July 2, 2009
Girls' education in Afghanistan
These days, it takes more than textbooks and pencils to be a schoolgirl in Afghanistan—it also takes tremendous bravery and tenacity. "The first challenge for girls' education in Afghanistan is cultural barriers," according Fazlul Haque, UNICEF's Chief of Education for Afghanistan.
July 1, 2009
In Bangladesh, recovery from Cyclone Aila continues with help from UNICEF
Cyclone Aila swept through south–west Bangladesh in May, reducing homes to rubble, destroying crops and leaving villagers without safe water or sanitation. Now, a UNICEF–supported program is giving cyclone-affected villagers hope and disseminating lifesaving information during a difficult time.
June 30, 2009
Youth gear up for Junior 8 Summit and G8 meeting
If you had the opportunity to tell the world's leaders what they should do to solve global problems, what would you say? That's the question youth delegates to the Junior 8 Summit will wrestle with as they prepare to meet with presidents and prime ministers from the G8 industrialized nations in Italy next month.
June 29, 2009
UNICEF's humanitarian response in Darfur, Sudan
Nearly 700,000 children have grown up knowing nothing but the conflict. The situation today in Darfur is critical following the suspension of nearly 40 percent of the humanitarian workforce by the government of Sudan earlier this year. UNICEF is working around the clock to help children as the struggle for survival in Sudan has become even more desperate—1.3 million people in the south of the country are expected to lose their food supplies this year.
June 26, 2009
Lifesaving nutrition interventions for vulnerable Somali children
From early in the morning, the outpatient therapeutic center (OTP) in El-Berde is crowded with women and their children seeking its services. The OTP is set up inside the town's maternal and child health center to treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition—a life-threatening condition.
