“I remember clearly one day when I was small, two men drilled a well near my brother’s house. They installed a hand water pump with the word UNICEF on it. I remember this vividly; it made a deep impression on my mind. I was so impressed because I could now use water from the pump and didn’t have to go to the river bank to take a… Read more →←
Author: Sam Mort
It’s tough to be a child in Burundi – and it’s getting tougher by the day. Burundi’s children – who account for half the population of 10 million – are, the Global Hunger Index reports, in the hungriest country in the world. Three in five are stunted – which means they’re not only shorter for their age than they should… Read more →←
{Author’s note: Last week, Noala Skinner, Director, UNICEF Brussels and Sam Mort, Senior Communications Advisor, UNICEF HQ, travelled to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The objective of their trip was to see how the EU/UNICEF partnership is making a difference for children. Here, they share their impressions of something… Read more →←