Tagged: emergency response

A Simjung health post staff uses a fetuscope to listen to fetal heartbeat in the newly established birthing centre.

Nepal: difficult terrain is no match for determination

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After a few kilometres from Gorkha Bazaar, the gravel road ends and the narrow dirt road to Simjung begins. The bumpy ride on the road felt like an internal massage to my system. However, the worse was yet to come. As we reached Chanaute, the road split. One led to our destination Simjung, while the other went to Takumajh, another… Read more →←
Chiranjibi Adhikari with his injured 6-year-old son, Kritagya, speaks with a psychosocial counsellor live via his mobile telephone, during a segment of the UNICEF-supported Bhandai Sundai (Saying Listening) radio programme

Radio brings innovative counselling to post-earthquake Nepal

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When we met six-year-old Kritagya Adhikari lying on a mattress with a broken arm bandaged and slung over his shoulder, he was still writhing in pain. He had injured himself after he fell down near his house during a brief aftershock of 4.2 magnitude on 7 May in Nilkantha Municipality. The Municipality lies in a remote corner of the… Read more →←
Displaced families gather in an open field following the earthquake in Nepal.

Nepal earthquake: a sleepless night in the aftermath 

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Last night was a sleepless one for most people in Kathmandu. It was for me. Sleep does not come easily when the earth shakes violently every now and then. Sometimes it starts with a gentle rocking, followed by the strange noises that homes make when an earthquake rolls in. At other times, we feel violent shakes that seem capable of… Read more →←

Photo of the Week: Vanuatu’s ‘10,000 in 10’ campaign

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Vanuatu, 2015: Tropical Cyclone Pam, which hit on 13 March, has disrupted access to safe water and sanitation in the South Pacific island nation, increasing children’s risk of water- and vector-borne diseases. The ‘10,000 in 10’ campaign, launched on 18 March, aims to immunize 10,000 children 6 to 59 months of age against measles… Read more →←
On 16 January, arriving families wait in line for access to basic health services at the Sekeni II camp for people displaced by the flooding in Chikhwawa District. On 16 January, arriving families wait in line for access to basic health services at the Sekeni II camp for people displaced by the flooding in Chikhwawa District.

Stepping up efforts for Malawi flood victims

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Working with UNICEF in emergency situations always brings new learning. Yesterday was no exception – don’t stand close to a helicopter when it is taking off from a dusty field. Failing to follow the local crowd of onlookers who swiftly disappeared as soon as the blades began to rotate, I was left covered in dust – and will… Read more →←
Sheltering under the desks during an earthquake drill at Muhammadiyah Primary School in Banda Aceh. New school buildings were designed to be earthquake-resistant and equipped with desks with thick wooden surfaces bolted to metal legs.

Ten years after the tsunami – the benefits of building back better

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Picture this: It’s a Sunday in late December. You’re woken by a strong earthquake early in the morning and you know something is wrong. Soon, you’re running from the waters of a tsunami that’s flattening almost everything in its wake. You reach the top of a hill, along with others some of whom have been injured in the scramble to… Read more →←
Over 400,000 boys and girls have fled their homes, seeking to escape the violence in South Sudan.

430,000 children uprooted in South Sudan

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Nyatut* fled her village in South Sudan two months ago. Armed men burnt her home and killed her mother. From Syria to Central Africa Republic to South Sudan, those reporting on atrocities have communicated them so often that their vileness risks being diluted. And so it is worth repeating: Nyatut, 13 years old, with a penchant for maths,… Read more →←

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