Gaza: Displaced Palestinians dealing with the ‘death of dignity’, warns UNICEF

Gaza: Displaced Palestinians dealing with the ‘death of dignity’, warns UNICEF

This article is published in association with United Nations. Living conditions for Gazans – particularly children – are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said on Wednesday. Children’s Fund, UNICEF, highlighted the case of six-year-old twins Yahya and Nabeela who were critically injured […]

Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF

This article is published in association with United Nations. Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children out of school by 2026, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education is projected to fall by $3.2 billion – a 24 per cent drop […]

Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF

This article is published in association with United Nations. Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa in the last two years reportedly killed, maimed, or displaced over 12 million children across the region, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Alarmingly, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with homes, […]

Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF

This article is published in association with United Nations. The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned. The agency said that despite the huge influx of humanitarian […]

Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF

This article is published in association with United Nations. The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday. UNICEF’s representative in Haiti, Geetanjali Narayan, told journalists that just last […]

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