Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director: “More than 125,000 Rohingya refugees have fled across the border from Rakhine State, Myanmar, into Bangladesh since 25 August. As many as 80 per cent of them are women and children. Many more children in need of support and protection remain in the areas of northern Rakhine State… Read more →←
Topic: Emergencies
ILIGAN CITY — “On May 23, men came to destroy my village. They set the church on fire and killed anyone they found in houses and along the streets of Marawi,” said 16-year-old Julie Ann Hamolong. Julie Ann and her family moved from one place to another to escape the escalating violence in Marawi. They hid inside houses and… Read more →←
Twin boys Tseveensuren and Tsendsuren, aged two and a half, are all smiles as they don their cool new sunglasses. Tseveensuren, the older of the two, gently puts his arm around his little brother’s shoulders as they pose for the camera. Their mother Otgonsuren, 37, is a single parent who also takes care of her elderly mother. “My… Read more →←
Seasonal flooding is a perpetual challenge for the people of Cambodia, a country consistently ranked as one of the most vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters. Floods in 2013 covered almost half the country and affected nearly 1.7 million people. More than 50 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands more were left… Read more →←
With an enrolment of 98 girls and boys, Kings Cross Primary School on Tanna island (Vanuatu), sits nestled at the base of the giant Yasur volcano and the foothill of a mountain to the other side. Due to its location it was not surprising that one of the first scenarios for the emergency drills was a volcanic eruption. “We have to run… Read more →←
Zau Seng, 11, is a student at Nam Ya Middle School, in Moe Nyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar. Kachin has been affected by conflict since 2011, following the collapse of a 17-year ceasefire. The recent violence has resulted in thousands of deaths and the displacement of around 100,000 civilians, half of them children. Despite ongoing… Read more →←
Baum Myaw, 12, lives with her family at a camp for displaced people near Myitkyina, capital of Kachin State, Myanmar. Kachin has been affected by conflict since 2011, following the collapse of a 17-year ceasefire. The recent violence has resulted in thousands of deaths and the displacement of around 100,000 civilians, including children.… Read more →←
Late August’s floods in North Hamgyong, DPR Korea tore the lives and homes of thousands of families apart. Flash floods washed away entire towns, buried schools under mud and destroyed water stations. Choe Un Sim was one of the many people who saw her house washed away and thought it was the end. “My family lost everything,” she… Read more →←
Sim Hye Sun can still remember the torrential rains and the sudden warning from loudspeakers, telling everyone to leave their homes and run to higher ground. “We had to run with only the clothes we were wearing. When we returned two days later, everything was gone,” she says. Floods in North Hamyong Province, DPR Korea, have had a… Read more →←
14 year old Kim Jong Bok’s life was tragically turned upside down following heavy floods in northern DPR Korea. “She lost her parents during the floods. They’re dead,” I was told by a woman standing beside her. “11 other people from her community were killed as well,” she said sadly as Bok shyly looked to the ground.… Read more →←
