2016 had been a year of worldwide challenges and an unbridgeable upheaval so far. The refugee problems both migration and refugee crisis has displaced 50 million children that are left vulnerable to exploitation. In Haiti alone the destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew left 2.7 million people in emergent need of life-saving assistance. Besides, children in Syria, Iraq and Yemen needed the same very attention.
Here are the 5 major golden jobs done by UNICEF for children during these crises.
#1 Syrian Crisis
#2 Nigeria Regional Crisis
UNICEF shared this story of a 7 year-old baby Malak. UNICEF’s role has remained very crucial.
#3 The fight against cholera in Yemen
#4 South Sudan
“The twins receive a ration of therapeutic food once every week,” said Athill.
#5 Iraq
Iraq has been under the grip of raw violence. The children being abducted, illegally recruited and sexually exploited. UNICEF has done wonderful work there too. Here are the few glimpses.
As of mid-October 2016, there are approximately 33,000 displaced Iraqis in Debaga Camp.
In the mid of October 2016, there were approximately 33,000 displaced Iraqis in Debaga Camp. Most had fled conflict in Mosul, Hawiga, Shirqat, and Al Qayyarah. The respective authorities and humanitarian agencies were struggling to find space and resources to provide for all of the new on that time, specially unrecoverable major humanitarian funding gap for Iraq.
UNICEF is building schools, providing water and sanitation, child protection support, health and nutrition services, and distributing emergency response kits to vulnerable families in the camps to all the five places. There could not be done anything better than UNICEF’s has been doing. The only problem is there is always a shortage of funds that hinders the humanitarian services there.
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