Blog RSS Feed 31228ecc-b30e-4bb5-aa08-55b0d22a7c0b Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:32:39 GMT ee59d306-77b9-4e38-9457-e3b64e3800c5 By Ali Hiscocks, EYE SEE Content Producer

In May, well-known international UNICEF photographer Giacomo Pirozzi visited communities outside of Darwin to run photography workshops with 20 Indigenous children and youth. Ali Hiscocks writes from outside of Darwin.
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:14:05 GMT 608db61c-f573-4596-82a2-9887e89537a1 The World Day against Child Labour, held annually on June 12, calls for a global commitment to end the harmful practice and is supported by UNICEF.
]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:01:00 GMT 75e98009-0044-46cd-8511-2328ce196cb3 ]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:42:22 GMT 447b8204-4eaf-489f-805a-0c0106f5dcd2 By Eduardo Mariz, UNICEF Australia Communications Intern

Bill Gates knows it. UNICEF, Rotary International and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative knows it. And, if you’ve managed to live your life untouched by smallpox, you know it.
Immunisation works.]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:08:17 GMT 49fedf49-8328-4459-9808-a520069f7c17 ]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:25:40 GMT 3ce77e72-5b28-48e2-8ce2-ee495ad798e3 By Mariah Kennedy, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador

The final night of my travels through South East Asia was the most poignant. A single sentence spoken by a small girl has remained long after the adventure faded, giving purpose to my mission to help others understand what it is to be a child whose rights can never truly be realised]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:58:07 GMT 12175fae-0308-46d3-bde4-5e5c0a164548 On the release today of UNICEF’s global flagship report, UNICEF Australia expressed concern the Australian Government was risking its regional responsibilities by cutting back on long-term foreign aid commitments.]]> Thu, 30 May 2013 10:01:00 GMT 4f967e08-f397-4f4d-a38f-69af72fd0e30 ]]> Thu, 30 May 2013 10:01:00 GMT 2c1e9bf5-c9e4-4970-9307-39fff6277057 ]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 14:38:11 GMT 99b147e8-7143-4903-877a-889542db210c Wed, 29 May 2013 14:11:50 GMT eb49252a-9196-430d-80e0-a82036423b4c By Shaarn Hayward, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador

National Reconciliation Week 2013 is here and the theme this year is "Let's Talk Recognition". In light of this theme I would like to bring your attention to a type of recognition that myself and the other UNICEF Australia Young Ambassadors have been working towards;  Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Peoples. So what exactly is this and why should young Australians care about this issue?]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 10:43:31 GMT 3e79eb3f-b0db-4707-8bd5-691e44bb5647 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:38:09 GMT 363279e0-e7b9-42cf-91ec-47ba143e9396 ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:23:42 GMT c3f1ba87-c75c-4a79-947f-036ad7b3d30b Thu, 16 May 2013 12:17:39 GMT 40e5b8a2-c185-4223-8978-5aee6c904d6e SITTWE, Myanmar, 15 May 2013 - As Cyclone Mahasen threatens to hit the communities in Rakhine State, home to thousands of displaced people, UNICEF stands ready to support the government of Myanmar to respond to humanitarian needs.

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 11:06:32 GMT cfdc3a08-90ac-4174-9bf1-8d513c61d5a4 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:55:37 GMT 4aaaee28-eaf7-478d-bc59-91021a8e5b56 ]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 13:41:06 GMT 8ab15596-949e-4582-8122-25ba5c71141d By Mel Clayton, Promise Me volunteer campaigner

I have long admired UNICEF’s work globally, in helping the world’s most needy children and have always supported them when I am able to, donating to campaigns.]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 10:40:16 GMT 28387092-484c-4d9e-a9d9-cefacb894d52 By Marryum Kahloon, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador

It was almost five years ago that I first touched down on Australian soil. My parents had made the decision to immigrate to Australia from South Africa in the hope there would be more opportunities available for my siblings and I in ‘the land down under’.
]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 15:34:00 GMT 48f5bb6c-acad-4f90-9855-383b167378a5 By Lexie Bucholtz, UNICEF Australia Promise Me campaign intern

When you imagine what an internship is like, what do you see? Is it endless reams of photocopying, editing documents or making tea and coffee? If it is, that’s a long way from my experience at UNICEF Australia.]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 13:58:36 GMT 84dcef0a-e056-43e2-96f1-48213b4289a9 ]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 09:31:21 GMT 70f71cc7-c12c-4dc7-b258-33a35527de96 A public letter published today calls for a bipartisan commitment to Australia's aid budget and is backed by prominent business people from Qantas, Macquarie Bank, IKEA, the likes of former Australian of the Year and Macquarie Group executive chairman Simon McKeon.]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT c0553908-a2a9-4314-9144-df67ef868ac6 Thu, 02 May 2013 09:02:07 GMT 0d24de6d-4577-418e-b872-2ae419bda9bb Thu, 02 May 2013 08:29:39 GMT