‘Progress for Children’ report highlights lessons from the MDGs © UNICEF/UKLA2011-03302/Schermbrucker Kenya, June 2011. Shari (aged 13) collects rubbish at the dump in Korogocho slum, in order to survive and support her family and sick mother. NEW YORK/ HONG KONG, 23 June 2015 – The global community will fail millions of children if it [...]

（只提供英文版本） By Soha Boustani LEBANON/HONG KONG, 12 June 2015 – Entering the Ghazieh collective shelter in south Lebanon, I was struck by the conditions: women, men, the elderly, children, babies were all packed into small rooms rented for US$300 a month. They live in horrendous conditions – with no access to cooking facilities or de[...]

By Mariana Palavra （只提供英文版本） After two earthquakes struck Nepal just weeks apart, leaving thousands homeless and health clinics in ruins, UNICEF is helping provide young mothers like Preeti Thami urgently needed shelter and medical attention. CHARIKOT, Nepal/ HONG KONG, 10 June 2015 – On 25 April, Preeti Thami left her 8-month-old baby [...]

（只提供英文版本） By Mariana Palavra For children living in a tent camp for families displaced by Nepal’s two recent earthquakes, a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space helps bring back a bit of joy, as they wait to get back to school. © UNICEF Nepal/2015/Sokol Ganga and Jumana (front left and right) with their mother, father and 4-year-old br[...]

BANGKOK/ HONG KONG, 2 June 2015– Child abuse and violence is costing countries in East Asia and the Pacific around HK$1,630 billion (US$209 billion)/year, equivalent to 2 per cent of the region’s GDP, according to newly published research commissioned by UNICEF. This is the first ever costing of child maltreatment in the region and was [...]