Côte D’Ivoire: Lego-style city schools from recycled plastic waste
With an estimated population of 4.5 million, Abidjan is the biggest city in Côte d’Ivoire and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris and Kinshasa. Every day, the Abidjan metropolitan area produces 288 tons of...Read more
Young Dutch people worried about rising prices and money problems
An increasing number of young people – around 60 per cent – in the Netherlands say they are worried about the rise in prices in the past year. Read more
UNICEF: ‘Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put four million more children in poverty’
The economic fall-out from Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine has thrown some four million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a report by charity UNICEF.Read more
Over half a billion dollars pledged to tackle child malnutrition crisis, says UNICEF
Governments, philanthropies, and private donors have pledged more than USD $500 million since July in response to the deepening child malnutrition crisis – and almost two thirds of that is directly per cent of supporting...Read more
‘We can be the generation who ends AIDS in children’
A new global health alliance hopes to fix a ‘glaring disparity’ in the treatment of AIDS by ensuring no child living with HIV is denied treatment.Read moreCash help scheme reaches 350,000 Ukranian children and their families
Over 350,000 children in war-ravaged Ukraine have now benefited from a humanitarian cash assistance programme provided by children’s charity UNICEF.Read more
Dutch municipalities failing to engage with young people
Most young people in The Netherlands are keen to have their say on issues they consider important to their cities and towns, yet many say they’ve never been asked for their input.Read more
Many 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simple text
‘Learning poverty’ has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 per cent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text, according to a new reportRead more
‘Green spaces for children in developing countries’ – get involved
Children’s charity UNICEF needs your experiences and case studies on the effect of green space on children in developing countries for a workshop later this year.Read more
‘The world’s richest countries are destroying children’s environments globally’ – UNICEF
They might be providing healthier environments for children within their own borders, but some of the world’s richest countries like The Netherlands, Finland and Iceland are ‘disproportionately contributing to the destruction of the global environment’. Children’s...Read more
UNICEF: Five ways that business can support children in Ukraine
In any humanitarian crisis, children suffer first and suffer most. The war in Ukraine has rapidly become a child protection crisis, with the shocking number of at least 112 child casualties that continues to grow, attacks...Read more
More than half of Ukraine’s children displaced after one month of war
The ongoing violence across Ukraine has created a child rights crisis that could last for generations, says children’s charity UNICEF. A month of war has led to the displacement of 4.3 million children – more than...Read more‘Every single minute, 55 children have fled their country since the war began’
“Since February 24, scores of children have been killed in Ukraine. Many more have been injured, and more than 1.5 million children have fled the country.”Read more
Incomes severely reduced for families with children during pandemic – report
Around two thirds of households with children have seen their incomes cut since the global pandemic hit two years ago, according to a new report.Read more