UNICEF : 1 million children at risk in the Sahel region

Message from UNICEF

Dear Friends,

Even one child going hungry would be too many. Yet around 1 million children stand on the brink of severe acute malnutrition in the Sahel region of Africa. Please donate to help us reach them urgently.

Children in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and the northern regions of Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal are at risk. These eight countries make up the Sahel region. It's an area that has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the poorest regions in the world where children already face daunting odds of survival.

A health worker uses a band to measure a boy's arm in a village near Maradi to identify if he is malnourished.

Without immediate humanitarian aid an already desperate situation will only become worse. Inadequate rain, poor harvests and rising food prices have left hundreds of thousands of children vulnerable and weak. This situation is desperate and we need to

act now

to save children's lives.

UNICEF is providing nutrition supplies, as well as clean water and sanitation facilities at feeding centers but we need your support.

What your donation can do :
USD220 could buy 450 sachets of high calorie food; 3 sachets a day can be all it takes to save a malnourished child's life.
USD110 will provide 108 liters of therapeutic milk to children in need.
USD50 can purchase 1,200 high-energy biscuits to provide the nutrition children need.
You could donate any amount.

Every child's life is precious - we cannot let this emergency and these helpless children be ignored. Please donate now.

Warm wishes,

Jana Zelenovic

Visit www.supportunicef.org for more information.

UNICEF : Somalian babies and kids

I cant sleep at night without thinking about starving babies and children in Somalia. My heart sank when I saw their super-skinny photos in the news.

NAIROBI, 29 July 2011 - With an estimated 1.25 million children across Southern Somalia in urgent need of life saving interventions and 640,000 acutely malnourished, UNICEF called for all actors to make saving children's lives the top priority and to urgently support all efforts to reach children in need.

via UNICEF Malaysia

You could make an online donation using credit card via UNICEF Malaysia website by clicking at the image below in the website. I couldnt create a link to this image that can direct you to the secure online payment window. Maybe because it is secured. I dont know. Pls help them.

UNICEF statement on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami

As a Friend of UNICEF (read my entry here), I am touched by the devastation in Japan, especially Japanese children who had lost their mummy or daddy [or both] in the tragedy. The statement by Mr Lake is best describe my feeling, and fellow UNICEF friends'.

STATEMENT
Mr. Anthony Lake
UNICEF Executive Director

NEW YORK, 14 March 2011 – As the world unites in support for the people of Japan, we at UNICEF express our heartfelt sympathy for the tragic loss of life following the massive earthquake and tsunami. This double catastrophe has left the country and its friends stunned and bereaved, and new threats caused by the quake and its aftermath continue to be of utmost concern to us all.

As in all emergencies of such devastating magnitude, children are the most vulnerable. Working in close cooperation with the Japan Committee for UNICEF, we have offered our support to protect the children affected by this catastrophe and to provide critical services in the days ahead.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan, one of the world's most generous nations. We stand ready to assist them as they have helped so many others, in these, their days of greatest need.

7 March - International Children's Day of Broadcasting

Hey all!! U know I am actively involved in UNICEF. I have some UNICEF announcements to make here.

This coming Sunday (7 March 2010) is International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB). The ICDB was initiated in 1991 to give exposure to the issue of children's rights. Over the years, the ICDB has become a day of celebrating young people in the media. By giving children media skills and putting their voices on air, other young people will know that they, too, can have a voice.

I, on behalf of UNICEF Malaysia, am proud to announce that to celebrate ICDB this year, a host of Malaysian TV and radio stations are standing united to honour children by way of highlighting programming by, for and about children. The theme for 2010 is "All Rights, All Children", and I have news that young people will be co-hosting some of the programmes.

I would like to invite you to tune in to these special programmes which will be aired the weekend of 6th-7th March.

As you tune in to these stations, I hope you are also reminded to tune in, and listen to the young people around you. (Yes MUMMIES and DADDIES, I am talking you)

To find out more, and for a complete list of programmes and schedules, please visit www.unicef.org/malaysia

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT

"Jom Bersama 3R"... 3R and UNICEF celebrate International Women's Day Women's Rights: Stand up, Speak out, Take action.

Join the 3R TV hosts - Tini, Celina, Rafidah - and UNICEF for a fun action-oriented day on Saturday, 13 March to celebrate International Women’s Day 2010. This year’s theme is "Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all". Register today >here<. Its free!

Hope I can make it (if we are not going to Cameron Highlands that weekend).

I have a lot to give : UNICEF

I've been involved with UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) for quite sometimes. (Being a mother of three, it really means A LOT to help unfortunate kids around the world).

Couple of months back I received a certificate of appreciation from them. Not to mention endless letter from Mr Youssouf himself telling me how my contribution had helped a 10 yo girl - who works as a brick breaker since she was 8 - go to school and learn to count. She is now able to tell when her boss (intentionally) miscalculate the brick, so he can pay her lower. *jahat..jahat*


















Last time there were a group of celebrity came and join our activity. I didnt know him but since everyone snap their photo like crazy, so, here it is... I manage to get a few. Just to show it to my hubby and ask him, "Siapakah orang-orang ini?"