Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi recognized for “changing the world” through innovation

NEW YORK, 18 April 2013 – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake congratulated Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi, co-leads of UNICEF’s Innovation Unit, on being selected for this year’s prestigious TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Fabian and Kochi drive new technologies and strategies at UNICEF that are leading to significant gains in child survival and development worldwide.

Une nouvelle application mobile aide à regrouper les enfants séparés et non accompagnés et leurs familles – dans les situations d’urgence.

Par Dheepa Pandian

DISTRICT DE KAMWENGE, ouest de l’Ouganda, le 19 mars 2013 – Pascal, 15 ans, a fui la République démocratique du Congo lorsque que des rebelles ont attaqué son village. Il est arrivé au camp de réfugiés de Rwamwanja, en Ouganda, il y a un mois.

With the introduction of Family Health Days, a partnership among UNICEF, the government and faith-based organizations, Ugandans can now receive the healthcare and attention they need.

Yusuf Atef and Anne Lydia Sekandi

KABAROLE, Uganda, 4 March 2013 – Priscilla Tusima, a mother of two, used to worry a lot about her children falling sick with diarrhoea, malaria and other diseases. As her family lives in a remote area in western Uganda, where health facilities are lacking, she found it hard to access basic medical care.

‘Beyond School Books’ – a podcast series on education in emergencies

By Rudina Vojvoda

NEW YORK, United States of America, 26 November 2012 – Engaging young people in education policies and programmes is crucial to building peace and promoting social transformation, according to a global policy forum hosted by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Policy Forum in Paris, France, last month.

AUDIO: Listen now

By Anja Baron

NEW YORK, United States of America, 8 November 2012 – Every child has the right to be registered at birth without any discrimination, according to Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

UNICEF reports on a discussion about the importance of birth registration, at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

By Colette Boughton

OBO, Central African Republic, 3 October 2012 - Since 2009, when attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) began in the area, the number of people fleeing their homes in and around the rural town of Obo, Central African Republic, has increased significantly.

More than 6,700 displaced people and more than 2,000 refugees are now staying within a 5-km security perimeter set up around the town.

Parent-teachers fill critical gaps

MP Nunan and Rebecca Obstler

NEW YORK, United States of America, 25 September 2012 - UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake asks you to imagine a football stadium. But he asks you to think about it in terms of child mortality.

NEW YORK / BRUSSELS, 11 September 2012 – The European Commission will continue to prioritise funding for children in humanitarian emergencies, despite the economic challenges, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, assured UNICEF’s Executive Board today.

By Colette Boughton

OBO, Central African Republic, 25 July 2012 – “I was at home asleep with my mother, brothers and sisters. In the night some men came with weapons and torches. They took me and two other children away from my family and many others from our village,” said Sophie*, recalling her abduction and enslavement by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic.

She and other abducted children were later separated and distributed among different cells of the LRA, forced to become porters, cooks, fighters and sex slaves.