NO fewer than 4,500 vulnerable youth and women were supported by UNICEF on technical and vocational skills acquisition training in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa. Mr AbdulRahaman Ibrahim, Education Specialist, UNICEF Bauchi field office, made this known at the graduation of 1,500 beneficiaries on Thursday in Hong. Ibrahim who was represented by Mrs … Read more
A new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the “invisible” millions of babies each year who go unregistered. According to the report, nearly eight in 10 children under five were successfully registered at birth in the last five years. However, the report, The Right Start in … Read more
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa), in partnership with UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), OXFAM, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the International Rescue Committee (IRC), GHIV Africa has in the last decade provided nutritional assistance to about 40,000 children under-five in various communities of … Read more
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THE United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Katsina State Government, has empowered 800 out-of-school adolescent girls across four selected local government areas in the state. Hajiya Zainab Abdulkarim, Acting Director, Planning, Research and Statistics (DPRS), Department of Girl Child Education and Child Development, disclosed this in Katsina while presenting the fourth quarter … Read more
No fewer than 370 million girls and women have been raped or sexually assaulted worldwide before the age of 18, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Thursday. The figures came as UNICEF published its first global estimate on sexualised violence against children ahead of the International Day of the Girl on Friday. The … Read more
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for increased budgetary allocation for Early Childhood Care, Development and Education for children (ECCDE) in the North-West. Mr Rahama Farah, Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Kano, made the call at a two-day workshop on Evidence Advocacy and Policy Dialogue for Increased Funding to the ECCDE Sub-sector in … Read more
THE Gombe State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched a project aimed at tackling foundational literacy challenge and poor numeracy skills in primary schools. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the initiative is in response to alarming findings from a recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). The … Read more
ABOUT 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, one in eleven globally, and one in five in Africa. Also, 1.2 billion adults have been projected to be obese by 2030. This is contained in the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report. Trojan News reports that the SOFI Report is a collaborative effort … Read more
THE United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for digital birth registration for children in Nigeria. Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of UNICEF Field Office for South-West, said this at a two-day media dialogue on e-birth registration on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the media dialogue was organised by UNICEF in … Read more