UNICEF scales up emergency health and nutrition response to meet increasing needs of children affected by crisis in Syria

Thousands of Syrian children are being screened to prevent malnutrition as part of a regional response to meet the growing health and nutrition needs of an estimated 1.3 million children affected by the on-going crisis – including children inside Syria and in surrounding countries. The nutrition screening in Za’atari refugee camp in northern Jordan is taking place in parallel with a weekly immunization clinic in the camp. UNICEF and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partner agencies, will also launch a large-scale polio and measles vaccination campaign targeting more than 100,000 children in Za’atari, nearby transit centres, and communities hosting refugees in northern...

Syrian Children in Jordan Need Urgent Support

UNICEF is urgently appealing for additional funds to meet the emergency health, protection, and water and sanitation needs of the growing numbers of Syrian refugee children...

UNICEF NZ Welcomes Child Poverty Proposals

With confirmation from the Ministry of Social Development last week that inequality in New Zealand is at its highest ever level, UNICEF NZ believes it is good news that the...

UNICEF says Hardest Part yet to Come in Providing Drinking Water to Millions

As World Water Week kicks off, UNICEF says that despite tremendous progress in the last two decades in bringing access to improved drinking water sources to billions of...

UNICEF NZ says Lessons can be Learnt from the Netherlands Study

“There is much we can learn from the Netherlands about how to achieve better results for children in New Zealand,” said Barbara Lambourn, UNICEF NZ National...

Blog: 10 Ways to Live Below the Line

So, you’ve signed up for the challenge to Live Below the Line, and from 24-28 September you’ll feed yourself on just NZD$2.25 per day (that’s $11.25 in...

UNICEF Raises the Alarm in Mali over Recruitment of Children

UNICEF has received credible reports that armed groups in the north of Mali are increasingly recruiting and using children for military purposes. While it is difficult...

Blog: Children’s Scars on the Inside Need Healing too

Kiwi Merrin Waterhouse, Child Protection & Gender Based Violence Specialist,  is working for UNICEF in Lebanon  where she has met Syrian children who...

Jonah Lomu Wants You to Live Below the Line for UNICEF NZ

Jonah Lomu is getting back in the game, but this time as UNICEF NZ’s team coach for Live Below the Line . Jonah’s challenge to New Zealanders is to spend...

UNICEF NZ Welcomes Summary of Green Paper Submission

The summary of the submissions received in response to the Minister of Social Development’s “Green Paper for Vulnerable Children” released today is good...