Today, we launched 44 Childhood Care Units in Iraq together with HE Minister Ahmed Al Asadi & MoLSA. These centers provide child protection services aligned with SDGs and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This a milestone in protecting child rights. #ForEveryChild
اليوم، نعلن عن افتتاح 44 وحدة لرعاية الطفولة في العراق، وهذا إنجاز كبير في حماية حقوق الطفل. بالتعاون مع معالي الوزير أحمد الأسدي ووزارة العمل والشؤون الاجتماعية، تقدم هذه المراكز خدمات لحماية الطفل تتوافق مع أهداف التنمية المستدامة واتفاقية حقوق الطفل.
@IraqiPMO@UNICEFiraq
During protracted crises, coping mechanisms & adaptive capacity of people & systems are overstretched
@WorldBank, @UNICEF & @ICRC have released a joint report that holds the potential to improve the response & upscale the impact for affected populations
https://t.co/P0ASWqMXzM
Lovers of Fairouz, check out this rendition of "Bint al-Shalabiyya" by Lebanon's premier choral ensemble, @BeirutVocal, directed by my mother @JanmarieLive.
Liban 🇱🇧 : six mois après les explosions à #Beyrouth, les enfants continuent de payer un lourd tribut.
@UNICEFLebanon continue d’acheminer une aide humanitaire en termes d’eau, d’hygiène et d’assainissement, mais aussi d'éducation et de santé mentale. #PourChaqueEnfant
6 months since #BeirutExplosions, @UNICEFLebanon & partners continue to provide humanitarian assistance, and support access to essential services, to children and families severely affected.
Watch this video to learn more.
Suurkiitos @MetsoOutotec and @unicef_finland ! This is a great example of how the private sector can play a positive and impactful role in humanitarian action #ForEveryChild#Lebanon#Beirut
#MetsoOutotec supports the @unicef_finland emergency program in #Beirut, Lebanon by donating #Lokotrack mobile crushing and screening equipment which will be used to clear up the explosion waste and in the reconstruction of the area: https://t.co/J6u7aVjoo1 #foreverychild#SDGs
وفقًا للاستطلاعات التي أصدرتها @UNICEFmena بمناسبة #اليوم_العالمي_للطفل، ذكرت جميع العائلات التي سئلت تقريبًا أن أطفالها تأثروا سلبًا بجائحة #كوفيد_19.
وكلما طالت الجائحة، زاد تأثيرها على الأطفال.
https://t.co/uHp4McxHCN
Shocking images from the port of Beirut. The warehouse on fire is where @ICRC_lb stocks thousands food parcels and 0.5 million L oil. The extent of the damage still remains to be established. Our humanitarian operation risks to be seriously disrupted.
https://t.co/S6l6IA0bdz
“I was showering and, when the impact hit, the first aid box exploded on my head. I remember that I just started screaming. My mother ran to me, pressed hard on my wound, so I wouldn’t faint.” Mira,10, was at home when the #BeirutBlast hit her house. More: https://t.co/P4jRBREkro
#Lebanon Red Cross says 7 people still missing since Beirut port blast (4 Lebanese, 2 Syrians and an Egyptian) - initial list 77 missing - 37 bodies found - 33 were injured in hospitals) #BeirutExplosion
Nous remercions 🇨🇦 pour sa contribution généreuse et flexible de 2,5M de dollars canadiens auprès de @UNICEF Liban pour être parmi les premiers intervenants sur le terrain et fournir une aide immédiate et nécessaire aux enfants et aux familles touchés par #ExplosionBeyrouth
Iman Shankiti, WHO representative in Lebanon:country at a dangerous juncture.”it took 6 months since February to reach 5,000 total Covid 19 cases..during last 2 weeks figure doublesAlthough most cases expected to be asymptomatic, there’s increase in those needing hospitalization
In the wake of the devastating #Beirut explosions, a crumbling economy and the COVID-19 outbreak, UNICEF Regional Director @TedChaiban talks to Al Jazeera about our work to support children in Lebanon.
تعمل @uniceflebanon على تركيب خزانات مياه لتوفير مياه الشرب للعائلات التي انقطعت عنها المياه بسبب #الانفجار الضخم في مرفأ #بيروت.
اليونيسف وشركاءها على الأرض، ملتزمون في دعم الناس في #لبنان لإعادة إعمار مدينتهم.
#BeirutExplosions continue to take lives. We mourn with @uniceflebanon colleagues who have lost two members of their families, a wife and mother, and a son. Our hearts with you 💔❤️