Tagged: Viet Nam

Man in a hat and blue clothse stares out at the river from a boat he shares with others in UNICEF gear,

Coming home to climate change

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“I remember clearly one day when I was small, two men drilled a well near my brother’s house. They installed a hand water pump with the word UNICEF on it. I remember this vividly; it made a deep impression on my mind. I was so impressed because I could now use water from the pump and didn’t have to go to the river bank to take a… Read more →←

Katy Perry in Vietnam

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Last month, I traveled nearly 8,000 miles to Ninh Thuan Province, a rural region in Vietnam’s south central coast, and one of the most disadvantaged areas in the country. The stunning coastline of Ninh Thuan Province is a stark contrast to the barren, hard-to-reach hillsides and dilapidated wooden homes inland, where most people live,… Read more →←
A woman hands a receipt to a man at a table.

Working with governments to reduce child poverty and enhance equity

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UNICEF’s renewed pursuit of equity for children has two central meanings for me. First, children in the worst possible circumstances should always be our very first priority – as UNICEF contemplated our responsibilities under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted 26 years ago – this was one of our very first… Read more →←

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