NEW YORK, USA, 4 June 2009 – This year’s Atlantic storm season began on Monday and many forecasters are expecting that it will not be as intense as last year, which saw 16 tropical storms and eight hurricanes.
Recent news about UNICEF & ECHO
Read about the ways in which UNICEF and ECHO are working together to help children and women in emergencies.
UNICEF and ECHO prepare for a new storm season in Haiti
Ready-to-use therapeutic food helps save children’s lives in southern Ethiopia
BORICHA, Ethiopia, 28 May 2009 – Every week, mothers from the drought-affected villages of Ethiopia’s Boricha district bring their children to be weighed and measured at the Yirba Health Centre
UNICEF and ECHO support play activities to help West Bank children cope
NEW YORK, USA, 21 May 2009 – Mays Shaaban, 14, often hears gunshots in Al Jalami, a town of nearly 40,000 located near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where the barrier between the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel is a source of constant tension.
UNICEF and ECHO help victims of election violence rebuild their lives in Kenya
ELDORET, Kenya, 14 May 2009 – Grace Githinji has a small garden in Eldoret, in central Kenya, where she grows cabbages, kale and corn. This is the region that produces most of Kenya’s food, and her crops are thriving in the rich red soil.
UNICEF and ECHO help West Bank children on deal with daily stress
JAYOUS VILLAGE, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 28 April 2009 – The village of Jayous is next to the barrier that sits between Israel and the West Bank. Jayous is the venue for weekly demonstrations against the barrier and is the site of regular search-and-arrest operations.
UNICEF and ECHO support counselling to help Gaza’s children face the future
GAZA, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 21 April 2009 – Plastic sheets cover the windows of the small house where Mona, 17, lives with her parents and five younger siblings. The house was heavily damaged during the conflict in Gaza that ended earlier this year.
