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CHILDREN AND MINES
By Paul Martin, UNICEF Representative for Colombia
April 11, 2008

Aurelio’s sweet nature doesn’t seem to mesh with his tragedy. He is 12 years old, and was born in one of the Antioquia towns affected by the conflict. He’s in third grade and he likes to study. However, football is his real thing, although he can’t play like before. A mine blew off one of his legs, and for the last three years he has been leaning on a crutch, which helps him to use his prosthesis, which he has to change every six months.

Partnership with a future for education quality

A careful analysis of the situation of education in Colombia’s regions turned up disturbing results on students in the “Saber” (“knowledge”) tests of 2005 and in the State’s ICFES tests in 2007. These results are related to the insufficient opportunities in the more remote regions for training teachers and school authorities, and the lack of a propitious environment for learning.

MTV LATIN AMERICA ANNOUNCES THE INAUGURATION (ESTRENO) OF “NOTICIAS MTV DOCU: VIOLENT NIGHTS”

A special produced in collaboration with UNICEF, documenting
the violence that affects Latin American youths in three of the region’s emblematic cities: Mexico City:, Bogotá and Buenos Aires.

UNICEF Executive Director pays first visit to Madagascar to assess cyclone recovery

ANALANJIROFO, Madagascar, 28 July 2008 – Ann M. Veneman, on the first-ever visit by a UNICEF Executive Director to Madagascar, spent Sunday in Analanjirofo, the region hardest hit by Cyclone Ivan earlier this year.

LAW ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

On August 17 the Bill of Statutory Law was presented to Congress “in which the law on Children and Adolescents is promulgated”, a proposal that prioritizes eight basic themes: Nutrition, Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Special Protection, Civil Registration, Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality, and Water and Sanitation. Based on what you know about the country’s situation, what would you propose doing to consolidate these priorities?

UNICEF/WHO: Far too few using improved sanitation

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 17 July 2008 - Every day, over 2.5 billion people suffer from a lack of access to improved sanitation and nearly 1.2 billion practise open defecation, the riskiest sanitary practice of all, according to a report issued today by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Drinking-water Supply and Sanitation (JMP).

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the liberation of hostages in Colombia

The Secretary-General warmly welcomes today’s announcement by the Government of Colombia regarding the rescue of hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three United States citizens and eleven members of the Colombian armed forces. These hostages and so many others still held captive in Colombia have endured years of hardship and
privation. Kidnapping is an abhorrent crime and an egregious violation of international humanitarian law.

- PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)

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