International Childrens News
Zimbabwe: UNICEF appeals for help as asylum-seekers cross border
MUSINA BORDER, South Africa, 5 January 2008 – Women and children sit on a patch of grass under one of a few leafy trees that lessens the heat from the harsh midday sun. They are among the most recent asylum-seekers who are flooding across the border from Zimbabwe.
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Côte d'Ivoire: Fighting AIDS with both medical and social assistance
BOUAKE, Côte d'Ivoire, 2 January 2008 – 12-year-old Emily lives a fragile existence. AIDS took the lives of both her parents and she herself is living with HIV. An estimated 74,000 children age 14 and under are living with HIV in the country.
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Swaziland: Protection for sexual offence victims in Swaziland
MBABANE, Swaziland,30 December 2008 – In response to concern about the alarming rates of violence against children documented in a 2007 national study conducted by UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control, Swaziland has established its first Sexual Offenses Unit for children and young people.
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DR Congo: Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow witnesses devastation and emergency relief
NORTH KIVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 12 December 2008 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow is visiting conflict-affected North Kivu, on a three-day mission to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Russian Federation: UNICEF unites young leaders from eight North Caucasus regions for peace
NALCHIK, Russian Federation, 12 December 2008 – Last month, on the International Day for Tolerance, roughly 150 volunteers and children from 8 regions of the North Caucasus gathered in Nalchik for the first-ever Congress of Young Peace Builders.
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Viet Nam: 'Child-Safe Home' model helps reduce child drowning
DONG THAP PROVINCE, Viet Nam, 5 December 2008 – Ten children die every day from drowning in Viet Nam, where it is the number one cause of injury-related death among children over the age of one. In the province of Dong Thap alone, 202 children died from drowning during 2005 and 2006.
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Great Ethiopian Run raises funds for vulnerable children
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 4 December 2008 - At the crack of dawn, 32,000 registered participants came together in Maskal Square to participate in Africa's biggest 10 km road race – the Great Ethiopian Run. UNICEF and the Great Ethiopian Run have been partners for the past three years, committed to fighting HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia.
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Mozambique: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
CHIBUTO DISTRICT, Mozambique, 3 December 2008 – Until about two years ago, lack of adequate maternal and neonatal health services in the remote rural town of Malahice meant that many children died needlessly, especially if they were born to mothers living with HIV.
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South Africa: Speak Africa initiative brings together youth activists to fight for the rights of African youth
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 12 December 2008 – On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Speak Africa youth activists from 13 African countries joined the African Union to call for urgent action to protect the rights of young people.
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UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights Turns 60
NEW YORK, USA, 10 December 2008 – Six decades ago the United Nations brought the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to life. Today, the rights enshrined in the Declaration are considered, simply, universal values. In 1948, however, the idea of universal rights for all was nothing short of revolutionary.
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World Bank and UNICEF strengthen funding collaboration
NEW YORK, USA, 3 December 2008 – The World Bank and UNICEF have strengthened their collaborative partnership in an effort to ensure the effective and smooth flow of funds in emergency, conflict and post conflict situations.
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Viet Nam: Launch of the first World Report on Child Injury Prevention
HANOI, Viet Nam, 10 December 2008 – A ceremony was held today in Hanoi to mark the launch of the first World Report on Child Injury Prevention. The report was jointly prepared by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Viet Nam, with input from more than 180 experts from 56 different countries.
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Palestinian children exercise their right to play at the 2008 Global Peace Games
WEST BANK, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 5 December 2008 – Hundreds of Palestinian children from various cities, villages and refugee camps came to Ramallah to celebrate Global Peace Day by exercising their right to play at the 2008 Global Peace Games for Children and Youth, held at Majed Al Asad stadium.
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Uganda: Mira Nair film highlights plight of vulnerable children
GENEVA, Switzerland, 4 December 2008–The voices of Uganda's most vulnerable children are being heard, thanks to a documentary film produced by the critically acclaimed director Mira Nair, in association with UNICEF.
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Chile: Saying 'no' to discrimination
SANTIAGO, Chile, 11 December 2008 – An initiative aimed at strengthening integration and promoting non-discrimination within the Carabineros (Police) has been launched by the Carabineros Undersecretary Javiera Blanco; Head of the Metropolitan Zone Carabineros Inspector General Raul Arellano; and UNICEF's Representative in Chile Egidio Crotti.
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Netherlands: Young Iraqi filmmaker wins 'OneMinutesJr.' Award
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 11 December 2008 – Mohammed Majid al-Ghazali, age 15, is an Iraqi currently living in Jordan. He just won the 2008 'OneMinutesJr.' award. His winning film, Accident, was produced during a UNICEF 'OneMinutesJr.' workshop in Amman, Jordan, where youth were asked to make films that reflected the rights from the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Deputy Executive Director Hilde F. Johnson asks donors to 'step up to the plate' with support
NAIROBI, Kenya, 4 December 2008 – UNICEF has appealed for funds to help support families in the Dadaab camp in North Eastern Kenya who have fled worsening conflict in Somalia.
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'Beyond School Books' podcast series: Recovery through Education
NEW YORK, USA,11 December 2008 – Ishamel Beah, Grace Akallo and Kon Kelei know the consequences of war. All three have lived through and participated in conflict in their native countries of Sierra Leone, Uganda and Sudan. They share not only common experiences as former child soldiers, but also agree that it was education that enabled them to become the writers and advocates they are today.
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DR Congo: Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow arrives in North Kivu
NORTH KIVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 December 2008 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow arrived in conflict-affected North Kivu today, at the start of a three-day mission to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Afghanistan: A food crisis in the harshest of seasons
BAMYAN, Afghanistan,9 December 2008 – For the people of Afghanistan, it's fast becoming one crisis too many. Already wrecked by war and insurgency, they are now battling a new force – a food crisis in the harshest of seasons.
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