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Three vaccines to save twins – Haiti Blog
Blog story from Yolanda Romero Torrecilla, UNICEF communications specialist currently in Haiti. Sandrine and Sandra are twins, peaceful in their mother’s arms. Each has just been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and pertusis (DPT) in an encampment set up on the patches of grass and dirt of the Adventist University of Haiti in Port-au-Prince. UNICEF, with [...]
‘Bon tans, Move tans’ – a story from Haiti
Blog story from Yolanda Romero Torrecilla, UNICEF communications specialist currently in Haiti. There’s a poster hanging on a string under the tent of the Place de Saline, in Port-au-Prince’s Champ de Mars neighbourhood. Its slogan is in Creole, the language of Haitians. It reads, Bon tans, Move tans, meaning “Good times, Bad times.” The phrase [...]
Each new day in Haiti brings a fresh set of challenges
Blog report from Chris Tidey – UNICEF Communications Specialist in Port-au-Prince. This morning I woke at 4 AM – my last day in Haiti – as rain pounded the top of my tent and water pooled around my sleeping bag. Needless to say, I was very unhappy. This morning I woke at 4 AM – [...]
Proper nutrition essential for mothers and young children in Haiti
Blog report from Chris Tidey – UNICEF Communications Specialist in Port-au-Prince. Port-au-Prince, Haiti – UNICEF is now working with partners and community leaders throughout Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas on a lifesaving nutrition program for mothers and children under five. A mother and child assessed for blanket supplementary feeding Seventy community leaders divided into 35 [...]
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Water rationing continues in Tuvalu