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UNICEF, Nelson Mandela Foundation and Peter Krämer Foundation kick off appeal to expand Schools for Africa Initiative
UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Peter Krämer Foundation today kicked off a new fundraising drive to raise US$80 million to help Africa’s girls, orphans, children living in extreme poverty and other vulnerable children go to school and get a quality education. The partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New York, to expand Schools for Africa which has, to date, helped benefit 21 million children. 

Inclusion of children with disabilities benefits society as a whole

Remarkable Progress in Reducing Child Mortality and Improving Maternal Health

2.4 billion people will lack improved sanitation in 2015

National Health Week time again!

Interview with UNICEF Mozambique Chief of Child Protection Mayke Huijbregts

REAL LIVES STORIES

Birth registration a vital necessity
Laura Nhembe only learned that birth registration services would be offered during the National Health Week when she brought her children in for vaccination. Fortunately, she has the relevant documentation on her, and is now standing in front of the registrar, Laximim Pelembe, with her two young girls. Telma is only 4 months old, while Marta is 5, going on 6. Laura is very clear about the importance of birth registration – “para ir a escola”, she says loudly.

Initiatives to register births for protection programmes gain momentum

New vaccine to save thousands of children in Mozambique

The best possible presence in the lives of HIV children

Safe water guarantees our health

Surviving displacement thanks to neighbors

A Good Samaritan helps his fellow flood victims