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Nepal Earthquakes: UNICEF Speeds Up Response to Prevent Child Trafficking
NEW YORK (June 19, 2015) – At least 245 children have been intercepted from being trafficked and unnecessarily or illegally placed in children’s care homes since the first earthquake hit Nepal almost...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Brutal Violence against Children in South Sudan
NEW YORK (June 18, 2015) – “The violence against children in South Sudan has reached a new level of brutality. “The details of the worsening violence against children are unspeakable, but we must...
Statement Attributable to Julien Harneis, UNICEF Representative in Yemen
NEW YORK (June 16, 2015) – "The number of children in Yemen who have been killed as a result of conflict over the last 10 weeks is four times that of all those confirmed to have been killed in 2014*...
Survival Kits Provide Lifeline to Displaced in South Sudan
NEW YORK (June 16, 2015) – UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in South Sudan have undertaken an emergency airlift operation to deliver survival kits, containing lifesaving supplies, to...
Children in Liberia Begin Receiving First of 700,000 Learning Kits
NEW YORK (June 15, 2015) – This week, several hundred students and teachers in Montserrado County began receiving the first of over 700,000 learning kits that are being distributed to schools across...
Children under Threat from Renewed Violence in Eastern Ukraine
NEW YORK (June 12, 2015) – At least 68 children are reported to have been killed and 180 injured since March last year as a result of conflict in eastern Ukraine, UNICEF said today. While no children...
UNICEF Distributes Over 700,000 Learning Kits to Children Across Liberia
NEW YORK (June 8, 2015) – UNICEF began the distribution of 700,000 learning and teaching kits to thousands of schools across Liberia last week. These kits will help to ensure the continuity of...
Getting Every Child Back to Learning in South Sudan
NEW YORK (June 3, 2015) – A national campaign to reverse the massive downward trend in school attendance and participation in South Sudan, and return 400,000 children back to learning, today held its...
Gucci-UNICEF partnership turns 10: Over 7.5 million children reap rewards
NEW YORK, June 2, 2015 – More than 7.5 million children in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia have gained improved access to quality education through a 10-year partnership between Gucci and UNICEF. To mark...
Nepal Earthquake: Race Against Time to Get Children Back to School – UNICEF
NEW YORK (May 31, 2015) – Almost 14,000 children whose schools were destroyed or heavily damaged in the two earthquakes are having classes for the first time in five weeks in temporary learning...