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Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary Chairperson of UNICEF Belgium visits...
H.E. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary Chairperson of UNICEF Belgium, meets H.E. President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia Addis Ababa, 13 November 2015 – Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary...
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Determined men and women form a community to end child marriage
A meeting of the Bandani Kebele Community Conversation Group which advocates against child marriage, Saguma village, Bandani Kebele, Dangla Woreda (District) ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Mersha “We are not...
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Health workers create awareness on the consequences of child marriage in Amhara
“I go to visit new mothers seven days after giving birth to give them iron, and it is then I will refer them to hospital if they are suffering from fistula. I referred two women recently,” explains...
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Heads of UN agencies call on world to support #Ethiopia as frightening...
By Stephen O’Brien, António Guterres, Ertharin Cousin and Anthony Lake* Zahara Ali, 9, cooks breakfast in a rural village in Dubti Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Bindra Those who...
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Saying “children will, and should, judge us,”
UNICEF calls for ambitious action on climate change Mother and children take ITNS home through swamps along the Baro River ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2005/Getachew PARIS, 10 December 2015 – Children are already...
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Ethiopia: US$1.4 billion urgently required to meet food and non-food needs...
Ethiopia: Government and humanitarian partners launch the Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) for 2016 Fartun Hassan, 25, mother of 4, makes her way home in Yahas-Jamal Keble in Somali region of...
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Elders advise against child marriage in favour of education in Amhara
Zelalem Belay, 70, Elder, speaks in front of Bandani Kebele’s Community Conversation Group against Child Marriage, Amhara, Ethiopia. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Mersha Zelalem Belay, 70, is a respected...
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KOICA and UNICEF’s partnership for the health of Ethiopia’s Mothers and Children
KOICA Country Director, Doh Young Ah and UNICEF representative to Ethiopia, Gillian Mellsop sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together in a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) care project....
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In a quiet rural area of Ethiopia, a three year old boy holds the promise of...
By Johnny Magdaleno Moges Teshome 3 years old with his mother Kokeb Nigusse in Romey Kebele, Deneba Woreda, Ethiopia. ©UNICEFEthiopia/2015/Michael Tsegaye Moges dashes across the grass with a herding...
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“I could help my family be free from poverty if I was educated. Not if I am...
By Elizabeth Willmott-Harrop Lakech, 13, had her marriage cancelled as a result of reporting her parents to the Community Conversation Group in Bandani Kebele (neighbourhood), Amhara, Ethiopia. ©UNICEF...
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UNICEF and EU save new-born lives in rural Ethiopia
By Efa Workineh, CBNC Project Officer, Save the Children, Ethiopia; Tadesse Bekele, Regional Programme Manager, Save the Children, Ethiopia; Hailemariam Legesse, Health Specialist, UNICEF Ethiopia;...
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Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030, say UNFPA and UNICEF
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the 2016 International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM Mariame Habib, 17 years old and 9...
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Malnutrition mounts as El Niño takes hold
Bora Robu Etu, a father in Haro Huba kabele, says that people are not only angry at not being able to feed their children – but their cattle too. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Ayene Almost one million...
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A UNICEF rural water and sanitation programme ensures a healthy life in Ethiopia
By Araya Mengistu Misra Redwan unloads a water jerrycan she just collected from a newly built water point by UNICEF with the support of DFATD. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Sewunet For the community in Lode...
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Priests in Amhara advocate to End Child Marriage
Yazew Tagela and Degu Eneyew are both Priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and members of the UNICEF supported Community Conversation Group against Child Marriage in the Bandani Kebele...
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New multi-country initiative will protect millions of girls from child...
Zewde Fentaw dances during her wedding ceremony in Shumshah kebele, Lasta Woreda ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Bindra NEW YORK/ADDIS ABABA, 8 March 2016 – A new multi-country initiative to accelerate action to...
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New Analysis Finds Encouraging Results on Nutrition Sector in Ethiopia
Left-Right: H.E Ms. Chantal Hebberecht, Ambassador of the European Union, Mr. Birara Melese, National Nutrition Programme Team Coordinator, Ms. Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia, at...
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UNIVERSAL or UNIVERSALITY – it’s all part of the ONEWASH
By H.E. Ato Motuma Mekassa (Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity and Chair of the ONEWASH Steering Committee) Mekdes Zewdu drinks water from a newly built water. Since the UNICEF-supported...
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EU gives €3 million to improve the nutritional status of children in Ethiopia
Funds to reach over one million beneficiaries in Ethiopia Asmera Bere feeds her son, Amanuel Shibabaw, a nutritious porridge made from locally available products, at the health post as a demonstration...
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Climate change and lack of sanitation threaten water safety for millions: UNICEF
#ClimateChain Instagram campaign will highlight water and the environment Harko, 12, walks across the land with her younger brother. She is no longer going to school as is forced to go in search of...
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