Blog: Syria crisis field update, a Kiwi’s view

David Youngmeyer, Communication Specialist for UNICEF, is in Jordan where he has  met with Syrian refugee children & families who are currently facing challenging conditions . Here he reports back on his visit to the country’s first refugee camp. As the days turned into weeks, the flow of Syrian refugees crossing the border into Jordan became a torrent. Transit facilities at Ramtha became seriously overcrowded, with around 10,000 people being registered as refugees in July alone. There was a real race against time to get the new Za’atari camp up and running.... Read more  http://bit.ly/MRa9ap

Make Breastfeeding Easier for Mothers, says UNICEF

On the 20th anniversary of World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF says strong national policies supporting breastfeeding could prevent the deaths of around 1 million children...

UNICEF NZ Supports Paid Parental Leave Bill

UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) has given its full backing to the Bill to extend paid parental leave from 14 to 26 weeks.  Speaking after the launch of ‘26...

Blog: UNICEF Joins Syrian Volunteers to Assist People Displaced by Violence

Razan Rashidi, communication officer with UNICEF in Damascus describes how ordinary people are the essential partners of international organisations responding to the...

Blog: Changing Children’s Lives for the Long Term

Dennis McKinlay, UNICEF NZ’s Executive Director, has spent the last week in the Solomon Islands visiting our latest school projects with Gareth and Jo Morgan, two...

Blog: A Better Future for Kids and Their Communities!

Dennis McKinlay, UNICEF NZ’s Executive Director, is in the Solomon Islands this week with Gareth and Jo Morgan, two Kiwi donors and our friends from TV3 to see our...

Blog: A School Transformed with Kiwis’ Help

Our project was to turn some seriously dilapidated schools in the Solomon Islands into safe and welcoming places for kids. Thanks to the support of Kiwi donors and our...

Horn of Africa Crisis One Year On – Famine Reversed, Countless Lives Saved, but Situation still Grave

A year ago today, the crisis in the Horn of Africa reached boiling point when the United Nations declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia. The extraordinary international...

80 Organisations Form Collective Voice for New Zealand’s Children

A group of 80 New Zealand non-government organisations and child advocates are standing together to urge the Government to get it right for children in its forthcoming...

Cholera upsurge kills more children in the Sahel

As the rainy season unfolds across the Sahel , a recent upsurge of cholera that has killed over 60 people and sickened about 2,800 this year is putting more and more people...