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The Great Ethiopian Run raises fund for orphans and vulnerable children
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 4 December 2008 - At the crack of dawn, 32,000 registered participants came together in Maskal Square to participate in Africa’s biggest 10 km road race – the Great Ethiopian Run. UNICEF and the Great Ethiopian Run have been partners for the past three years, committed to fighting HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia.
A million Ethiopian children lather up with soap on Global Handwashing Day
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 16 October 2008 – Addis Ababa’s Maskal Square came alive in the spirit of handwashing yesterday as 1 million Ethiopian children united to wash their hands with soap and water in celebration of the first-ever Global Handwashing Day.
At General Assembly event, a call for equity and action on development goals
NEW YORK, USA, 23 September 2008 – On the opening day of the United Nations General Assembly session yesterday, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman said there is a long way to go to reach the Millennium Development Goals by their 2015 target date. And the challenges are greatest in countries dealing with conflict and post-conflict situations, as well as those most affected by HIV/AIDS.
Insecticide-treated bednets save lives in Ethiopia
SHEBEDINO, Ethiopia, 5 August 2008 – The rainy season is well underway in much of Ethiopia, but while the rains bring hope to rural communities, they also create ideal breeding conditions for malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
Project aims to ensure education for child labourers in drought-affected Ethiopia
AWASSA, Ethiopia, 28 July 2008 – In the districts around Awassa, it is becoming increasingly difficult to earn a livelihood. As the population has grown, the size of available plots of land has diminished. And now drought, along with rising food prices, has exacerbated an already desperate situation.
Attending to the needs of severely malnourished children in eastern Ethiopia
EASTERN HARERGHE, Ethiopia, 10 July 2008 – One month ago, Kimia Gotu, six-months pregnant and a mother of four, and her two-year-old daughter, Destu Omer Hassen, were sharing the grounds of the Baroda therapeutic feeding centre with 75 severely malnourished children.
Deputy Executive Director calls for immediate action on malnutrition in Ethiopia
GURAGE ZONE, Ethiopia, 25 June 2008 – Mubarek weighed barely 3.5 kg when he arrived at the Kuno Alimena Health Post in Ethiopia's drought-affected Gurage Zone. Mubarek’s weight would be average for a newborn baby, but as a toddler, he weighs approximately one third of what he should. His diagnosis is severe acute malnutrition.
UNICEF makes plea for additional resources to help stave off malnutrition in Ethiopia
SIRARO DISRICT, Ethiopia, 2 June 2008 – UNICEF estimates that 126,000 children are in need of urgent therapeutic care for severe malnutrition in Ethiopia, and this number is likely to climb as more harvests fail.
UNICEF seeks additional funds to aid children affected by Ethiopia’s growing food crisis
EAST HARERGHE, Ethiopia, 19 May 2008—Ibro Bekeri Yusuf’s daughter Khesna, age five, is severely malnourished. He has carried her to the UNICEF-supported therapeutic feeding unit at Bissidimo Hospital so that she can receive life-saving treatment such as therapeutic milk.
Creating a healthy environment by building latrines in Ethiopia's Amhara Region
MOTA DISTRICT, Ethiopia, 17 October 2007 – Tiringo Haile, a mother of three girls who lives in a farming community in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, has lived most of her life without access to a toilet or latrine.
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman take the ‘Long Way Down’ to support landmine education
NEW YORK, USA, 24 July 2007 – Riding a motorcycle from Northern Scotland all the way to South Africa may not be the most expedient form of travel. But for Goodwill Ambassador Ewan McGregor and UNICEF supporter Charley Boorman, it is the trip of a lifetime – an adventure which is helping to raise funds and awareness for children.
Executive Director visits new school for orphaned and vulnerable children
AWASSA, Ethiopia, 23 February 2007 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman visited the newly built Berhan Guzo School for orphaned and disadvantaged children here on Wednesday.
UNICEF Executive Director inaugurates Ethiopia’s first Plumpy’nut factory
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 21 February 2007 - UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman inaugurated Ethiopia’s first Plumpy’nut therapeutic food factory in Addis Ababa yesterday.
Health workers reach remote villagers in Ethiopia with tetanus vaccine
TURMI, Ethiopia, 18 December 2006 – The town criers had been out since dawn, walking around the domed, wood-framed huts, calling out and blowing their horns.
Two US youths with HIV join the fight against AIDS in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 30 November 2006 – Kimberly Canady, 19, and Elias Perez, 20, both from Brooklyn, look tired but have a sparkle in their eyes as they arrive in Ethiopia after the 16-hour flight donated by Ethiopian Airlines.
Hip-hop star Zola named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador at African Development Forum
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 17 November 2006 – Hip-hop star Zola – who has made his name as a rapper and actor from Soweto, South Africa – was named as a regional Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF today.
Youth leaders speak out at African Development Forum
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 16 November 2006 – The fifth African Development Forum kicked off today as hundreds of delegates, including young people from around the continent, arrived here in the Ethiopian capital to face tomorrow’s challenges.
Severe floods ravage eastern Africa
NEW YORK, USA, 14 November 2006 – Tens of thousands of people in eastern Africa have fled their homes, and many have died, as a result of heavy flooding in recent weeks. Somalia in particular has been severely affected, along with neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya.
African Development Forum set to focus on key role of young people
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 14 November 2006 – Young people from all over Africa will join UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, political leaders and entertainment stars here in the Ethiopian capital this week for the fifth African Development Forum.
Ethiopian President and Olympic stars launch ‘Dream Campaign’ for orphaned children
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 7 November 2006 – Ethiopian Olympic star Haile Gebrselassie urged people to put on their running shoes and take part in a groundbreaking campaign for Ethiopia’s 6 million orphans.
UK Members of Parliament and Chaka Chaka witness malaria control efforts
ADAMA, Ethiopia, 3 November 2006 – Two members of the British Parliament recently visited Malawi and Ethiopia to witness the countries’ malaria control efforts.
Outpatient therapeutic feeding improves child nutrition in Ethiopia
SIDAMA ZONE, Ethiopia, 25 October 2006 – Fifteen-month-old Shurube Hatiso plays on her mother’s lap as they await the child’s weekly nutritional and medical check-up. It is provided by the non-governmental organization Action Contre la Faim (ACF) with the support of UNICEF and the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Department.
Resources needed to help children and families cope with Ethiopia floods
LAKE TANA, Ethiopia, 11 September 2006 – Sisay Zegey, 8, huddled close to her older sister at the edge of a crowd gathered in the middle of a windswept open field in Ethiopia's central Amhara Region.
Japan donation protects flood-affected children from malaria and polio
ADDIS ABABA, 29 August 2006 – UNICEF has received $4.7 from the Government of Japan for malaria control and polio eradication in Ethiopia.
UNICEF issues urgent appeal as Ethiopia flood toll rises and supplies run low
NEW YORK, 29 August 2006 – Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands more made homeless by floods sweeping across Ethiopia. UNICEF has launched an emergency appeal for $18.35 million to provide food, shelter and medicine to those struggling to survive.
Japan donates $16 million to help prevent childhood diseases in four African nations
NEW YORK, USA, 4 August 2006 – The Government of Japan has announced a nearly $16 million donation to UNICEF, to help reduce child mortality and achieve Millennium Development Goals in four African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sudan.
UNICEF teams race to save children after diarrhoea outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya
ADALE, Ethiopia, 20 July 2006 – Abdi Kafi, 4, lies crying in his mother’s arms, weak and listless after three weeks of recurrent diarrhoea.
UNICEF and Volvic Germany provide safe water in rural Ethiopia
SOUTH GONDAR, Ethiopia, 14 July 2006 – Yezab Menge and her neighbour help each other strap large earthenware pots filled with over 15 litres of clean water onto their backs. The water is drawn with a hand pump from a well constructed in their district using funds donated by bottled-water supplier Volvic Germany through the German Committee for UNICEF.
Battling an ancient tradition: Female genital mutilation in Ethiopia
FAFFAN, Ethiopia, 10 July 2006 – These days, Asmah, 6, and her friends Deca, Ferhia and Hassina are secluded from their community. Their legs are tied together and they are told to sleep as much as possible and not to wash; it will help heal their wounds, adults say.
In Ethiopia, schools empty as effects of drought wear on
GODE, Somali Region, Ethiopia, 29 June 2006 – Mahad Muhumud Yussuf used to enjoy going to school with his big sister.
Alternative Basic Education keeps pastoral children’s dreams alive
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 19 June 2006 – Ten-year-old Medina Humed Ahmed opens up about her dreams for the future.
In Ethiopia, better education for a better future
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 15 June 2006 – As countries around the world commemorate the Day of the African Child tomorrow – the anniversary of a historic child-led protest for access to basic quality education in Soweto, South Africa – the day also marks a milestone for children in Ethiopia.
Closing the gender gap: An Ethiopian girl shines shoes to pay for school
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 8 June 2006 – Meskerem Geremew knew she had to get an education. So the 12-year-old girl from Ethiopia’s bustling capital, Addis Ababa, decided to take action.
Mobile health and nutrition teams aid drought-affected families in Ethiopia
GODE, Ethiopia, 18 May 2006 – Mohamed Abdi’s livestock started dying in February, when drought began to grip the land around his home in Amale, here in Ethiopia’s remote Somali region.
In Ethiopia’s troubled Gambella region, a master plan to get children back to school
GAMBELLA, Ethiopia, 17 May 2006 – During a visit to western Gambella, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Rima Salah laid out a master plan to get more children back to school in one of Ethiopia's most strife-torn regions.
Immunization and health campaign protects drought-affected children in southern Ethiopia
BORENA ZONE, Ethiopia, 4 April 2006 – Chachu Guyyo, a thin and energetic 74-year-old, was making slow progress with her four grandchildren towards the health post. They had been waiting in a queue for hours, along with 40 other women and children, to receive the medicines and vaccines being dispensed.
Coping with severe drought in Ethiopia's southern Moyale district
MOYALE DISTRICT, Southern Ethiopia, 20 February 2006 – More than 100 men, women and children crowd around the edge of a rough-cast well in Ethiopia's southern Moyale district – held back by a single man carrying a whip fashioned out of a broken branch.
UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman: Urgent action needed in drought-stricken Horn of Africa
NEW YORK, USA, 7 February 2006 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman is calling for immediate action in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa to keep children from dying.
UNICEF appeals for $16 million to fund emergency drought relief in the Horn of Africa
NEW YORK, USA, 3 February 2006 – UNICEF has launched an appeal for $16 million dollars to fund emergency aid in the Horn of Africa. More than 8 million people in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti are affected by a worsening drought. With rain not due until April, UNICEF fears the situation will deteriorate even further.
UNICEF launches relief appeal as severe drought threatens Ethiopia
GODE, Ethiopia, 26 January 2006 – Two tiny babies lie cradled in the arms of their mother and older sister in Gode Hospital, near the southernmost edge of Ethiopia's remote, drought-stricken Somali region. At first glance you would never know that they were twins.
Ethiopia: Steady increase in street children orphaned by AIDS
BAHR DAR, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 20 January 2006 – “The street has been my home since I can remember. It’s been more than one year since I moved here (Bahr Dar) and all this time, I have not seen one good thing about living on the street. Everything is horrible,” says 14-year-old Mandefro Kassa, who grew up as an orphan on the streets of Woreta, a provincial town in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia launches UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS Campaign
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 25 October 2005 – Haile Gebrselassie, one of the greatest distance runners of all time, helped to launch UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS in Ethiopia.
Japan helps UNICEF eradicate polio in Ethiopia
NEW YORK, 15 August 2005 - As the children of Ethiopia continue to live under the threat of polio, the government of Japan has donated $5 million to help UNICEF and its partners eradicate the deadly virus in the country.
UNICEF calls for an additional $35.93 million to save the lives of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable children
NEW YORK, 8 August 2005 - UNICEF requires an additional $35.93 million to save the lives of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable children. Half a million children in Ethiopia die every year from preventable deaths as a result of malnutrition and disease. This figure is more than the entire population of Edinburgh in Scotland - the country that hosted this year’s G8 summit - or Las Vegas in the United States.
Ethiopia: Urgent appeal for children
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 12 July 2005 – Despite the G8 leaders’ latest pledge to double annual aid to Africa, UNICEF warns that donors are showing signs of compassion fatigue over the plight of Ethiopia’s severely malnourished and dying children.
Ethiopia hunger crisis worsens, 136,000 children severely malnourished
NEW YORK, 5 May 2005 – Around 136,000 children living in the worst-affected areas of Ethiopia are thought to be severely malnourished as a result of the hunger crisis now unfolding in the country. The United Nations and partners are seeking $320 million for emergency humanitarian aid in a ‘Flash Appeal’.
Diary from Ethiopia: Witness to the silent killer
BORICHA WOREDA, Ethiopia, 26 April 2005 - Space is cramped at Derara Health Centre, where 34 children were being treated for severe acute malnutrition on the day we visited.
Ethiopia’s children dying from malnutrition
NEW YORK, 26 April 2005 – Ethiopia’s children are dying from malnutrition as food shortages sweep the country. The death rate among those under five is particularly high and the situation is said to be deteriorating. Failed rains and a chronic lack of water are adding to the suffering.
Protecting 15 million children from polio
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 23 March 2005 – A nationwide polio immunization campaign supported by UNICEF will soon kick off in Ethiopia, seeking to protect more than 15 million children under the age of 5 from the devastating disease.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors help raise $40,000 for ‘Africa Unite’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 8 February 2005 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Danny Glover and Angélique Kidjo helped raise $40,000 at a benefit concert for ‘Africa Unite’. Kidjo, who's from Benin in West Africa, performed and Glover, the world-renowned actor, hosted the UNICEF event on 4 February to help raise money for the construction of the Bob Marley Youth Development Centre in Addis Ababa.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover chairs Africa Unite Symposium
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 2 February 2005 - The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover is chairing the opening of the Africa Unite Symposium on Wednesday in the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. The three-day symposium brings selected participants from the field of academia, art and activism together with a prominent group of young activists and artists from the continent and the African Diaspora.
Celebrating Bob Marley’s vision, Angelique Kidjo to sing at ‘Africa Unite’
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and West African singer Angelique Kidjo is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a month-long celebration called ‘Africa Unite’.
Danny Glover and the Great Ethiopian Run
ADDIS ABABA, 28 November 2004 – Under the endless Ethiopian sky, thousands upon thousands of athletes came together to participate in Africa’s biggest road race – the Great Ethiopian Run. Meskel Square in downtown Addis Ababa came alive as the vivid colours of the participants’ t-shirts shone like a sunlit sea.
Clean water and adequate sanitation keeping children in school
GEWANE, Ethiopia, 16 November 2004 - The mid-morning bell sounds, releasing a group of cheerful Gewane Primary School students; most of them go directly to water taps for a drink. The taps are new – they were installed this summer as part of a joint World Vision - UNICEF water and sanitation project.
Ethiopia launches new website
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 10 November 2004 - The brand new UNICEF Ethiopia website is launching today.
Waiting for rain: Ethiopia threatened by drought
NEW YORK, 29 October 2004 – A drought on the scale of previous disasters is threatening Ethiopia’s Somali region, where children are already suffering from food and water shortages. A United Nations rapid response report says the area is declining into crisis with some parts in a state of emergency.
During Malaria Week in Ethiopia, community health promoters support effort to battle deadly disease
EROBRE, Ethiopia, 1 September 2004 – Baru Kura is a teacher…but he does not work in a classroom. He knows a lot about health…but he’s not a doctor. Baru is a volunteer for UNICEF. And his work is in the spotlight during Malaria Week in Ethiopia.
Japanese government donates $3.4 million for eradicating polio and tetanus in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, 2 August 2004 – Members of the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the Japanese Embassy and UNICEF participated today in a signing ceremony in honour of a $3.4 million donation by the Japanese Government to help fight polio and tetanus in Ethiopia.
UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy helps launch Child-to-Child Survey
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 15 June 2004 — Eleven-year-old Amir Mohamed sells chewing gum and sweets on the streets of Piazza, a busy, chaotic section of downtown Addis Ababa, so he can make ends meet for himself and his family. He had to drop out of school two years ago because he couldn’t afford the cost of 30 birr (less than $4) he needed to pay every three months.
