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Turkey: Save the Children - COVID-19 Rapid Needs Assessment - Zeytinburnu Istanbul - May 2020
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Access to education for refugee and asylum-seeking children in Bulgaria
linkFor more information on access to education for refugee and asylum-seeking children in Bulgaria, please visit the Ministry of Education and Sciences’ page here: https://www.mon.bg/dyasno-menyu/priobsh... -
Nigeria: UN experts to assess rehabilitation and reintegration of women and children freed from Boko Haram
news OHCHR, 13 Jan 2016 (8 years ago )GENEVA (13 January 2016) – Three United Nations human rights experts will visit Nigeria from 18 to 22 January 2016 to examine the measures to assist in the rehabilitation and reintegration of the women and children who escaped or were liberated from Boko Haram captivity. “All measures taken or in... -
Massive immunization campaign to reach 41 million children in Nigeria and region to contain polio outbreak
news UNICEF, 11 Oct 2016 (7 years ago )DAKAR, Senegal – 11 October 2016 – A major health campaign is underway in the Lake Chad Basin area to vaccinate over 41 million children against polio to contain the recent outbreak of the disease in north-east Nigeria. Populations fleeing conflict are on the move within the sub-region, raising ... -
Nigeria: What UN, Nigerian Govt Are Doing to Tackle 11 Million Out-of-School Children - Envoy
news Allafrica, 14 Jun 2017 (6 years ago )By Ebuka Onyeji and Agency Report A former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, says the destructive activities of Boko Haram contributed to the estimated 11 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, particularly in the north-east. The Boko Haram insurgency has caused about 100,000 deaths since ... -
UNHCR concerned about the conditions of refugees and migrants in Calais and Dunkerque, in particular children
news UNHCR, 05 Feb 2016 (8 years ago )This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 5 February 2016, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Some 4,000 refugees and migrants are currently reported to be living in the Calais "jungle" and almos... -
In Jordan, UNICEF and partners offer services to help refugee children recover from conflict in Syria
news UNICEF, 08 Mar 2012 (12 years ago )By Samir Badran MA’AN, Jordan, 8 March 2012 – On a cold February day, Syrian refugee children and their parents gathered at the Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) Centre, a UNICEF partner, in the southern Jordanian town of Ma’an. They are some of the thousands of Syrians who have ... -
In Jordan, Syrian refugee children are learning to cope with the violence they’ve witnessed
news UNICEF, 04 Jun 2012 (11 years ago )By Wendy Bruere MAFRAQ/AMMAN, Jordan, 4 June 2012 – On their way to school in Homs last year, 9-year-old twins Seema* and Nour* saw dead bodies in the street. “They came home very upset,” said their father, Amjad*. “Now they are afraid of loud noises.” The two girls stopped going to school a... -
Sudanese women’s right to pass citizenship to their children discussed in high-level workshop in Khartoum
news United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 01 Nov 2018 (5 years ago )The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the Ministry of Security and Social Development of the Republic of the Sudan organized a high-level workshop on the Sudanese women’s right to (pass) citizenship, on Monday 29 October 2018 at the Grand Holi... -
Coordinated support helps children return to school, brings peace of mind to Venezuelan family in Aruba
news R4V Situation Report, December (Caribbean), 20 Dec 2020 (3 years ago )The sun shines brightly over the small Caribbean island of Aruba. It is ten o’clock and Jorge’s face is once again full of smiles, as he watches his children practice Dutch lessons and do their homework, something he thought for a long time, they might not be able to do again. “My kids are going ...