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Chad + 1 other
Mère et Enfant : Bulletin d'information de l'UNICEF Chad - juin 2013

NUMERO SPECIAL: URGENCE A TISSI

■ RESULTATS DE L’ENQUETE S.M.A.R.T
■ VISITE DU REPRESENTANT SPECIAL DU SECRETAIRE GENERAL
■ RIPOSTES POLIO AU SALAMAT

Répondre à l’urgence tout en poursuivant le programme régulier

Le premier semestre de l’année 2013 tire vers la fin et je voudrais m’attarder sur quelques faits majeurs relatifs à nos interventions au cours des cinq derniers mois.

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Unicef Chad Situation Report on the Emergency in Tissi (April – May 2013)

Highlights

Chad is currently facing simultaneous, acute emergencies which are stretching capacity and current funding levels. UNICEF and partners have responded well to the most recent refugee and returnee influxes but we remain vigilant given current political turmoil in neighboring countries as well as a high risk for epidemics.

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Chad + 2 others
Monthly Humanitarian Situation Report Chad, May 27th, 2013

Highlights

  • UNICEF has delivered supply worth 1.2 million US$ for immediate assistance to 50,000 new returnees and refugees in the border area of Tissi following renewed violence in Darfur, Sudan

  • 40,540 Severe Acute Malnutrition new admissions have been registered as of April, representing 32.2% of the 127,000 admissions expected in 2013

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Mali + 12 others
UNICEF, Nelson Mandela Foundation and Peter Krämer Foundation kick off appeal to expand Schools for Africa Initiative

Twenty-one million children in school thanks to efforts

NEW YORK, 17 June 2013 – UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Peter Krämer Foundation today kicked off a new fundraising drive to raise US$80 million to help Africa’s girls, orphans, children living in extreme poverty and other vulnerable children go to school and get a quality education.

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UNICEF’s Urgent Funding Requirements: June-August 2013 [EN/AR]

UNICEF urgently requires close to US$ 116.5m to undertake the following priority interventions over the next three months:

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Jordan + 1 other
Shattered Lives: Challenges and Priorities for Syrian Children and Women in Jordan

A UNICEF report recommends how to realize the rights of Syrian refugees in Jordan. It focuses on several areas, including child protection, gender-based violence and mental health.

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Syria Crisis Bi-Weekly Humanitarian Situation Report - Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey, 1 - 12 June 2013

Highlights

The violence inside Syria continues to escalate with UNOHCHR reporting that the number of deaths due to the conflict has now reached over 93,000 since March 2011. Of these, 6,561 are children, of whom 1,729 are under the age of 10. During the reporting period, the UN launched a revised appeal for US$4.4bn for its response to the crisis. UNICEF requires some $470 million to the end of December to maintain its lifesaving support to the children of Syria.

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UNICEF Central African Republic Situation Report - Reporting Period 21 May - 13 June 2013

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  • 122,869 children were vaccinated against measles following a successful measles campaign carried out in Bangui from 22-26 May, reaching 99% of the target population of 125,000 according to preliminary data. In addition, of the target population, 112,370 children received Albendazole for deworming and 120,313 children were administered Vitamin A.

  • Since 27 May 2013, 141 children, 15 of whom are girls, have been released from armed groups following on-going discussions between UNICEF and the CAR government.

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UNICEF and WHO join efforts in Mali - Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding

Bamako, 12 June 2013 – As part of response to humanitarian emergencies, the UNICEF Representative in Mali, Françoise Aackermans and the WHO Representative in Mali, Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, met on 11 June 2013 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two agencies of the United Nations. The MoU sets out a framework for collaboration, specifying the roles of each agency in the implementation of the joint plan.

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En République démocratique du Congo, un fauteuil roulant permet à Meshak de mieux se déplacer

Comme tous les enfants, ceux qui sont handicapés sont dotés de nombreuses capacités mais ils sont souvent exclus de la société à la suite de discrimination ou de manque de soutien, ce qui les place parmi les enfants les moins visibles et les plus vulnérables de la planète.

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UNICEF Yemen Situation Report - Reporting period: May 2013

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  • The Southern Movement informally eased the civil disobedience this month to allow 255,730 students sit for exams in the southern governorates of Aden, Lahj and Abyan.

  • An estimated 150,000 children under 5 were screened and received deworming tablets, while close to 70,000 pregnant women were given iron and folic acid during the first of its kind, integrated Mother and Child Week launched initially in the 3 governorates of Lajh, Hajjah (in the north) and Taiz (central/west) .

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Children of Syria - A UNICEF update, 6 June 2013

Syrian children in Turkey get education despite language challenges

By Najwa Mekki URFA, Turkey – It is 10 o’clock in the morning and the children waiting in the front yard of the Information and Education Center for Syrian Guests school in Urfa are getting restless. They’re hot, thirsty and impatient to see what their new classrooms are like.

Yet they manage to sit politely and listen as the town officials welcome them to the school, and look on in anticipation the ribbon-cutting ceremony gets under way.

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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a wheelchair makes Meshak more mobile

By UNICEF DRC

Like all children, those with disabilities have many abilities, but are often excluded from society by discrimination and lack of support, leaving them among the most invisible and vulnerable children in the world.

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Mauritania + 1 other
UNICEF Mauritania Monthly Situation Report - May 2013

Highlights

  • Mauritania is the single largest recipient of refugees fleeing the conflict in Mali. 74,108 refugees are living in the Mbéra camp.

  • 60% of the refugees are children and many have been in the camp for over a year, resulting in overlapping emergency and medium term needs.

  • A storm damaged school tents and child friendly spaces and as the rainy season commences, there is a higher risk of diseases including malaria and diarrhoeal disease.

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UNICEF Mali Situation Report, May 2013

HEADLINES

  • Cholera has broken out in northern Mali’s Gao region, with 21 cases and 2 deaths reported. UNICEF, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and Cluster partners, is providing technical and material assistance through the Cholera Working Group. UNICEF has sent seven 20 ton trucks of WASH supplies to partners in Ansongo, at the epicentre of the outbreak.

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UNICEF Central African Republic Situation Report, Reporting Period: 9 May - 20 May 2013

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  • Access to those in need improves as humanitarians continue to increase emergency response in zones around the country.

  • On 15 May, UN envoy urges Security Council to bolster security and consider sanctions against perpetrators of human rights violations.

  • Law and order has yet to be restored in the capital and throughout the country.

  • Attacks on civilians continue, as does intimidation, crime, kidnapping, arbitrary arrests and theft.

  • The UNICEF warehouse was broken into again on the night of 10 May.