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Creating safe spaces for Ethiopian refugee children in Sudan
In the refugee camp of Um Rakoba in Gedarif state is one colourful spot. The child-friendly space, supported by UNICEF, is providing Ethiopian refugee children with some safety and psychosocial support. UNICEF-supported child-friendly spaces are safe spaces set up in the refugee camps and reception centers to help...
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Voices from Tigray Refugee Camp in Sudan
In November 2020, conflict broke out in the Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia forcing thousands of refugees from their homes into neighbouring countries including Sudan. UNICEF and other humanitarian partners remain on the ground to support the government’s emergency response, addressing their immediate but urgent needs. For UNICEF, supporting…
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Reaching Tigray refugees in East Sudan with clean water, latrines, and hygiene facilities
To date since November 2020 around 63,000 Tigray refugees, 18,400 of them children, arrived in Eastern Sudan and are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Most of the refugees are currently settled in two camps in Gedaref state near the border. UNICEF and partners are on the ground providing water, sanitation, and hygiene services to ensure the…, . Tigray Refugee Crisis, Young Girl sitting on UNICEF Jerry Can Inadequate water supply and sanita...
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I can’t find my little brother
I am waiting for my brother, I don’t dare to leave just in case he manages to cross over, and I miss him. I have been here for four days now; I haven’t climbed up to the Reception Centre and I wait for others to bring me some food. “My mother told me to wait by the river.” Nargof, 18, is sitting at the edge of the...
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Mother Makes it to Safety in Sudan after Fleeing Hospital in Ethiopia with Premature Twins
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding as thousands of refugees flee ongoing fighting in Tigray every day to seek safety in Kassala and Gedarif states, eastern Sudan. This is an influx unseen over the last two decades in this part of the country. People have been crossing the border at the rate of 4,000-5,000 per day ...
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2.3 million children in Tigray region of Ethiopia need humanitarian assistance, as thousands flee across border into Sudan
NEW YORK, 19 November 2020 - , “Since armed conflict broke out in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia earlier this month, close to 30,000 people have sought refuge in neighbouring Sudan. UNICEF estimates that some 12,000 children – some of them without parents or relatives – are among those sheltering in camps and regis...