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| Occupation
of UNICEF Somalia base hinders vital
interventions |
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YORK, USA, 24 June 2009 – The
Somali militia group Al Shabaab is still
occupying the UNICEF base in Jowhar
town, nearly six weeks after taking
it over on 17 May. Jowhar is UNICEF’s
main hub for the southern and central
regions of Somalia. |
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| EMERGENCY
IN COLOMBIA FROM HEAVY RAINS |
Given the serious
rainy season emergency that is punishing
the country, and which to date has left
more than a million persons affected,
including more than half a million children,
what measures do you think should be
taken to prevent a rain emergency? What
would you suggest so that all of us
together can help and give support for
the affected populations?
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Cauca public accountability
in Maternal-Child Health
With support from UNICEF and the Fundación
Santa Fe de Bogotá, the Cauca Secretariat
of Health held the Departmental Public Accountability
Forum in the SENA auditorium in the city of Popayán,
to transmit tools for strengthening rights to
improve the early childhood health and nutrition
situation of early childhood.
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Chocó taking
action to improve Mother-Child Health
Chocó’s Secretariat of Health, with
support from UNICEF and the Fundación Santa
Fe de Bogotá, held the Departmental
Forum on Public Accountability in the auditorium
of the Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó
in the city of Quibdó, to report on the
mother-and-child health situation in the department.
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15 thousand Villavicencio
children
enjoying new school furnishings
In mid-June the Villavicencio HomeCenter store
and UNICEF presented a complete set of school
furniture, thanks to customers’ donation
of the change from their purchases in this large
chain store.
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Children in Cúcuta
receive educational equipment
The children in seven schools in the city of Cúcuta
received a complete outfit of school equipment
thanks to donations from HomeCenter customers.
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A WINDOW OF PEACE
FOR NARIÑO
Bogotá, D.C., 17 June 2009. Five United
Nations System agencies and programmes (UNHCR,
FAO, UNDP, UNICEF and UNIFEM), the Spanish Agency
for International Development Cooperation (AECID),
the National Government (through the Presidential
Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation)
and the Office of the Governor of Nariño
have launched a joint programme for eight Nariño
municipalities, to accompany and strengthen their
local institutions and the efforts of the communities
experiencing situations of vulnerability and marginality,
especially indigenous and Afro-descendant populations.
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June 12, World
Day Against Child Labour
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ACCELERATING THE PROCESS OF ERADICATING CHILD LABOUR
IN COLOMBIA
The
National Committee for the Eradication of Child
Labour and Protection of Young Workers, comprising
State entities, labour organizations, NGOs and private
enterprise, are convening all citizens to learn
about the progress made in the fight against the
worst forms of child labour, and to assume greater
social responsibility for reducing and eradicating
them and protecting the work of young persons. |
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REDUCING MALNUTRITION
RATES:
A COMMITMENT OF THE VIII MEETING OF GOVERNORS
FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTHS
Bogotá, 5 June 2009. At the conclusion
of the VIII Meeting of Governors for Children,
Adolescents and Youths, the country learned the
results of the efforts and commitments of departmental
authorities and governmental entities in favour
of guaranteeing and promoting the rights of children
and adolescents and a balanced diet, and of having
Food and Nutritional Security.
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Brazil’s Successful
“Zero Hunger” experience,
An example for Colombia
“The Right to Balanced and Adequate Diet”
is the title of the keynote address to be presented
by international expert Frederico Campos Guanais
De Aguiar this Wednesday, June 3. This keynote
presentation will be part of the opening session
of the VIII Meeting of Governors for Children,
Adolescents and Youth, Facts and Rights, which
will take place at the Centro de Ferias in Bucaramanga
(Santander), and whose central theme will be the
food and nutritional security of children, adolescents
and youths in the current global crisis.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press
Today
(Spanish)
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