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CONSORTIUM OF FAITH-BASED LEADERS RAISED OVER $100,000 DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR UNICEF’S EFFORTS TO HELP STOP EBOLA IN WEST AFRICA
NEW YORK, NY (March 6, 2015) - On February 27, 2015 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, noted faith-based leaders from the area and key officials from the U.S. Fund...
UNICEF: Cholera Outbreak in Malawi Raises Concerns of a Large-scale Spread
NEW YORK (February 27, 2015) – UNICEF Malawi is on high alert following a cholera outbreak in the southern border areas, where the still highly populated camps for those displaced by the floods are...
UNICEF Launches New Kid Power Program, Empowering American Youth to Get Active and Save Lives around the World
NEW YORK (February 25, 2015) – The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today announced the launch of UNICEF Kid Power , an innovative child health initiative that encourages elementary school-age kids in the United...
UNICEF Condemns New Child Abductions by Armed Group in South Sudan
NEW YORK (February 23, 2015) – UNICEF condemns in the strongest terms the abduction of scores of boys, some as young 13, by an armed group near Malakal in the north of South Sudan. A UNICEF education...
UNICEF Tap Project Challenges Americans to Stop Using their Phones to Provide 14 Million Days of Clean Water to Children
NEW YORK (February 17, 2015) – The UNICEF Tap Project today announced its challenge to the American public: put down your phones and help save children’s lives. The unique mobile experience aims to...
Despite Deepening Political Crisis in Yemen UNICEF to Stay and Deliver
NEW YORK (February 13, 2015) – As the political crisis deepens in Yemen with several embassies evacuating their staff, UNICEF reaffirms its commitment to stay and deliver for the children of Yemen...
Schools in Liberia to Re-Open Following Return of More than 1 Million Students in Guinea
NEW YORK (February 13, 2015) – As children in Liberia prepare to return to their classrooms on Monday February 16, following seven months of Ebola-related school closures, UNICEF and its partners are...
More brutal and intense conflicts leave children increasingly at risk of recruitment
NEW YORK (February 12, 2015) – Children are increasingly vulnerable to recruitment and use by armed groups as conflicts around the world become more brutal, intense and widespread, UNICEF and the UN...
More Children Released from Armed Group in South Sudan
NEW YORK (February 10, 2015) – UNICEF and partners are overseeing the release of another 300 children from an armed group in South Sudan. The children in Pibor, Jonglei State, surrendered their...
More than 16,000 children lost parents or caregivers to Ebola many are taken in by communities: UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 6, 2015) – Some 16,600 children are registered as having lost one or both parents, or their primary caregivers to Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but less than 3 percent...