Find out more about what UNICEF Ireland is doing to help children survive.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
As many as 2.5 million children have been affected by severe monsoon floods in southern Pakistan. With many still recovering from the worst floods in the country's history just a year ago, UNICEF says more help must reach them fast before the situation worsens.
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Friday, September 09, 2011
As a new academic term began this week in countries affected by the on-going drought in the Horn of Africa, UNICEF is accelerating efforts to help children fully benefit from education.
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
As part of the response to the drought crisis in Djibouti, UNICEF launched a 75-day operation to provide an additional 35,000 people in water-deprived communities throughout the country with safe drinking water.
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
There are estimated to be 1.5 million children in the south of Somalia who need immediate humanitarian assistance. In Bay area, the newest region to be declared as famine affected, malnutrition rates are nearly four times the WHO emergency threshold, with half of all children acutely malnourished.
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Monday, September 05, 2011
Due to critical needs in Tripoli, UNICEF has delivered an additional 500,000 litres of bottled water covering the needs of 24,000 people from vulnerable communities in the Libyan capital.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow visits the world’s largest refugee settlement in Dadaab, north-eastern Kenya.
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Currently, a total of around 5 million litres of water is being procured by UNICEF from neighbouring countries to be trucked and shipped to Tripoli in the coming days.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, Statement for the African Union Horn of Africa Pledging Conference
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Somalia is continuing to face a severe crisis due to a combination of drought, rising food prices, and ongoing conflict. Famine has now been declared in several areas of the country.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
An urgent multisectoral response is being mounted to contain the spread of cholera in southern Somalia, as there is an increasing number of confirmed cases in the capital Mogadishu and reports of growing numbers of acute watery diarrhea cases in the port city of Kismayo.
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