Play is a key part of recovery
Join UNICEF correspondent Toby Fricker as he reports on the arrival of a new playground for children in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan.
This has to be the most beautiful celebration on the planet.
And I got to experience it first-hand :D
I really needed to see this this morning.
“Hell no I’m not afraid they’ll take it. I want them to take the vegetables and in the same way I want them to take back their health!”
“Growing your own food is like growing your own money.”
“If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.”
-Ron Finley
L.A. Green Grounds
The revolutionary optimists
Armed with loudspeakers and mapping devices, young activists who call themselves ‘the Daredevils’ have amplified the concerns of their communities in Kolkata’s slums loudly enough for the world to hear - their focus…preventive health, education and environment.The teenagers are subjects of the feature film The Revolutionary Optimists, which was screened at UNICEF headquarters in New York.
What do you think of their efforts?
Now…please share with us what you could do in your community to change the world around YOU.
You can read the full story here
Water Is Life
Dan and I did this for Christmas 2 years ago and it was absolutely worth it. It is amazing to get progress reports to see how our water projects are doing in real time.
You can have a new flat panel TV, or you can change life for hundreds of people.
Its really up to you.
-Aaron
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Celebrating Fred Rogers’ 85th birthday at PBS!!
Happy Birthday to the man who taught my generation to care and to think- still making an impact 10 years after leaving us!
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CAN YOU SEE ME? Gabriela, age 6
Gabriela [NAME CHANGED], a survivor of rape, now lives at the Nidia White Women’s Centre, in North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. The centre is the only one of its kind in the region, sheltering children and women who have been sexually exploited or suffered other forms of abuse. UNICEF supports programmes that promote the protection of all children from abuse.©UNICEF/Marco Dormino
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BREAKING NEWS from UNAIDS and UNICEF
We’re delighted to share some potentially very exciting news today. A baby born with HIV appears to have been “functionally cured” through treatment.This news gives us great hope that a cure for HIV in children is possible and could bring us one step closer to an AIDS free generation.
But it’s vital we continue to treat mothers with HIV so that they do not transmit the virus to their babies. Children like 18-month-old Felix, pictured, who is HIV negative thanks to the treatment his HIV positive mother received in Zambia.
Read the full press release from UNICEF and UNAIDS’ here
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