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Aid Organizations Start Mass Vaccinations of Somali Refugee Children
news Epoch Times, 07 Aug 2011 (12 years ago )Aid organizations and the Ethiopian government have started a large-scale vaccination program for Somali refugee children in Ethiopian camps hoping to counteract outbreaks of disease among the malnourished population. The United Nations said it was alarmed Saturday after suspected cases of measle... -
Start of school year for refugee children in Dadaab
news unhcr briefing notes, 02 Sep 2011 (12 years ago )In Kenya, this coming Monday marks the start of the new school term and at Dadaab, the largest refugee complex in the world, some 40,000 refugee children are preparing to go to school - many for the first time. The influx of 154,000 new refugees from Somalia this year, more than half of whom are chi... -
Children bear brunt of Somali refugee crisis
news UNHCR Briefing Notes, 06 Sep 2011 (12 years ago )Somali children are the biggest victims of the refugee crisis in the Horn of Africa, according to the latest profiling data collected by UNHCR in Ethiopia. The most recent demographic breakdown of the Somali influx into Ethiopia shows that children under the age of 18 are the largest age group amon... -
Displaced Syrian children in Jordan show signs of distress
news UNICEF, 23 Dec 2011 (12 years ago )By Najwa Mekki RAMTHA, Jordan, 23 December 2011 – As I pull out my camera, Salwa looks at me and blurts out, “No, no pictures, please. Otherwise the police will slaughter us.” She is 5 years old. Salwa is one of thousands of Syrians who have come to Jordan over the past few months, fleeing unres... -
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, UNICEF-supported activities help Syrian refugee children recover from the conflict
news UNICEF, 22 Mar 2012 (12 years ago )By Simon Ingram MA’AN, Jordan, 22 March 2012 – Peering intently at the scrap of pink material in her hands, 12-year-old Omaima* is a picture of concentration. Around her, about 20 other girls are busily wielding needles and thread and following the instructions of their teacher. This weekly sewi... -
Displaced Syrian Children in Jordan -- April 19
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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... -
In Jordan, Syrian children are on the road to recovery after fleeing ongoing violence in their country
news UNICEF, 19 Jun 2012 (11 years ago )By Wendy Bruere RAMTHA, Jordan, 19 June 2012 – Reem* and her six children fled their home in southern Syria in February after her husband Abood* was abducted by armed men. The children were between ages 5 and 18. “The children were scared and insecure when we first came to Jordan,” Reem said. ...