Over 350,000 people have fled conflict in Libya - mainly to neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt - creating a humanitarian crisis in all three countries. Throughout the region, UNICEF is working with partners and coordinating child protection and water and sanitation services. In Tunisia, we are providing psycho-social support to children, early development kits and a child-friendly space, as well as a vaccination campaign for children and pregnant women in transit camps. But as the conflict continues, more funds are needed to meet the needs of the affected children. UNICEF is appealing for £4.5 million to continue our work in the area.
Ten-month-old Nadia is held by her mother in a transit camp near the Tunisian-Libyan border. They have fled the conflict in Libya and are waiting to be repatriated to Ghana.
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Fatomah rests in a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space at a transit hall near Egypt’s border with Libya. Her family is originally from Chad. The hall was established for families evacuating Libya, most of them third-country nationals from Chad, Eritrea, Iraq, Niger, Palestine and Sudan.
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A newborn Somali baby sleeps in her mother's arms at a field hospital in a transit camp near the Tunisian border with Libya. The baby was born only hours before this picture was taken.
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A baby cries while being vaccinated in a transit camp at the Ras Jedir post on the Tunisian border with Libya. UNICEF has provided vaccines for children under five at the camp. The vaccination campaign in Tunisia has so far reached almost 100 children with vaccines against diseases such as tuberculosis, tetanus and measles.
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Children colour in pictures at a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space at a transit hall near Egypt's border with Libya.
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A UNICEF volunteer interacts with children at a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space in a transit camp on the Tunisian border with Libya.
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A child smiles as he speaks with a psychologist at a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space in a transit camp on the Tunisian border with Libya.
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Aid workers unload UNICEF-provided buckets and hygiene kits from a truck, in a transit camp near the Tunisian-Libyan border. Messages are also being prepared to raise awareness of hand-washing and other good hygiene practices.
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A woman waits to use one of the UNICEF-provided latrines in a transit camp near the border with Libya. More than 600 latrines have been set up by UNICEF and partners on the Tunisian border.
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