Category Archives: Kiwis in the field

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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Update from Dennis

By Richard, Published: October 11, 2011
This update from Dennis came to our team via SMS today: Arrived Nairobi last night and the 2 hour drive to the hotel was through some of the most chaotic traffic I have ever experienced. Along the dirt roadside people walked seemingly aimlessly and the more entrepreneurial had small stalls selling drinks, fruit and flowers [...]
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Kiwi UNICEF worker blogs from Pakistan: Blog #4

By UNICEF NZ, Published: September 13, 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, for the fourth time, about her experiences in Pakistan, after witnessing the devastation left by the “flood of the [...]
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Kiwi UNICEF Worker Blogs From Pakistan: Blog #3

By UNICEF NZ, Published: September 13, 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 over 20.5 million people affected, hald of whom are children. Here she blogs, for the third time, about her experiences in Pakistan, after witnessing the devastation left by the “flood [...]
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