08 October 2024

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...
13 July 2023

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...
27 April 2023

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...
07 March 2021

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...
23 September 2020

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...