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Over 300 Children have Now been Killed During the Israeli Assault on Gaza
UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman has said that over 300 children have been killed and more than 1,500 wounded, since the beginning of the Gaza crisis on 27 December, 2008.Sweden Gives $3.5 Million to Support Girls’ Education in Ethiopia
Sweden on Monday gave $3.5 million to support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Ethiopia’s education sector.Unicef Warns Somalia has Highest Levels of Malnutrition in the World
“Somalia has the highest levels of malnutrition in the worldâ€, with up to 300,000 children acutely malnourished annually, Hilde Frarfjord Johnson, UNICEF’s deputy executive director, said. Anaemic mothers and inadequate nutrition were...Migration From the Philippines Strains Social Fabric
Maureen Tating has just celebrated her seventh birthday thousands of miles away from her parents, who have been employed in low-skilled jobs in the US for the past four years. “It has not been easy for her,” said Elsie Tating, Maureen’s...Cyclone Orphans in Myanmar Forced to Work
After losing his parents to the cyclone, Aung Myint Kyaw had no choice but to give up school to help support the cousin who looks after him. “I don’t know what will happen to me,” the eight-year-old said in Kinetawashae village, home...Zimbabwe And UNICEF Launch Cholera Alert As Death Toll Hits 120
The Zimbabwean government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a campaign on Friday to raise awareness about cholera prevention following an outbreak that has claimed at least 120 lives this year.
Salma Hayek Leads UNICEF Tetanus Campaign
Salma Hayek is leading a new UNICEF campaign aimed at helping young African mums fight tetanus. The actress, a new mum, was so moved by the efforts teenagers are taking to stay healthy on a recent fact-finding mission to West Africa that she felt compelled...Japan to Grant Congo CFAF1.4 Billion to Curb Rising Food Prices
Japan will grant CFAF1.4 billion to the Congolese government to help check rising food prices, a reliable source has told APA. According to the source on Thursday, Japan has also donated US£4 million (CFAF1.8 billion) to the Congo through the United...
