UNICEF NZ Calls for All Parties to Put New Zealand’s Kids First

On the eve of the launch of the Green Paper on vulnerable children, UNICEF NZ  is calling for Members of Parliament to stop political point scoring and start working together in the interests of children. UNICEF NZ welcomes the release of the Green Paper, to be launched by Minister Bennett tomorrow, but stresses that the Action Plan resulting from the consultations will only be well resourced and sustainable for the long term if it is well supported by all parties. Barbara Lambourn, National Advocacy Manager at UNICEF NZ, said, “The situation for children is too critical for partisan politics to interfere with a lasting solution for every child to have the life they deserve.  We have made the commitment as a nation...

UNICEF Estimates $300m Needed for Horn of Africa Crisis

Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) Executive Director, on the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa : “This is a children’s famine...

More Supplies En Route to Somalia as UNICEF Scales Up Response

UNICEF is preparing a second full charter airlift of emergency supplies in response to the Somalia famine and the wider East Africa food crisis . This is part of a massive...

Famine Declared in South Somalia

The UN has declared a famine in the Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions of Somalia, with all other regions in the South of the country expected to have famine status within...

Horn of Africa Crisis Set to Worsen for Millions of Children

UNICEF has called for an immediate expansion of assistance across the Horn of Africa’s drought affected communities to address the dire needs of more than two million...

UNICEF Pacific Ambassador puts Focus on Young Voices

The first UNICEF  Regional Ambassador for the Pacific, Merewalesi (Mere) Nailatikau, is in New Zealand for a series of events to put the spotlight on issues affecting...

Youth Congress Helps Students Be the Change

This weekend students from across New Zealand will be gathering in Auckland for UNICEF  NZ’s Youth Congress in celebration of the International Year of Youth. ...

UNICEF Airlifting Emergency Supplies to Southern Somalia

UNICEF has airlifted five metric tons of emergency nutrition supplies and water-related equipment to Baidoa in southern Somalia, as part of its life-saving work to help...

Horn of Africa Crisis - What You Need to Know

UNICEF estimates 10 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance (2.85m in Somalia or one in three of the population, 3.2m in Ethiopia and 3.5m in Kenya). The...

UNICEF Estimates Over Two Million Children Threatened by East Africa Crisis

UNICEF  estimates that over two million young children are malnourished and in need of urgent life-saving action if they are to survive dire conditions in drought-affected...