UNICEF
UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF; pronounced /yuː.nɔː.sɛf/, yoo-nu-sef) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this... read more
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U.S. Fund for UNICEF Announces Winners of 2012 Pier 1 Imports/UNICEF Greeting Card Contest
From Emediawire.com Dated 21 May 2012 Grand Prize Design to Be Sold at Pier 1 Imports Stores Nationwide During the 2012 Holiday Season(PRWeb May 21, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9528403.htm
Poverty in Spain Has Childlike Face
From Big News Network Dated 21 May 2012 Madrid, May 21 (Prensa Latina) More than two million children in Spain live under poverty line, a figure that turns this group into the most pounded by the economic crisis, revealed UNICEF here on ...
UNICEF: Child sexual abuse underreported
From Barbados Nation News Dated 21 May 2012 By Nelson A. King UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says sexual violence against children in the Caribbean is “greatly underreported,” noting also it is often “culturally sanctioned”.
Conflict in Nuba mountains may lead to devastating epidemics, say doctors
From The Observer Dated 19 May 2012 Health workers warn that UN aid agencies are being prevented from delivering vital supplies of vaccines to the children of refugees fleeing the fighting in SudanUN aid agencies are under attack from doctors working with refugees who have been displaced...
Lakers' Gasol wins award as NBA's top citizen
From San Antonio Express-News Dated 18 May 2012 Lakers' Gasol wins award as NBA's top citizen Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ...
Lakers' Gasol wins award as NBA's top citizen
From NewsOK.com Dated 18 May 2012 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Pau Gasol probably would have been a doctor if he hadn't grown up to be 7 feet tall and awfully good at basketball. The Lakers forward sees his charity work with UNICEF and children's hospitals as...
Kenya: Primary schooling in Kenya, a parent’s dilemma
From Pambazuka Dated 17 May 2012 2012-05-16 Primary school has been free since 2003, with the help of 19 billion dollars of donations from the UK, Canada, and the World Bank, with the World Food Programme, UNICEF and Kenyan NGOs providing advice, training and support. In terms...
In Maldives, UNICEF supports efforts by the government to fight malnutrition
From UNICEF: News Dated 17 May 2012 MAAFUSHI, Maldives, 17 May 2012 – Fathimath Nafsa takes her 2-year-old son Ismail Nashiu to the local health center on Maafushi Island for a check-up. The doctors want to monitor his growth because he is malnourished and underweight. His mother...
Over 4 million people at risk of food shortages in South Sudan
From United Nations Radio Dated 16 May 2012 Close to five million people, or over half of the population of South Sudan, won't have enough food this year, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). The agency says food shortfalls continued to worsen in South Sudan in the...
UNICEF CEE/CIS Regional Director advocates for more investments in families to protect the rights of children in Bulgaria
From UNICEF: News Dated 16 May 2012 SOFIA, Bulgaria, 16 May 2012 – Marie-Pierre Poirier, the Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS), met with President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev, as well as top cabinet ministers, civil society officials and...
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