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Voices of pure and beautiful but marginalized and invisible people in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan
It was a quite hot and humid Monday morning in August 2024 with clear sky, when I arrived to Chabahar airport along with some other colleagues from UNICEF Iran team. We were on a mission to monitor UNICEF’s support to the flood-affected community in Sistan and Baluchestan province, specifically in Chabahar and its...
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Vulnerable households in earthquake affected Khoy receive cash assistance to reconstruct their homes
Thanks to a UNICEF-supported programme, 473 vulnerable households with children, including some with disabilities, living in earthquake-hit districts of Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, received cash assistance to help them undertake necessary repairs to their damaged homes. This initiative, which was implemented f...
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Children benefit from UNICEF-supported mobile child-friendly spaces in Khoy
Thousands of children in the earthquake-hit districts of Khoy, West Azerbaijan, will benefit from the UNICEF-supported mobile Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) equipped with recreational and educational items. Thanks to financial help from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and the Cent...
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UNICEF and Ministry of Health hold training workshop to strengthen AWBCs’ resilience in emergencies
In a joint cooperation among the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the Adolescent Wellbeing Clubs (AWBCs) and UNICEF Iran, a four-day consultative hands-on workshop was launched today 7 March in Kermanshah for the technical staff and adolescents from AWBCs in Iran. The aim is to strengthen their resilience...
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Building and equipping four playgrounds for children in the most severely flood-affected areas of Golestan Province
With UNICEF Iran’s support, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Youth Organization has built and equipped four playgrounds for children in the most severely flood-affected areas of Golestan Province. Gilles Chevalier, UNICEF Iran Deputy Representative, and Dr. Mohammad Golfeshan, Head of the IRCS Youth Organiz...