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Divergent Journeys – Child Marriage and Education
By Indrias Getachew Famia Abadir and Rasso Abdella are teenage girls living in Sheneni Village of Dujuma Kebele, located 20 kilometers outside of Dire Dawa town in Eastern Ethiopia. They both share...
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Ethiopia commits to eliminating child marriage and FGM by 2025
The Government of Ethiopia has made a commitment to eliminate child marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Ethiopia by 2025. His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Demeke...
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Education in adversity: South Sudanese refugee children insist on their right...
By Elissa Jobson Crowd of around 100 children, some as young as 6 or 7 years of age, who have gathered outside the chicken-wire fence of the school compound in Kule refugee camp demand to be allowed...
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UNICEF provides much needed clean water to new refugees from South Sudan and...
By Elissa Jobson South Sudan refugees cross the Baro river, which is the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. Crossing the river means that they have reached Burebiey entry point in Gambella,...
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Despite dramatic progress on child survival, 1 million children die during...
Analysis points to health system failures at critical time around birth as a significant contributing factor to these needless deaths New York, 16 September 2014 – Child survival rates have increased...
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In Ethiopia, Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign Reaches 13 Million Children
Sahro Ahmed vaccinates a child in Warder, Somali region, Ethiopia. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet Somali Region, Ethiopia, 12 May, 2014 – Ethiopia kicked off a polio vaccination campaign on 3 October...
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Saving the innocent: Ethiopia is keeping the promise it made to its children
By: Dr KesetebirhaneAdmasu, Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Co-Chair, A Promise Renewed and the African leadership for Child Survival Initiative Dr Peter Salama, UNICEF...
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Girl’s Empowerment: the key to Ethiopia’s development
By: Dr Peter Salama, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia Julius Court, Acting Head of Office, DFID Ethiopia As we rapidly approach the deadline of 2015 for reporting our progress against the Millennium...
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Ten million childhood disabilities prevented in campaign to end polio – UNICEF
ADDIS ABABA/NEW YORK, 23 October – Every day, a thousand or so children have been protected from disability during a 26-year global effort to eradicate polio. The worldwide campaign has immunised...
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Ethiopia hosted the 3rd Africa’s Nutrition Security Partnership Annual Review...
Ten month old Hanan Mohammed Ibrahim has her mid upper arm circumference measured ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2012/Getachew Malnutrition in Africa is at present one of the leading causes of mortality among...
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World Polio Day 2014 commemorated in Ethiopia
By Shalini Rozario On 24 October 2014, UNICEF, WHO, Rotary International and Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) gathered to commemorate World Polio Day, which also coincided with United Nations Day. In...
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South-South Cooperation: Brazil shares models for universal access to water...
Opening session of the two-day seminar in Brasilia, Ministry of Cities. ©UNICEF Brasilia, 14 October 2014. – Within the framework of the Brazil–UNICEF Trilateral South–South Cooperation Programme, the...
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UNICEF Ethiopia Appoints young rap star Abelone Melese as its New National...
Abelone Melese and Patrizia DiGiovanni, Acting Representative for UNICEF Ethiopia hold a UNICEF T-shirt to officiate Abelone’s new title. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Sewunet 20 November 2014, Addis Ababa:...
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State of the World’s Children report launched in Ethiopia
As we mark 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 2015 edition of The State of the World’s Children calls for brave and fresh thinking to address age-old problems that still affect...
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How can we redefine the world’s view to make the case for protecting girls?
My reflections on the Girl Summit, July 2014 By Hannah Godefa, UNICEF National Ambassador to Ethiopia Hannah Godefa, UNICEF National Ambassador to Ethiopia, speaking at Girl Summit 2014 ©Marisol...
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40,000 run celebrating women in Ethiopia: 14th edition Great Ethiopian Run...
Participants of the Great Ethiopian Run wear a t-shirt with the message “Empower Women, Empower a Nation” in Amharic printed on the back. 14th edition Great Ethiopian Run International 10km race...
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One year on – South Sudan refugee children still in need of life saving support
Refugee girls, Nya Panom Makal, Nya Choul Makal and Nayakhor Gatluack pumps water at Burbie Refugees Reception Centre ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Ayene GAMBELLA, Ethiopia – 15 December, 2014: While...
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Global Hand washing Day (GHD) 2014 celebrated in Oromia, Ethiopia
By Kulule Mekonnen Kimbibit woreda community welcomes participants of Global Handwashing Day participants colourfully with their decorated horses ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/ Sewunet Global Hand washing Day...
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A UNICEF immunisation campaign helps combat deadly outbreaks of measles and...
By Elissa Jobson Chou San Kote watches as her son Oratine Rase as he receives polio vaccination from Lemmi Kebede, supervisor of supplementary immunisation 24, June 2014 Pagak South Sudanese refugee...
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UNICEF Ethiopia renewed its Ambassadorship with Hannah Godefa
12 January, 2015, Addis Ababa: Today, UNICEF Ethiopia renewed its ambassadorship with seventeen year old Hannah Godefa, a citizen of Canada with Ethiopian origin, at a signing ceremony held at its...
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