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On International Youth Day in Madagascar, film screening gives young people a forum (Sep 3)
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, 2 September 2010 – A film set in Madagascar's arid south is helping young people develop life skills by sparking a debate on what it means to succeed in life.


UNICEF and World Food Programme chiefs visit Pakistan's flood-stricken Punjab province (Sep 2)
GUJRAT, Pakistan, 2 September 2010 – In a show of support for the victims of flooding in Pakistan, UNICEF and World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Directors Anthony Lake and Josette Sheeran visited the agencies' humanitarian operations in the Muzzafargarh district of Punjab, one of the worst-affected provinces of the country.


UNICEF and IKEA partner for healthier babies in Jharkand state, India (Sep 2)
KHUNTI, India, 2 September 2010 – Bilkani Sangha shakes her head in amazement when she recalls how she first fed her newborn baby. She remembers dipping a cloth into warm goat's milk mixed with honey and jungle herbs, then slowly dripping the concoction into her tiny child's mouth.


Life skills courses brighten the future for Syrian Arab Republic's refugees (Sep 1)
DAMASCUS, Syrian Arab Republic, 1 September 2010 – Ibrahim, a refugee from Iraq, admits that he hasn't been this nervous since his arrival in Syria. His eyes flicker around a large room in the heart the Jaramana refugee suburb, which is filled to capacity with other young refugees.


UNICEF UK Ambassador Martin Bell says children are the worst victims of acute crisis in Yemen (Aug 31)
AL-MAZRAQ, Yemen, 31 August 2010 – UNICEF UK Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies Martin Bell witnessed the horrifying impact of conflict on children when he visited northern Yemen recently. Fighting between government and rebel forces has raged in the region for several years, displacing thousands of families.


Emerging leaders: Timor-Leste inaugurates young parliamentarians (Sep 1)
DILI, Timor-Leste, 1 September 2010 – As the day breaks in Dare 'suco,' or village, a jovial Rogue Santiago Braga De Araujo, 15, cannot wait to make the 30-minute bumpy road trip down the hill to the capital of Timor-Leste, Dili.


Field diary: More efforts needed to help Somali families survive and thrive (Sep 2)
BOSSASO and GAROWE, Somalia, 1 September 2010 – As soon as I arrived in Bossaso, the main port town located in northeast Somalia, the scorching heat, strong wind and barren plains brought back the memory of my past experience in Somalia.


UNICEF Executive Director visits Pakistan's flood-stricken Charsadda district (Sep 2)
CHARSADDA DISTRICT, Pakistan, 31 August 2010 – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake's two-day visit to Pakistan, which wraps up today, has reflected the unprecedented scale of emergency the country faces, with more than 17 million people affected by floods caused due to exceptionally heavy monsoon rains.


Christine's story: Escaping poverty through education in post-earthquake Haiti (Aug 31)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 31 August 2010 – Christine, 14, lives in a camp for displaced people near the international airport here in the Haitian capital. "The only thing I know is that I know nothing," says this energetic girl, who cites Socrates as her motivation for going to school.


'Beyond School Books' Pakistan floods and education (Aug 31)
NEW YORK, USA, 30 August 2010 – Pakistan has experienced some of the worst monsoon-related floods in history, devastating large parts of the country, wiping out towns and villages, and displacing entire communities. Millions of children have been affected, losing their homes, loved ones, and schools, leaving them vulnerable to disease and abuse.