“Until recently, Nasser was the backbone of the health system in the south of #Gaza . Al-Amal was one of the few hospitals offering services to mothers and children. Now they are mostly rubble.”

We repeat our call.

Humanitarian and healthcare workers must be protected.

Utterly heartbreaking -

'Three girls aged 5, 7 and 10 years old died on the shores of Chios, Greece this week, in yet another tragic shipwreck. Two of them were sisters.'

Full statement by UNICEF Europe C.Asia Regina De Dominicis

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I spoke to Tess Ingram who was in the vehicle that got hit…

UKRAINE: A 13-year-old boy was among 3 people killed in #Kostintynivka as a bomb destroyed an apartment block. 'We see an alarming increase in explosives use in populated areas in #Ukraine . Children are suffering. This must stop' Sonia Khush, Country Director for Save the Children in Ukraine

It is incredibly difficult for international media to get into #Yemen to report on the desperate situation facing children and families.

So, whilst Alex Crawford's report is hard to watch, doing so is critically important - now more than ever.

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'...the end of this war is so long overdue.

Instead, we face the unconscionable prospect of further escalation in Gaza, where no one is safe and there is nowhere safe to go.'

Martin Griffiths #Gaza

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War in Gaza has reportedly killed over 13K children and injured countless more.

Homes, schools and hospitals in ruin. 

Teachers, doctors and humanitarians killed. 

Famine is imminent. 

The level and speed of destruction are shocking. 

Children need a ceasefire NOW.

Two remaining child hostages in Gaza, Kfir and Ariel, have yet to be released.

It’s been over 180 days of anguish for the hostages and families.

Children lost family members and are missing parents and loved ones still held hostage.  

All hostages must be released NOW.

A Famine Warning 🆘

We're putting the finishing touches on a prevention plan.

That plan will mean nothing w/out better access & the resources to implement it. All parties to the conflict in #Sudan need to allow aid to flow & the🌍 needs to step up before 10's of 1000's perish

After 13 years of conflict, at least one third of communities in #Syria are affected by ordnance contamination.

I visited a minefield in Idleb where 20 per cent of the land has been cleared with the funding that we have. This is not enough and support is needed for #MineAction .

'UN agencies, international relief organisations and others agree that there is one entity capable of tackling this level of need: UNRWA'

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People in northern #Gaza have been forced to survive on an average of 245 calories a day - less than a can of fava beans - since January, according to Oxfam International - less than 12 per cent of the recommended daily calorie intake

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“This is the worst humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. I don’t think that’s sunk in,” Jean-Martin Bauer WFP Haiti (PAM) 🕊️

'Thousands of children are on the brink,' @UNICEFChief UNICEF Haiti

via @Husca & Hira Humayun #Haiti
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All of us at UNICEF are devastated by the killing of a World Central Kitchen team working to bring food to starving children and families in #Gaza .
 
Our thoughts are with their families and colleagues.
 
The lives of aid workers and the people they serve MUST always be protected!

Thursday is International Day for Mine Awareness, and here is yet another heartbreaking reminder of the devastating toll unexploded ordnance takes on children, and the continuing risk mines and UXO pose for years and even decades to come.

“Our children are dying, we are dying. What are you doing, where is the world?”

Amid starvation and desperation in Gaza, Jomana Karadsheh Scott reports on the deaths of 12 people as they attempted to reach aid dropped into the sea.

Producer: @ssirgany

Nine years into the conflict in #Yemen , almost 10 million children remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, more than 2.7 million children are acutely malnourished and 49% of children under five suffer from stunting or chronic malnutrition.

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'In my 20 years with the United Nations, I have never seen such devastation. Just chaos and ruin, with rubble and debris scattered in every single direction.

'Utter annihilation.'

James Elder on the situation in Khan Younis and for children in #Gaza

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