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Our communication team is available to provide details on UNICEF's current activities, up-to-date information and statistics on the situation of children and women in Rwanda and arrange interviews with experts on a wide variety of subjects related to children.

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Steve Nzaramba, Communication Specialist, UNICEF Rwanda
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Email: snzaramba@unicef.org

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Press releases

Children learn on tablets in a new classroom in Tamantay, a village in Kassala State, Sudan, on their first day of e-learning through the Can’t Wait to Learn programme.

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70 per cent of 10-year-olds in 'learning poverty'

As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries

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UNICEF Representative in Rwanda Julianna Lindsey

Statement

28 June 2022

Statement by Ms. Julianna Lindsey, UNICEF Representative, on the Kigali Declaration on Child Care and Protection Reform

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Campaign

#LongLifeForAll

A love letter to those who have made vaccines possible.

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A child playing at New Bugarama Mining ECD Center that was recently launched

Press release

25 March 2022

Businesses rallied to advance children’s rights in Rwanda

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Press release

10 March 2022

Two thirds of households with children have lost income during pandemic

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Villagers fetching water from a UNICEF provided water point in Musanze District.

Press release

28 February 2022

Today, 1 billion of the world’s most vulnerable children are at extreme risk. If the world fails to act, tomorrow it will be all children. It is past time to put children at the center of climate action.

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IHS MD and UNICEF Representative pose for a photo

Press release

16 February 2022

IHS Rwanda and UNICEF team up to improve access to ECD services

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Doctor preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccine

Press release

11 February 2022

Supporting access to COVID-19 vaccines in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia

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ACT-A calls for fair share-based financing to end pandemic

World leaders will today launch a call to end the pandemic as a global emergency in 2022 by funding the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator

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Statement

28 January 2022

No excuses. Keep schools open. Children can’t wait

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Statement

24 January 2022

Joint statement from UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Mohamed Fall, and UNESCO Regional Director for Eastern Africa, Prof. Hubert Gijzen

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