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Water rationing continues in Tuvalu

By UNICEF NZ, Published: October 20, 2011
When you live in a place that is facing severe water shortages and your family has only 40 litres of rationed water per day …when you live in a place where trees, crops and grass are all turning brown or withering away from the blistering heat… you have to ask the question – “What’s going [...]
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Water Crisis in Tuvalu

By UNICEF NZ, Published: October 10, 2011
Vika Waradi, UNICEF Pacific, blogging from Tuvalu Greetings from Funafuti, Tuvalu. The weather here is as expected for this part of the Pacific – HOT like sizzling oven hot! It rained for about 5 minutes yesterday (Sunday)…just enough to cool things down a bit… but nowhere NEAR what is needed to fill up families’ water [...]
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Child Friendly Schools in the Solomon Islands

By UNICEF NZ, Published: March 12, 2010
Yesterday we visited schools from the UNICEF NZ and NZAID KOHA-funded Child Friendly Schools (CFS) project in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. It’s a 40 minute boat ride from the provincial capital Gizo to Kaza village on Kolombangara island. Kaza was badly affected by the 2007 earthquake and tsunami – the school was [...]
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“The sea never came this close before” Josephine Baaro, 16yrs.

By UNICEF NZ, Published: September 23, 2009
Did you know that Kiribati, a small country of low-lying islands in the Pacific, is expected to be the first country to disappear due to climate change?  Imagine waking up to the reality that within 50 years, your whole country could be under water! For our neighbours in the South Pacific, climate change is already [...]
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A call to action for all Kiwis

By UNICEF NZ, Published: August 2, 2009
“Many of our lands and home are being destroyed by rising sea levels.  Children are being brought to hospitals with dehydration caused by drinking water from wells that have been contaminated with sea water. The most developed countries have to do something.  We are looking to countries like NZ and Australia to help us – [...]
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