The Ministry of Education on Monday said two months salaries of all school teachers would be paid in the next two weeks based on an agreement between the ministry and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The Ministry…
UNICEF on Sunday pledged to reach out to 1.1 million children suffering from severe malnutrition by the end of 2022 in Afghanistan. On it Twitter handle, UNICEF Chief of Nutrition for Afghanistan Melanie Galvin wrote: “In March alone,…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided cash assistance to 6,000 families in central Daikundi province to support pregnant women and their children. UNICEF today tweeted about its program to help women in Daikundi province. “To respond…
UNICEF has expressed deep sadness over the killing of five children, one girl and four boys, when an explosive remnant of war (ERW) detonated yesterday in Marjah District of Helmand Province. Two other children, a boy and a girl,…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has introduced a new representative for Afghanistan. The UN agency announced on Saturday Dr. Mohamed Ag Ayoya as the new representative for Afghanistan. Ayoya tweeted: “Today, I join our UNICEF team in…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of a possible death of a million children in Afghanistan if immediate action is not taken. UNICEF has once again expressed concern over the plight of malnourished children in Afghanistan.…
A four-day national polio immunization campaign, the first in 2022, was launched yesterday targeting 9.9 million children aged below five years across the country. The last campaign in November 2021 delivered polio drops to 8.5 million children under…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched its largest ever single-country appeal to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of more than 24 million people in Afghanistan. The $2 billion appeal will help avert the looming collapse…
Uruzgan Governor Haji Dawat has asked UNICEF to expand its development and aid progammes to remote areas of the central province to benefit more people. During a meeting with UNICEF Southern Zone Head Dr. Ahmad Fawad Governor Dawat said…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned over four million children in Afghanistan were still out of school with more than half of them girls. The UN agency on its twitter account wrote: “In the past 3 months,…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has given in aid education materials and medical kits to schools in 22 districts of eastern Nangarhar province. The assistance distribution was launched today, Thursday, and officials assured that the materials would…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is planning to set up a system to directly fund Afghan teachers. The announcement came after the international community placed a freeze on funding to the Taliban-led administration. A senior…
Indonesian welfare organization Tahir Foundation has provided over $700,000 to UNICEF for humanitarian assistance with the people of Afghanistan. UNICEF Afghanistan branch in a tweet said: “With thanks to funding from @tahirfoundation#UNICEF will bring life-saving health & nutrition…
The first aircraft carrying UNICEF lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul on Thursday through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) Air-bridge, according to a statement. 32 metric tonnes containing essential drugs, oral rehydration salts and…
UNICEF on Monday said it was shocked by the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan where dozens of children were killed and wounded in the last 72 hours. “In the last 72 hours, 20 children have…
Marking World Children’s Day, officials on Tuesday expressed concern over the bad situation of children in Afghanistan, saying five million minors were vulnerable in the country. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on Tuesday organized an event…
UNICEF says it urgently requires $164 million to procure oxygen and testing supplies, medical equipment and personnel protective equipment across South Asia to save lives from Covid-19. Home to almost 2 billion people, the region accounts for half…
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Thursday set a 24-hour deadline for UNICEF head for polio project to leave Afghanistan within 24 hours.
UN agencies on Wednesday warned that economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities would fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific. In a joint report, UNICEF, FAO, WFP and WHO found that 1.9 billion people were unable…
In partnership with UNICEF, the Ministry of Education has established an alternative approach to learning, namely Community Based Education (CBE) which has proved successful to reach out-of-school children, particularly girls, in Afghanistan. Of the 3.7 million children currently…
UN’s children body UNICEF on Tuesday said closing schools was a wrong response to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, saying 7.5 million children in Afghanistan missed out on schooling during the lockdown. In a statement, the UN body said…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued its largest ever emergency funding appeal for US$6.4 billion to reach 300 million people, including more than 190 million children, with essential support and services through the end of 2021,…
The UNICEF executive director has voiced profound shock over two deadly attacks on schools in Kabul and Kumba. Henrietta Fore said in a statement from UNICEF: “This has been a deadly weekend for schoolchildren in Afghanistan and Cameroon.”…
KABUL’s strong, talented and ambitious girls on International Day of the Girl (IDG). In an interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, UNICEF Afghanistan Representative Dr. Aboubacar Kampo said: First of all, happy International Day of the Girl (IDG) to all of…
