Features
The features section tells the stories of children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States whose lives have been touched by UNICEF.
PC game gives boost to campaign against prejudice: Adventure “Searching for the Treasure of Bosnia and Herzegovina"
SARAJEVO, BiH, 30 April 2012 - The first Bosnian adventure PC game “Searching for the treasure of Bosnia and Herzegovina” promotes the cultural and historical heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), but also helps young people to understand diversities.
Yelena Isinbaeva: “Let’s place Every Child on the Pedestal”
MOSCOW, Russian Federation, 9 April 2012 - World champion, one of the greatest athletes in the world Yelena Isinbaeva speaking from Monaco, where she trains for the Olympics-2012 has stated that she supports UNICEF activities in the Russian Federation.
Teenagers produce short films about poverty and social inclusion at OneMinutesJr workshop in Kolašin
KOLAŠIN, MONTENEGRO, 30 March 2012 - For five days, twenty teenagers from the North of country turned Kolašin into the Hollywood of Montenegro and produced their own short videos on topics such as poverty and social inclusion.
Helping children through conflict-sensitive reporting
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 14 February 2012 - Journalism feeds on conflict. News stories about conflicts often attract the biggest audiences, especially on television. Paradoxically, journalists are taught surprisingly little in journalism schools about conflict.
New daycare centre gives hope to children with disabilities
TASHBULAK, Kyrgyzstan, 8 February 2012 - The Ariet daycare centre for children with disabilities was officially opened today in the small village of Tashbulak in Jalalabad Province of Kyrgyzstan.
In Uzbekistan, child-friendly preschools are engaging children and improving education
BUKHARA, Uzbekistan, 2 February 2012 – In Bukhara, southern Uzbekistan, music and laughter drifted across Preschool Number 11.
Children show hopeful signs of a stronger peace in Southern Kyrgyzstan
OSH/GENEVA, 30 January, 2012 – In Amir Timur, the district capital on the east side of Osh, children are singing at a school festival, a hopeful sign of deepening friendship, mutual understanding and accord between people of different ethnicities.
Construction of proper latrines contributes to cultural change in Kyrgyzstan
OSH/GENEVA, 30 January 2012 – Sanitation remains a cultural taboo in Kyrgyzstan, where it is seen as disgusting and shameful. But after hundreds of homes burned down during violence amid civil unrest in June 2010, the issue has come to the fore.
A new chance for a happy childhood
BELGRADE/VALJEVO, December 2011 - Andjela was diagnosed with Down syndrome when she was born five years ago. Her mother abandoned her while she was still in the maternity ward.
A day care centre in Uzbekistan helps children living with HIV break their isolation
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, 30 November 2011 - The room was filled with toys, books, pictures. Indeed, everything that could possibly stimulate a child was provided and the youngsters in the noisy play session were certainly responding.
Participatory TV programming with and for children
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 2011 - Local television producers of children’s programming spent four days in late September examining how they do their jobs by looking through the eyes of children.
Educating children on disaster risks in Georgia
MLETA, Georgia, 13 October 2011 — Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. This year children and young people are encouraged to step up and take part. Check out this story from Georgia on disaster preparedness.
Kazakhstan: Working together before disasters strike
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 13 October 2011 - Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reducation. This year children and young people are encouraged to step up and take part. Check out this story on disaster preparedness in Kazakhstan.
Helping Kyrgyz children build their resilience to disasters
CHENGEN, Kyrgyzstan, 13 October 2011 —Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reducation. This year children and young people are encouraged to step up and take part. Check out this story on disaster preparedness in Kyrgyzstan.
Supporting Disaster Risk Reduction training for children in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, 13 October 2011 - Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. This year, children and young people are encouraged to step up and take part. Check out this story on disaster preparedness in Uzbekistan.
In Azerbaijan, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker advocate for the rights of children with disabilities
BAKU, Azerbaijan, 22 September 2011 - On their first ever field trip, four musicians from the Berliner Philharmoniker, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, have visited Azerbaijan to contribute to changing the lives of children with disabilities.
“Our world of Diversity”: Stories on inclusive education
SARAJEVO, BiH, 16 September 2011 - Children together with their parents and teachers from several cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in book launching event in Sarajevo today.
One year after the conflict in Kyrgyzstan, hundreds of students return to newly built schools, but thousands of others still wait
OSH PROVINCE, Kyrgyzstan, 1 September 2011 – Hundreds of children from Shark village have settled down in a new school after a year long journey.
Young reporters bring own perspective at UNICEF/IPU conference
YEREVAN, Armenia/GENEVA, 1 July 2011 – Young reporters in the Armenian capital Yerevan took over the cameras and the microphones at a recent international conference on child rights organised by UNICEF and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visits youth centres rebuilding lives in Kyrgyzstan
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 29 June 2011 – In spite of the heat, the smiles on the faces of the children performing their dance of welcome were genuine. They betrayed no hint of the psychological scars they may still be suffering.
Promoting child rights with teachers of North Ossetia - Alania
22 June 2011 - Education workers and future teachers from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania learn to use the child rights teaching manual developed through the joint efforts of UNICEF and the Dagestan State Pedagogical University.
Day Centre is home of happiness and hope for Gardabani youngsters
GARDABANI, Georgia, April 2011 - Each child here is living with an intellectual disability. Significantly, each youngster is also living with a smile on his or her face as they play in their newly built playground at the Gardabani day centre.
Good parent-paediatrician communication - a key to success
FOCA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 31 May 2011 - A series of roundtables supported by UNICEF is being held in the cities of BiH.
The friendship train tours Turkey
TURKEY, 10 May 2011 - 33 children – all members of Turkey’s provincial child rights committees – undertook a train journey of almost 2,000 kilometres in April as part of a UN joint programme targeting the development of Eastern Anatolia through culture.
