Nowhere to go – School Toilets
By Hiwot Ghiday and Raymond Kennedy EAST BADEWACHO, SOUTHERN NATIONS, NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLE’S (SNNP) REGION, 13 February 2017 – Langano Primary School is located in the southern Ethiopian...
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Women sell local products in Wukro market, Tigray region. ©UNICEF/2016/Carazo By Blanca Carazo WUKRO, TIGRAY, 6 December 2016 – It was Monday morning when we came across the bustling market in Wukro....
View ArticleMenstrual Hygiene in Ethiopia – the Importance of Including Boys in the...
By Jane Bevan and Kalkidan Gugsa ADDIS ABABA, 30 May 2017 – Daniel Worku, a 12-year-old from Sheno Primary School in Oromia region, admits he did not know much about menstruation and thought it only an...
View ArticleJapanese Support to make reliable water sources available in Gashamo
By Ayuko Matsuhashi Gashamo Woreda, Somali REGION, 6 September 2017 – What if you are told that the water you would have daily for drinking, cooking and bathing is rain-dependent and dries up into a...
View ArticleResearchers in Action for African children
Researchers from around the continent are gathered this week in Addis Ababa to Put Children First! In Africa, two billion babies will be born between today and 2050, translating into more than 60...
View ArticleUNICEF and Italian Agency for Development Cooperation made it possible for...
By Dorosella Bishanga ITANG SPECIAL WOREDA (DISTRICT), GAMBELLA REGIONAL STATE, 6 October 2017-While it is commonly understood that water flowing in river streams is not clean and suitable for drinking...
View ArticleThe Government of Sweden grants US$ 2.5 million to UNICEF for emergency response
The Government of Sweden provides another US$2.5 million to UNICEF Ethiopia to support Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), health and nutrition programmes in the drought affected regions of Afar,...
View Article‘BABY WASH’ boosted at this year’s World Toilet Day in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 15 November 2017 – Today, Ethiopia celebrated World Toilet Day by holding a half-day workshop with the theme “Safe Disposal of Child Faeces.” At the workshop, the national ‘Baby WASH’...
View ArticleChildren Takeover Minister Roles as Ethiopia celebrates World Children’s Day...
20 November 2017, United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa: Today, Ethiopia joined the global World Children’s Day celebrations by giving children high profile roles to become champions of their...
View ArticleMIND THE GAP – BABYWASH Launched on World Toilet Day to Improve Integrated...
By Samuel Godfrey When you travel in a car through Addis Ababa, you will note that adult women and men vary greatly in height. There are tall people and short people. So which ones of these are...
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