Super Typhoon Maysak (local name Chedeng) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is expected to make a landfall on the eastern coasts of Luzon over the weekend. According to latest reports from PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau, Maysak has maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h and gusts of up to 210 km/h making… Read More UNICEF prepares for Maysak/Chedeng
Newly appointed UNICEF Celebrity Advocate for Children Anne Curtis spent two moving days visiting parts of Leyte. She saw the recovery operations just over a year after Typhoon Yolanda and took time to engage and interact with children and their families. “I am honored to join UNICEF on this very fulfilling and meaningful trip.… Read More Anne Curtis visits UNICEF supported Yolanda recovery efforts and meets with children and families
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is back to bring special meaning to Halloween and give children a unique opportunity to learn the value of helping others. Now on its third year, the campaign empowers kids to be superheroes by collecting funds in a special Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box as they go door-to-door this Halloween. Since 2012, Filipino… Read More Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is back to bring special meaning to Halloween and give children a unique opportunity to learn the value of helping others
Ms. Lotta Sylwander has submitted credentials as UNICEF Representative to the Philippines to Mr. Albert del Rosario, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs. As UNICEF Representative, Ms. Sylwander provides strategic leadership in the design and implementation of programmes on health, on education, on protection and for the wellbeing of Filipino children, as part of the… Read More Lotta Sylwander joins as UNICEF Philippines Representative
Dell today said that the company and its team members have so far contributed more than US $400,000 of financial and technology support to disaster relief efforts in the Philippines. Dell team members also are helping victims of Typhoon Haiyan through a critical-items collection drive and volunteer activities on the ground. Included in the company’s… Read More Dell Responds with Assistance for Victims of Typhoon Haiyan
UNICEF is rushing emergency supplies to areas of the Philippines ravaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan on 8 November, as the latest estimates indicate that up to 4 million children could now be affected by the disaster. Therapeutic food for children, health kits, water and hygiene kits to support up to 3,000 families in the… Read More As number of children affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan rises to 4 million, UNICEF steps up emergency response
In celebration of National Children’s Month, UNICEF Philippines’ Auction for Action 2013 brings together over 90 artists in art, design, furniture and jewelry to benefit a unique education program to provide children access to early learning: Supervised Neighborhood Play Program (SNP). Curated and presented by UNICEF Special Advocate for Children Daphne Oseña Paez, the… Read More UNICEF Auction for Action to fund Play-based Learning
Violence against children is all too often unseen, unheard and underreported, said UNICEF today, announcing an initiative that urges ordinary citizens, lawmakers and governments to speak out more forcefully to fight violence against children. The initiative builds on growing popular outrage that erupted following horrific attacks against children, such as the October 2012 shooting of… Read More Help us make violence against children disappear, says UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson
The New Zealand Embassy, in cooperation with UNICEF, is bringing to Manila the photography exhibition entitled “Christchurch: See Through My Eyes”. The exhibition showcases photographs taken by 24 children from Christchurch, New Zealand, and illustrates how the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes affected their lives and communities. New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Reuben Levermore said:… Read More Christchurch Children Tell Their Story in New Zealand Earthquake Photo Exhibit
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