When you’re living in Sierra Leone and you start coming down with a fever, headache and aching joints, one word is on everyone’s mind: Ebola! But the symptoms are also common to other diseases including malaria – the country’s deadliest disease for children. Anecdotally, the Ebola outbreak also makes people with more… Read more →←
Topic: Children in emergencies
Here are five ways that UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) are working together to ensure countries are better prepared for the moment when disaster strikes. 1. Keeping life-saving supplies close at hand Certain parts of the world are prone to floods, droughts, earthquakes and other crises. In these areas, one of the best ways to… Read more →←
This week’s Photo of the Week by photographer Kate Holt shows women and children displaced by recent fighting queuing to collect food in the town of Mingkamen in South Sudan where humanitarian assistance is being provided. This photograph was selected to highlight the situation faced by the women and children of South Sudan. UNICEF… Read more →←
