UNICEF counsels over 100,000 children traumatised by tsunami deaths
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The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF said it was counselling more than 100,000 children who were traumatised by the death of relatives in the tsunami-hit southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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A report by a kids&#39; group says more than half of the children in the world are suffering because of the effects of war, poverty and the HIV virus.
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More than one billion children around the world face a brutal existence because of poverty, war and Aids, the UN children&#39;s agency reports.
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Governments and individuals across the world were digging into their pockets on Thursday to help the millions of victims of the killer waves that struck southern Asia, as the UN said well over one billion dollars would be needed.
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More than half the world&#39;s children are suffering extreme effects of poverty, war and HIV/Aids, denying them a healthy and safe childhood, according to a report published today.
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Fearful that the southern Asian tsunami may leave millions traumatized, European health ministers urged governments to be mindful of the psychological scars the disaster left behind, especially on children.
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Red Cross says up to 100,000 people have been displaced as violence continues to rage
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Today, even a world grown weary of shocking statistics and bad news will receive a number that jolts: half of all children in the world are deprived of the essentials for survival and are suffering a brutal childhood as a result.
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BANGKOK -- Aid agencies struggled yesterday to cope with a vast humanitarian catastrophe after the Asian tsunami disaster left enormous devastation across a broad swath of nations.
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over half the children in the world - suffer extreme deprivation because of war, HIV/AIDS or poverty, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Children&#39;s Fund.
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The United Nations said on Tuesday it was concerned children orphaned or separated from their parents by Asia's tsunami may be falling prey to criminal gangs bent on selling them into slavery.
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The tragedy of the tsunami's child victims
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One million child survivors of Asia's devastating tsunami face major risks in the coming weeks from malnutrition, disease and human traffickers, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF warned.
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PRETORIA -- More than 1 billion children suffer from poverty, war, and HIV/AIDS, a new UNICEF report says, indicating that gains in reducing child deaths in the 1980s and '90s have stalled in the past decade.
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As dawn breaks over Sri Lanka's coast, dozens of parents come to the beach where huge waves seized their children a week ago. "They believe their kids are alive and the sea will return them &#151; one day," UNICEF chief Carol Bellamy said on Sunday, after touring this island country's tsunami-devastated shore.
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More than 10 children have died of diarrhoea or dysentery in the storm-battered Philippines and fears of further sickness as well as an outbreak of malaria are rising due to the wet conditions and a lack of clean drinking water, UN agencies warned.
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Sri Lanka's child protection authorities said they needed public help to track down tsunami orphans after an initial survey showed that 995 children had lost both parents in the December disaster.