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Somalia travel tips and information

For those travelling to Somalia, the attached document: Somalia - Travel Tips and Information - comes in handy. Please use it together with the document: UNICEF in Somalia - Questions and Answers for the Media. Attachment in PDF below.

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Summary data - Key facts and figures

Somalia continues to be in a state of chronic emergency, beset by conflict and division and prone to natural calamities like droughts and floods which cause recurrent displacement. To enable better planning of programmes to benefit children and women, UNICEF in 2006 carried out a Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). See summary data from the MICS and other sources in attachment in PDF below.

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UNICEF in Somalia - Questions and Answers for the Media

For journalists and media wanting to go into Somalia, the document available in PDF for download below: UNICEF in Somalia - Questions and Answers for the Media provides some answers to basic queries such as: where is UNICEF located? what are its activities? how does one get into Somalia and what about security? NOTE: The contents are subject to change without notice.

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Ethical guidelines - Principles for ethical reporting on children

Reporting on children and young people has its special challenges. In some instances the act of reporting on children places them or other children at risk of retribution or stigimatization. UNICEF has developed the following principles in Word below to assist journalists as they report on issues affecting children. They should help them cover children in an age-appropriate and sensitive manner.

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Health brief

The UNICEF Health programme in Somalia is comprised of three projects: strengthening childcare services, promoting safe motherhood and child immunization. Please find more information in the health briefing below in pdf. The briefing contains information on key issues around which UNICEF works, actions taken and their impact.

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Nutrition brief
UNICEF’s Nutrition programme in Somalia is comprised of three projects: controlling micronutrient deficiency disorders; improving feeding practices and selective feeding. Pending compilation of the latest Brief on the programme, please forward all queries for information to Fitsum Assefa on email: fassefa@unicef.org.

Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Water supply and hygiene, and environmental sanitation activities are the main components of UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme in Somalia. For more information, please read attached briefing document in PDF.
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Education brief
UNICEF’s Education programme in Somalia is comprised of two projects: primary formal education and primary alternative education. The programme seeks to redress the situation in which learning opportunities have been virtually non-existent. Despite increases in the number of schools and in enrolment, considerable disparities in the quality of and access to primary education remain.
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Communication, HIV, Empowerment and Protection (CHEP)

The Communication, HIV, Empowerment and Protection (CHEP) programme seeks to provide a human rights-based framework to influence behavioural change for Somali children and young people.It has focus on communication for development, HIV/AIDS , empowering youth and protection of children. For further information please contact Isabella Castrogiovanni, email: icastrogiovanni@unicef.org.

Programme planning brief
The accuracy of all data coming into and being disseminated from UNICEF Somalia is managed by the Programme planning section. It coordinates all studies, evaluations and surveys. The Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation programme includes supervision of the Crisis Preparedness and Response and Gender projects. These projects will be systematically integrated into all other programme sectors.
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Map - UN Agencies in Somalia - office locations
Produced by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Somalia map in pdf shows locations of UN agencies including UNICEF in Somalia. Note: The boundaries and names on these maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations - read Disclaimer.
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