With 11.5 per cent of school-age children – or 123 million – missing out on learning today, compared to 12.8 per cent – or 135 million – in 2007, the percentage of six to 15 year olds who are out of school has barely decreased in the last decade, UNICEF said today.
More than 10.5 million children live in the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned today. Based on the storm's current trajectory, children in the islands of the Eastern Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba are at risk, including over three million under five years old. UNICEF is concerned that hundreds of thousands of children could suffer the worst effects of the storm, with those living in coastal zones at highest risk.
UNICEF has started to deploy teams to the locations that will most likely be hit hardest once Irma reaches the Haitian shore.
As Hurricane Irma wreaks havoc on Haiti in 2017, Victoria Maskell reflects on past and present efforts to save the lives of children living in the country.
Two islands, two perspectives from UNICEF staff on the devastating effects that Hurricane Irma has caused for children and their families.
Alone on the move to Europe, their friendship started when seven Gambian boys met while waiting to travel by boat from Libya to Italy. Referencing their journey, the boys named their crew “Do it or die”.
Uprooted children are vulnerable to being preyed upon by smugglers and traffickers.
UNICEF’s call for practical action and public engagement to help protect every child uprooted by war, violence and poverty.
Over 90 per cent are in conflict-affected countries- UNICEF New Analysis
A first hand account of the after effects of Hurricane Irma on the island of Barbuda, where the storm has left many of its 1,600 residents homeless and needing immediate assistance.
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