Joining hands to ensure polio transmission remains at zero in Ethiopia
AWBARE, Somali region– Ermias Amare and Salah Kedir, health workers in Ethiopia’s Somali region, zip through the arid plains kicking up a trail of dust as they ride their motorcycle to the next...
View ArticleA drop to ensure no child is paralysed because of polio – Photo Blog
Never before in the history of polio have so few children in so few countries contracted the crippling virus – but we cannot rest until the number of cases is zero ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Mersha Over 100...
View ArticleJoining hands to finish the race for polio eradication
Rotary International advocates, UN advocates and Rotaracts gathered to participate in the National Polio Immunization campaign at Shinile and Dire Dawa ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Mersha World Health...
View ArticleUN @70- UNICEF @63 in Ethiopia
UNICEF was created in 1946, and began its operation in Ethiopia in 1952. UNICEF Ethiopia’s Country Office is located within the UN-Economic Commission for Africa compound in the capital city, Addis...
View ArticleMen to protect women from any form of violence says Aster Aweke
By Wossen Mulatu 11 September 2015: On Ethiopian New Year’s Eve, Aster Aweke, one of Ethiopia’s greatest music icon, and UNICEF National Ambassador to Ethiopia, delivered a strong message on girls’ and...
View ArticleGirls’ Empowerment Race in Samara to end Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting...
Start of the Children race held as part of Girl’s Empowerment communication campaign in Gonder, Amhara region, Ethiopia © UNICEF Ethiopia 2015/Tesfaye Addis Ababa, Samara, 1 October 2015 – UNICEF...
View ArticleEthiopia to run united to create the future we want
United Nations banner for UN at 70 at the launching of Great Ethiopia Run’s Plan International Ethiopia children races and Running for a Cause campaign, Addis Ababa Ethiopia ©UNICEF...
View ArticleEthiopia: Government and Humanitarian partners scale up to meet additional...
An additional US$164million urgently needed to address increased food and non-food needs for the remainder of the year Temporary emergency rub hall tent set up by UNICEF for drought affected people in...
View ArticleUNICEF Appoints Thomas “Tommy T” Gobena as its National Ambassador to Ethiopia
14 October, 2015, Addis Ababa: Today, UNICEF appointed Thomas Gobena (commonly known as Tommy T) as its National Ambassador to Ethiopia at a signing ceremony held in its premises. The ceremony was...
View ArticleJoining hands to ensure polio transmission remains at zero in Ethiopia
AWBARE, Somali region– Ermias Amare and Salah Kedir, health workers in Ethiopia’s Somali region, zip through the arid plains kicking up a trail of dust as they ride their motorcycle to the next...
View ArticleA drop to ensure no child is paralysed because of polio – Photo Blog
Never before in the history of polio have so few children in so few countries contracted the crippling virus – but we cannot rest until the number of cases is zero ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Mersha Over 100...
View ArticleJoining hands to finish the race for polio eradication
Rotary International advocates, UN advocates and Rotaracts gathered to participate in the National Polio Immunization campaign at Shinile and Dire Dawa ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Mersha World Health...
View ArticleUN @70- UNICEF @63 in Ethiopia
UNICEF was created in 1946, and began its operation in Ethiopia in 1952. UNICEF Ethiopia’s Country Office is located within the UN-Economic Commission for Africa compound in the capital city, Addis...
View ArticleEthiopia-Brazil South-South collaboration in urban sanitation technology...
By Samuel Godfrey Wukro Town, situated in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, received two Brazilian experts in the area of sanitary sewerage from 12 to 23 October 2015. The two officials from the Water and...
View ArticleChildren’s lives at stake as El Niño strengthens
Dehabo Seyre grandmother of two, walks in to temporary emergency rub hall tent built by UNICEF to receive recovery assistance after the failure of spring belg and poor summer kiremt rains caused by the...
View ArticleUNICEF: Without toilets, childhood is even riskier due to malnutrition
Fatuma Nuior, 16, and her cousin Audi Arab, 12, stand by her latrine next to her house in Ber’aano Woreda in Somali region of Ethiopia ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Ose NEW YORK, 19 November 2015 – Lack of...
View ArticleQueen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary Chairperson of UNICEF Belgium visits...
H.E. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary Chairperson of UNICEF Belgium, meets H.E. President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia Addis Ababa, 13 November 2015 – Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Honorary...
View ArticleDetermined men and women form a community to end child marriage
A meeting of the Bandani Kebele Community Conversation Group which advocates against child marriage, Saguma village, Bandani Kebele, Dangla Woreda (District) ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Mersha “We are not...
View ArticleHealth workers create awareness on the consequences of child marriage in Amhara
“I go to visit new mothers seven days after giving birth to give them iron, and it is then I will refer them to hospital if they are suffering from fistula. I referred two women recently,” explains...
View ArticleHeads of UN agencies call on world to support #Ethiopia as frightening...
By Stephen O’Brien, António Guterres, Ertharin Cousin and Anthony Lake* Zahara Ali, 9, cooks breakfast in a rural village in Dubti Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Bindra Those who...
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