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Author: Cornelia Walther

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A plastic covered shack on a beach next to three palm trees.
Hurricane Irma: UNICEF Haiti deploys at the frontline

Hurricane Irma: UNICEF Haiti deploys at the frontline

Children in emergencies

By Cornelia Walther

Story also available in: Español Français
I am waking up to battering rain. Irma is coming closer. Packing winds of 185mph, Irma is the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record. Exceeding current storm category measures (above 5), Irma is far stronger than Hurricane Matthew, a category 4 hurricane that brought devastation to Haiti just one year ago. Irma is barreling across… Read more →←
Smiling boy stands in front of a building
Fighting cholera in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

Fighting cholera in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

Children in emergencies

By Cornelia Walther

Seven hours on the road, or rather on a rocky trail that renders one grateful for a solid back and stomach, to Pestel. All along our way to the town, one of the areas where a significant increase in diarrhea cases has been registered over the past week, we pass destroyed houses and trees. People in front of their homes, stranded. Some… Read more →←
A group of children in front of a school.
After the storm is before the storm

After the storm is before the storm

Children in emergencies

By Cornelia Walther

Story also available in: Español
Hurricane Matthew has passed. The rain has stopped. Yet the trail of the hurricane is deep and will take months, if not years, to close. Schools are still closed but shops and the airport are open. In Port-au-Prince life is slowly getting back on track. The situation is dramatically different in the departments of South, Nippes and… Read more →←
Children gathering water
Thoughts before Matthew

Thoughts before Matthew

Big picture

By Cornelia Walther

Story also available in: Español Français
It is Sunday, 2 PM. I am in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, waiting. Together with 10 million people. Waiting for the impact of yet another burden on the already heavily loaded shoulders of this amazing country. 50 years ago, on 29 September 1966, Hurricane Ines struck Haiti. Categorized as a class 4 – like Matthew, the hurricane on its way –… Read more →←
A large group of children, in uniforms, in front of their school.
Nurture or not: No clear answer in many schools

Nurture or not: No clear answer in many schools

Big picture

By Cornelia Walther

Story also available in: Español Français 中文
“We are lacking positive role models when it comes to reducing violence,” explains Jacmel’s school inspector with a frown. “As people grow up being beaten during their own childhood, they consider corporal punishment of children as a normal step of becoming an adult.” After two days in Jacmel, located in Haiti’s South East… Read more →←
A child fetches water from a local waterpoint.
Tackling cholera in Haiti

Tackling cholera in Haiti

Insider

By Cornelia Walther

After recently spending 24 hours in Gonaives, Artibonite department, the link between water and health is once again engraved in my mind. The day – spent on the ground with UNICEF partner Action Against Hunger (ACF) in and around the commune of St Michel d’Attalye – illustrated the direct connection between safe water and cholera,… Read more →←
11-year-old Djolanda sits outside her home.
Putting the spotlight on children’s lives in Haiti

Putting the spotlight on children’s lives in Haiti

Insider

By Cornelia Walther

Story also available in: Español
Jacmel, in Haiti’s South East and its surroundings are a picture of Caribbean beauty, with white beaches, azure-blue ocean, and dazzling sunshine. On the other hand and in the midst of this tropical treasure, children and their families struggle every single day to make ends meet. I was recently in Jacmel to visit the Cine Institute, a… Read more →←
The Mont Sinai school nestled in the hills.
Haiti: Climbing towards education for all, step by step

Haiti: Climbing towards education for all, step by step

Insider

By Cornelia Walther

Story also available in: Français
I recently returned to the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, from a three-day trip to the South East of Haiti, which included six hours of hiking and 10 hours on the road. The reason for this trip to Port Salut was to inaugurate the last of 15 schools, concluding an endeavor that started in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.… Read more →←
For the Forum of Hope 52 children, aged 13 to 17, from seven countries of the Great Lakes region gathered in Burundi.
Forum of Hope shows that children’s voices matter

Forum of Hope shows that children’s voices matter

Insider

By Cornelia Walther, Eliane Luthi Poirier

Child participation is something that is talked about a lot, but in reality is seldom put into practice. This gap between theory and action is found everywhere, but it’s particularly striking in a number of Africa countries, where the concept of ‘rights and duties’ is still fairly new. To change the status quo, in DRC and Burundi… Read more →←
Keulliana, 14 years old, is DRC Ambassador for Peace for the Province of Kinshasa.
“We are here because we want peace”

“We are here because we want peace”

Impact Insider

By Cornelia Walther

15 children, 11 provinces, 3 days: the countdown to Bujumbura is on in the DRC. This past weekend in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, the National Hope Forum was held, bringing together the 15 children selected by the 11 provinces in the DRC. From Friday morning to Sunday night, these children aged 12 to 17 years learnt and discussed… Read more →←
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