Category Archives: Emergencies

Royal High Tea for Africa!

By Richard, Published: November 1, 2011
As you may know, William and Catherine are on their way to Copenhagen this Thursday (3rd of November 2011 NZ time). The purpose of their visit isn’t to view beautiful old buildings or to taste the local cuisine, but to help the children suffering in the Horn of Africa drought. The Duke and Duchess will [...]
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Water rationing continues in Tuvalu

By UNICEF NZ, Published: October 20, 2011
When you live in a place that is facing severe water shortages and your family has only 40 litres of rationed water per day …when you live in a place where trees, crops and grass are all turning brown or withering away from the blistering heat… you have to ask the question – “What’s going [...]
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Dennis Update Part 4

By Richard, Published: October 14, 2011
Dennis has sent through another update as they’ve made it to a new town near the Somali border: I have arrived in Wajri, a Kenyan town near the Somali border. Overnight torrential rain fell in what could only be described as a waterfall and flooded the streets. The rain also fell in Dadaab, home to [...]
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Dennis Update Part 3

By Richard, Published: October 13, 2011
This morning we received another update from Dennis: Today was a lot of driving over appalling roads that kept our speed to around 40km. As a result of time on the road we only visited one village – Riva. UNICEF has installed a large water system which includes; a generator to drive a pump, 100 [...]
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Update from Dennis Part 2

By Richard, Published: October 12, 2011
Overnight Dennis has sent through another update from Dadaab: As we flew into Dadaab all I could see was brown barren land. Our first visit was to Dagahley transit camp. UNICEF buses refugees from the Somali border town of Liboi to the camp, where they can access food and tents. For many this is the [...]
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