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Thousands of children out of school as classrooms shelled in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): With thousands of children forced out of school in eastern Ukraine due to last week's surge in fighting, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners have strongly condemned the indiscriminate shelling of schools, and called for all sides to immediately recommit to the ceasefire signed in Minsk in August 2015. more

UNICEF #EarlyMomentsMatter campaign promotes investments in early childhood development

New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): On Tuesday marks the launch of a new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) campaign, #EarlyMomentsMatter, aimed at raising awareness about the criti ...

As bitter winter grips Middle East, UNICEF faces funding gap for support to millions of children

New York, Dec 21 (Just Earth News): Millions of children throughout the Middle East are in danger as bitter cold temperatures and winter weather bear down on the region, the United Nations ...

UNICEF sounds alarm over safety of children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

New York, Nov 10 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern for the safety of children in the northern part of Myanmar’s Rakhine state which is in the midst of “security operations,” the Un ...

UNICEF renews call for protection of children after kindergarten hit in deadly Damascus attack

New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that a kindergarten in Harasta, Rural Damascus, was reportedly hit in an attack yesterday, killing at least four chi ...

Some 385 million children live in extreme poverty, World Bank-UNICEF study reveals

New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, with nearly 385 million children worldwide experiencing that condition, accordi ...

New UN exhibit highlights need to fill in ‘blank spaces’ for child-related data

New York, Sept 15 (Just Earth News): Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday joined the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in launching a ‘Time Machine’ that will use data stor ...

South Sudan: Hundreds of children recruited into armed groups, reports UNICEF

New York, Aug 19 (Just Earth News): Reporting that 650 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan since January, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNCEF) called on Frida ...

UNICEF India launches public advocacy campaign

New Delhi, May 25, UNICEF India on Wednesday unveiled the 'Fair Start' film as part of a (social) media campaign that will focus on persisting inequities that large groups of children in In ...

Lacking basic necessities, Fiji's children 'at risk' after Cyclone Winston - UNICEF

New York, Mar 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than a week after a devastating tropical storm ripped through Fiji, some 40 per cent of the islands' children are “at risk,” with many living ...