Humanitarian action and emergencies

Jakarta 16 October 2018 – Today UNICEF announced the arrival of 30 tonnes of emergency education materials including 65 tents (for temporary classrooms) from its supply base in Dubai in direct support to the Ministry of Education and Culture’s earthquake and tsunami response in Sulawesi. According to data from District Education Offices, out of a…

Jakarta/Geneva 11 October 2018 – Today UNICEF launched a combined emergency and recovery appeal to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of children in the aftermath of the Sulawesi and Lombok disasters over a period of 6 months. The funds will help provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, nutrition, education and child protection…

JAKARTA, 5 October 2018: UNICEF and a team of social workers from the Ministry of Social Affairs have started the process of identifying separated and unaccompanied children.  There are no official figures, but first reports indicate a high number of separated children. Twelve posts have been set up in the affected area to identify children who…

Jakarta, 1 October 2018 – Three days after the earthquake that shook the island of Sulawesi and the devastating tsunami that swept through Palu City, UNICEF says the situation for tens of thousands of children remains extremely precarious in the days ahead. Children in Palu, Donggala and other affected sites in Sulawesi need urgent help to recover…

With Super-Typhoon Mangkhut (local name Ompong) expected to make landfall in Northern Luzon on Saturday, at least five million Filipinos are facing threats of strong winds, heavy rains, flooding, landslides, displacement and risk loss to life, home and livelihood. Nearly half of them are children.  UNICEF expresses its deep concern for children…

One year ago this week, a startled international community watched a dramatic humanitarian crisis unfold on the north-eastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. In a matter of weeks, hundreds of thousands of desperate and terrorized people – 60 per cent of them children – poured across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, bringing with them accounts…

NEW YORK/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, 23 August 2018 - More than half a million Rohingya refugee children in southern Bangladesh are being denied the chance of a proper education, and international efforts are urgently needed to prevent them falling prey to despair and frustration, UNICEF said today. In a report* marking one year since the start of a…

NEW YORK, 19 August 2018 – “Today as we mark World Humanitarian Day, we pause to recognise the dedication and courage of our colleagues around the world, honour our colleagues who have lost their lives in the course of their work, and reavow our commitment to the many millions of children and young people in need of support and protection. “It has…

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NEW YORK, 15 May 2018 – “From the Central African Republic to South Sudan, and from Syria to Afghanistan, attacks on children in conflict have continued unabated during the first four months of the year. "With little remorse and even less accountability, parties to conflict continue to blatantly disregard one of the most basic rules in war: the…

PYONGYANG, DPR KOREA, 12 April 2018 - The humanitarian community in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is urgently requesting US$111 million to assist millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance.   The Needs and Priorities Plan 2018 , released on 11 April in Pyongyang, outlines the funding agencies working in DPRK need in…

One month after a series of earthquakes of magnitude 5-7.5 hit four Highlands provinces of Papua New Guinea, children are still in shock and suffering significant trauma and stress which could have negative consequences to their long-term well-being, UNICEF said today.  “Children are still being confronted by fear, loss, confusion, family…