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(Top row, left to right) 8th grader Asiya Haj Abdurma Usman and 7th grader Ashe Abdulahi,; (Bottom row, left to right), 7th grader Biftu Amar Kudir, 6th grader Anifa Abdella Barki, and 7th grader Ayate Ahmed Mustafa, © UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Melkit Mersha

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Five brave girls say ‘NO’ to marriage

Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

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A family affected by conflict finds renewed hope

Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

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Ensuring equal opportunities

for refugee and host community children in Gambella region, Ethiopia

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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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Press release

17 January 2019
Nearly 36 million children in Ethiopia are poor and lack access to basic social services, a new report reveals

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UNICEF and African Union meet to discuss delivering results

for children and young people

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14 January 2019
Central Statistical Agency (CSA) and UNICEF to launch a report - “Multidimensional Child Deprivation in Ethiopia, First National Estimates.”

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Baby WASH

Increasing communities’ awareness through health extension workers

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Press release

17 December 2018
The Government of Italy grants 1 million Euros to UNICEF to strengthen the Ethiopian health sector

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Commemorating 65 years of UNICEF in Ethiopia

In Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region

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10 December 2018
Multi-million-dollar project to construct schools in refugee camps and host communities launched in Ethiopia

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Combining groundwater mapping with capacity building

To strengthen climate-resilient WASH in northern Amhara

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Protection through education

How providing teachers with psychosocial skills can heal conflict-affected children and support their progression in school

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22 November 2018
Royal Norwegian Embassy grants NOK 100 million in support of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Rights-Based Approach to Adolescent and Youth Development in Ethiopia

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A pre-term baby is kept warm in an incubator
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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