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U.N.: World Faces ‘Climate Apartheid’ with 120 Million More in Poverty
There is no shortage of alarm bells ringing over climate change – UN expert New York, N.Y. Climate change “threatens to undo the last 50 years” of development, global hea…
UNICEF: Migrant Children at U.S. Border Have Right to Protection
New York, N.Y. Separating children from their families is in no-one’s best interest – the head of U.N. Children’s Fund UNICEF said on Tuesday – pointing to “heartbreaking…
3.6 million Iraqi children in danger and ‘relentlessly targeted,’ UN reports
New York, N.Y. One out of every five Iraqi children are at “serious risk” of death, injury, sexual violence, abduction and recruitment into armed groups, according to a n…
87 Million Children Under Seven Have Known Nothing but Conflict
New York, N.Y. More than 86.7 million children under the age of seven have spent their entire lives in conflict zones, putting their brain development at risk, the UN Chi…
Cambodian Anti-Child Trafficking Film Premiere in New York
New York, N.Y. I attended the world premier of REDLIGHT this week in New York City, and was overwhelmed by the plight of children not just in Cambodia but around the worl…
Colombia: 250,000+ Children Hurt by Conflict Despite Peace Talks
New York, N.Y. Hostilities in Colombia have disrupted the lives of more than a quarter of a million children since peace talks began three years ago, the United Nations c…
Conflict Keeps Millions of Children Out of School, Warns UNICEF
New York, N.Y. More than 13 million – that is the number of children who are prevented from attending school by surging conflict and political upheaval across the Middle…
COP21: UNICEF's Digital Map Helps Youth Tell Climate Change Stories
New York, N.Y. A digital mapping project called ‘Act now for tomorrow,’ which was recently launched by the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ), is helping young peo…
Embracing Family Care For Orphans
New York, N.Y. Ten years ago I envisioned helping orphans in the developing world by building small homes and hiring houseparents. It seemed obvious that the key to prope…
Girls Released from Boko Haram Captivity Rejected by Society
Borno State, Nigeria. Girls and women kidnapped by Nigeria's insurgent group, Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād (JAS), commonly known as Boko Haram, face mistrust…
Growing Inequality Among Children in High Income Countries
New York, N.Y. A new United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) report presents evidence on the ways inequality is affecting children in high income countries, in areas su…
Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium with U.N.
New York, N.Y. The obscene issue of child soldiers is being discussed this week at an international symposium in Rome. The Italian government is hosting this important sy…
Lions Clubs International Focuses on Global Issues at U.N.
With Kristopher Kempski. New York, N.Y. On March 12, 2016, just a few days after International Women’s Day, more than 700 Lions, Leos, ambassadors and guests gathered at…
Live Report: Cement Dust Coats All of Haiti, as 9/11 Dust Coated New York
Leogane, Haiti. It is 5pm on our first full day in Haiti. Our relief team has achieved much, but we woke up - as most Haitians do - at 5am to make it all happen. We arriv…
Millions More Children Will Have Access To ‘5-in-1’ Vaccine
New York, N.Y. – With a price drop to below $1 a dose, UNICEF has successfully secured a five-in-one vaccine for children at half the price the agency currently pays, whi…
Nigeria's Boko Haram Insurgency Push 1 Million Children from School
New York, N.Y. Violence and attacks against civilian populations in northeastern Nigeria and its neighbouring countries have forced “a staggering” one million children ou…
Shelter, Clean Water to Families Amid Iraq’s Mosul Offensive
New York, N.Y. With the military offensive still unfolding in Mosul, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) and the UN Children's Fund…
U.N. Appeals for $120 Million to Launch ‘Massive Response’ in Haiti
New York N.Y. – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the launch of a near $120 million appeal to fund United Nations aid activities in the aftermath of Hurricane…
U.N. Starts Weeklong Campaign to Immunize 5.8 Million Iraqi Children
New York, N.Y. Two United Nations agencies will support the Iraqi Ministry of Health in marking World Polio Day by launching a weeklong nationwide campaign to immunize Ir…
Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Europe ‘Falling Between Cracks’
New York, N.Y. New data reveal that a record 96,500 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children applied for asylum across Europe in 2015, the United Nations Children’s Fun…
UNICEF Gears Up To Vaccinate 41 Million Children After Polio Outbreak
New York, NY – More than 41 million children are expected to get vaccinations against polio as part of a major new health campaign by the United Nations Children’s Fund (…
UNICEF Increases Funding Appeal for Children in Nigeria
Borno, Nigeria. The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has revised its humanitarian appeal for Nigeria from $55 million to $115 million in order to be able to assi…
UNICEF Warns of Risk for Migrant Children Arriving in Europe
New York, N.Y. More than nine out of 10 refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe this year through Italy are unaccompanied, the United Nations Children's Fund ( UN…
UNICEF: State of the World's Children in 2015
New York, N.Y. As UNICEF marks twenty-five years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 2015 edition of The State of the World’s Children calls for brave and f…
UNICEF's Mobile Health Campaign for Children and Women in Yemen
New York, N.Y. The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has reported that, along with its partners, the agency has completed a drive reaching more than 600,000 child…
Vital Efforts to Protect Children for Wider Peace in Colombia
New York, N.Y. The senior United Nations child rights envoy today said she is heartened by the commitment of the Colombian Government and a the Revolutionary Armed Forces…
Child Mortality Rates Plunge by More than Half Since 1990
New York, N.Y. Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, but it is not enough to meet the Millennium Development Goal ( MDG ) of a…
Children Will Bear the Brunt of Climate Change – UNICEF Report
New York, N.Y. More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them highly ex…
David Beckham: "Every Five Minutes a Child Dies Because of Violence"
New York, N.Y. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham traveled to Cambodia to meet with children affected by violence and hear their stories - read more about his trip:…
Fund Launch for Kids in Greece with Ancient Hellenic Ideals
New York, N.Y. The recent launch of the J. Luce Foundation 's Hellenic Fund to support children in Greece - whether economically distressed, orphaned, or refugee - was an…
Hellenic Fund Launching to Help Kids, including Refugees, in Hellas
New York, N.Y. I am pleased to announce that our Foundation will launch our Hellenic Fund to support children in Greece - whether economically distressed, orphaned, or re…
Renowned Recording Artist P!nk Named Newest UNICEF Ambassador
New York, N.Y. The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has appointed Grammy award-winning recording artist P!nk as the newest UNICEF Ambassador, and announced that…
So Many In Need, it's Hopeless? Quandary of Assisting Youth in Greece
New York, N.Y. The needs of children and young adults in Greece are enormous. The problems there are so insurmountable that the Greek government alone cannot solve them.…
UNICEF Proposes Fund for Education in Emergencies
New York, N.Y. Two senior United Nations officials today proposed the establishment of a humanitarian fund for education in emergencies that would offer millions of the w…
UNICEF, David Beckham Launch Initiative for World’s Children
New York, N.Y. International football icon and United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) Goodwill Ambassador, David Beckham, today announced his latest fundraising initia…
UNICEF, Shakira Urge Leaders to Join 'Early Childhood Revolution'
New York, N.Y. The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) and its Goodwill Ambassador and international pop star Shakira urged global leaders today to invest heavily i…
World AIDS Day: UNICEF Urges More Investment, Access to Treatment
New York, N.Y. An estimated 1.1 million HIV infections among children under 15 have been averted, but disparity in access to treatment is hampering progress towards reach…
2014 ‘Devastating Year' for Millions of Children Trapped by Conflict
New York, N.Y. Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) said today, as 201…
Making Strides Toward Ensuring the Right to Clean Water
New York, N.Y. Like most Americans, I take easy access to clean drinking water for granted. “But it’s a fundamental human right,” Edward Buckley is quick to point out. “W…
Photo of the Day: UNICEF - Family in Guinea-Bissau
Tebe-Zinho, Guinea-Bissau. A family uses a rudimentary log bridge to cross a stream on their way to the village of Tebe-Zinho, Guinea-Bissau in order for the children to…
UNICEF: Children Makers & Markers of Healthy, Sustainable Societies
NEW YORK, N.Y. UNICEF released a new position paper, Sustainable Development Starts and Ends with Safe, Healthy and well-educated Children , which highlights key factors…
World News Digest: April 19, 2013
U.N. and Partners Call Attention to Challenges Preventing Global Immunization U.N. agencies and global health organizations called attention yesterday to the urgent need…
World News Digest: April 22, 2013
Conference Calls on Governments to Protect Rights of LGBT Individuals New York, N.Y. Participants of a two-day international conference held in Oslo called on governments…
Andeisha Farid and the Orphaned Children of Afghanistan
New York, N.Y. I met "Orphans Hero" Andeisha Farid this fall when she was in town as part of Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women Program . Then I saw her on Brian Williams' brill…
Chatting with UNICEF's Director Ann Veneman
New York, N.Y. I met UNICEF 's executive director Ann M. Veneman recently at Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden's World Childhood Foundation luncheon at the United Nation…
First 'Davos' for Women's International Development in NYC
New York, N.Y. I met Cecilia Attias, former First Lady of France and founder and executive chair of the Cecilia Attias Foundation for It was extraordinarily successful -…
Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio
New York, N.Y. "Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a crippling…
My First HuffPo Piece: Orphans International Worldwide
I t has been a banner week in my life. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary hosted a benefit for Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW), the U.N.-accredited organization…
Orphans International Movement to Help Kids Around the World
New York, N.Y. When I founded Orphans International Worldwide ( OIWW ) in 1999, I had no idea it would grow into an international movement. A Google search today reveals…
Spectacular Sold-Out Premiere of Anti-Child Trafficking Film in NYC
New York, N.Y. Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua received a standing ovation from the sold-out, standing room-only crowd at the red carpet world premier of REDLIGHT l…
The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar
New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in sof…
Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis: Are American Service Clubs Too Old To Matter?
New York, N.Y. Service clubs are a particularly American institution that began in the heartland, although now they are found on both coasts, as well as virtually every c…