Author Archives: Karen

Stories from the Field: My journey to Chad (part three)

By Karen, Published: May 17, 2012
Dennis McKinlay, UNICEF NZ’s Executive Director, continues his trip in Chad to look at the unfolding food crisis there. Here he talks about meeting malnourished children at a health centre and the amazing work UNICEF is doing to help them…. At the Bunda health centre this morning I met Ashta – a 27 year old [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day Three

By Karen, Published: November 11, 2011
This morning it’s a bright and early start for us, but what a start to the day it is with Don Khong Island reminding us why Laos is such a magical country. We eat breakfast as the first sun of the new day hits the Mekong – monks in their bright orange robes scurrying beside [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day Two

By Karen, Published: November 10, 2011
Today after a long and bumpy drive from the town of Paksan to Pakse we meet Dr K. Samphan (Immunization Officer) and Oudorn Phanekham (Senior Supply Assistant) from UNICEF Laos who will be accompanying us on the rest of the trip. We set off to meet with officials from the Provincial Health Department who are [...]
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Karen in Laos- Day One

By Karen, Published: November 9, 2011
After a day or so of acclimatising to the stifling heat and sampling the amazing food of Vientiane (Laos’ chilled out capital city), it was time to get started with the reason I came here – to get  into the field with UNICEF and see what we really do to help save and improve children’s [...]
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