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UNICEF distributes cash to Afghan families to ease humanitarian crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said that they have distributed cash assistance to over 6,000 families in the central Daikundi province of the country to respond to the
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Over 70 pc health centres in Afghanistan funded by WHO, UNICEF
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 6 (ANI): Over 70 per cent of healthcare centres in Afghanistan are funded by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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UN agencies say over 500 Iraqi children killed by explosive ordnance in 5
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Unexploded and abandoned explosive ordnance has killed 519 children in Iraq, mainly boys, over the past five years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said.
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4.1 million Ukrainians fled country since Russian invasion: UN
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 1 (ANI): The UN agency for refugees on Thursday said that around 4.1 million have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
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Orlando Bloom extends solidarity with displaced Ukrainian families
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): Actor Orlando Bloom is on the ground in Moldova, supporting families who have fled from Ukraine amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis.
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13 million Afghan children in dire need of international assistance: UNICE
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 20 (ANI): Nearly 13 million children in Afghanistan are in dire need of international assistance, said communications chief for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, Sam Mort, according to a media report.
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Over 10,000 children killed or injured in Yemen's years-long military conf
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced Saturday that 10,200 children were killed or injured since the conflict escalated in Yemen nearly seven years ago.
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Over 1 million children have fled Ukraine since February 24
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 11 (ANI): More than 1 million children have now fled Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country, UNICEF said on Thursday. Most have fled with their families to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova and Romania.
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Ukraine conflict: UN expresses 'horror' at Mariupol hospital attack
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 10 (ANI): The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, expressed her horror over the reported destruction of a maternity hospital in the coastal city of Mariupol, which has been reportedly under heavy bombardment for days.
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Andy Murray vows to donate prize money of 2022 season to help children in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], March 9 (ANI): Former World number one tennis player Andy Murray on Wednesday said that he has decided to donate his earnings from prize money for the rest of the year 2022 to help provide urgent medical supplies and early childhood development kits for children in Ukraine.
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International Women's Day: Cricket commits to driving change
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dubai [UAE], March 8 (ANI): As part of the 100 per cent Cricket Year of Women's Cricket campaign on International Women's Day, the ICC has called on the cricket world to come together to #IDeclare what action they will take to drive transformative change and be part of accelerating the growt
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Israel detects first polio case since 1989
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], March 7 (ANI): Israel's Ministry of Health on Sunday said that a new case of polio has been detected in a 4-year-old child in Jerusalem.
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