Page Stories Stories about children, their families and the people we work with from across the country UNICEF PNG/2018/Mepham Article School life hard without water and menstrual hygiene-friendl “School life without water and clean toilets is sometimes very hard for us,” says Olive John, a grade 8 student . Read the story Article UNICEF Papua New Guinea wins 2018 Global Staff Team Award February 2018, Papua New Guinea was struck by a massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake that killed over 100 people and affected more than 500,000 people. Read the story Article Let's talk about malnutrition Some girls call it period, some say red, and others use different names to refer to menstruation. Read the story Article A tiny bracelet saving lives in Papua New Guinea It is just a few hours before sundown in Tambul in the Western Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Read the story Article Prevention and treatment of severe acute malnutrition Eighteen-month-old twin sisters, Sandra and Sandy, only weigh 6.2 and 4.5 kilograms respectively, and still cannot walk. Read the story Article UNICEF helps to bring immunization services communities Angela Losi’s two-month old son, who still hasn’t been named, has never received any immunization since his mother gave birth to him at home. Read the story All stories Article 07/12/2019 School life hard without water and menstrual hygiene-friendl “School life without water and clean toilets is sometimes very hard for us,” says Olive John, a grade 8 student . Article 06/19/2019 UNICEF Papua New Guinea wins 2018 Global Staff Team Award February 2018, Papua New Guinea was struck by a massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake that killed over 100 people and affected more than 500,000 people. Article 06/06/2019 Let's talk about malnutrition Some girls call it period, some say red, and others use different names to refer to menstruation. Article 02/21/2019 A tiny bracelet saving lives in Papua New Guinea It is just a few hours before sundown in Tambul in the Western Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Article 06/27/2018 Prevention and treatment of severe acute malnutrition Eighteen-month-old twin sisters, Sandra and Sandy, only weigh 6.2 and 4.5 kilograms respectively, and still cannot walk. Article 06/27/2018 UNICEF helps to bring immunization services communities Angela Losi’s two-month old son, who still hasn’t been named, has never received any immunization since his mother gave birth to him at home. Article 06/26/2018 17 and on the run for freedom *Larry is a skinny youth, small for a 17-year-old. His long pants and t-shirt hang loosely from his body. Article 06/26/2018 Bringing baby Adaline’s appetite back to life Cradled in the arms of her mother, baby Adaline is too feeble even to crawl. Her legs and arms are malformed, the ribs visible through her skin. Article 06/26/2018 A community on the edge of thirst in rural Papua New Guinea Otmar is very thirsty. Sitting in the arms of his mother, the one-year-old boy cries out and reaches in the direction of a plastic cup. Article 05/02/2018 In earthquake-hit PNG, children suffer from trauma David*, 10, was sleeping when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the highlands region of Papua New Guinea. Article 04/26/2018 Immunization campaign kicks off to prevent disease outbreaks Within days of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Medeline Luk heard shouts from her neighbours. Article 03/17/2018 Another kind of disaster’ looms in Papua New Guinea This is home to about 600 people. A single, open shelter erected in a field. Two pit latrines hastily built by the side of a road. Prev 1 1 2 3 4 Next
