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Getting children back to school in Orissa state, east India

Kevin E. G. Perry, Mon, Oct 4 2010 12:11 PM
By the age of ten, 40% of children in India are forced to drop out of primary school, denying them their right to an education. Kevin E. G. Perry looks at how UNICEF is working to change this in Orissa, one of India’s poorest states, with the help...

United with UNICEF

Carlos Oliveira, Tue, Oct 19 2010 2:45 PM

Lifelong Manchester United fan Carlos Oliveira on his club's new commitment to raise at least £1 million to help save the lives of some the world’s most vulnerable children, through its partnership with UNICEF.

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UNICEF responds to cholera outbreak in Saint Marc, Haiti

Guest Blogger, Fri, Oct 22 2010 5:20 PM

Douglas Armour reports from the Saint Nicholas Hospital in Saint Marc in Haiti on how UNICEF is responding to the cholera outbreak.

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Going Beyond Sport

Liz Twyford, Wed, Oct 20 2010 3:14 PM

UNICEF UK's Liz Twyford reflects on her time at the recent Beyond Sport Summit and Awards, which aims to celebrate and promote sport-led social change - something UNICEF wholeheartedly supports through its sport for development iniatives.

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Children's rights and spending cuts - irreconcilable concepts?

Samantha Whyte, Thu, Oct 21 2010 8:16 AM

The drip-drip of information coming from the coalition Government over the past weeks and months finally came together in the Spending Review announcements yesterday: £81 billion cuts in total, and an £18 billion reduction in welfare spending. The Government calls it economic necessity. The Opposition says it is a political choice. But what does it mean for children? 

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Tackling alarming rates of malnutrition in Yemen

Guest Blogger, Fri, Oct 15 2010 12:00 PM

UNICEF's Amel Al-Ariqi reports from Hodeidah, Yemen.

Two-year-old Aisha looked up at her mother and the doctors from her hospital bed with glazed eyes. She could barely move and did not make a sound, but her face spoke volumes.

“The cramps in her face indicated the amount of pain she was in,” said Mohammed Al-Mesbahi, a nurse who helped examine the child while her mother looked on.

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