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Children of Syria: Day 2 at Domiz camp in Iraq

Helen Pattinson, Wed, May 15 2013 4:22 PM

Today I have had one of my proudest days of working for UNICEF. 

It started this morning, as I watched 80 children playing games in a child-friendly space. UNICEF has provided the facilities for children to be able to relax and enjoy themselves, in a safe environment. There are over 1,000 children registered and 250 come here each day. It's much easier to make the transition to school if children come to a child-friendly space first.  It's a joyful place and the children are screaming with delight as we have a go in the game of skittles.

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Children of Syria: Storify in Lebanon

UNICEF News, Mon, May 13 2013 12:11 PM

UNICEF UK fundraisers Mike Flynn, Shelley Piggott and Catherine Cottrell have just got back from Beirut in Lebanon, where thousands of people have fled to escape the violence in Syria. They've been visiting UNICEF-supported emergency schools and children's spaces, seeing for themselves the desperate need, and the impact of your donations.

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Children of Syria: At the Domiz camp in Iraq

Helen Pattinson, Fri, May 10 2013 3:51 PM

It's been four months since I got back from Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. It's there where I first had my heart broken by the desperate plight of Syria's children. Forced from their homes by violence, children have fled over Syria's borders in their hundreds of thousands to seek safety. Not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of them. It's quite straightforwardly wrong that anyone, let alone a child, should lose so much.

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Children still finding a safe space to learn in crisis-torn Syria

UNICEF News, Wed, Mar 27 2013 3:43 PM

The city of Homs has seen some of the heaviest fighting of the Syrian conflict. UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Maria Calivis recently visited the city and met with affected families.

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Emergency education in Liberia

Victoria Morris, Wed, Mar 20 2013 11:46 AM

Years of civil conflict had a crippling effect on Liberia’s education system. An influx of refugees fleeing violence in Cote d’Ivoire in early 2011 worsened the situation. But, as Victoria Morris explains, UNICEF helped to ensure that children could continue their education, even during an emergency.

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Syria field diary: Amid conflict, women struggle to support and protect their children

UNICEF News, Thu, Mar 7 2013 2:21 PM

This week, Iman Morooka met mothers and children in Homs city affected by the conflict. She visited UNICEF-supported activities and talked with humanitarian workers on the ground. 

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Syria report: UNICEF's work at Za'atari camp

Helen Pattinson, Tue, Jan 22 2013 11:00 AM

Since the violence began in Syria, Thousands of families have fled to neighbouring countries. But harsh winter conditions now threaten refugees' well-being. UNICEF is working to help protect families them from the cold. Helen Pattinson reports from Za'atari camp in Jordan.

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A report from the Syria children's emergency

Helen Pattinson, Thu, Jan 17 2013 5:12 PM

Helen Pattinson of UNICEF UK reports from the Za'atari camp in northern Jordan, home to tens of thousands of families who've fled the conflict in Syria. Right now, the winter weather in Za'atari is severely cold and wet, and families and children are suffering. Read her report.

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The most under-reported humanitarian disasters of 2012

UNICEF News, Wed, Jan 9 2013 2:53 PM

Every year, humanitarian disasters take a devastating toll on the lives and futures of millions of children around the world, and 2012 was no exception. The numbers of children affected are staggering, so much that it is hard to comprehend why so many of these disasters rarely make the headlines.

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Syria Field Diary: "I want to go back home"

Ara Yoo, Mon, Dec 10 2012 2:32 PM

UNICEF UK's Ara Yoo reports from Za'atari camp in northern Jordan, where winter temperatures mean freezing nights for children.

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Syria's children in the cold: Safa's story

UNICEF News, Tue, Dec 4 2012 4:53 PM

Safa has been at Za’atari camp in Jordan with her five children for three months, following the conflict in Syria. With temperatures dropping to freezing, every day is a struggle for her and her children. 

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Syria's children in the cold: Shorook's story

UNICEF News, Tue, Dec 4 2012 11:51 AM

Shorook, 9, and her sister Malak, 13, arrived at Za’atari camp in Jordan two weeks ago from Syria. This is their story. 

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Syria's children in the cold: Mohammed's story

UNICEF News, Mon, Dec 3 2012 6:00 PM

Mohammed, 10, and his family have been living in Za’atari camp since October. Now, with temperatures dropping to freezing, conditions for children like him are tougher than ever.

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Coping with tragedy: the legacy of war in Laos

Andy Brown, Fri, Nov 30 2012 4:50 AM

Peter Kim is a victim of the Vietnam War. But he’s not a Vietnamese or American veteran; he’s a 20-year-old Lao youth living in Vientiane. Four years ago he lost both his hands and eyesight to one of the millions of unexploded bombs that still litter the Laos countryside almost four decades after the war ended.

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John's story: A chance at childhood

Joe English, Fri, Oct 19 2012 3:40 PM

 

I’ve now been interning with the UNICEF UK Media Team for just over a month, and have started to gain a real insight in to the work UNICEF does around the world. Much of my previous experience working in international development has been based around issues in conflict and post-conflict situations, and so UNICEF’s work with children affected by war was something I was looking forward to learning more about.

 

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