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Tom Hiddleston's Guinea field diary: Day 1

Tom Hiddleston, Wed, Jan 23 2013 2:29 PM

This week, actor Tom Hiddleston set off on his first journey with UNICEF UK to Guinea in West Africa. Tom will be meeting with Guinean children, families and communities. He'll also be visiting several UNICEF projects, finding out about our work in child protection, education, and water and sanitation. Read his first dispatch here.

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Child hunger: Faltouma and Toma's story

Jessica Mony, Wed, Jan 16 2013 3:01 PM

In October 2012, UNICEF UK's Jess Mony visited families in Chad, west Africa, to see for herself how the food shortage was affecting children. 

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Bringing hope for children in West Africa

Anita Tiessen, Mon, Jun 11 2012 5:07 PM

Since December last year, UNICEF has been warning of a looming food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, where more than one million very young children will suffer from life-threatening malnutrition this year. I've just returned from a visit to Chad, one of the eight countries affected by this crisis that has resulted from drought, poor harvests, and rising food prices. From what I saw, it was clear that we are no longer on the brink of disaster – it is already here, and it is going to get worse in the coming weeks.

At a health centre in Abeche, a small town in the arid Sahelian belt in Eastern Chad, I met a tiny 16-month-old boy 

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West Africa: Behind Moustapha's story

Stephen Pattison, Tue, Apr 3 2012 3:29 PM

Today, little Moustapha's face is on the front page of UNICEF websites worldwide. Using the story of an individual child helps us show people living in rich countries how the food crisis in the Sahel is affecting children.

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West Africa Appeal: Moustapha's Story

Paul Isaacs, Tue, Apr 3 2012 12:20 PM
Moustapha is two-years old. He lives in Chad with his mother. He has lost his father. Earlier this year, Moustapha became severely malnourished and was taken by his mother to a UNICEF-supported feeding centre. Malnutrition has become commonplace amongst...

#SahelNow: behind the scenes at a UNICEF appeal

Erin Bishop, Tue, Apr 3 2012 10:48 AM
I've joined UNICEF UK at a critical time. Over my first two weeks here I’ve been learning about the escalating food crisis in the Western region of Africa known as the Sahel. This alarming situation, brought on by the dry season, has taken hold...

Ralph Fiennes: Time is running out for West Africa's children

Ralph Fiennes, Fri, Mar 30 2012 5:56 PM

UNICEF UK Ambassador Ralph Fiennes calls for an urgent response to the food crisis in West Africa.

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Aid worker diary: Avoiding a children's catastrophe in West Africa

Shantha Bloemen, Tue, Feb 14 2012 4:49 PM
A malnourished girl being checked in the health centre in Kifa town in south east Mauritania. © UNICEF/Kristin Palitza There is much talk these days of reaching the unreached. But as I drive with UNICEF colleagues through the remote Hodh Gharbi scrubland...

Mia Farrow in West Africa: "These are great parents"

Mia Farrow, Tue, Feb 14 2012 2:21 PM
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has travelled to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to visit UNICEF's life-saving work for children, and to promote efforts to wipe out polio. 14 February 2012 - Today was an exciting day for me. I got...

Mia Farrow in West Africa: "a million children face starvation"

Mia Farrow, Mon, Feb 13 2012 11:28 AM

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has travelled to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to promote UNICEF's work to wipe out polio, and to visit other UNICEF-supported programmes.

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Niger: one family's food shortage

Stephen Pattison, Tue, Feb 7 2012 3:44 PM
With a new food crisis looming in West Africa, Stephen Pattison of UNICEF UK's media team is in Niger to witness UNICEF's vital work to prevent child malnutrition. Today was a day that was dominated by children. This might sound odd because I'm here working...

Niger: malnutrition clinics prepare for worst

Stephen Pattison, Thu, Jan 19 2012 5:16 PM
With a new food crisis looming in West Africa, Stephen Pattison of UNICEF UK's media team is in Niger to witness UNICEF's vital work to prevent child malnutrition. Day three starts with a trip to the largest hospital in the Maradi region of Niger, where...

Niger: preventing a food disaster

Stephen Pattison, Wed, Jan 18 2012 5:27 PM
With a new food crisis looming in West Africa, Stephen Pattison of UNICEF UK's media team is in Niger to witness UNICEF's vital work to prevent child malnutrition. My second day in Niger starts early. We want to get out to a local health centre to see...