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Orphaned Burmese children, worst affected by cyclone Nargis

R.M.Paulraj — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:08:51 +0000

Several thousand people in Burma (also called Myanmar) were severely affected as they completely lost their homes and livelihood after Cyclone Nargis devastated the area last May. Complete villages were razed to the ground, and among the...

Unicef's ad campaign for poor children of China

Madhuri Katti — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:39:37 +0000

Unicef’s campaign for over 1.5 million underprivileged in China depicts the harsh reality of modern world. The poor children end up becoming part of urban ‘landscape’ in almost every other city of the world. Ignored by all, left...

Almost 1.5m Indian children are at risk of malnourishment due to rising global food prices

Tomas — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:09:42 +0000

More than 1.5m children in India are at risk of becoming malnourished because of rising global food prices, the UN children’s charity, Unicef, says

No good deed is small...

Deepa Vishal Raman — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:34:16 +0000

Hi everyone… Sometimes in life, we get a chance to do something good. But we think that this is such a small thing, what difference would it make? IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE!!! You want to know how? Let me tell you a real incident… One...

UNICEF: Africa war zones face 'rape epidemic'

Sunit — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:55:30 +0000

We are very much aware of the hostilities and human suffering that are deeply connected with conflicts across the African continent. Yet the situation is far worse than what we see, read and feel sitting thousands of miles away from the...

Unicef: Abuses ‘endless’ in African conflict zones

Maynard — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:38:01 +0000

Most African nations remain in the watchlist with numerous cases of abuse. Rape cases and sexual violence against children and women are like diseases that are prevalent in African conflict zones. Such reports were recently reported by...

David Beckham’s African adventure

Asmita — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:25:43 +0000

It’s snowing relentlessly back in England right now so soccer star David Beckham took a trip to Africa just so he could play ball topless. Of course the tab for the trip was picked by the UNICEF what with Becks being their Goodwill Ambassador...

Kashmir: Only hope keeps the ‘half-widows’ going on

Heeposh — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:51:14 +0000

They are pushed aside by their in-laws, shunned by neighbors, exploited by employers and harassed by security officers…every morning they hope of seeing a clear light of the day, a time when their long lost would surface from ‘somewhere’...

Actor Orlando Bloom trips to Nepal for UNICEF

Sarika — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:56:33 +0000

A UNICEF-supported Orlando Bloom’s 4-day visit to various villages of Nepal was a success. Orlando was there to gain attention to the UNICEF’s work for eradicating poverty and infants’ death. Being a movie star, he was still very...

Is India serious enough for welfare of its future - children?

Pratyush — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:14:05 +0000

In India, poor children start working at a very young age. Some of the children work to help their families and at the same time, some families want their children to help them to run the family business. The government of India has always followed...