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The time of my life interning at UNICEF

Children's rights

By Zewen Mi

The time of my life interning at UNICEF

20-year-old Zewen Mi, a student from Nanjing University in China, spent four months working as an intern in UNICEF EAP’s water, sanitation and hygiene team. On her final day, she recounts what she learned and what she will take away from the experience. My internship at UNICEF really was the most formative experience of my life.… Read more →←

A better environment to study, to learn, and to realize their full potential in Papua New Guinea

Water and sanitation

By UNICEF EAPRO

A better environment to study, to learn, and to realize their full potential in Papua New Guinea

On 26 February, Papua New Guinea was struck by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake – the first of several major quakes and more than 100 tremors to shake the country within weeks. The earthquakes caused devastating landslides and widespread destruction across the four provinces of Hela, Southern Highlands, Western Province and Enga. Families… Read more →←

New approaches to menstruation unlock opportunities for girls in rural Timor-Leste

Water and sanitation

By Sophie Raynor

New approaches to menstruation unlock opportunities for girls in rural Timor-Leste

In remote Timor-Leste many schools remain unconnected to safe water sources. For some girls, this presents a problem: how do you manage your period hygienically without skipping class? Find out how UNICEF is supporting some of Timor-Leste’s most vulnerable girls with safe, secure facilities for managing menstrual hygiene now.  … Read more →←

Hygiene, health and education unlocked: Clean water is helping communities in remote Timor-Leste

Water and sanitation

By Sophie Raynor, UNICEF Timor-Leste

Hygiene, health and education unlocked: Clean water is helping communities in remote Timor-Leste

Walking hours per day for clean, safe water was a reality for hundreds of children in remote Timor-Leste not too long ago. But now, community-led efforts have seen water piped into the centres of some of the country’s most isolated hamlets, and its children accessing good health and secure education. Find out how UNICEF is supporting a… Read more →←

The problems of life on Kiribati’s Island Paradise

Water and sanitation

By Justin Kemp, UNICEF NZ Programmes Officer

The problems of life on Kiribati’s Island Paradise

Kiribati isn’t just isolated — it’s pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It is a huge collection of small atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, spread across the same distance as that between Los Angeles and New York. At first appearances, the main atoll — Tarawa — in some areas, is very rough. It’s… Read more →←

Clean hands, healthy lives in Timor-Leste

Water and sanitation

By Emma Coupland

Clean hands, healthy lives in Timor-Leste

“I wash my hands as soon as I come to school. We know that dirty hands can make us sick,” says Talia de Oliveira (12) while washing her hands with soap before the meal break at Bairopite Primary School in Timor-Leste. Celestino da Costa Novo (10), standing almost a head shorter than Talia, was also washing his hands. With his spiky… Read more →←

The Last Islanders: rising sea levels in Papua New Guinea

Education Water and sanitation

By Simon Nazer

The Last Islanders: rising sea levels in Papua New Guinea

“We can see it with our own eyes, I’m afraid,” said Maria, 13. “The sea is eating the ground.” Maria lives on a remote atoll known as the Carteret Islands in Papua New Guinea and for over twenty years the islanders have been fighting a battle against the rising sea levels. The islanders have been building seawalls and planting… Read more →←

World Water Day: Saving lives, creating jobs in Cambodia

Water and sanitation

By UNICEF EAPRO

World Water Day: Saving lives, creating jobs in Cambodia

The theme for today’s World Water Day is Better water, better jobs, focusing on how safe water can change workers’ lives and livelihoods – and even transform societies and economies. UNICEF works throughout the region to not only help bring safe, clean water to communities and schools but to also help transform… Read more →←

2015 in East Asia & the Pacific: A year in review

Children's rights

By UNICEF EAPRO

2015 in East Asia & the Pacific: A year in review

2015 was a big year for UNICEF in East Asia and the Pacific. We responded to emergencies in the Pacific, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and elsewhere. We published groundbreaking research on HIV/AIDS among adolescents and a report on the cost of violence against children to help change policies to protect the most vulnerable. And there was a… Read more →←

Toilets for change in Timor-Leste

Water and sanitation

By Simon Nazer

Toilets for change in Timor-Leste

“I was shocked!” laughs Jorge de Jesus, a young father of two who introduced himself as “Rambo”. “When the guy took some hair covered in ‘tee’ and put it in a bottle of water, he asked if we wanted to drink it! People got angry – of course not!” That was the moment members of Mapeop, a small remote village… Read more →←
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