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New education partnerships and projects in Rwanda announced

UK Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell launches new partnerships to support access to education in Rwanda

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Climate activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate interacts with young girls at a water collection point

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19 July 2023

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate takes a stand for adolescent girls during visit to Rwanda

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31 March 2023

Airtel Rwanda and UNICEF Rwanda team up to increase access to digital learning for school children in Rwanda

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A child in a classroom attentively following a class session

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17 January 2023

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding – UNICEF

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22 December 2022

UNICEF, NCDA and IHS Towers launch newly established ECD center

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16 December 2022

UNICEF and NCDA roll out campaign to combat malnutrition in children

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12 December 2022

Japan supports IOM on migration management system and UNICEF on health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for vulnerable groups in Rwanda

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30 August 2022

Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services – WHO, UNICEF

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UNICEF Representative in Rwanda Julianna Lindsey

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24 August 2022

UNICEF and LIXIL partner to donate 20,000 SATO toilets and handwashing taps for child development centers

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The RTS,S malaria vaccine is the result of 35 years of research and development and is the first-ever vaccine against a parasitic disease.

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Millions more children to benefit from malaria vaccine

With malaria one of the biggest killers of children under 5, the world’s first vaccine against a parasite is a major breakthrough for child health

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Statement

01 August 2022

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

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A doctor prepares to administer a vaccine dose as a nurse look on

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15 July 2022

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades

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13 July 2022

Around 3 in 4 youth lack skills needed for employment, new report says

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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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The latest news on children and families in Rwanda and what UNICEF is doing to help.

New education partnerships and projects in Rwanda announced

UNICEF and NCDA roll out campaign to combat malnutrition in children

Millions more children to benefit from malaria vaccine

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

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