Last Fall I visited three of the most poverty-stricken rural districts of Zambia: Kaputa, Kalabo and Shangombo. Each location took two days’ travel by car from Lusaka. We drove up to Kaputa, near the border with DRC, with a stock of jerry cans filled with fuel, passed through the Kafue National Park and crossed the mile-wide Zambesi… Read more →←
Topic: Country stories
“You gave me back my dignity. I will never forget that you even gave me underwear. Without which I would have to wait for 15 days! You have always been there whenever I needed you. Even after 4 years, you are taking care of me.” These are the words of Amadou, regarding the network of guardians called Accoglierete, in southern Italy.… Read more →←
This statement: “Children use digital technology for specific reasons and it is important to take their opinions and explanations seriously” comes straight out of UNICEF’s recently published State of the World’s Children report for 2017, Children in a Digital World. The report recommends that children are placed at the center of… Read more →←
Women’s organizations in Lebanon are a force to be reckoned with—even in the frontier town of Arsaal, which occupies a high plateau in the northeast of the country and is often the site of spillover battles from the Syrian War. It was there that a group of dedicated and organized women from the community greeted me when I arrived in… Read more →←
We can maintain a peaceful society by helping people who are poor and hungry. Mutabazi, a 16-year-old student at Institute Filippo Smaldone, shares his ideas with the UNICEF team by using sign language. Like the other 168 students at his school, Mutabazi has a hearing disability. But that doesn’t stop him from dreaming big; after… Read more →←
A community health volunteer diligently enters the details of every household into a mobile phone application. The most remote locations are reached on foot, so that every woman and child is counted and accounted for. These data provide actionable information about the resources needed to give children a fair start in life. Once… Read more →←
In our rapidly evolving world where technology is becoming a huge part of life, both at home and in the workplace, many schools have got a drive to modernise teaching and learning using new technology, which they believe has the ability to revolutionise the standard classroom. As an example, the introduction of iPads into schools has… Read more →←
“When I graduated from university, this laptop was my only possession,” Kamugisha said, displaying it proudly. Kamugisha Marius, a young Rwandan entrepreneur, received the laptop when he won the prestigious Infographics Competition. Held each year by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) and supported by UNICEF, the… Read more →←
JOSIAH’S STORY Josiah is 13 years old. He likes to study geography in school, and he recently participated in Reading Data with Children, a collaborative event between UNICEF and the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), organized as part of Africa Statistics Day. Nowadays, he is a strong advocate for children’s… Read more →←
Extreme weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent in many regions of the world. From increasing precipitation and cyclones in high latitudes and tropical regions, to intensifying droughts in southern Africa, this trend is likely to continue throughout the 21st century. Weather shocks can have long-lasting effects on… Read more →←