Overview

CHINA

• Creating child-friendly schools in rural China
• Educating young children left behind in China’s poor and remote communities
• Putting young people to the fore of the AIDS response－Government launches campaign on children and AIDS
• Zhengzhou centre reaches out with care and support for street children
• Summer camp serves AIDS-affected children and fights stigma in China
• ‘We Are Together’: Traveling exhibit documents lives of children living with AIDS
• Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan and children co-star in avian flu awareness ad
• Football brings hope to Zhang Kai, 16, and other former street children in China
• Protecting the rights of China’s migrant children
• ‘Safe Beijing’ project prevents child injury, disability and death in China
• NBA and UNICEF promote AIDS education through sports in China
• Distance learning project bridges the digital divide in China
• China’s first AIDS Youth Ambassadors make history at the Great Wall
• Spring reunion brings together host families of children affected by HIV/AIDS in China
• China: Youth face increased risk of exposure to HIV/AIDS
• AIDS campaign gathers momentum in China
• Better targeted care, support and protection for children affected by AIDS needed to stem the tide
• Films with a message －The UN supports Youth Red Ribbon initiative in AIDS prevention among migrants
• Children of Junior 8 gather to share views with G8 world leaders －Russian Federation hosts youth forum as part of G8 summit
• Top Chinese artists donate their work to raise funds for Audi's "driving dreams" project with UNICEF China
• UK National Committee for UNICEF concludes 5-day visit to China
• Experts meet in Beijing to press for universal flour fortification in China
• Charlie Young and Gigi Leung visit UNICEF-assisted projects for mothers and babies in Quizhou province
• Regional consultation on children and AIDS calls for urgent action to put children on the HIV/AIDS agenda
• Children and young people forgotten in regional response to HIV/AIDS - Regional consultation on children and AIDS opens in Hanoi

INDONESIA

• Flash flooding and landslides bury Indonesian towns and displace 400,000
• Child-friendly schools set stage for quality education in post-tsunami rural Indonesia
• Safe water and a new sense of community for Central Java quake survivors
• Rebuilding young quake survivors’ dreams at child centres in Central Java
• Bill Clinton visits rebuilt school in Aceh on final tour as UN tsunami envoy
• Community education campaign raises bird flu awareness in Central Java
• Quake-affected children and families in Central Java begin return to normalcy
• UNICEF promotes exclusive breastfeeding to save children’s lives in Indonesia
• Taking action against bird flu in Indonesia 
• Indonesian child-friendly schools provide a haven from abuse
• Community education raises HIV/AIDS awareness in Papua, Indonesia
• Fighting measles and raising awareness in Indonesia 
• UNICEF opens standard-setting schools in Indonesia’s Aceh
• Community manpower makes clean water a reality in Aceh
• Taking the fight against HIV/AIDS into Islamic schools in East Java, Indonesia
• Back-to-school campaign under way in Aceh
• Indonesian communities bring child labourers back into the classroom
• Breastfeeding saves lives after earthquake disaster
• School construction lifts children’s spirits in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
• Families displaced by tsunami in Java begin returning to their homes
• Aid distributed in communities hit by Java quake and tsunami
• Supplies reach tsunami-stricken south coast of Indonesia’s Java island
• ‘Back to school’ campaign for quake-affected children in Indonesia
• Emergency supplies en route to tsunami zone on Indonesia's Java island
• UNICEF assesses emergency needs following Java quake and tsunami
• In Aceh, Indonesia, children’s video diaries document their lives after the tsunami
• Indonesia fights avian influenza with information and action
• Flash floods kill over 200 on Sulawesi island, Indonesia
• Young quake survivors battle tetanus infection
• Education, water and sanitation at forefront of UNICEF quake relief in Indonesia
• In Java quake’s aftermath, UNICEF expands relief efforts and monitors volcano threat
• Life after the earthquake in a village in Central Java, Indonesia
• UNICEF opens first child protection centre in Indonesia quake zone
• UNICEF emergency supplies reaching thousands affected by Indonesia quake
• Relief supplies arrive to help survivors cope with Indonesia quake impact
• Thousands reported killed in central Java earthquake; UNICEF responds
• Children in Aceh anticipate opening of first post-tsunami permanent school
• On Indonesia’s Nias Island, UNICEF helps rebuild the lives of quake-affected children
• First permanent centre for Aceh’s children opens its doors
• Child-friendly school initiative as prevention of child abuse in school
• Government of Indonesia and UNICEF sign five-year cooperation agreement
• Children out of sight, out of mind, out of reach
   

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

• UNICEF warns of an impending food crisis in DPR Korea and urges renewed support
• Donors urged to continue supporting life-saving programmes during sanctions
  

LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

• Theatre troupe raises avian influenza awareness in a Lao village
• Laos: Special care for HIV-positive children
• Mitigating the threat of unexploded ordnance to children

MALAYSIA

• Project offers long-term psychosocial support for tsunami-affected Malaysian children
• A creative escape from tsunami trauma in Malaysia
• Micro-enterprises empower tsunami-affected Malaysian women
• Malaysian youth centres help to keep children safe from HIV/AIDS
• Peer-counselling programme in Malaysia mentors at-risk children
• Making heroes out of children with a new emergency preparedness programme
• Youth campaign aims to keep drugs out of Kuala Lumpur clubs
• Village health promoters bringing care to rural communities in Malaysia
• Malaysian women’s futsal tournament promotes healthy living
• Futsal tournament promotes women’s empowerment and HIV/AIDS awareness
• Malaysia: Working together to overcome HIV/AIDS

MONGOLIA

• National consultative meeting on the national policy on child and youth participation
• The launch of the national plan of action on trafficking and protection of children and women from commercial sexual exploitation

MYANMAR

• EXCEL education programme is bridge to the future for children in post-tsunami Myanmar
• Water and sanitation for tsunami-affected schools and communities in remote Myanmar
• A box library for every primary school in Myanmar
• In Myanmar, 5 million children receive vitamin A
• Breastfeeding critical for Myanmar children's survival
• Germany funds capacity building for local NGOs
• UNICEF and Israel promote early childhood learning in Myanmar
  

PACIFIC ISLANDS
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
Niue
Palau
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

• Papua New Guinea’s juvenile justice reform is showing results
• Papua New Guinea: Uniting communities against domestic violence
• Friends Foundation: Prevention and support for mothers and children affected by HIV/AIDS
• Papua New Guinea: Using the performing arts to deliver a lifesaving message to children
• The long road toward juvenile justice in Papua New Guinea

PHILIPPINES

• Philippines typhoon damage leaves thousands homeless and education at risk
• Emergency aid starts to reach Philippines areas hit by typhoon and mudflows
• Philippines youth journalists share their views through children’s TV network
• Digital Diary: A youth anti-violence activist in the Philippines tells her story
• Early learning programme reaches Manila’s deprived children
• A cleaner environment for learning in the central Philippines
• In the Philippines, UNICEF gears up response to Mount Mayon eruption threat
• Mothers in Philippines break Guinness World Record for breastfeeding
• Counting every child: Birth registration drive under way in the Philippines
• Rescue teams continue search for survivors of mudslide
• Relief arriving for survivors of mudslide tragedy
• UNICEF steps up campaign for breastfeeding
• Young people share views on Mindanao conflict
• Hong Kong Young Envoys for UNICEF visit Manila
• UNICEF sends relief to Mayon, Maguindanao

THAILAND

• Photo project in Thailand helps tsunami-affected children tell their stories
• Young Thai girl finds inspiration through photojournalism project
• Thailand launches national Avian Influenza awareness, prevention campaign in schools
• In a Thai-Cambodian border town, protecting trafficked children and women
• Thamanoon Vejakul, 14, looks to football to escape bullying in Thailand
• In Thailand, survey reveals gulf in living standards between ethnic groups
• Art project helps Thai children heal scars of HIV stigma
• UNICEF supports initiatives to tackle trafficking of women and children in Thailand
• At Asia-Pacific birth registration conference, a pledge to reach every child
• Football provides alternative to gangs and bullying
• UNICEF helps youth build businesses and self-esteem
• Thailand: AIDS Access helps care for HIV-positive young people
• A brave young girl living with AIDS in Thailand tells her story

TIMOR-LESTE

• Girl rights role model Marta launched to promote gender equality in Timor-Leste
• Youth centre helps spread messages of peace in Dili, Timor-Leste
• Emergency education classes in Timor-Leste
• Children displaced by violence in Timor-Leste face malnutrition and harsh conditions
• Life-skills training for young people displaced by violence in Timor-Leste
• Schools outside Timor-Leste capital overcrowded with students fleeing conflict
• Singing and sports help Timorese children cope in camps for displaced people
• UNICEF helps Dili residents made homeless by ethnic violence
• Immunization drive begins for children displaced by conflict in Timor-Leste
• Amid conflict in Timor-Leste, a teacher cares for families displaced by violence
• Precarious conditions face many families displaced by conflict in Timor-Leste
• Hungry for change: the fight against malnutrition in Timor-Leste
• President of Timor-Leste Xanana Gusmão launches UNICEF report ‘The State of the World’s Children 2006’

VIET NAM

• Protecting young women from human trafficking in Viet Nam
• Healthy-living education builds teens’ confidence across Viet Nam 
• Vietnamese and Chinese children share views and concerns on cross-border trafficking
• Eliminating iodine deficiency disorders: Viet Nam achieves international goal
• Monthly immunization days save lives and build babies’ health
• Viet Nam eliminates maternal and neonatal tetanus