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Mobile Technology Aids Ethiopian National WASH Inventory (NWI)
By Nadine Tatge Ethiopia is making great progress in measuring access to water and sanitation as well as inventorying all water schemes in the country through the National WASH Inventory (NWI)....
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Day of the African Child: improving education with data
Originally posted on UNICEF Connect - UNICEF BLOG: A teacher in Ethiopia conducts her class outside due to a lack of classrooms. © UNICEF/ETHA_2014_00220/Ose Numbers, facts and figures can be...
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Photo of the Week: Day of the African Child
Originally posted on UNICEF Connect - UNICEF BLOG: ©UNICEF/ETHA_2014_00079/Ose Every year, the Day of the African Child is celebrated annually on 16 June and commemorates the thousands of courageous...
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On World Refugee Day, UNICEF calls on governments to provide child refugees...
Children in Leitchour refugee camp, Gambella region Ethiopia. Children are the most affected by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Bizuwerk NEW YORK, 20 June 2014 – “As violence...
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Moving the conversation forwards: Religious leaders vow to join hands for...
Ethiopia has come a long way, in development terms, since it adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as part of its national agenda. Remarkable achievements have been registered within various...
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UNICEF signed Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2007 Work Plans with government.
The signing ceremony of Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2007 Work Plans with government was held on Monday 30th June 2014 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Addis Ababa, facilitated by the Ministry of Finance and...
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UNICEF Ethiopia Enhance Performance Through PPP Training
By Sacha Westerbeek ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, June 2014: As an integral part of enhancing staff capacity in programming and planning, UNICEF Ethiopia rolled out a Programme Planning Process (PPP)...
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Abduction survivor Gelane Degefa is clear where her priorities lay
By Elshadai Negash February 1st 2012 was supposed to be a regular school day for then-15 year old Gelane Degefa*. She started her day in Lugiatebela village, Sebeta Awas district, Oromia region, 25kms...
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Divergent Journeys – Child Marriage and Education
By Indrias Getachew Famia Abadir and Rasso Abdella are teenage girls living in Sheneni Village of Dujuma Kebele, located 20 kilometers outside of Dire Dawa town in Eastern Ethiopia. They both share...
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Ethiopia commits to eliminating child marriage and FGM by 2025
The Government of Ethiopia has made a commitment to eliminate child marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Ethiopia by 2025. His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Demeke...
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Education in adversity: South Sudanese refugee children insist on their right...
By Elissa Jobson Crowd of around 100 children, some as young as 6 or 7 years of age, who have gathered outside the chicken-wire fence of the school compound in Kule refugee camp demand to be allowed...
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UNICEF provides much needed clean water to new refugees from South Sudan and...
By Elissa Jobson South Sudan refugees cross the Baro river, which is the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. Crossing the river means that they have reached Burebiey entry point in Gambella,...
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In Ethiopia, Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign Reaches 13 Million Children
Somali Region, Ethiopia, 12 May, 2014 – Ethiopia kicked off a polio vaccination campaign on 3 October 2013, targeting 13 million children across the country following an emergency response that began...
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Making Shebelle river clean and safe a priority
By Frehiwot Yilma SOMALI REGION– Yahas Jamal is a village located 20 kilometres from the town of Gode, its residents live along the banks of Shebelle River. Although the village is situated close to...
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In Ethiopia, Danish diplomats observe progress in child protection
The Danish Government has been providing support to the Justice for Children programme, through UNICEF Ethiopia, since June 2007. On June 20, 2014, the Danish Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr Stephan...
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New Year, portable water- How we spent our Ethiopian New year holiday
By Simon Odong Kule Refugee Camp, Gambella, September 11, 2014- While the Americans were commemorating the 13th anniversary of 9/11 attack on the world trade centre, the Ethiopians celebrated their...
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Despite dramatic progress on child survival, 1 million children die during...
Analysis points to health system failures at critical time around birth as a significant contributing factor to these needless deaths New York, 16 September 2014 – Child survival rates have increased...
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Scaling up high-impact solutions for Ethiopia’s newborn
After convening the 2013 African Leadership for Child Survival —A Promise Renewed, a regional forum that called for greater accountability for Africa’s mothers and children, the Government of Ethiopia...
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In Ethiopia, Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign Reaches 13 Million Children
Sahro Ahmed vaccinates a child in Warder, Somali region, Ethiopia. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet Somali Region, Ethiopia, 12 May, 2014 – Ethiopia kicked off a polio vaccination campaign on 3 October...
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Saving the innocent: Ethiopia is keeping the promise it made to its children
By: Dr KesetebirhaneAdmasu, Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Co-Chair, A Promise Renewed and the African leadership for Child Survival Initiative Dr Peter Salama, UNICEF...
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