The tragic killing of four children when an unexploded ordnance went off yesterday in Rolpa is a reminder that children are too often the victims of conflict and related violence, long after hostilities end. Our deepest sympathies are with the families of these innocent children.

🙏🏽#COVID19 को परीक्षण गर्दा पोजेटिभ देखिएका व्यक्त्तिहरू र उनीहरूको परिवार, सहकर्मी र साथीहरूको गोपनीयताको सम्मान गरौं 🙏🏽अनुमतिविना उनीहरूको नाम, ठेगाना, पारिवारिक पृष्ठभूमि, व्यक्तिगत र मेडिकल रेकर्डको सूचना खुलासा नगरौं 🙏🏽विरामीको फोटो/भिडियो अनुमतिविना प्रकाशन/प्रसारण नगरौं

🙏🏽We must respect the privacy of people who test positive for #COVID19 and their loved ones 🙏🏽Names, addresses, and family/personal/medical details should not be disclosed without permission 🙏🏽Photos or videos of patients should not be printed or broadcast without permission

Last month I lost my cousin suddenly to pneumonia. It was an experience that taught me much about Nepal's healthcare system as it did about having to mourn a loved one's death under the shadow of Covid-19 and amid a nationwide lockdown. I wrote about it for Himalistan

संगीतकार Deepak Bajracharya ले युनिसेफसँगको सहकार्यमा तयार पार्नुभएको नयाँ गीत सार्वजनिक गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ, जसमा कोभिड–१९ विरुद्धको लडाईमा सुरक्षित रहन😷सदभाव राख्न💙र एक रहन 🙏सबैलाई आव्हान गरिएको छ। पूरा भिडियो र हाम्रो 'एउटै माया' च्यालेन्जको बारे थप जानकारी लिनः uni.cf/2AfTj90

Deepak Bajracharya Musician Deepak Bajracharya has teamed up with UNICEF to release a new song, calling on everyone to stay safe😷stay kind💙and stay united🙏in the battle against #COVID19! To watch the full video and take part in our One Love challenge: uni.cf/3deJWoB UNICEF South Asia United Nations in Nepal

Now, more than ever, we must recognize that each of us has a role to play in ending racial discrimination. Let's start by teaching children the dignity and worth of every human being. #BlackLivesMatter

अहिलेको समयमा हाम्रो सबैभन्दा ठुलो शत्रु भाइरस होइन, बरु अफवाह र भेदभाव हुन्। तथ्य, माया र सद्भाव नै हाम्रो सबैभन्दा ठुलो शक्ति हो। आऔं, मिलेर गलत सूचना र दोषारोपण विरुद्ध लडौं! 💙#मायाफैलाऔं #SpreadLove #FactsNotFear

The United Nations in Nepal has no plans of having all staff and dependents vaccinated this week as announced in the press. Official statement:

Today, Nepal received its first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped through the COVAX Facility. The first COVAX shipment of 348,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured by SII, together with 350,000 syringes and 3500 vaccine safety boxes arrived in Kathmandu.

Lack of skin-to-skin care for small and premature babies hits survival rates theguardian.com/global-develop…

यस कठिन घडीमा आफ्ना बालबालिकालाई स्वस्थ र सुरक्षित राख्न आवश्यक स्नेह, समय र सहानुभूति दिँदै आउनुभएका सम्पूर्ण आमाहरूलाई आज आमाको मुख हेर्ने दिनको विशेष शुभकामना 💙 #MothersDay2021 #COVID19 #mothersdaynepal

We wouldn't be asking if lives did not depend on it. Please listen to our appeal and send help now. ↘️bit.ly/3bI0yGx #Nepal #COVID19 WHO Nepal UNICEF Nepal Ministry of Health & Population, Nepal MOFA of Nepal 🇳🇵 Nepal Mission to the UN UN OCHA Asia Pacific

Ah! the feeling you get after completing a long overdue project. Apparently, it's worthy of a Twitter mention. #FeelingRelaxed

Totally needed to see this today.

Support mothers during their breastfeeding journeys, however long or short they might be. #NoJudgementPlease

Submitted by: WonderGirl.mani So happy, so in love, looking into each other’s eyes with so much respect knowing they are each other’s equal. It’s a TEAM. #talesofamodernbuhari #modernbuhari #nepalifamily #dashain #nepal #feminist #nepalifeminist #desifeminist #nepalibrides

Children traumatised by Nepal quake need aid to rebuild lives, UNICEF says reut.rs/49v21LP