By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Oct 6, 2021: An 8-year-old orphan boy living on a footpath in an Indian town stole a biscuit packet from a small shop. The shopkeeper and the onlookers beat up the boy mercilessly. Later he was sent to a juvenile home where he spent oneContinue Reading
By Karan Deep Singh Ballabgarh: In late November, an urgent email popped up in the inbox of Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices, one of the world’s largest syringe makers. It was from UNICEF, the United Nations agency for children, and it was desperately seeking syringes. Not just any would do.Continue Reading
Thrissur, Nov 15, 2019: At least 53 percent young people in India will have no education and skills necessary for employment by 2030, warns the United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF. According to a study jointly conducted by the UNICEF’s Education Commission and the Global Business Coalition for Education, 54Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 15, 2019: UNICEF India has appealed for funds from the public to help millions of people, especially children, affected by the Cyclone Fani. The cyclone, considered extremely severe, hit the eastern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal on May 3.Continue Reading
New Delhi: UNICEF has applauded India for reducing maternal death. “India has shown impressive progress in reducing maternal deaths, with nearly 1,000 fewer women now dying of pregnancy related complications each month in India,” Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, country representative of UNICEF in India, said in a press release onContinue Reading
The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on February 6. This has contributed significantly to a global decline in child marriage. UNICEF said 25 million child marriages were prevented worldwide in the last decade, with theContinue Reading
Trishna Krishnan is the first South Indian actor to get the statusContinue Reading
Bhubanswar: The exceptionally high malnutrition deaths of 18 children at Nagada in Sukinda valley of Jajpur district exposed the glaring lapses in the state’s initiatives to check undernourishment deaths. Though Odisha’s progress in improving nutrition outcomes for children under two years of age has been good, Unicef feels Odisha needsContinue Reading
India has come under criticism after its parliament approved several controversial amendments to the country’s child labour bill. The new bill prohibits children under the age of 14 from working – but makes an exception for “family businesses”, including extended family. It also reduces the number of jobs 15-18 yearContinue Reading
A necklace that stores two years of immunization records and a soap pen that encourages better hygiene among three to six year olds have been revealed as winners in a new ‘Wearables for Good’ challenge. Unicef, Arm Holdings and frog joined forces to host the event, which attracted 2,000 registrantsContinue Reading