Quarantining an entire community to stamp out a new case of Ebola requires a complex operation to reduce the strain for residents who suddenly find themselves behind an orange plastic barrier. And in rural Sierra Leone there are additional challenges – in normal times food is often bought on a day-to-day basis from a nearby market,… Read more →←
Topic: Children in emergencies
When I arrived on Saturday to the town of Gevgelija near the border with Greece, I witnessed people and children with utter desperation and fear in their eyes. Thousands of children and families on the move from conflict zones in the Middle East, Asia and parts of Africa had pushed through a police cordon where they had been waiting to… Read more →←
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 →←
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 →←