Beirut, 5 July 2019 – This year we are marking a special anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Thirty years ago, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on November 20th, 1989. This international…
UN Youth Envoy joins young people in Jordan for townhall event
AMMAN, 18 June 2019: The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, joined a townhall meeting with over 200 young people to listen to their experiences, challenges, and hopes for the future in an event hosted by the Ministry of Youth, UNICEF and Generations for Peace in Amman. Ms. Wickramanayake engaged with a…
UNICEF launches #VaccinesWork campaign to inspire support for vaccines
Beirut, 24 April 2019 – UNICEF is launching a new global campaign on 24 April to emphasize the power and safety of vaccines among parents and wider social media users. The campaign will run alongside World Immunization Week from 24 to 30 April to spread the message that together communities, including parents, can protect everyone…
UN-HABITAT and UNICEF launch the neighbourhood profiling project to offer mapped and statistical data on the living conditions of more than 30 disadvantaged areas in Lebanon
Beirut, 22 May 2019 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched today Neighbourhood Profiles, a national project aiming to assess the vulnerabilities of most disadvantaged areas in Lebanon to build a national database of comparable data that can be used for programming, monitoring and evaluation. The conference…
Career Day in Sin El Fil: Orientation and job opportunities for youth supported by UNICEF
Beirut, May 14th, 2019 – Mada Association organized a “career day” at Sin El Fil Municipality with the participation of 12 established companies from the area and, on the first day, around 300 secondary level students and job seeking youth. The career day is organized within the framework of the project “Capacity Building and Mentorship…
#ForEveryChildResults UNICEF and partners reached over one million children in Lebanon last year
Strong partnerships with 22 donors and 84 implementing partners made UNICEF’s work for children possible in 2018 Beirut, 10 April 2019 – UNICEF and partners supported more than one million girls, boys, adolescents and young people across Lebanon in 2018 with health, nutrition, education and child protection services. Working in close collaboration with the Lebanese…
The Government of Japan provides lifesaving support to the most vulnerable children and communities in Lebanon
Beirut, 21 March 2019 – The government of Japan has renewed its commitment to the Lebanese WASH sector with an additional USD2,6 million funding to support children and their families affected by the Syrian crisis. Anchored to a recent child survival funding, Japan’s commitment will ensure an increased access to safe water and will improve…
Germany contributes to the Lebanese Education Sector with an additional €50million through UNICEF
6 February 2019 – The government of Germany, through the KfW Development Bank, has renewed its commitment to the Lebanese education system with a €50 million donation towards MEHE’s Reaching All Children with Education (RACE) plan. This commitment covers the education costs for more than 120,000 Lebanese and non-Lebanese girls and boys from ages 3…
#ENDViolence – UNICEF Lebanon launches a campaign, advocating for positive parenting to replace violent discipline
Beirut, 12 June 2018 – Despite the fact that 69% of the Lebanese know it’s harmful to hit a child, more than 6 in 10 children are still subjected to violent discipline every month, across Lebanon. UNICEF is calling on all stakeholders; government, non-government organizations, community- and religious leaders as well as caregivers, to…