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The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (Kuwait Fund) supports UNICEF to improve learning for children and youth in Lebanon
Kuwait, Beirut, 20 March 2025, - UNICEF and The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (Kuwait Fund) signed a US$2 million agreement to rehabilitate public school infrastructure in Lebanon. This initiative aims to create safer and more inclusive learning environments, ensuring that children and youth across the...
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Five Reasons Why You Should Dedicate Your Sadaqah to UNICEF
During Ramadan, we cannot help but think of those deprived of basic necessities. While millions of families come together to celebrate the warmth and spirituality of Ramadan, others struggle to find their next meal or clean water to break their fast. In crisis zones like Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, and Syria, mothers ofte...
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2024 Through the Lens of the Middle East: A Year of Unending Turmoil
As we open a new chapter in 2025, we leave behind shattered memories and heart-wrenching emotions, interwoven with moments of resilience and steadfastness that we cannot forget. The year 2024 brought sadness and tears, filling the eyes of many displaced people in Gaza who lost their loved ones. It opened doors to ...
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A child’s escape from the conflict: the story of Ghazal
"Nothing will happen except what God has destined me for. If I am destined to die, I will die, and if I am destined to live, I will live," said Ghazal, a 9-year-old girl who fled from southern Lebanon to Beirut due to the escalating armed conflict spreading across the country. Before fleeing to Beirut, Ghazal used...
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Philanthropist Khalil Abou Jaoude Joins UNICEF International Council as The First Member from Lebanon
Dubai – New York, 31 May 2023, – UNICEF today welcomes Mr. Khalil Elie Abou Jaoude as a new member of its International Council; the first member from Lebanon. The recent donation from Mr. Abou Jaoude – the CEO of Aja Group Holding - will support UNICEF to help reach the world’s most vulnerable and excluded childr...
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AGFUND helps UNICEF address the spread of Cholera in Lebanon, agree new cooperation areas
Riyadh, 20 February 2023 - In response to the Cholera outbreak in Lebanon, the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) released today funding in support of UNICEF’s response to reduce the spread of the waterborne disease. The grant was signed today in Riyadh, in the margins of the Riyadh International Humanit...
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KSRelief extends its support to UNICEF to provide children with severe and mild disabilities an integrated package of education, health and protection services
Beirut, 3 December 2020 – , The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) reaffirmed its commitment to the most vulnerable children living in Lebanon by extending an emergency aid of US$ 1.2 million to support UNICEF’s inclusion programme in Lebanon. The grant will improve the access of refugee children with severe and mild disabilities to an integrated…