Tag: Children
UNICEF: More than 200 Children Have Died in Lebanon due to Israeli Airstrikes since October 2023
Elder noted that the number of children killed has risen to at least 231 since the war began last year, with an alarming average of three deaths per day in the past two months. In addition to deaths, approximately 1,100 children have suffered injuries and trauma as a result of the violence. Related: Lebanon’s Humanitarian Crisis […]
November 19, 2024
The Colombian Army has rescued 292 children recruited by armed groups this year
A total of 292 minors, forcibly recruited by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Gulf Clan guerrillas, have been rescued this year in Colombia by the army, military sources reported on Wednesday. Related:Colombia, Panama and the U.S. Meet to Address Migration Crisis and Organized Crime The Chief of Staff for National Army Operations, Brigadier-General […]
August 28, 2024
Venezuela: Community Vacation Plan Benefits Thousands of Children
This project benefits 4.5 million children and young people and involves 12,000 volunteers. Despite the negative impact of over 930 U.S. sanctions against the Bolivarian Revolution, thousands of Venezuelan children are benefiting from the community vacation plan taking place this summer. RELATED: President Maduro Travels Through Different Communes All Along Venezuela This social project moves […]
August 22, 2024
UNICEF Warns of the Impact of Rising Extreme Heat Waves on Millions of Children
For UNICEF, the climate-related danger to infant health is intensifying, as “they affect food and water safety and contamination, damage infrastructure and cause displacement”.
August 14, 2024
WHO Calls for Step-Up in Child Vaccinations Stalled After COVID-19 Pandemic
More than half of unvaccinated children live in the 31 countries with fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called for a catch-up in child immunization, warning global vaccinations of children stalled last year, leaving 2.7 million unvaccinated or with insufficient inoculations. RELATED: […]
July 16, 2024
Haiti: Concern for Children Amid Foreign Troop Presence
The NGOs called for urgent measures to protect children, highlighting the risks they face when caught in the middle of this escalating terror.
June 28, 2024
Guatemala: Only 3 Out of 10 Primary School Children Can Read
Guatemala is also accelerating the process of improving more than four thousand of the 35,922 schools in the system, due to the state of neglect in which it found them.
June 10, 2024
One in Five Children Suffer From Chronic Malnutrition, Said UNICEF
“They are apparently healthy children in communities where 30 to 40 percent of them are chronically malnourished. It is a problem of normalization and it is common that it is not identified as a priority”. On Friday, UNICEF warned that one in five children under two suffer from chronic malnutrition in Ecuador, a figure that […]
June 7, 2024
Namibia: +200 Street Angolan Children Helped
On Wednesday, Namibian official statement said that Namibia is helping more than 200 children, many of them believed to be from Angola’s Mwila tribe, who have been engaged in street vending. Related: Armed Attack in Nigerian Village Leaves at Least 40 Dead The children have been relocated to Ondangwa National Youth Service Center for care […]
May 22, 2024
Palestinians Flee Rafah for Fear of Israeli Ground Offensive
Since Monday morning, thousands of Palestinians began to flee the area east of Rafah to avoid bombing by the Zionist army. RELATED: Palestinian Presidency Asks the US to Stop Invasion in Rafah Previously, through leaflets dropped from the air, the Israeli occupation army announced that it “will work with extreme force” in neighborhoods such as […]