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UNICEF Fieldnotes
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Blogging on UNICEF's child survival work in the field
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Tune in to CNN tomorrow
In a one-of-a-kind television event this Sunday, July 6, CNN will examine why 26,000 children die every day from preventable causes and what UNICEF is doing to save these young lives. Hosted by CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, "...
Jackie Chan visits East Timor
Karate legend and UNICEF Ambassador Jackie Chan just returned from a visit to the island nation of East Timor, where he promoted peace—and martial arts. The martial arts are hugely popular among the young people of East Timor, and Chan urged his yo...
I was wondering about Laos
© UNICEF/HQ02-0580/Jim Holmes LAOS: A boy bathes with water collected at a handpump, in the remote northwestern province of Luang Namtha. The handpump, installed at a health center, is now also being used by the community. We're all getting...
Have a party and help UNICEF
You may have read about CNN's special broadcast, “The Survival Project: One Child at a Time,” to air on July 6 at 8 and 11 pm (ET). We encourage volunteers and supporters to not only watch the broadcast, but to host a viewing party to discus...
How a stove can save a life
For the past two months, I’ve been working on a feature story for our quarterly magazine Every Child that focuses on the rape epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As a woman and mother of a daughter, this has been an extremely disturbi...
