August 2011 - The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF

Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, on the Bombing of UN HQ in Abuja, Nigeria

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NEW YORK/ HONG KONG, 26 August 2011 – “Exactly one week ago, on World Humanitarian Day, we commemorated the bravery of our colleagues who, over the years, had lost their lives or been injured working to save and enhance the lives of children. Sadly, outrageously, today the United Nations and UNICEF have lost more of […]

WATER-BOURNE DISEASES ARE LETHAL THREAT TO CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA Rapid response needed as cholera cases increase

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NAIROBI, Kenya/ HONG KONG, 18 August 2011 – An urgent multi-sectoral response is being mounted to contain the spread of cholera with an increasing number of confirmed cases in Mogadishu and reports of growing numbers of acute watery diarrhoea in the port city of Kismayo. Some 75 per cent of all cases of highly infectious […]

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Feature story: Baby Kowsar in Somalia

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Fadumo and her family originally lived in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Under the threat of brutal armed force and incessant conflicts, they lived in daily fear of attack. Uneasiness still lurks in Fadumo’s mind every time she sees her big scar in the cease of her elbow. She recalls, ‘I was caught in the […]

EDUCATION CRISIS IN SOUTHERN & CENTRAL SOMALIA Education Cluster rapid assessment warns of massive school drop out

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NAIROBI/ GENEVA, 9 August 2011 – With an estimated 1.8 million children aged between 5-17 years already out of school in South and Central Somalia, a rapid assessment conducted by the Education Cluster, in ten regions, warns this number could increase dramatically when schools open in September unless urgent action is taken. The assessment, which […]

‘Unite for Children – HKCU 25th Anniversary Charity Concert’ successfully completed Funds raised to support UNICEF’s front-line work

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HONG KONG, 8 August 2011 – To celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (HKCU), with the generous support of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch and Tencent Holdings Ltd, has successfully held ‘Unite for Children – HKCU 25th Anniversary Charity Concert’ yesterday (7 August 2011) at the Hong […]

UNICEF Delivering for Children of Dadaab as Needs in Host Communities and Camps Grow

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GENEVA/ NAIROBI/ DADAAB, Kenya/ HONG KONG, 5 August 2011 – UNICEF is ramping up operations to meet the rising humanitarian needs of Somali children and families in the Dadaab refugee camps and surrounding host communities. With an influx of new arrivals straining resources in the camps and host communities, UNICEF is delivering life-saving support in […]

On 30 July, a child is treated for malnutrition at a hospital in Hagadera, one of three refugee camps near the north-eastern town of Dadaab. UNICEF senior staff are visiting the Dadaab camps and host community, and are consulting with community leaders on how to best provide assistance.

By 29 July 2011, the crisis in the Horn of Africa affecting primarily Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti continues, with a worsening drought, rising food prices and an ongoing conflict in Somalia. More than 12 million people are threatened by the regions worst drought in 60 years. Somalia faces one of the worlds most severe food security crises as it continues to endure an extended humanitarian emergency, with tens of thousands fleeing into Kenya and Ethiopia. More than 10,000 Somalis a week are now arriving in the Dadaab camps in north-eastern Kenya, where aid partners are struggling to meet the needs of 400,000 people. In drought-affected areas of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti, some 500,000 severely malnourished children are at imminent risk of dying, while a further 1.6 million moderately malnourished children and the wider-affected population are at high risk of disease. In northern Kenya, more than 25 per cent of children suffer from global acute malnutrition. UNICEF, together with Governments, UN, NGO and community partners, is supporting a range of interventions and essential services, especially for the displaced and for refugees, including feeding programmes, immunization mass vaccination campaigns are now underway in drought-affected parts of Kenya and Somalia and other health outreach, as well as access to safe water and to improve sanitation. In Kenya, the Ministry of Health, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached 290,000 children with polio and measles vaccinations in refugee host communities near the Dadaab camps. UNICEF is providing the vaccines, as well as deworming tablets and vitamin A (to boost childrens immunity). A similar campaign for refugees in the Dadaab camps is planned for early August. A joint United Nations appeal for humanitarian assistance for the region requires US$2.5 billion, less than half of which has been committed.

Famine spreads to five areas in Southern Somalia Tens of thousands of children died

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HONG KONG, 4 August 2011– This is a children’s famine! Famine was declared in three new areas of Southern Somalia yesterday. Almost 10 percent of the children under five die every three months in areas which are officially in famine. To date, tens of thousands of children in Southern Somalia have already died. The three […]

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