Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams Providing Crucial Services for Pastoralist...
By Rebecca Beauregard GASHAMO, SOMALI, 15 February 2017 – Mutas does not look at his mother. He is not looking anywhere, rather he lays still, his unfocused pupils covered occasionally by heavy...
View ArticleRehabilitation of Borehole Saves Thousands of Lives and Livestock during Drought
By Ayuko Matsuhashi A signboard on the sight of the rehabilitated borehole ©UNICEF/2017/Tsegaye HARSHIM, SOMALI, 19 January 2017 – “For three months, the borehole was not functional and people suffered...
View ArticleBorehole Rehabilitation Contributes to Children’s Education and Futures
By Ayuko Matsuhashi MIESSO, SOMALI, 15 January 2017 – “When the borehole was broken for a year and a half, I used to go to the nearby river for water, which is 12 km away from here. I have five...
View ArticleGerman funds for the Horn of Africa drought response to increase from 100...
On 03 April 2017, UNICEF, WFP, and UN-OCHA went on a joint one-day field visit with the German Minister for Development Cooperation (BMZ) to Kebri Dahar and Waaf Duug Temporary Resettlement Site in...
View ArticleDrought Emergency Highlights Entire Families Not Receiving Primary Education
By Rebecca Beauregard DANOT, SOMALI, 15 February 2017 – “A woman never tells her age,” says Sadeh Abdihayii with a smile, affirming that this taboo is common around the world. She then admits to be 40...
View ArticleStrong mothers go extra mile to keep their children safe
By Zerihun Sewunet In Ethiopia, below-average rainfall has worsened the situation in the Somali region, already severely affected by protracted drought. Access to water, sanitation and health services...
View ArticleJoint UNICEF and WFP OpED on humanitarian situation in Ethiopia
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Omar Abdi & World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director, Ramiro Armando De Oliveira Lopes Da Silva Wednesday 17 May 2017, Nairobi This past week we have met...
View ArticleUNICEF Signs Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2010 Work Plans with Government
By Metasebia Solomon ADDIS ABABA, 30 June 2017- UNICEF Ethiopia signed the Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2010 annual work plans with the Federal and Regional Government under the umbrella of the United Nations...
View ArticleEthiopia to Host the fourth Acting on the Call Conference of Ministers and...
Media Advisory What: The Ministry of Health will officially announce that Ethiopia will be hosting Acting on the Call conference of Ministers and high-level policy makers on maternal and child survival...
View ArticleHealthy mothers, healthy children, making healthy communities in Ethiopia
Dugem, Tigray REGION, Ethiopia, 21 December 2017 – In the health post at Dugem village, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Berhan Zebraruk, 25, gently strokes her child’s cheek and then gives him a sweet...
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