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Ten cents can help save a child’s life
Every day, more than 4,000 children under the age of five die for want of a tiny bit of salt, sugar and some clean water. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a fast and effective way to combat the potentially fatal effects of diarrhoea, which remains the second most common cause of death among young children behind [...]
HIV Project in Papua New Guinea
After a two day delay in the Solomon Islands due to Cyclone Ului, I finally make it to the PNG highlands. Goroka is 1600m above sea level and after the Solomons, a refreshing 23 degrees with no humidity. I’m here on a monitoring visit for the UNICEF NZ and NZAID KOHA-funded “HIV Prevention and Care [...]
Jeanne – a story from Haiti
This is a story by Diana Valcárcel, UNICEF communications specialist currently in Haiti. Jeanne *(not her real name) sits on a mattress in her tent surrounded by another 45 families in the spontaneous settlement that has sprung up in Port au Prince. Through the plastic walls of the tent, the afternoon sun burns and she [...]
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Alison Mau: The best gift
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: a gift for 20 mothers-to-be! We’re counting down to Christmas with the 12 Days of UNICEF where UNICEF ambassadors and champions post daily blog entries about the difference UNICEF Inspired Gifts are making in the lives of many children around the world. Almost [...]
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