Category Archives: Emergencies

Kiwi UNICEF Worker Blogs from Pakistan

By Helen Player - Online Marketing Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: September 8, 2010
Tania McBride, is a New Zealander working for UNICEF as a Communications Specialist. She has recently been deployed to Pakistan, after severe floods have left 20 million people affected, including 8 million children. Here she blogs about her experiences in Pakistan, after witnessing the devastation left by the “flood of the century”. “I arrived last night in [...]
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UNICEF photo exhibition ‘A Far Cry’ launches September 6

By Lawrence - UNICEF Communications Manger, Published: September 2, 2010
Girls as young as eight have been attacked, raped or killed walking this route.
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HAIR-larious, DREAD-fully good, and definitely a CUT ABOVE the rest!

By Sally, Published: September 2, 2010
It’s amazing what people will do for a good cause. Ash, 14, from Parnell College in Auckland, is ready to lose his locks (his ‘beloved dreadlocks’), to raise money for UNICEF’s emergency relief in Pakistan. Ash is running a Trademe auction to raise as much money as he can, and is even willing to send his [...]
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Letter from Pakistan

By Lawrence - UNICEF Communications Manger, Published: August 27, 2010
You would have most likely seen the devastated that Pakistan is going through at the moment. They are experiencing what is being described as the “flood of the century”, with one-fifth of the country currently under water and over 15 million people affected, half of whom are children in critical need of help. UNICEF is [...]
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Children most vulnerable in wake of Pakistan flood disaster

By David Youngmeyer - Communications Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: August 6, 2010
UNICEF Pakistan staffer, Dr Mohammad Rafiq, reflects on the flooding disaster that is affecting the lives of 1.4 million children. For children this was truly terrifying. They were grabbed out of their beds by parents in the middle of the night and had to run to safe ground as water poured into their houses. The only [...]
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