It's back to school time for thousands of Syrian children at Za'atari refugee camp in northernJordan. After a one-month winter break classes are full again bringing some degree of normality to the lives of children among the camps 70,000 population. UNICEF
On her recent tour of South America, international pop star Lady Gaga stopped by a school on the outskirts of Lima for her first UNICEF field visit. UNICEF
On a visit to South Africa, actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom talked with young people this weekend about issues like gang violence and sexual exploitation. UNICEF
Briefing reporters on her recent trip to Yemen, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui said that all sides in the recent conflict there had recruited children. UNTV
The United Nations Children’s fund, UNICEF, reported today that people are still fleeing due to ongoing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The agency also said the majority of schools in Goma have been damaged or looted or are hosting internally displaced people. CH UNTV
UNICEF, in partnership with Libraries Without Borders, is sending a library of 100 books in French and Creole to vulnerable neighborhoods in Haiti to promote the emotional, cognitive and social development of children and adolescents. UNICEF
The United Nations and its partners today called for greater efforts to eradicate pneumonia, the number one killer of children under the age of five, as they marked the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day. UNICEF
Thanks to lessons learned through the devastating nutrition crisis of 2005, Niger’s approach to malnutrition can now be seen as a model for the rest of the region. UNICEF
To help in the fight for child survival, an outreach programme in Malawi brings health care closer to communities. UNICEF
A new UNICEF report says countries across the world are making rapid progress in reducing child deaths. UNICEF