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Disaster Risk Reduction
UNICEF works to develop the capacities of teachers and principals to contribute to climate change and disaster risk reduction training plans in schools
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A map to avoid risks
“Look what we brought you!” says Migdalia Escudero Vinent, a methodologist for scientific activities in the province of Santiago de Cuba, as teachers help her unroll a huge map-shaped game. The children's joy shows in collective jubilation. The playground of the Emilio Bárcenas Elementary School seems small for th...
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School is synonymous with protection
A town inhabited by the echo of the wind and flooded by rainwater and the tears of its inhabitants dawned on Tuesday, 27 September 2022. After the passage of Hurricane Ian through Consolación del Sur, in Pinar del Río (the westernmost of Cuba’s provinces), there was no house, school or grocery store... left standi...
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Disaster risk reduction starts at the school level
Dressed in a green garment that covers her up to her feet, the little storyteller tells the story of a farmer who sowed a beautiful crop of beans, but felt very sad because the sun’s heat was getting stronger every day. “One day, he saw his crop on fire,” she says dramatically. “Suddenly, it started to rain, so th...
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“If we know how take care our ourselves, we can help our relatives”
From morning to afternoon, the school routine is virtually the same throughout Cuba, from the big cities to the most intricate places in the highlands, as in the Santiago town of Combate de El Uvero. Right there, in the middle of the mountains and with the lapping of the waves as a natural sound, the community’s e...
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A school that transformed its community
The most common thing in El Manzano (The Apple Tree) community, although it may seem contradictory, is not to find this type of fruit hanging from the branches; not even the tropical ones are visible. Too many months without a drop of water falling from the sky has consequences for the area, especially from Januar...
Press release
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2.3 million children displaced by weather-related disasters over six years
Panama City, 6 October 2023, –, In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), weather-related disasters, such as riverine floods and storm surges, caused 2.3 million internal displacements of children over a six–year period or approximately 1.050 child displacements a day, - according to a new UNICEF analysis released...
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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on with a focus on climate change
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 28 August 2023 -, For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, issuing comprehensive interpretation of Member States’ obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of th...
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Patricia Juan Perez: “adolescents and young people are a major force for environmentalism in Cuba”
Patricia Juan Perez is 21 years old and she studies Art History at the University of Havana. From her experience in environmental activism, she has been connected to the My Action for the Planet campaign, coordinated by UNICEF’s office in Cuba, in coordination with the Ministry of Education and other partners. Pat...
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UNICEF, MERI, and UNESCO's Office of Climate Education to award teachers who promote climate education
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, August 02, 2022, - In the framework of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), UNICEF, UNESCO's Office of Climate Education, and Fundación MERI will recognize teachers in the Latin American and Caribbean region who promote climate education inside and outside the classroom. "Children a...
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Today, 1 billion of the world’s most vulnerable children are at extreme risk. If the world fails to act, tomorrow it will be all children. It is past time to put children at the center of climate action.
NEW YORK, 28 February 2022, –, , “Today’s landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report removes whatever shred of doubt remained: The climate crisis is not a future threat. It is here, it is accelerating, and it will continue to affect the world in increasingly devastating ways. “Already, the ...