UNICEF Representative in Türkiye, Regina De Dominicis, said that while the humanitarian response to the disaster was swift, “immediate futures of millions of children remain uncertain”. Urgent health and protection needs To cover the most pressing needs, UNICEF has reached more than 390,000 people with hygiene kits, winter clothes, electrical heaters and blankets. The…
File photo 5 children drowned in a temple tank in Chennai, India. According to Indian media, the incident happened during religious rituals, the bodies of the children have been removed. According to Indian media, the police have also started investigating the incident. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’);…
Lori will help children suffering from the severe effects of war to sleep peacefully, singer Ghalia, photo, file Dubai: A series of lullabies has been started from radio stations to lull children who are afraid of the war-torn environment in Syria to sleep. The civil war that has been going on for more than a…
Children in conflict zones must be protected, not punished, said the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, together with Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights while countering terrorism, in a joint statement. “It is now time to bring them home,” they said. “Many children are…
“Many of us take our gender identity for granted, but for many children it is not so easy,” said Mahesh Mahalingam, the UNAIDS Director of Communications and Global Advocacy. “It’s a matter of daily survival, a daily struggle. Children all around the world must be supported in expressing their identity freely.” Stigma, discrimination, and criminalization…
23 people were injured due to the fire in the boat: Photo: Internet Manila: 31 people died in a boat fire in the Philippines. According to foreign media, a boat caught fire late at night in the southern region of the Philippines, as a result of which 31 people, including 3 children, were killed and…
Police officers gather outside the school after the shooting. Six people, including three young students, were killed in a shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. According to the police, the shooter was a minor girl who was killed in retaliation. Police say the girl who opened fire had 2 rifles and a handgun….
File photo South Korea is considering exempting fathers of three or more children from compulsory military service. South Korea has a strict policy of compulsory military service, requiring all physically fit males between the ages of 18 and 28 to serve in the armed forces for 18 to 21 months. But now an amendment is…
Some 13 months of often brutal fighting and attacks on civilians since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine began, have left millions displaced, with key civilian infrastructure in need of urgent protection. Ensuring nuclear safety Touring the area around Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met with…
Photo, Indian media More than 20 children became victims of food poisoning after eating khichdi in a feast on the occasion of Navratri in the city of Baghpat in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to Indian media reports, more than 20 children, including a few men, fell ill after eating khichdi in a…
