UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom highlights impact of conflict on children of Syria in Jordan
Actor Orlando Bloom paid a visit to Jordan with UNICEF to meet children from Syria whose lives have been devastated by the conflict – now in its fourth year. The Goodwill Ambassador first travelled to Irbid to talk to families about their lives since fleeing Syria. This was followed by a visit to Za’atari refugee […]
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets with Syrian children
PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK/AMMAN, Jordan, 12 April 2014 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom wrapped up a visit this week to Jordan where he met with children from Syria and their families whose lives have been devastated by the conflict – now in its fourth year. “These children have witnessed more extreme violence than any […]
Bilal smiles again thanks to music
By Ayberk Yurtsever ADANA, Turkey, April 2014 – Youth worker Sevgi Biçer first noticed the boy at the opening of Adana Sarıçam Camp’s Child Friendly Space. “He was serious and aggressive, like an adult,” she said. “The other children were painting fabric, while he just walked around, watching.” But now things are different. Music has […]
Focusing on hard-to-reach children for polio vaccination campaign in Syria
By Razan Rashidi Rural Damascus, 7 April 2014 – “One drop, two drops,” a mother counts along with a health worker at Dahiet Qudsaya health centre in Rural Damascus. Her three-year-old daughter cries at the unusual taste of the polio vaccine in her mouth, but the mother calms her down: “Now you will grow up […]
UNICEF welcomes new Kuwait donation for children of Syria
NEW YORK, 7 April 2014 – Millions of Syrian children will benefit from a generous US$ 34.5 million donation by the government of Kuwait, UNICEF said today. This brings Kuwait’s total donations to UNICEF in just two years to close to US$ 90 million. “This contribution will help to scale up lifesaving interventions for the millions of children […]
UNICEF-supported programme boosts resilience and participation of conflict-affected young people in Syria
By David Youngmeyer Tartous, Syria, 3 April 2014 – A UNICEF-supported programme in Tartous governorate, run by local charity partner Al Batoul, aims to reach more than 2,700 conflict-affected young people with health awareness, psychosocial and social skills. As well as two youth centres in locations with high numbers of displaced families, the programme includes […]
بدء أولى حملات التلقيح الواسعة النطاق منذ كشف حالة شلل أطفال في العراق
استمرار التصدي لتفشي شلل الأطفال في الشرق الأوسط عمان، 6 نيسان/أبريل 2014 – بدأت اليوم حملات التلقيح ضد شلل الأطفال في سوريا والعراق ومصر والتي تهدف للوصول إلى أكثر من 20 مليون طفل على مدى الأيام الخمسة المقبلة. وبالنسبة للعراق، ستكون هذه أول حملة تلقيح على المستوى الوطني منذ أن أكدت وزارة الصحة العراقية في […]
دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة تدعم برامج اليونيسف للتغذية والصحة للأطفال السوريين
بيان صحافي أبو ظبي – الإمارات العربية المتحدة ، 2 أبريل 2014: أعلنت وزارة التعاون الدولي والتنمية في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة تخصيص 7 ملايين دولار لدعم برامج اليونيسف في مجالات التغذية والصحة للأطفال في سوريا. وقال الدكتور إبراهيم الزيق، ممثّل منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (اليونيسف) لدول الخليج العربي ” تأتي هذه المنحة من دولة […]
بدء أولى حملات التلقيح الواسعة النطاق منذ كشف حالة شلل أطفال في العراق
بيان صحفي استمرار التصدي لتفشي شلل الأطفال في الشرق الأوسط عمان، 6 نيسان/ أبريل 2014 – بدأت اليوم حملات التلقيح ضد شلل الأطفال في سوريا والعراق ومصر والتي تهدف للوصول إلى أكثر من 20 مليون طفل على مدى الأيام الخمسة المقبلة. وبالنسبة للعراق، ستكون هذه أول حملة تلقيح على المستوى الوطني منذ أن أكدت وزارة […]
First mass vaccination campaigns start since polio found in Iraq
Middle East polio outbreak response continues الخبر باللغة العربية Amman, 6 April 2014– Polio vaccination campaigns commenced in Syria, Iraq and Egypt today, aiming to reach more than 20 million children over the next five days. For Iraq, this will be the first nationwide vaccination campaign since a case of polio was confirmed by the […]
The UAE Supports UNICEF’s Nutrition and Health Programmes for Syrian Children
PRESS RELEASE الخبر باللغة العربية Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2 April 2014 – The Ministry of International Cooperation and Development in the UAE announced 7 million US$ in funding to support UNICEF’s nutrition response for children in Syria. “This recent contribution cannot be more timely,” said UNICEF Gulf Area Representative Dr. Ibrahim El Ziq. “Malnutrition and […]
تصريح صحفي من اليونيسف عن سوريا
دمشق ، 4 نيسان 2014- ان التقارير التي وردت عن مقتل 11 طفلاً في هجومين منفصلين هذا الأسبوع في ريف دمشق وجبال القلمون هو تذكير مروع ومرعب عن الثمن الذي يدفعه الناس نتيجة النزاع المسؤول عنه كافة اطراف القتال. لقد عاني الكثير من الأطفال نتيجة العنف والرعب الذي يتركه النزاع والذي ليس للأطفال علاقة به […]
Statement attributed to UNICEF Syria
DAMASCUS, 4 APRIL 2014– The reported killing of 11 children in two separate attacks this week in in Rural Damascus and in Al Qalamoun Mountains in Syria is a horrific and tragic reminder of the human cost of the conflict inflicted by all sides in the fighting. Too many children have suffered from the violence […]
Keeping children safe from weapons of war in Syria
By Kumar M Tiku Damascus, Syria, April 2014 – “Always keep an eye out for signs and clues that suggest the presence of explosive remnants in your neighbourhood,” says Nahid, the sports teacher at Al Adawi Al Mohadatha School in central Damascus. A class of twenty high-school girls listen attentively as Nahid describes the various […]
