GENEVA/ HONG KONG, 25 January 2013 –UNICEF appealed today for almost HK$10.9 billion (US$1.4 billion) to meet the immediate, life-saving needs of children in 45 countries and regions gripped by conflict, natural disasters and other complex emergencies this year. Funds raised by the annual appeal will also go towards improving disaster preparedness, and to strengthening […]
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UNICEF HK ‘Little Artists Big Dreams Drawing Competition’ HK$2.3 million from CTF Jewellery, CTF Charity Foundation and over 2,000 little artists, makes new record of CCW single-day donations for maternal and child health services in deprived areas
Hong Kong, 19 January 2013 – The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF HK) held the “Little Artists Big Dreams Drawing Competition” this afternoon to raise funds for the 20th “China Children’s Week” (CCW). Together with the donations from over 2,000 children who drew their dream hometowns at Victoria Park, and HK$2 million received from […]
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Russia allowing U.S. adoptions in final stages to go through
NEW YORK/ HONG KONG, 18 January 2013 – “The announcement by Commissioner Astakhov that those parents in the final stages of adopting children will now be allowed to return home with them is very good news for the children and the adoptive parents. “We urge the Russian government to re-double its efforts to reform the […]