© UNICEF/UNI187811/Shrestha Thirteen-year-old Anjali listens to her grandfather Dil Bahadur Darain speak about his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, who died during the April 25 earthquake in Nepal. KATHMANDU, Nepal/ HONG KONG, 25 July 2015 – Three months after Nepal’s April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks, children continue to face multiple risks as their families have […]

A young Nepalese girl about to be taken to India is rescued at the border – one of hundreds who have been saved from trafficking since the devastating 25 April earthquake. KATHMANDU, Nepal/ HONG KONG, 24 July 2015  – Sapana*, 15, still shudders when she thinks of how she was almost tricked into going to […]

© UNICEF Cambodia/2015/Martina Tomassini Children draw and colour in the playground at Battambang Provincial Hospital. By Martina Tomassini, Communication Officer at UNICEF Cambodia A first-time initiative in Cambodia – “Playgrounds in Hospitals” is helping health care providers, parents and sick children have a better experience during treatment. I spoke with Sedtha Chin, HIV/AIDS Specialist at […]

Kept out of school by the Ebola epidemic, children in Guinea are making up for lost time through a series of lessons broadcast on radio. FORÉCARIAH, Guinea / HONG KONG, 10 July 2015 – One of the hidden impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea is that children have missed out on six months of […]

A young girl and her family remain in their home, a year after it was destroyed in conflict, as reconstruction has barely begun in Gaza, and rebuilding shattered lives will likely take far longer. GAZA, State of Palestine / HONG KONG, 8 July 2015 – For 12-year-old Malak, last year’s 51 days of hostilities are […]