF
Aug 01, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Aug 1(Just Earth News): Waves of violent conflict in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have forced more than one million people, including hundreds of thousands of children from their homes, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
Majority of children fleeing to Europe just want to get away, UNICEF reports
Jul 26, 2017, at 04:54 am
New York, July 25(Just Earth News): Facing violence and trauma in Libya and other countries, thousands of children decided to flee by themselves, seeking to get away but not necessarily aiming for Europe, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesdayreported.
'The time to act is now;' end children's suffering in Iraq and across the Middle East – UNICEF
Jul 23, 2017, at 01:07 pm
New York, July 23(Just Earth News): Calling for “immediate care and protection†for children caught up in violence in Iraq's war torn Mosul and other Middle East conflicts, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today warned that the lives and futures of some 27 million across the region and parts of Africa are at risk.
Children increasingly targeted for murder, rape in Central African Republic – UNICEF
Jul 19, 2017, at 04:16 am
New York, July 18(Just Earth News): Renewed fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) is increasingly targeting children, while there are concerns that the humanitarian needs in the country could escalate to levels not seen since the crisis four years ago, United Nations humanitarian officials on Wednesday said.
YouTube star Lilly Singh named UNICEF goodwill envoy
Jul 16, 2017, at 05:12 am
New York, July 15(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appointed Indian-origin Canadian YouTube star and actress Lilly Singh as its newest Goodwill Ambassador.
Five years into South Sudan's independence, children denied childhoods – UNICEF
Jul 09, 2017, at 05:49 am
New York, July 8(Just Earth News): As South Sudan enters its sixth year of independence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling the situation in the country “a catastrophe for children†and cautioned that they are being denied a childhood in nearly all aspects of their lives.
Funding shortfall threatens education for children in conflict, disaster zones – UNICEF
Jul 08, 2017, at 04:20 am
New York, July 7(Just Earth News): Some 9.2 million children living in emergency countries will miss out on schooling unless the international community contributes an additional $820 million, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned at the start of Friday’s G20 summit.
Food insecurity threatens children in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia – UNICEF
Jun 24, 2017, at 01:42 pm
New York, June 24(Just Earth News): Calling for immediate humanitarian action amid rising malnutrition, thirst and disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that millions of lives are at risk in four countries stretching from Africa to the Middle East.
Lake Chad Basin: UNICEF warns 5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases in rainy season
Jun 24, 2017, at 01:41 pm
New York, June 24(Just Earth News): More than 5.6 million children are at increased risk of contracting waterborne diseases, such as cholera and diarrhoeal infections, as the rainy season begins in conflict-affected areas of countries around Lake Chad, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
Africa's largest refugee crisis now a 'children's crisis' – UNICEF
Jun 21, 2017, at 05:27 am
New York, June 20(Just Earth News): Raising alarm over the plight of refugees, in particular the situation of women and children, arriving in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya having fled violence and instability in South Sudan, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on governments to do more to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected.
Ahead of Father's Day, UNICEF cites critical role fathers play in early childhood learning
Jun 17, 2017, at 04:43 am
New York, June 16(Just Earth News): A majority of children aged between three- and four-years-old in 74 countries, or about 40 million, have fathers who do not play or engage in early learning activities with them, according to a new study released on Friday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
One in five children in rich countries lives in poverty, UNICEF 'wake-up call' report shows
Jun 16, 2017, at 01:35 pm
New York, June 16(Just Earth News): One in five children in high-income countries lives in relative income poverty, and an average of one in eight faces food insecurity, according to a new report released on Thursday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Children hardest hit as cholera spreads in war-torn Yemen – UNICEF
Jun 15, 2017, at 01:46 pm
New York, June 15(Just Earth News): As the outbreak of cholera in Yemen continues to spread at an alarming rate – with terrible impact on children – the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for immediate support to enable the country's health workers respond or risk even more deaths from the deadly disease.
Syria: UNICEF warns 40,000 children in the line of fire in Raqqa
Jun 10, 2017, at 01:33 pm
New York, June 10(Just Earth News): An estimated 40,000 children are trapped in extremely dangerous conditions in Raqqa as fighting intensifies in and around the Syrian city, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Friday, warning that “many are caught in the crossfire.â€
Yemen's children 'have suffered enough;' UNICEF official warns of cholera rise, malnutrition
Jun 09, 2017, at 01:24 pm
New York, June 9(Just Earth News): The situation facing children in Yemen is “extremely dire,†a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official warned on Thursday, citing a dramatic increase in cases of malnutrition and a massive outbreak of cholera across the war-torn country.
Super Dads: New UNICEF campaign spotlights fathers' critical role in children's early development
Jun 07, 2017, at 02:26 pm
New York, June 7(Just Earth News): As more than 90 countries prepare to mark Father's Day later this month, prominent figures in sports and entertainment have joined 'Super Dads,' a campaign launched on Tuesday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that celebrates a father's essential role in a child's early cognitive development.
Urgent aid needed for over 9,000 children fleeing violence in DR Congo to Angola – UNICEF
Jun 03, 2017, at 06:48 am
New York, June 3(Just Earth News): More than 9,000 children who have arrived at two temporary reception centres in a northern Angolan city from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need urgent support, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Cholera cases in Yemen may reach 130,000 in two weeks, UNICEF warns
Jun 03, 2017, at 06:47 am
New York, June 3(Just Earth News): With about 70,000 cholera cases reported with nearly 600 fatalities in Yemen, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday warned that an already dire situation for children is turning into a disaster.
Violence in North Africa, Middle East puts health of 24 million children in jeopardy – UNICEF
May 25, 2017, at 04:49 am
New York, May 24(Just Earth News): From Libya to Syria, grinding conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East have damaged health infrastructure and compromised water and sanitation services, threatening the health of 24 million children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.