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Darren Zhang: Rights of children in urban poverty must be realised

By Ella, Published: April 5, 2012
All children growing in towns and cities must have their full rights equally realised to enable each and every child to grow and thrive to the fullest of their potential. With almost half of the world’s population living in urban centres, social disparities are a barrier from urbanisation being an opportunity to realise the rights [...]
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Our year ahead as UNICEF NZs 2012 Youth Ambassadors – Akane Sandom

By Richard, Published: February 20, 2012
As the first blog since our appointment as this year’s group of UNICEF NZ Youth Ambassadors, I hope we can be warmly welcomed in our roles! A question that’s already popped up quite often has been- ‘What do you do as a Youth Ambassador?’ So to start with, I thought it would be good to [...]
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The Youth of Today

By Richard, Published: February 13, 2012
Last month I met six incredibly mature and bright people who happened to be half my age.  This young and talented group of individuals are the new UNICEF Youth Ambassadors. They were in Wellington to learn about children’s rights, the mission and values of UNICEF and to share ideas about how to make a difference [...]
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