GENEVA, 27 September 2019 - "An estimated 123,000 children have been affected by the flooding. They are of course most vulnerable to respiratory infections and water-borne disease.   "With the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Relief and the Directorate General of Civil Protection, we are working to bring assistance to flood-affected…

JAKARTA, 27 September 2019 – Over 1 million children and family members have been reached with critical humanitarian assistance, in the year since a deadly earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in September 2018. More than 2,000 people were killed and 4,400 were seriously injured by the disaster a year ago. Around 525,000…

NEW YORK, 26 September 2019 – UNICEF and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) today launched an innovative fund that will open new opportunities for Muslim philanthropy to reach the millions of children currently in need of humanitarian support and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).   The Global Muslim Philanthropy Fund for…

NEW YORK, 25 September 2019 – SAP and UNICEF today announced a new global partnership to provide quality education, life skills and job skills training to young people in disadvantaged communities, preparing them for decent work and active citizenship. Announced at an event taking place at the 74 th session of the United Nations General Assembly…

Secretary-General. Excellencies. Honoured guests. Ladies and gentlemen. Today we celebrate an important anniversary — the 30 th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, or CRC. Three decades ago, the world was in the midst of great change. The fall of Berlin Wall. The decline of apartheid. The birth of the world wide web. Against…

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Before I turn to the importance of seeking new ways to finance quality education, I’d like to illustrate why education is so important — for children of all ages, no matter where they live.   Last year I travelled to a small village in India — Mirzapur, in Uttar Pradesh. I visited an Aanganwadi. It’s one of several rural…

SANA’A, 25 September 2019 – As the new school year starts amid continuing violence in Yemen, 2 million children are out of school, including almost half a million who dropped out since the conflict escalated in March 2015. The education of another 3.7 million children now hangs in the balance as teachers’ salaries have not been paid in over two…

MARACAIBO, Venezuela – A new school year gives children a chance to reconnect with classmates, make new friends and, of course, to learn. But for Venezuelan children starting classes this month, it’s also an opportunity for something else: to focus on the future. The deteriorating situation inside Venezuela has so far left the most vulnerable out…

This report provides guidance on ways that UNICEF can support governments and partners to help adolescents to make a smooth transition from school to decent work.  To prepare them for life, work, citizenship and life-long learning, UNICEF encourages governments and partners to expand access to learning and skills development for all children and…, T r a n s i t i o n s f r o m S c h o o l t o W o r k : U N I C E F T e c h n i c a l N o t e Acknowledgements This technical note has been developed by Gemma Wilson-Clark and Soumi Saha of the Education Section in UNICEF headquarters. We are grateful to Robert Jenkins, Associate Director, Education Section, UNICEF for the opportunity to develop…

AMMAN, 24 September 2019 – UNICEF aims to reach 1.1 million children in the Middle East and North Africa to help counter the risk of illness, school absence or severe cold due to the anticipated harsh weather and temperatures dropping to below zero in some areas. UNICEF’s winter response will provide lifesaving winter assistance to children in…