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Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
UNICEF believes everyone has a role to play when it comes to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and good personal hygiene in Belizean schools
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Strengthening Belize’s Social Protection System
UNICEF Belize and the Ministry of Human Development, Family Support and Gender Affairs work to advance key reforms to make the social protection system more inclusive and shock-responsive. In times of crisis, whether a natural disaster, economic downturn, or sudden emergency, it is the most vulnerable who are ofte...
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New UNICEF Representative in Belize presents credentials
BELMOPAN, 6 February 2025 , - The newly appointed UNICEF Representative to Belize, Ken Legins, presented his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Francis Fonseca and Chief Executive Officer, H.E. Amalia Mai. They participated in an introductory meeting held at the Laing Building in Be...
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"Future Frames" Film Workshop for Youth for Justice
Belmopan, BELIZE, 17 December 2024, – Galen University, in partnership with UNICEF, NICH, the Belize Film Commission, and the Belize Film Exchange, collaborated to host a stimulating film workshop entitled “Future Frames.” The Future Frames workshop was designed to introduce filmmaking as a transformative medium, ...
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The hidden impact of climate change on children with disabilities in Belize
Children with disabilites in times of emergencies, Protecting the most vulnerable As the international community celebrates December 3rd as the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, Belize has an opportunity to reflect on its progress—and the urgent work still needed—to safeguard the rights and dignity ...
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Counselling to improve child nutrition
UNICEF supports nutrition programmes in Belize because the factors that contribute to the problem of child malnutrition are environmental, biological, and behavioural.Counselling for child nutrition is an effective tool to influence these factors and potentially change feeding practices within the home. Nutrition ...
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MENgage for a better tomorrow
The concept of MENgage, Engage.Educate.Empower. Over the years, the global agenda to reduce gender inequality and inequity through focused programmes/interventions to empower women and girls continues to grow in momentum. Subsequently, proponents advocating for men and boys’ are increasingly calling for interventi...
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The Government of Belize and UNICEF partner to produce a groundbreaking Situational Analysis on Children with Disabilities
BELMOPAN, 10 December 2024 -, As the international community commemorates, World Human Rights Day,, the Ministry of Human Development, in partnership with UNICEF, has initiated the development of a, Situational Analysis on Children with Disabilities (SitAn), . This effort is aligned with Belize's commitment to the...
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Keeping the Promise: For Every Child Every Right
35 years of progress for children, Making Belize fit for its children Belize was the fifth country to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) signaling an early commitment to this pioneering vision to prioritize child rights and the protection of our youngest citizens. In commemoration of the 35 th ...
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Belize delegation attends 13th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
BELMOPAN, 2 December 2024, - The 13th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM13), themed “Road to Resilience - Checkpoint 2024: Levelling Up for a Dynamic Future,” is taking place from December 2-6, 2024, at the Marriott Hotel in St. Kitts and Nevis. As the first CDM event hosted in the Orga...
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Call for Media Champions
UNICEF Belize, in collaboration with, UNICEF Eastern Caribbean, will introduce three (3) Special Category Awards for the, CBU - Caribbean Broadcasting Union, 36th Media Awards for journalist and media professionals in Belize. The partnership will span two years and will also include media training and sensitizati...
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Voices of the Future
Over the weekend over 70 adolescents and youth gathered in Belmopan for the Post Voluntary National Review (VNR) Youth Forum. The dynamic event was a collaborative effort between Ministry of Sustainable Development and Climate Change, Sustainable Development Unit, Department of Youth Services and UNICEF along with...
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Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the CRC through Art
UNICEF has had a long history of using art to inspire, teach and provoke thought and action. UNICEF Belize, as a part of the ongoing commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), coordinated a series of art-themed activities to use art to raise awareness of child rights ...