In Harsham Camp on the outskirts of Erbil, there’s a window on the world — and it’s painted bright gold. The displacement camp is home to a Portal – a space where immersive audio visual technology allows people from all over the world to virtually meet and share ideas. When you step into a Portal, you feel as if you are in the… Read more →←
She is only 36, but looks about ten years older. Her name, Ghaniyah, means “wealthy woman” in Arabic. But she sleeps in the open with her husband and four children on thin mattresses opposite a construction site, separated from the sky by a poorly fixed strip of cloth that hangs overhead, blowing in the wind. After they had to run… Read more →←
It’s 7AM outside a school in a camp for displaced families in South Sudan, and hundreds of children are arriving — all of them balancing objects on their heads. Some carry empty cans of food aid, others broken buckets and small stoves. These items are not the makings of a science project, but rather will be used as seats in… Read more →←
With world leaders gathering at the United Nations for high level deliberations on the global migration crisis, the need for solid evidence to develop better policies on child migration has never been greater. As a response, UNICEF has released a new report, “Uprooted: The Growing Crisis for Migrant and Refugee Children,”… Read more →←
Since May 2016, more than 100,000 Iraqis have been displaced in the Mosul corridor as military operations continue to prepare for the liberation of Mosul. The United Nations estimates that up to 1.5 million people could be affected. The recently displaced need life-saving emergency assistance, including fresh water, medicine, shelter and… Read more →←
“You can protect your family from cholera!” “This disease scares me. I will lecture my children and tell them to wash their hands with soap. I hope this will keep my family safe!” On the street outside her house, Rosine is listening very carefully to the Red Cross volunteer explaining how simple hygiene measures can prevent… Read more →←
“I want to help young people who keep getting into trouble and who don’t know how to stay out of trouble or move on from it. Like how I used to be. I’ve changed since I started a special rehabilitation programme,” says Arman, who is 17 and lives in the southern city of Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan. “Like many teenagers who get in… Read more →←
Driving around the corner on this sunny morning, I look down and see, squeezed between the steep cliff of a high mountain and the glistening river, a lovely little village. The bright green of its wheat fields, its colourful traditional houses and rose gardens make an enchanting contrast to the grey rock formations and pebbles. As I walk… Read more →←
Coming home from holidays, you’ll probably tell your family and friends all about the places you may have visited this summer, and share your photos on social networks. Not all teenagers are so lucky however, and the only “travel” experienced by more than 1.4 million children in the Lake Chad region is caused by violence or… Read more →←
Meet Maher. Maher is in Syria and for almost two years he has led UNICEF’s water, sanitation and hygiene work in Aleppo. The lives of millions of people in Aleppo and beyond depend on him and his team. This week, we sat down with Maher and asked him what it’s like to work in Aleppo and to provide water and sanitation in a city under… Read more →←
World Humanitarian Day, on August 19, celebrates the spirit of sharing our common humanity. In Daresalam refugee camp in the Lake region of Chad, Jonathan dreams of his previous life, and recalls how he was abruptly forced to leave it behind. “We are 22 tailors and dressmakers from Gamboru Ngala, a small town located at the border… Read more →←
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