11 March 2022

Two thirds of households with children have lost income during pandemic

BISHKEK/NEW YORK, 11 March 2022 –, At least two-thirds of households with children have lost income since the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years ago, according to a new report published today by UNICEF and the World Bank. Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of households with children – which presents findings from dat...
23 February 2022

The New Bebbo App

Download FREE App now!, Our new free Bebbo application for parents is the only tool parents need to give their children ‘A good start for a lifetime’. Supporting them and guiding them all the way through their child’s development years, from 0 to 6 years old. The Bebbo app helps you with answers to all your questi...
06 October 2021

Situation Analysis: Children and Adolescents with Disabilities in Kyrgyzstan

UNICEF commissioned a Situation Analysis on children and adolescents with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan to assess and analyse the situation with respect to the realization of the rights of children (0-17 ages) and adolescents (10-19 ages) with disabilities according to the International Classification of Functioning ...
17 December 2020

The quest of a child left behind to become a chef

Aibek is only 15 but has already outlived many challenges in his life. He is one of the 120,000 children left behind by migrating parents. But unlike others, who normally reside with their close relatives and guardians, he lives entirely on his own in Orozbekova, a small village in Batken region, in the south of t...
05 September 2018

Guests of III World Nomad Games playing traditional children’s games at Kyrchyn

4 September 2018, Kyrchyn, Kyrgyzstan –, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) engages children and parents to play traditional children’s games of nomads at Kyrchyn ethnovillage (Issyk-Kul). Aimed at promoting children’s cognitive, physical and emotional development through playing, UNICEF experts selected ...
01 September 2018

Children's Games of Nomads

Children's Games Caravan, This year Kyrgyzstan hosts III World Nomad Games. To raise awareness on the importance of children's development and good parenting, UNICEF partnered with the secretariat of III World Nomad Games by organizing a Caravan of children's nomad games in every province of the country in June as...
09 July 2018

Over 5,000 children and their parents participated in Caravan of Children's Games

Bishkek, 27 June 2018 –, Over 5,000 children, parents and caregivers in each oblast in the Kyrgyz Republic took part in Caravan of Children's Games, which was organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the State Agency for Youth, Physical Culture and Sports under the Government of the Kyrgyz Repub...
06 February 2018

More than 175,000 children go online for the first time every day

NEW YORK/BISHKEK, 6 February 2018, – More than 175,000 children go online for the first time every day – a new child every half second – UNICEF said today on the eve of Safer Internet Day, observed globally on 7 February. Digital access exposes these children to a wealth of opportunities, but also to a host of ris...
22 January 2018

UNICEF Funding Opportunity for Blockchain Start-ups

NEW YORK/ BISHKEK, January 22, 2018 - , The UNICEF Innovation Fund (IF) is looking to make $50-90K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity. IF is currently looking to invest in a group of companies developing softw...
12 April 2017

Jalal-Abad hospitals receive resuscitation equipment to save child lives

BISHKEK/JALAL-ABAD, 12 April 2017, – To improve child and mother survival, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan continue the implementation of the project “For Advancing Peace through Enhanced Maternal and Child Healthcare in Conflict-prone Regions” funded by the Government of Japan. On 12 April, Minist...
17 November 2016

Kyrgyzstan marks World Prematurity Day

BISHKEK, – Every year, some 8000 children are born prematurely in Kyrgyzstan (4.8 per cent of all births). The survival rate of children weighing 500 to 1500 grams is 49.2 per cent. According to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), complications of premature birth are the main cause of death for more than 1 million ch...
14 November 2016

Two hundred world-renowned writers come together for children’s rights

BISHKEK/NEW YORK, 14 November 2016, – Over 200 prominent writers including novelists, playwrights and poets, have joined a global literary campaign this week, penning ‘tiny stories’ of around seven lines each to highlight Universal Children’s Day and the injustice so many of the world’s poorest and most disadvant...