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Abdimajid Hassan, 19, was just nine years old when his family fell victim to violence in his home country of Somalia, with his mother shot and uncle killed. They fled to the closest place where they could find peace: Ethiopia’s Dollo Ado district.

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Abdimajid Hassan: a refugee’s story

How sports, play-based learning, and education provide brighter futures and support the integration of refugees into Ethiopia’s host communities.

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09 April 2019
More than half of children remain excluded from pre-primary education in Ethiopia, despite impressive gains made in increasing enrollment – UNICEF

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Providing a coordinated response to survivors

of sexual violence in the Oromia Region

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From Childhood, through Adolescence to Adulthood in Ethiopia

Studying the lives of young people over a 17-year period to understand the factors that shape childhood, adolescence, and youth.

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Commemorating UNICEF’s 65th anniversary in Oromia region

A blog by Ms Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia on UNICEF’s 65th anniversary commemorated in Oromia region, Ethiopia

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22 March 2019
Embassy of Japan gives UNICEF Ethiopia US$ 2.5 million to meet the water, sanitation, and hygiene needs of internally displaced populations

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Sustainable Climate Resilient Water Supply for Wag Himra?

EU RESET II Groundwater Mapping Project – Zonal consultation meeting in Sekota, Wag Himra Zone, Amhara Region

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Commemorating UNICEF’s 65th anniversary in Gambella region

A blog by Ms Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia on UNICEF’s 65th anniversary commemorated in Gambella region, Ethiopia

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Commemorating UNICEF’s 65th anniversary in Somali region

A blog by Ms Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative in Ethiopia on UNICEF’s 65th anniversary commemorated in Somali region in Ethiopia

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Press release

06 March 2019
Sweden contributes US$ 3.2 million to UNICEF Ethiopia’s humanitarian appeal for children

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Press release

25 February 2019
Ethiopia inaugurates model water supply and waste management project

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A family affected by conflict finds renewed hope

Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

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12 February 2019
Germany and UNICEF hand over 30 vehicles to support mobile health and nutrition services for children in Afar and Somali regions

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UNICEF scales up efforts to eradicate a scabies outbreak

for internally displaced persons at Qoloji Camp, Somali Region, Ethiopia

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Survival and health
Nuro, Yusuf and Musa, 6 are the happy faces in the Accelerated School Readiness program at Simbile Primary School, Afar region
Learning and Development
Millennium Kassa,10, grade 2, drinking water from a new water point built by UNICEF at Oloncho village, Mekonisa kebele. SNNPR.
WASH
Genuine smile from Seven month Kokeb Girmay during the breastfeeding celebration event in Tigray
Nutrition
One-year old Tasloch Char under his mother's arms waits their turn for health checks and supplemental food at a Visit Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and Infant and Young Child YCF Nutrition Programme in Tierkidi, GOAL Ethiopia Nutrition center at Tierkidi camp in Gambela region of Ethiopia
Child Protection
Angesom, 3 waits for a nutritious porridge made from locally available products
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About UNICEF Ethiopia

UNICEF has been present in Ethiopia for 65 years and its history is closely tied to Ethiopia’s gradual transformation into a modern economy with strong aspirations for middle income status by 2025.

UNICEF works to support national efforts to ensure the realization of the rights of children and women through improved child survival, development and protection. Over the past six decades UNICEF has established strong relations with the government of Ethiopia, bi-laterals, donors, development partners and civil society.
 

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