During the night of February 9, I was woken by the sound of a powerful downpour. Burundi was being hit by torrential rains. Little did I know at the time just what the consequences of this severe weather would be: a death toll of 77, a tragic 70% of which were children. More than 3,700 houses were destroyed that night, forcing hundreds… Read more →←
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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 →←
We are always on the lookout for interesting content that often gets overlooked. We search the web for stories from under-reported regions and articles that will make you think of children’s rights and development issues in a way you haven’t before. Here are our top picks for this week – It doesn’t make headlines, but every… Read more →←
It is heartbreaking to see the devastation wrought on the people of South Sudan since the sudden outbreak of fighting there two months ago. More than 850,000 South Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes; family members have been killed and injured, homes and livelihoods lost. More than 150,000 have left the country altogether.… Read more →←
I know I wonder about the effects on my grandchildren of violent video games. Imagine the effects on the children of Syria – or the Central African Republic – or South Sudan – when the horrors and violence they see are not virtual, but real. Surrounded by such violence, Syrian children – millions of whom are without education or… Read more →←
On 16 January UNICEF launched a groundbreaking new TV series, entitled Breaking Views with UNICEF. The series of 26 interviews began airing on prime time television from Thursday 16 January, on E News Channel Africa, (ENCA), across East and Southern Africa, and on BSkyB in the UK. The 7 minute TV interviews – with leading… Read more →←
Establishing and growing an online community is no easy feat. The concept of ‘community’ is difficult enough in the physical world, and in the online world it takes on new complexities – especially if it is global in nature and aims at engaging the most merciless of audiences – youth. Notwithstanding, the explosion of social… Read more →←
