Soon after I arrived in China the national obsession with “weibo” popped up all around me. It was explained as “twitter on steroids” – the 140 character limit effectively meant each post could convey the equivalent of 140 words. The UNICEF China office started a weibo account in late 2010. I didn’t give it much thought until… Read more →←
Topic: Data and research
“I used to want to be a teacher. But where are the schools to learn or teach in now?” “The day our house was bombed I arrived home to find people digging in the rubble with their bare hands because they heard sounds coming from underneath. They found Ghina’s hands first and removed the dirt from her. She started to move and rub… Read more →←
Syrian Arab Republic, 2013: Nearly four years into the Syrian crisis, children continue to suffer the most amid the destruction of basic infrastructure. The conflict has kept nearly 2.3 million children in the country out of school. In Homs, capital of Homs Governorate, children attend a kindergarten where sounds of the fighting and… Read more →←
I’ve supported UNICEF emergency responses in Papua New Guinea, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Philippines and China. The pace of UNICEF work is regularly punctuated by that unexpected call in the middle of the night with first news of an earthquake, typhoon or refugee exodus. For the next several weeks or months life is turned up-side down. I… Read more →←
Jibon is 12 years old and works at a fish market in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. He lives alone with his mother, who works in a garment factory. The little money Jibon makes is essential for the survival of his family. For this reason, Jibon dropped out of school after only the second grade. In all likelihood, he will never have the… Read more →←
