﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News</title><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/</link><description /><image><url>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Images/unicef-logo.png</url><title>Unicef</title><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk</link></image><item><title>New UNICEF report on humanitarian work agenda for 2012</title><description><![CDATA[The East Africa crisis will remain a significant part of our humanitarian activity plans in 2012, according to a new report released by UNICEF.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/humanitarian-report-2012/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and Unilever launch global partnership</title><description><![CDATA[Unilever has launched global partnerships with UNICEF and four other international agencies to help improve the lives of more than a billion people worldwide.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Unilever-partnership/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK statement on the "Dangerous Delay" report</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF welcomes a new report on the humanitarian and international response to the food crisis in East Africa. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/aid-agency-report-dangerous-delay-save-the-children-oxfam/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF warning on West Africa food crisis</title><description><![CDATA[Right now, over a million children in West Africa are at risk of starvation. We need to act now and save lives.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/west-africa-sahel-food-crisis-anthony-lake/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video: No new polio cases in India for a year</title><description><![CDATA[Today marks one year with no new cases of polio recorded in India – an amazing achievement for India's tireless health workers. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Polio-breakthrough/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Year's Honour for 'Mrs UNICEF'</title><description><![CDATA[Long-time UNICEF supporter Margaret Laidlaw is to receive an MBE from the Queen in 2012 for her 24 years of fundraising work.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/MBE-for-Mrs-UNICEF/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF launches appeal for Philippines flood relief</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has launched an appeal to help families affected by the devastating storms and floods in the Philippines.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/philippines-storm-response/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> Children's footprints make their way to Downing Street</title><description><![CDATA[Thousands of children sent messages to the Prime Minister to mark the start of a year of action on children's rights.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/rightyearforchildren/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Royal UNICEF visit raises more than £1 million for East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[More than £1 million was raised for children in a single day when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited our supply centre in November to highlight the food crisis in East Africa. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Royal-visit-fundraising/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF calls for action in West Africa</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is acting early to prevent food shortages in parts of West Africa turning into a children's famine. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/West-Africa-warning/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> UNICEF UK welcomes climate talks progress </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK welcomes the progress made at the UN Climate Talks in Durban last week, in particular the establishment of the Green Climate Fund to help vulnerable children and communities adapt to climate change.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/cop17outcome/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man Utd stars celebrate 12 years of partnership with UNICEF </title><description><![CDATA[Football legends Sir Alex Ferguson and Ryan Giggs were among the guests at a fundraising dinner on Monday night to celebrate 12 years of United for UNICEF.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/United-for-UNICEF-12-year-celebration/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK joins NGOs to support Human Rights Act</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK joined with 42 other leading organisations to call on political party leaders to protect the Human Rights Act in an open letter to mark international Human Rights Day on 10 December. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/humanrightsday/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Northern Irish Minister visits Rights Respecting School</title><description><![CDATA[John O’Dowd, the Education Minister in the Northern Irish Government, visited St Mary’s High School in Newry this week.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Northern-Irish-RRSA-visit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Robin Hood Tax could be used to help millions of children</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK President Paddy Ashdown makes the case for a global tax on financial transactions.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.ukhttp://blogs.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Paddy-Ashdown-on-Robin-Hood-Tax/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change must stay on the agenda</title><description><![CDATA[In a joint letter in The Guardian this week, David Bull of UNICEF UK and Mark Makepeace of the FTSE Group urged businesses to play their part in creating a climate-resilient world for children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.ukhttp://blogs.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/COP17-Guardian-letter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>David Beckham visits UNICEF children's shelter in Manila</title><description><![CDATA[Taking time off from a farewell tour with his football team LA Galaxy, David Beckham made a surprise visit today to a UNICEF-supported children's shelter in Manila.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/david-beckham-unicef-manila-la-galaxy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Access to HIV treatment is saving lives</title><description><![CDATA[New figures show that increased access to HIV treatment has reduced new infections by 15 per cent in a decade and cut AIDS-related deaths by 22 per cent in five years. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Improved-HIV-treatment-access/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>COP17: Governments must put poorest and most vulnerable first</title><description><![CDATA[As the COP17 climate summit begins in Durban today, UNICEF urges leaders to prioritise the needs of those most vulnerable to climate change. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/cop17durban/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and Barclays build young futures</title><description><![CDATA[On 22 November, UNICEF and Barclays celebrated four years of the Building Young Futures partnership.  ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Building-Young-Futures-celebration/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jonah Lomu becomes new UNICEF Ambassador</title><description><![CDATA[Rugby legend Jonah Lomu has taken on an important new role as Ambassador for UNICEF in New Zealand.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Jonah-Lomu-Ambassador/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Famine situation improves for Somalia's children</title><description><![CDATA[The number of famine-affected areas in south Somalia has decreased, but many children are still at risk.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Decrease-in-number-of-famine-zones-in-Somalia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welsh Minister visits Swansea RRSA school</title><description><![CDATA[Gwenda Thomas, the Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services in the Welsh Government, visited Gwyrosydd Primary School this week.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Welsh-Deputy-Minister-for-Children-RRSA-visit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF warning on Somalia military conflict </title><description><![CDATA[This year, over 100 children have been killed by conflict in Somalia, with increasing numbers of children and civilians caught in attacks and cross-fire.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Somalias-escalating-conflict/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children in East Asia face climate change catastrophe</title><description><![CDATA[A new UNICEF report warns that children in East Asia and the Pacific will be among the world's most vulnerable to climate change.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/climate-change-in-east-asia-/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF sends flood emergency supplies to Thailand</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is providing mosquito nets to help protect families in flood-ravaged Thailand from dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/thailand-floods/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF opens new hub in Dubai for Somalia emergency supplies</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is opening a new warehouse in Dubai, to speed up the delivery of nutritional supplies to famine-struck Somalia.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-new-emergency-warehouse-in-Dubai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OFSTED cite positive influence of Rights Respecting Schools in safeguarding report</title><description><![CDATA[OFSTED have cited the Rights Respecting School Award as having a positive influence on school ethos, pupil empowerment and safety in a report on safeguarding.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Ofsted-safeguarding-RRSA-schools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF young supporters quiz Chris Huhne</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK gave 19 young people the chance to participate in a youth question time on climate change, just weeks before the Climate Summit in Durban. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/youth-climate-change-question-time/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>William and Kate's UNICEF visit: as it happened</title><description><![CDATA[William and Kate's visit to our supply centre in Copenhagen attracted some much-needed coverage of the East Africa children's crisis. See how the day unfolded on social media.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.ukhttp://storify.com/Latest/News/royal-visit-as-it-happened/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit UNICEF's Emergency Centre</title><description><![CDATA[The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, made a special visit to our emergency supply centre in Copenhagen yesterday.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/duke-duchess-cambridge-visit-unicef-denmark/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>In Somalia, long-awaited rains bring risk of disease</title><description><![CDATA[As rains arrive in Somalia after months of drought, UNICEF and partners are working hard to prevent a second wave of deaths from disease.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/somalia-rains/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IKEA soft toy campaign to raise £12 million for children</title><description><![CDATA[IKEA has launched its latest soft toy fundraising campaign in aid of children's education projects around the world.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Soft-Toy-Campaign/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF warning on Somalia military activity </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is gravely concerned about reports of heightened military activity in southern Somalia, and is monitoring the situation.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Somalia-military-activity/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate petition presented to Chris Huhne</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK supporters met with Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne MP this morning to present our Get Children Climate Ready campaign petition.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Chris-Huhne/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Pocket Book of Children's Rights</title><description><![CDATA[Working with children, teachers and parents UNICEF UK have developed a new resource for children to learn about the the children's rights convention.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Pocket-Book-of-Childrens-Rights/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF provides aid to Pakistan flood families</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is reaching hundreds of thousands of families with life-saving assistance in Pakistan, after monsoon floods hit the country for the second year.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Pakistan-flood-aid/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Millions celebrate Global Handwashing Day</title><description><![CDATA[Millions of people across the globe celebrate Global Handwashing Day on 15 October, conveying the message that clean hands save lives.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Global-Handwashing-Day/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF presents Climate Ready petition to the Treasury</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK has presented its Get Children Climate Ready campaign petition to the Treasury, ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers' meeting this weekend.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Climate-Ready-hand-in-/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Help fight tetanus on Facebook with UNICEF and Pampers</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF and Pampers are joining forces once again for a new Facebook campaign to help protect families from tetanus.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/unicef-pampers-facebook-tetanus-campaign-vaccines/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF sends emergency supplies to Philippines</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has delivered thousands of hygiene and water kits to families affected by  typhoons and floods in the Philippines. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/emergency-typhoon-flood-philippines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF statement on the situation in Yemen</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake has made a statement on the worsening situation in Yemen: "Yemen's people need our help now."]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/yemen-violence-anthony-lake/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Emergency schools keep girls in education despite flooding</title><description><![CDATA[Eleven-year-old Saima has been forced from her home by severe monsoon rains and flooding, like hundreds of thousands of other children in Pakistan.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Emergency-schools-in-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Millions of colours go on sale in aid of UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[The Own a Colour website opens for business this week to raise money for vulnerable children across the globe. Follow us on Twitter at #ownacolour.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Own-a-Colour/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and CBRE in new partnership for Madagascar</title><description><![CDATA[A new Climate Positive partnership will help protect the lives of thousands of children in Madagascar from cyclones and climate change.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/climate-positive-madagascar-cb-richard-ellis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eddie Izzard's trip to East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[The actor and stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard is travelling to East Africa with UNICEF UK to film a documentary about the children's emergency in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Eddie-Izzards-trip-to-East-Africa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lemar and Barclays take Londoners to Step into the Night</title><description><![CDATA[Singer Lemar kicked off UNICEF and Barclays' annual "Step into the Night" sponsored walk last night, with nearly a thousand attendees.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/barclays-step-into-the-night-with-lemar/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>East London children and Charlie Simpson join forces for Somalia</title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of young cyclists, many of them from Somali families, are joining Charlie Simpson to raise money for the East Africa Children's Crisis.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Somali-cycle-ride/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF sends emergency supplies to flood-hit Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Vital emergency supplies, including clean water and vaccinations are reaching vulnerable children and families in flood-hit southern Pakistan.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/pakistan-flood-monsoon-emergency/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF helps Libyan schools re-open for new school year</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is working with education authorities in Libya to help get schools re-opened this month, despite unrest in the country.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Back-to-school-in-Libya/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and IPSOS Mori release child well-being report</title><description><![CDATA[New research shows that UK children feel trapped in a "materialistic culture" and don’t spend enough time with their families.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Research-shows-UK-children-caught-in-materialistic-trap/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flooding crisis in Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Up to 2.5 million children have been affected by new floods in southern Pakistan and need immediate help.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/new-pakistan-flood-emergency/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barclays' Wheels for Change raises £260,000 for UNICEF's immunisation work</title><description><![CDATA[On Monday 5th September 2011, a team of 30 Barclay’s lawyers and 18 of their suppliers successfully completed a 450 mile cycle journey from Edinburgh to London in aid of UNICEF, raising a total £260,000 for UNICEF’s measles immunisation work across Africa.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/barclays-wheels-for-change-vaccine-immunisation/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Back to school in East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[As a new term begins, UNICEF is helping children's organisations in East Africa to support schools during the drought.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Back-to-school-in-horn-of-africa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An open letter from UNICEF UK Executive Director David Bull</title><description><![CDATA[The Somalia children's famine has become a forgotten emergency, warns UNICEF UK's David Bull.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Open-letter-from-David-Bull/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scottish Government announces children's rights duty</title><description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government is considering legislation to embed the UN convention on children's rights into Scots law.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Scottish-Government-announces-new-childrens-rights-duty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF steps up relief efforts in famine-hit Somalia</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has stepped up relief efforts in Somalia, with life-saving supplies for children in hard-to-reach areas.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-in-Somalia-update/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Young Leaders visit the Olympic Park for International Inspiration</title><description><![CDATA[Five young leaders from London 2012’s International Inspiration programme visited the Olympic Park with ambassador Tanni Grey-Thompson.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Olympic-park-visit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brother and sister raise over £3,000 for East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[Adam and Ada Syed from Hertfordshire have raised well over £3,000 for children in East Africa by fasting for the whole of Ramadan. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Adam-and-Ada-fundraising/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>International Inspiration in Mozambique</title><description><![CDATA[Sir Keith Mills, Deputy Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has recently visited International Inspiration project in Mozambique.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/International-Inspiration-benefiting-young-people-in-Mozambique/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF charter plane brings supplies to Somalia</title><description><![CDATA[An aircraft chartered by UNICEF landed in Garbaharey in southern Somalia on 21 August with five tonnes of life-saving emergency supplies for children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Somalia-UNICEF-relief-plane-somalia-famine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cinemas across UK launch Ewan McGregor's appeal for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[This weekend, hundreds of cinemas across the UK will screen a new UNICEF appeal film starring Ewan McGregor, about the famine in Somalia.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/ewan-mcgregor-cinema-appeal-for-east-africa/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Young fundraisers help out on World Humanitarian Day</title><description><![CDATA[To celebrate World Humanitarian Day, young fundraisers across the UK are raising money for UNICEF's It’s Time to Share appeal for children in East Africa.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/world-humanitarian-day-young-fundraisers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Update on UNICEF's work in Somalia  </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has a long history of emergency response work in Somalia, and is providing life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of children.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/somalia-famine-update-august-18/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video Q&amp;A on the East Africa children's crisis</title><description><![CDATA[Watch a video Q&A session on the children's crisis in East Africa, featuring our ambassador Angelique Kidjo and UNICEF emergency specialists.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Live-QA/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and Barclays' Edinburgh-London charity cycle ride </title><description><![CDATA[A team of 30 Barclays lawyers and 18 of their suppliers are preparing to set out on a sponsored "Wheels for Change" cycle ride from Edinburgh to London.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/barclays-unicef-wheels-for-change/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF launches It's Time to Share campaign</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK has launched a new campaign, It's Time to Share, to support children in crisis across East Africa. Find out more, donate, and share.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Its-Time-to-Share/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF delivering for children of Dadaab as emergency grows   </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is increasing its operations in the Dadaab camps. as new refugees arrive at a rate of 1,300 a day, most of whom are women and children.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Dadaab-camps-work/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Famine declared in three new areas of Somalia</title><description><![CDATA[This is a children's famine. In parts of Somalia, tens of thousands of children have already died in the last few months.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Somalia-famine-update/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>David Beckham writes Somalia appeal letter for &lt;i&gt;The Mirror&lt;/i&gt; </title><description><![CDATA[The number of SMS text donations to our East Africa appeal quadrupled after David Beckham's front page letter in <i>The Mirror</i>.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/David-Beckham-appeal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children's vaccination campaign begins in East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has launched a measles vaccination campaign in East Africa, and plans to immunise over two million children in the region. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/vaccination-east-africa-crisis-drought-somalia-famine/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>International Inspiration reaches 12 million children</title><description><![CDATA[A year before the Olympics begin, our International Inspiration programme is already changing the lives of millions of young people.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/international-inspiration-1-year-to-go/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF calls for economic bailout for Somalia's children</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK President Paddy Ashdown has called for the UK media to divert their attention from phone-hacking to the famine in Somalia. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Bail-out-for-Somalia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF scales up Somalia response massively</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is preparing a second full charter airlift of emergency supplies from Europe in response to the Somalia famine and the wider East Africa food crisis.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/unicef-response-in-somalia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cat Deeley calls on M&amp;S customers to leave hangers behind for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK Ambassador Cat Deeley is calling for Marks & Spencer customers to support UNICEF by not taking hangers home when they buy clothes.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/marks-spencer-unicef-cat-deeley/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A message from UNICEF Executive Director David Bull</title><description><![CDATA[This morning, the United Nations formally declared a famine in parts of southern Somalia. We need to act now and save lives.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Childrens-famine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DFID announces £7m for UNICEF's work in East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[The UK Department for International Development has announced that is providing £7 million towards UNICEF's work for children in East Africa.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/dfid-announcement-east-africa-crisis/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF calls for expansion of assistance to East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[Beyond the refugee crisis, the drought is also affecting millions of farmers and villagers dependent on the rains for their survival.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/anthony-lake-visit-east-africa-crisis/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF airlifting emergency supplies to  Somalia</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has airlifted emergency supplies to Baidoa in Somalia, as part of its work to assist drought-affected children in the country. 
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/somalia-supplies-east-africa-food-crisis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two million children under threat in East Africa crisis</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF estimates that nearly two million children are in need of urgent life-saving action in East Africa, as the drought and food crisis continues. 
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/East-Africa-Childrens-Crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children from Whitecliffe Primary School design child rights signs</title><description><![CDATA[Children from Whitecliffe Primary School in Redcar and Cleveland have created signs to let local people know about child rights.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Children-from-RRSA-school-design-CRC-signs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treating child malnutrition in post-flood Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Mobile health teams, supported by UNICEF, are treating malnourished children in Pakistan’s flood-affected Sindh Province.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/pakistan-child-malnutrition/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF supports emergency education in Côte d'Ivoire</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is training teachers and proving emergency education to children displaced by the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Emergency-education-for-Cote-dIvoires-displaced-children/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stories from East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[From the camps in Kenya to the remote communities of Somalia, read about the personal stories of children affected by the current East Africa crisis.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/East-Africa-Childrens-Crisis-news-digest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Executive Director on South Sudan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF's Executive Director Anthony Lake issued a statement on South Sudan's independence: "Children who have known only war will now have a chance to know peace.”]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/South-Sudan-anthony-lake-independence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Martin Bell hosts UNICEF roundtable  on South Sudan </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK Ambassador Martin Bell met with bloggers and reporters at UNICEF's London office for a roundtable discussion on South Sudan's independence.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/martin-bell-sudan-event/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF launches East Africa Children's Crisis appeal</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has increased humanitarian assistance to countries in East Africa, where severe drought and escalating food prices have left tens of thousands of children at risk.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Horn-of-Africa-drought/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF's work to provide safe water in Ethiopia</title><description><![CDATA[Find out about UNICEF's work to improve access to safe water and sanitation in  northern Ethiopia. Providing access to a safe water source can make all the difference to children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Safe-water-in-Ethiopia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rights Respecting Schools and Early Years setting registrations</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK are unfortunately no longer able to take registrations for our Rights Respecting Schools Award initiative from Early Years settings.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/RRSA-Early-Years-setting-Registrations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Legacy enables Belfast schools to take part in Rights Respecting School Award</title><description><![CDATA[Six schools from across Belfast will take part in UNICEF’s Rights Respecting School Award, benefiting from a £9,000 legacy donated to the children’s charity for the children of Belfast.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Belfast-RRSA-legacy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blog: Education must play a part in combating climate change</title><description><![CDATA[Despite being threatened by the changing climate, education offers a valuable opportunity to combat climate change, says Allison Anderson from the Brookings Institution in the first of our guest climate change blogs.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.ukhttp://blogs.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Blog-Combating-climate-change-through-education/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF's new fundraising site makes £100,000 in 10 weeks</title><description><![CDATA[Thanks for amazing fundraisers, UNICEF’s new online giving website, My Fundraising, has raised more than £100,000 since its launch in March - an average of over £10,000 per week. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/myfundraising-reaches-one-hundred-thousand-pounds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Department of Health survey reports 8 out of 10 babies are now breastfed</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF today welcomed news that breastfeeding initiation rates have risen to 81% across Britain, according to a new Department of Health survey.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/breasfeeding-infant-feeding-survey-baby-friendly-initiative/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barclays Executives join UNICEF in Zambia for Building Young Futures</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Building-Young-Futures/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Over £2.6bn pledged for vaccines and immunisation at the GAVI conference</title><description><![CDATA[At the GAVI conference, world leaders, businesses and charities pledged over £2.6 billion in funding for new vaccines and immunisation programmes, which could save up to 4 million lives.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/gavi-alliance-immunisation-vaccines-pledge-bill-gates/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video: Watch the GAVI press conference</title><description><![CDATA[Watch a video of the GAVI press conference on vaccine funding, and find out about the latest TV and newspaper coverage on immunisation issues.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/GAVI-Update/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rights Respecting Schools new registration charge</title><description><![CDATA[In order to be able to provide centralised support for Rights Respecting Schools there will be a registration charge of £200 from September.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/RRSA-registration-charge/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rights Respecting Schools in new Department for Education report</title><description><![CDATA[A Rights Respecting School, Alder Grange Community & Technology School in Lancashire, has been used as a case study in a new report commissioned by the Department for Education about the best teaching practices to prevent extremism.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/RRSA-school-contributes-to-report-on-teaching-approaches-that-help-build-resilience-to-extremism/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amnesty Award for Rights Respecting Pupil</title><description><![CDATA[Jess Elliott, a student at a UNICEF UK accredited Rights Respecting School, has won a prestigious Amnesty International Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Amnesty-Award-for-RRSA-Pupil/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF calls for new global immunisation effort</title><description><![CDATA[As part of the GAVI conference on vaccines and Immunisation, UNICEF is calling on donors to fund a new, global immunisation effort by 2015.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/vaccination-immunisation-gavi-vaccines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New UNICEF Ambassador Rory McIlroy visits children in Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[Champion golfer Rory McIlroy made his first official humanitarian trip as a UNICEF Ireland Ambassador this week, visiting newly built schools, a maternal centre, and camps for displaced people in Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Rory-McIlroy-visit-to-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF responds to new cholera outbreak in Côte d'Ivoire</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has provided urgent medical supplies to health authorities in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, after ten new cases of cholera were confirmed in the city's Koumassi district.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Cote-dIvoire-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond Sport Awards 2011 shortlist revealed</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK partner Beyond Sport, the global organisation that promotes, develops and supports the use of sport to drive positive social change across the world, has unveiled the Shortlist for the Beyond Sport Awards 2011.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Beyond-Sport-Awards1/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nickelodeon's Jamie Rickers attempts world record for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[Nickelodeon television presenter Jamie Rickers will attempt to set a unique Guinness World Record next month by interviewing 50 celebrities in 24 hours.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/nickleodeon-jamie-rickers-celebrity-headhunt-unicef/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF alarmed by reports of violence against children in Syria</title><description><![CDATA[As the death toll in Syria increases, UNICEF has called for immediate efforts by all parties to spare civilians, particularly children, women, and the vulnerable. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/syria-violence-reports/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Philippines auctions designer hat signed by Adam Ant</title><description><![CDATA[Following the success of the eBay auction for Princess Beatrice's hat, UNICEF Philippines have auctioned a designer hat signed by Adam Ant. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/adam-ant-mich-dulce-signed-hat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Man Utd and FC Barcelona stand as one to support UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[The managers of Manchester United and  FC Barcelona  underlined their commitment to help disadvantaged children through their work with UNICEF. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Champions-League-Final/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Situation worsens in southwestern Côte d'Ivoire</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is concerned about the situation of children and women in the southwestern province of Bas-Sassandra in Côte d'Ivoire.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/ivory-coast-violence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF appeals for £12.5m for humanitarian operations in Libya </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is appealing for £12.5m for humanitarian operations to address the needs of children and women inside Libya, as well as those who have fled into neighbouring countries.  ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Libya-appeal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Princess Beatrice's hat is sold for £81,100 on eBay</title><description><![CDATA[After ten eventful days of bidding, Princess Beatrice's hat has finally sold on eBay for a total of £81,100.01.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/princess-beatrice-wedding-hat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 08:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marathon of Marathons gives £600,000 to UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[Runners in the 2010 Marathon of Marathons, which took place in Greece last October, have donated £600,000 to UNICEF. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/marathon-of-marathons/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 17:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child visits UK to discuss children's rights</title><description><![CDATA[Professor Yanghee Lee, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, joined UNICEF and Sarah Teather MP to discuss how the UK Government can fulfil its human rights obligations to children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UK-childs-rights/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Duncan Bannatyne places first bid on Princess Beatrice's hat</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK is thrilled to reveal that the first bidder for Princess Beatrice’s hat was UNICEF UK Ambassador Duncan Bannatyne, who met the starting bid of £5,000.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/princess-beatrice-hat-ebay-duncan-bannatyne/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Princess Beatrice auctions her wedding hat for UNICEF and Children in Crisis</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is delighted to announce that Princess Beatrice will be auctioning her royal wedding hat on eBay, with money raised from the auction to be donated to UNICEF and Children In Crisis.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/princess-beatrice-wedding-hat1/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 17:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK responds to child poverty figures </title><description><![CDATA[100,000 fewer children are living in poverty in the UK in 2009/10 than 2008/09. But 3.8 million children are still struggling and waiting for change.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Child-poverty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF's partnership with Barclays wins at Business Charity Awards</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF's partnership with Barclays has won a prestigious accolade in the Business Charity Awards.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/third-sector-awards-barclays-unicef/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change causing hardship and death for children worldwide</title><description><![CDATA[Two new reports from a coalition of charities, including UNICEF, show for the first time a direct link between climate-related disasters and an increase in some of the biggest killers of young children. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/new-climate-change-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putting children's rights at the heart of business</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF, UN Global Compact and Save the Children and are inviting businesses to take an active role in developing a global standard of business principles in relation to children’s rights.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/childrens-rights-and-business-principles/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF's Jordan Trek begins</title><description><![CDATA[In just over a week, 23 of our supporters will be ready to embark on the challenge of a lifetime: a nine-day trek through the country of Jordan to raise money for UNICEF.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/jordan-trek-begins/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit UNICEF's Emergency Centre in Copenhagen</title><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 2 November, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made a special visit to our emergency supply centre in Copenhagen.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/duke-duchess-cambridge-visit-unicef-denmark-east-africa-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham's birthday wish</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham calls on fans to send him a birthday wish and make children smile.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Beckhams-birthday-wish/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF emergency supplies arrive in embattled Misrata</title><description><![CDATA[A ship carrying UNICEF life-saving supplies has reached the port of Misrata in western Libya.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Supplies-reach-Misrata/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Give a Good Egg this Easter </title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/good-eggs-facebook-unicef-inspired-gifts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Twitter takeover from the ground on impact on children in Libya</title><description><![CDATA[On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 April 2011, UNICEF staff will be tweeting live from the ground on the impact on children of the Libya crisis, via UNICEF UK's Twitter feed. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Twitter-takeover/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF delivers humanitarian aid to Cote d'Ivoire capital</title><description><![CDATA[For the first time in weeks, UNICEF has been able to deliver supplies to Abidjan, the embattled capital city of Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Cote-DIvoire-aid1/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and Barclays shortlisted for Third Sector awards</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF’s corporate partnership with Barclays, Building Young Futures, has been shortlisted in two categories in the prestigious Third Sector Business Charity Awards. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Third-Sector-awards/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF calls for immediate end to the siege of Misrata</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF called today for an immediate end to the siege of Misrata, warning that tens of thousands of children were at risk in the conflict-ridden Libyan city. Intensified fighting has led to an increased in children being killed in Misrata, with many others suffering trauma and lacking food and safe water.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Libya-siege/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF concerned about impact of Libya hostilities on children</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has expressed deep concern at the continuing hostilities in Libya and their impact on children. Thousands of people have been displaced, and there are concerns of food shortages and limited access to basic services.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Libya-concern/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK launches Ivory Coast Children's Appeal</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK has launched an appeal for funds for children affected by the violence in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Over 500,000 Ivorians, the majority of which are women and children, have been displaced by the conflict, with high levels of malnutrition being found among refugees.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Cote-DIvoire-Statement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Ambassador Martin Bell reports from South Sudan</title><description><![CDATA[In today’s Live magazine, part of the Mail on Sunday, you will find a powerful and informative account from UNICEF Ambassador Martin Bell about his eight-day trip to Southern Sudan. Martin's visit came just two months after the referendum calling for secession from the North.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Martin-Bell-in-South-Sudan/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inverclyde Council wins award for Rights Respecting Schools work</title><description><![CDATA[The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) Excellence Awards celebrate the very best in Scottish local government. Inverclyde Council’s Rights Respecting Schools Project has received a COSLA Silver Award.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Inverclyde-Council-wins-award-for-Rights-Respecting-Schools-work/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ewan McGregor and Cat Deeley launch Mother's Day campaign</title><description><![CDATA[In the run up to Mother's Day, UNICEF have launched a campaign with Ewan McGregor and Cat Deeley to help save the lives of 1,000 mums. Childbirth  remains one of the leading causes of death amongst women in the developing world.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/mothers-day-ewan-cat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Actor Liam Neeson becomes UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador</title><description><![CDATA[Actor and Humanitarian Liam Neeson was today announced as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, reflecting his long commitment to help save and improve the lives of children around the world affected by poverty, disease, abuse and neglect.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Liam-Neeson/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hand in of Global Fund petition to Minister to help stop babies being born with HIV</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK’s Campaigns team yesterday handed in a petition to stop babies being born with HIV to Stephen O'Brien MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/HIV-petition1/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK standing by after Myanmar earthquake</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is monitoring the unfolding humanitarian situation in Myanmar following Thursday's earthquake. At this stage, UNICEF UK has not launched an appeal, but we are standing by to request funds if needed. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Myanmar-earthquake/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK responds to the Budget 2011     </title><description><![CDATA[Children were absent from today’s Budget speeches, reflecting their lack of profile amongst Parliamentarians. The Chancellor showed little concern for children.  The largest growth we are likely to see is in the number of children living in poverty.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Budget-2011/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mum from Newham to take over UNICEF Twitter for a day</title><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, from breakfast until bedtime, a cleaner with two children will stage the first Twitter Takeover of UNICEF UK’s feed @unicef_uk.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Mum-from-Newham-to-take-over-UNICEF-Twitter-for-a-day/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Historic day for children's rights in Wales</title><description><![CDATA[The Deputy Minister for Children in Wales Huw Lewis hailed today as an historic day for children’s rights as Wales became the first country to make the UNCRC part of its domestic law.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/CRC-in-Wales/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK monitoring ongoing crisis in Japan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Japan is working in the affected areas helping to provide immediate relief supplies for children. UNICEF UK has not launched an appeal for the children of Japan but we are standing by and monitoring the situation. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-in-Japan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and Barclays visit Rwanda for project update</title><description><![CDATA[Members of UNICEF UK and its corporate partner Barclays have visited education projects in Rwanda to witness the lasting impact of Step into the Night, Barclays annual fundraising night walk.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Rwanda-Fundraising/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Martin Bell and Mia Farrow on their Southern Sudan trip</title><description><![CDATA[Martin Bell returned today from Southern Sudan, where he completed an eight-day visit of the country with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Martin-Bell-in-Sudan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF offers assistance to Japan following earthquake</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake has offered the Government of Japan assistance following the recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of the North East coast of the main island Honshu.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Japan-assistance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF on standby to help tsunami-struck countries</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is monitoring the unfolding situation following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and is prepared to provide assistance to affected countries should it be requested.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Tsunami-standby/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF launches Article 27 film-making competition for young people </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK and its youth website Tagd have launched a film-making competition for young people which challenges them to look at the quality of life of children around the world. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Film-competition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New health situation threatens hundreds of thousands of children in Côte d'Ivoire</title><description><![CDATA[With the political violence ongoing in Côte d'Ivoire, outbreaks of yellow fever, measles and cholera pose a threat to 1.5 million children and adults. UNICEF is working to tackle this by launching a vaccination campaign.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Health-in-Cote-dIvoire/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF launches Climate Kid campaign to spread the word about climate adaptation</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has partnered with environmental non-profit Do The Green Thing to launch Climate Kid, a video campaign calling on everyone to spread the word about the impact of climate change on children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Climate-Kid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF launches appeal to help children in extreme crises</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has released the Humanitarian Action for Children Report 2011 today, requesting funds to assist children and women caught in the throes of crises. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-launches-Humanitarian-Action-Report-2011/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Put It Right Week, 28 March - 3 April 2011</title><description><![CDATA[Once again our supporters are coming together during for UNICEF's Put it Right Week to raise vital funds and awareness for children around the world. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Get-ready-for-Put-It-Right-Week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF deploys emergency teams to Tunisia and Egypt</title><description><![CDATA[As the refugee crisis in Libya continues, UNICEF has launched the Libya Crisis Children's Appeal. Teams of experts have been assembled by UNICEF to fly into Tunisia and Egypt, with another team on standby for Libya.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/ermergency-teams-deployed-to-tunisia-and-egypt-libya-refugee-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>London school wins climate change film competition </title><description><![CDATA[A London primary school has won the UNICEF-judged youth category of climate change film-making competition 1 Minute to Save the World.  ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Climate-film/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF urges protection of children during unrest in Middle East and North Africa</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is deeply concerned by reports that children and young people have been killed or injured in the violence in Libya and a number of other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Unrest-in-Middle-East/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Record-breaking year for Check Out for Children in 2010</title><description><![CDATA[Starwood's Check Out for Children campagin raised over US $1.3 million for UNICEF through guest donations and US $400,000 in our employee fundraising campaign Road to Awareness]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/-Record-breaking-year-for-Check-Out-for-Children-in-2010/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF releases State of the World's Children Report 2011</title><description><![CDATA[Investing in the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents aged 10-19 now can break entrenched cycles of poverty and inequity, said UNICEF today in its 2011 State of the World’s Children report entitled ‘Adolescence: An Age of Opportunity’.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Report-2011/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF's work for children applauded by UK Government</title><description><![CDATA[UK International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell praised UNICEF’s results for children in an aid review that has seen UNICEF’s core funding from the UK Government double over the next two years.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UK-Government-applauds-UNICEFs-work/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Volunteers wanted for UNICEF UK's young people's policy group</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK is looking for six young people aged 10-16 who are passionate about issues including climate change, child poverty and children’s rights to join their young people’s policy group. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Young-people/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Patent pool success: Pharmaceuticals join discussions</title><description><![CDATA[Thanks in part to your campaigning over the last few years, four pharmaceutical companies, Gilead, GSK/Viiv, Roche, and Sequoia have announced that they will start discussions about joining the patent pool.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Patent-Pool/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Northern Ireland's Education Minister visits RRSA school</title><description><![CDATA[Northern Ireland’s Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has congratulated De La Salle High School, Downpatrick, for gaining UNICEF’s Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA).]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Northern-Ireland-Minister-RRSA-school/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Young UNICEF fundraiser Charlie Simpson wins JustGiving award</title><description><![CDATA[Seven-year-old fundraiser Charlie Simpson has been awarded the title of ‘Most Popular Fundraiser’ by online fundraising website JustGiving, after raising more than £200,000 for UNICEF’s Haiti earthquake appeal.
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Charlie-Simpson-wins-award/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond Sport Awards 2011 opens for entries</title><description><![CDATA[Beyond Sport, the global organisation that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change is now taking entries for the Beyond Sport Awards 2011.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Beyond-Sport-Awards/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Winners of the 2010 UNICEF Group Awards</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has announced the winners of the volunteer fundraising Group Awards. Each of the award winners received a certificate and a personal thank you letter from UNICEF UK’s new President, Lord Ashdown.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Unicef-Group-Awards/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tackling child poverty a priority, says Welsh First Minister</title><description><![CDATA[Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones called on everyone to play their part in tackling child poverty in Wales at the launch of a new child poverty strategy published today by the Welsh Assembly Government. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Child-poverty-in-Wales/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Minister congratulates Welsh school on Rights Respecting Schools Award</title><description><![CDATA[The First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones today congratulated Hafod Primary School in Swansea on becoming the first school in Wales to receive a UNICEF level 2 Rights Respecting School Award.  ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/RRSA-Wales/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Co-Operative Pharmacy Campaign for Togo</title><description><![CDATA[The Co-operative Pharmacy is continuing its work with UNICEF UK by launching a new antibacterial handwash, which goes on sale today.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Co-Operative-Sanitation-in-Togo-Campaign/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schools around the UK get ready for Day for Change 2011</title><description><![CDATA[Schools up and down the UK are gearing up for Day for Change 2011, UNICEF’s schools fundraising appeal, and members of our fundraising team have been to visit a few to see how they are doing.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Day-for-Change-2011/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Malnutrition hits hard in flood-affected areas of Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Six months after the 2010 monsoon floods hit Pakistan, new survey results from Sindh province have revealed a nutrition crisis among flood-affected children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Malnutrition-in-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Liberian villages struggle to cope with refugee influx</title><description><![CDATA[Communities in Liberia on the border with Côte d’Ivoire are being stretched to the limit by the influx of Ivorian refugees fleeing political violence.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Refugees-in-Liberia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Willie Haughey donates £100,000 to UNICEF's work in Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Glasgow businessman and Executive Chairman of City Refrigeration Holding (UK) Ltd, Willie Haughey, has donated £100,000 to UNICEF’s Pakistan Flood Children’s Appeal.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Willie-Haughey/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK nominated for a Shorty award</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK has been nominated for a Shorty award on Twitter in the category of 'charity'. The awards honour the best people and organisations on Twitter and social media.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Shorty-Awards/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yellow fever vaccination campaign in Côte d’Ivoire</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF and partners will launch a week-long vaccination campaign against yellow fever tomorrow in Côte d’Ivoire, targeting more than 830,000 adults and children. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Vaccination-campaign/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF appeal for Sri Lanka flood victims</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is seeking £6.4 million to provide emergency assistance to more than one million people affected by the heaviest rains in Sri Lanka in almost a century. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Sri-Lanka-appeal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Côte d'Ivoire's leaders urged to put children first</title><description><![CDATA[As the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire continues, UNICEF is calling on the country’s leaders to ensure that all children are protected from violence and are able to access education and health services.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Cote-dIvoire-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF tackles needs of Sri Lankan flood victims</title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Sri Lanka, where water levels in some areas are two metres higher than normal – and still rising.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Floods-in-Sri-Lanka/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Charley Boorman wins Famous and Fearless for UNICEF </title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK Ambassador Charley Boorman has won the Channel 4 celebrity challenge show Famous and Fearless and a fantastic £40,000 for UNICEF's work for children around the world. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Charley-Boorman-wins/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Just Living: a new global citizenship resource for secondary schools</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK has produced a thought provoking secondary teaching resource that explores global citizenship, child rights and economic wellbeing.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Just-Living-a-new-global-citizenship-resource-for-secondary-schools/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New UNICEF report on Haiti one year after earthquake</title><description><![CDATA[Haiti's 4 million children continue to suffer from a lack of access to water, sanitation, healthcare, education, protection from disease and exploitation, UNICEF said today.  
]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Earthquake-anniversary-highlights-need-for-basic-systems-to-benefit-Haitis-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands flee political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire</title><description><![CDATA[Wonyen Basee, 12, describes her family’s ordeal in the wake of violence that has followed the presidential run-off in Côte d’Ivoire.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Cote-dIvoire/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chelmsford school records charity single for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[A school in Chelmsford in Essex has recorded a charity single to raise money for UNICEF’s Pakistan floods appeal. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/School-charity-single/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cancun Agreements establish Green Climate Fund</title><description><![CDATA[The establishment of a Green Climate Fund is among the positive outcomes of the recently concluded UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Green-Climate-Fund/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Montblanc raises £2.8 million for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[Montblanc's global initiative Signature for Good has raised £2.8 million to support UNICEF’s education programmes for children. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Montblanc-funds-education/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth climate change report calls for a fair deal for young people</title><description><![CDATA[A report by the Department of Energy and Climate Change shows there is huge support for renewable energy among young people in the UK.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Youth-climate-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crisis far from over for Pakistan's children</title><description><![CDATA[More than four months after the worst floods in the country’s history, UNICEF warns that winter will worsen the threats against Pakistani children, who already suffer high rates of acute respiratory infections and malnutrition. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Pakistans-children/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Government responds positively to review of Children's Commissioner</title><description><![CDATA[Children’s Minister Sarah Teather, said today, 6 December, that the independent review of the Children’s Commissioner made “powerful” conclusions and “a convincing argument” for a much stronger Children’s Commissioner.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Childrens-commissioner/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report Card 9 highlights material inequality in UK children</title><description><![CDATA[A new UNICEF report on child inequality in 24 developed countries has shown that income poverty has the greatest impact on child inequality in the UK. UK levels of income poverty push the most disadvantaged children further behind compared to similar countries, such as France and Germany.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Report-Card-9/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World AIDS Day: We must focus on most vulnerable, says UNICEF report</title><description><![CDATA[Achieving an AIDS-free generation is possible if the international community steps up its efforts to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, and social protection, according to a new report released today by UNICEF and its partners.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/World-AIDS-Day-We-must-focus-on-poorest-says-UNICEF-report/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manchester United's gala dinner raises £100,000 for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Ambassadors Sir Alex Ferguson and Ryan Giggs were among the Manchester United stars celebrating the relaunch of the United for UNICEF charity partnership at a glittering gala dinner last night which raised £100,000 for UNICEF. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Man-Utd-gala-/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and Barclays partnership in India featured in The Times </title><description><![CDATA[A Barclays partnership with UNICEF in India has been featured in The Times newspaper.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-and-Barclays/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roger Moore calls for inclusion of children in Kazakhstan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore met children and athletes of Special Olympics Kazakhstan in the city of Almaty last week and urged all countries to protect children's rights.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Roger-Moore-calls-for-inclusion-of-vulnerable-children-at-Special-Olympics-Kazakhstan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF helps children affected by cholera in Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has mobilised to stop the spread of cholera in Haiti, where large numbers of children have been affected by the disease. ]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-mobilises-in-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF focuses on children in storm-ravaged Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF teams are in Haiti, conducting assessments and preparing to deploy supplies and staff to help children affected by Hurricane Tomas.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-focuses-response-on-children-in-storm-ravaged-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF trekkers arrive in Morocco</title><description><![CDATA[After a long journey via Casablanca our 30 intrepid Morocco trekkers arrived safely and are beginning their Sahara challenge.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Morocco-trekkers-arrive-safely---follow-their-progress-online/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricane in Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[With up to 10 inches of rain forecast to be dumped by Hurricane Tomas across Haiti on Friday, UNICEF’s experts are concerned about an explosion in cholera cases.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Concerns-that-hurricane-will-cause-a-rise-in-cholera-cases-in-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF positions emergency supplies for tropical storm Tomas</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is rushing to ensure adequate emergency supplies in preparation for Tropical Storm Tomas, as it works with UN and NGO partners to support the Government of Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-positions-emergency-supplies-for-tropical-storm-Tomas/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RRSA Evaluation by the Universities of Sussex and Brighton</title><description><![CDATA[Teaching children about their rights can raise attainment and make for more mature, responsible students according to new research published today by UNICEF UK.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Teaching-children-about-rights-has-a-profound-effect-on-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Young global photography competition winners arrive in Ethiopia</title><description><![CDATA[Five young winners of a photography competition run by UNICEF and the World Photography Organisation are receiving tuition by acclaimed photographer Reza in Ethiopia.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Young-global-photography-competition-winners-arrive-in-Ethiopia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF prepares for Hurricane Tomas' impact on Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is concerned about the impact on children by the fourth emergency in Haiti this year.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-prepares-for-Hurricane-Tomas-impact-on-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF provides support to victims of Indonesian disasters</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is working closely with Government of Indonesia partners to provide emergency assistance for children affected by the natural disasters that have hit Indonesia.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-provides-support-to-victims-of-Indonesian-disasters/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF helping children and families displaced by Benin floods</title><description><![CDATA[At the same time of trying to help more than 120,000 children displaced by the worst floods in memory, UNICEF is also working to stave off a second disaster - a potential outbreak of malaria.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-helping-children-and-families-displaced-by-Benin-floods/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF expands response to cholera outbreak in Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF, alongside the Ministry of Health, DINEPA (Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l’Assainissement) and NGO partners, is working to increase its capacity to respond to the cholera outbreak in the Artibonite Department north of Port-au-Prince.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-expands-response-to-cholera-outbreak-in-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF rushes aid to help contain cholera outbreak in Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[With patients in Haiti dying within three hours of becoming infected with an unknown strain of cholera, UNICEF and partners have rushed emergency supplies to help combat and contain the outbreak.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-rushes-aid-to-help-contain-cholera-outbreak-in-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Disaster looms for children caught in Sa’ada emergency</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF-supported screening reveals extremely high rates of child malnutrition in conflict-affected areas of northern Yemen]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Disaster-looms-for-children-caught-in-Saada-emergency/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK welcomes 0.7% aid in Spending Review</title><description><![CDATA[The Chancellor, George Osborne, made a courageous decision to stick to the Government's commitment to increase aid to 0.7 per cent of national income. However, no progress will be made in the next two years for children in the UK.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-welcomes-07-aid-in-Spending-Review/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Benin: more than half of the country flooded</title><description><![CDATA[More than half of the West African state of Benin (a country almost half the size of the UK) is now underwater following some of the worst flooding in memorable history. UNICEF is urgently responding.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Benin-more-than-half-of-the-country-flooded/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF scores £1m as Man Utd announce new commitment</title><description><![CDATA[Manchester United has committed to raise at least £1 million to help save the lives of some the world’s most vulnerable children, through its partnership with UNICEF.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-scores-1m-as-Man-Utd-announce-new-commitment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campaigners tell George Osborne to avoid cuts by taxing banks</title><description><![CDATA[Robin Hood Tax campaigners took their message to HM Treasury to show that taxes on the financial sector offer a real alternative to George Osborne's spending cuts.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Campaigners-tell-George-Osborne-to-avoid-cuts-by-taxing-banks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>People flee homes as super typhoon hits northern Philippines</title><description><![CDATA[A category five 'super typhoon' hit the northern Philippines at 11.30am local time this morning, with winds of over 140mph and heavy rain.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/People-flee-homes-as-super-typhoon-hits-northern-Philippines/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congratulations to UNICEF's Royal Parks Half Marathon runners</title><description><![CDATA[On Sunday 10 October, a gloriously sunny autumn day, Team UNICEF pounded the streets of London for the third Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon. Congratulations and a massive thank you to our whole team.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Congratulations-to-UNICEFs-Royal-Parks-Half-Marathon-runners/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chad suffers one of the worst cholera epidemics in 10 years</title><description><![CDATA[Chad: UNICEF’s emergency response to one of the worst cholera epidemic in 10 years]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Chad-suffers-one-of-the-worst-cholera-epidemics-in-10-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trek for UNICEF in Namibia's stunning Namib desert</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is looking for participants for its latest overseas trek, which will take place in Namibia in south west Africa on 1-11 September 2011.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Trek-for-UNICEF-in-Namibias-stunning-Namib-desert/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF and Pampers celebrate five years of working together</title><description><![CDATA[The “1 pack = 1 life-saving vaccine” Pampers and UNICEF partnership helps Myanmar eliminate maternal and newborn tetanus]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-and-Pampers-celebrate-five-years-of-working-together/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK gets in a Twitter about foreign aid</title><description><![CDATA[In the run up to The Chancellor’s Comprehensive Spending Review, UNICEF UK has today launched a petition on twitter (a twitition) to show support for foreign aid.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-gets-in-a-Twitter-about-foreign-aid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK's David Bull urges the UK not to forget Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Executive Director of UNICEF UK, David Bull, says that the scale of the emergency remains "stupendous".]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UKs-David-Bull-urges-the-UK-not-to-forget-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond Sport reveals 2010 awards winners</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF partner Beyond Sport, which promotes the use of sport to create positive social change, has revealed the winners of the Beyond Sport Awards 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Beyond-Sport-reveals-2010-awards-winners/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campaigners celebrate first medicines patent pool licence</title><description><![CDATA[The new Medicines Patent Pool Foundation (MPPF) has just announced that it has agreed its first licence with the world’s largest funder of bio-medical research, NIH.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Campaigners-celebrate-first-medicines-patent-pool-licence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF concerned for children in southern Yemen after fighting</title><description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, there has been a steady increase in violent clashes, including air strikes, between government troops and armed groups in southern Yemen.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-concerned-for-children-in-southern-Yemen-after-fighting/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mummy Bloggers take up the Pampers Big Kiss Challenge</title><description><![CDATA[A group of blogging mums (as well as a few blogging dads) visited UNICEF UK’s offices yesterday to take part in a special event to raise awareness and money for life-saving tetanus vaccines for UNICEF.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Mummy-Bloggers-take-up-the-Pampers-Big-Kiss-Challenge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Access to HIV/AIDS services increases in developing countries</title><description><![CDATA[Significant progress has been made in several low and middle-income countries in increasing access to HIV/AIDS services, according to a new report released today.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Access-to-HIVAIDS-services-increases-in-developing-countries/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Co-operative Pharmacy raises £100,000 for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[The Co-operative Pharmacy has raised £100,000 for UNICEF at a recent charity dinner hosted by ITV Granada journalist and presenter, Paul Crone.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/The-Co-operative-Pharmacy-raises-100000-for-UNICEF/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The UN outlines combined strategy for Pakistan floods</title><description><![CDATA[Three UN agencies today warned of the urgent need to quickly scale up the emergency response]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/The-UN-outlines-combined-strategy-for-Pakistan-floods/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World leaders to adopt declaration to keep the promise</title><description><![CDATA[Today, on the last day of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Review Summit, Member States have agreed to adopt a political Declaration on the MDGs as a consensus document.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/World-leaders-to-adopt-declaration-to-keep-the-promise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF issues new appeal for children in Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Recognising the enormity of the crisis and with needs increasing, UNICEF has revised its appeal to £162.5million.  This amount will cover a 12 month period from August 2010 to end of July 2011.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-issues-new-appeal-for-children-in-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Duncan Bannatyne visits UNICEF projects in Bolivia</title><description><![CDATA[Duncan Bannatyne, UNICEF UK Ambassador and star of 'Dragon's Den', recently returned from Bolivia. He met local entrepreneurs who are helping to meet the Millenium Development Goals for water and sanitation in hard to reach, rural communities.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Duncan-Bannatyne-visits-UNICEF-projects-in-Bolivia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nick Clegg speaks about the MDGs at campaign hand-in event</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK, along with other development organisations, presented Nick Clegg and Andrew Mitchell with 1.3 million signed petitions in support of the Millennium Development Goals at a special event yesterday.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Nick-Clegg-speaks-about-the-MDGs-at-campaign-hand-in-event/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rangers fund seven health centres in Togo for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[The Rangers Charity Foundation today announced its support for UNICEF’s work in Togo with a project to reconstruct and equip seven healthcare centres.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Rangers-fund-seven-health-centres-in-Togo-for-UNICEF/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK events at party conferences</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK will hold several fringe events at the Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Labour party conferences this year, focusing on the issues of climate change and child poverty.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-events-at-party-conferences/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF's work for children in Haiti - 8 month update</title><description><![CDATA[Eight months after Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake, UNICEF is continuing its work to meet the long-term needs of children there.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/An-update-on-our-work-for-children-in-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New UNICEF study shows need to focus on equity</title><description><![CDATA[The global community can save millions of lives by investing first in the most disadvantaged children and communities, according to a new UNICEF study released today.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/New-UNICEF-study-shows-need-to-focus-on-equity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>YouTubers host 24-hour fundraiser for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[This weekend, two of the most renowned YouTube personalities will be hosting an online charity event to raise money for UNICEF.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/YouTubers-host-24-hour-fundraiser-for-UNICEF/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anthony Lake visits Pakistan's flood-stricken Charsadda district</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake’s visit to Pakistan 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.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Anthony-Lake-visits-Pakistans-flood-stricken-Charsadda-district/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campaign hand-in event with Nick Clegg ahead of UN meeting</title><description><![CDATA[Bond, the UK coalition for international development, will host a special event on the MDGs on 15 September with Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister and Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for Development.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Campaign-hand-in-event-with-Nick-Clegg-ahead-of-UN-meeting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF calls for renewed support for Pakistan's flood victims</title><description><![CDATA[The Executive Directors of UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called on the international community to step up their support for the victims of the ongoing floods in Pakistan.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-calls-for-renewed-support-for-Pakistans-flood-victims/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Executive Director to visit flood-affected Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Anthony Lake arrives in Pakistan on Monday 30 August to tour flood-hit areas and see UNICEF operations first-hand]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-Executive-Director-to-visit-flood-affected-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF trebles funding appeal for Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[£90 million appeal issued to meet immediate needs of Pakistan’s children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-trebles-funding-appeal-for-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ewan McGregor films an appeal for Pakistan's children</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF’s celebrity Ambassadors Tweet to millions of followers, helping raise over £3m for flood victims in Pakistan.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Ewan-McGregor-films-an-appeal-for-Pakistans-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK Ambassador Martin Bell visits Yemen war zone</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK Ambassador Martin Bell given rare access to Yemen war zone where thousands of children are affected]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-Ambassador-Martin-Bell-visits-Yemen-war-zone/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Health crisis grows in Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[As the floods in Pakistan continue, the full impact on people’s health in Pakistan is beginning to unfold.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Health-crisis-grows-in-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New research shows families and poorest hardest hit by Coalition cuts</title><description><![CDATA[Research commissioned by the End Child Poverty campaign shows that the Coalition Government’s emergency budget hit families with children the hardest.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/New-research-shows-families-and-poorest-hardest-hit-by-Coalition-cuts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Donate by text to UNICEF's Pakistan appeal</title><description><![CDATA[All mobile phone users in the UK can donate directly by text to UNICEF's Pakistan Flood Children's Appeal. Simply text 'FLOOD' or 'FLOODS' to 70099 to make a £3 donation.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Donate-by-text-to-UNICEFs-Pakistan-appeal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Orange and T-Mobile users in the UK - text donate to Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Calling all Orange and T-Mobile customers – please text now to support UNICEF’s Pakistan Flood Children's Appeal.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Orange-and-T-Mobile-users-in-the-UK---text-donate-to-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, Pakistan statement</title><description><![CDATA[The scale of the disaster in Pakistan caused by heavy monsoon rains and floods is massive. One-fifth of the country is now underwater, and entire villages have been swept away.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-Executive-Director-Anthony-Lake-Pakistan-statement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Step into the Night to raise money for children in Rwanda</title><description><![CDATA[Join UNICEF and Barclays in central London on Thursday 30 September for sponsored night walk Step into the Night for vulnerable children in London and Rwanda.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Step-into-the-Night-to-raise-money-for-children-in-Rwanda/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2010 World Humanitarian Day - 19 August</title><description><![CDATA[Message from UN Secretary-General on World Humanitarian Day]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/2010-World-Humanitarian-Day---19-August/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF's Pakistan response in jeopardy due to lack of funds</title><description><![CDATA[Millions of children at risk from water-borne diseases]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEFs-Pakistan-response-in-jeopardy-due-to-lack-of-funds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK Ambassador Jemima Khan writes about Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[Jemima Khan writes today in the Sunday Times about the Pakistan floods]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-Ambassador-Jemima-Khan-writes-about-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF warns about threat of disease for children in Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF warns about spread of disease and hunger if aid does not reach all children who need it]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-warns-about-threat-of-disease-for-children-in-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF aid getting through in North West Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is on the ground providing clean drinking water to 830,000 people of which over 523,000 are children and plan to deliver 4.2 million sachets of oral rehydration salts and 2.1 million doses of zinc in the forthcoming days.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-aid-getting-through-in-North-West-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF celebrates Day of the World's Indigenous People</title><description><![CDATA[Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF, today marked the International Day of the World's Indigenous People by calling for all societies to embrace diversity.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-celebrates-Day-of-the-Worlds-Indigenous-People/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF appeals for £30m for children of Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is appealing for £30 million to fund its relief operation for the millions hit by flooding in Pakistan, including an estimated 1.4 million children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-appeals-for-30m-for-children-of-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF aid reaches more children in North West Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[The drop in the water level in North West Pakistan has allowed UNICEF to reach more children and their families, gathered on higher ground in schools and government buildings.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-aid-reaches-more-children-in-North-West-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF sends in life-saving supplies to Pakistan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is sending in life-saving supplies to the millions of people hit by severe flooding in several provinces in northern Pakistan.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-sends-in-life-saving-supplies-to-Pakistan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF mobilises as Pakistani floods affect almost a million</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has stepped up the response in Pakistan as the floods affected almost a million people, including hundreds of thousands of children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-mobilises-as-Pakistani-floods-affect-almost-a-million/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>British Olympic heroes unite to support International Inspiration</title><description><![CDATA[Sebastian Coe, Dame Kelly Holmes and Sir Steve Redgrave visited a school in New Delhi which is participating in International Inspiration, London 2012’s legacy programme.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/British-Olympic-heroes-unite-to-support-International-Inspiration/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Ambassador Leo Messi visits Haiti six months after quake</title><description><![CDATA[Football superstar Leo Messi completed his first field visit since he was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in March to highlight the challenges faced by children in Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-Ambassador-Leo-Messi-visits-Haiti-six-months-after-quake/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Haiti six months after the quake: risks for children remain</title><description><![CDATA[Six months after the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years, the challenges to meet the needs of more than 800,000 affected children and their families remain daunting.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Haiti-six-months-after-the-quake-risks-for-children-remain/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Soccer Aid 2010 raises over £2.75 million for UNICEF</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is delighted to announce that Soccer Aid 2010 has raised over £2.75 million for its vital work with children around the world.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Soccer-Aid-2010-raises-over-275-million-for-UNICEF/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New study highlights global sanitation gap</title><description><![CDATA[The stark contrast in sanitation standards between the UK and developing countries was underlined today by a study commissioned by The Co-operative Pharmacy to launch a three year partnership with UNICEF.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/New-study-highlights-global-sanitation-gap/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sir Chris Hoy brings the excitement of London 2012 to Cheshire</title><description><![CDATA[Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy visited a school in Cheshire to encourage involvement in International Inspiration, London 2012’s international legacy programme.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Sir-Chris-Hoy-brings-the-excitement-of-London-2012-to-Cheshire/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>G8 highlights child health with the launch of new initiative</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has expressed a cautious welcome for the G8 summit statement, released on on 26 June, including the Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/G8-highlights-child-health-with-the-launch-of-new-initiative/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prince Harry visits UNICEF in New York</title><description><![CDATA[During a visit to New York this week, Prince Harry visited the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) Emergency Operations Centre in New York today, Saturday 26th June 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Prince-Harry-visits-UNICEF-in-New-York/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Budget does not go far enough to end child poverty</title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s Budget failed to go far enough for the 4 million children living in poverty in the UK.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Budget-does-not-go-far-enough-to-end-child-poverty/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Aid Arrives in Kyrgyzstan</title><description><![CDATA[A convoy carrying forty tonnes of UNICEF supplies for children affected by violence in Kyrgyzstan arrived in the cities of Osh this morning and Jalalabad yesterday.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-Aid-Arrives-in-Kyrgyzstan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Child Health Days campaign making strides in Somalia</title><description><![CDATA[A firsthand report from a visit to the UNICEF Somalia Support Centre in north-western Somalia's Boroma district]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Child-Health-Days-campaign-making-strides-in-Somalia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Health centres in Niger focus on malnourished children</title><description><![CDATA[Across Niger, an estimated 378,000 children ranging from six months to five years of age are expected to be treated for severe acute malnutrition over the next 12 months.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Health-centres-in-Niger-focus-on-malnourished-children/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF calls for full access for aid in southern Kyrgystan</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF warned that lack of access was hampering the delivery of humanitarian relief for the 1.1 million people affected by fighting in southern Kyrgyzstan.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-calls-for-full-access-for-aid-in-southern-Kyrgystan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF: Kyrgyzstan fighting separates families</title><description><![CDATA[With approximately 400,000 people displaced by fighting in Southern Kyrgyzstan, UNICEF warned today that separated families and missing children are an emerging issue.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-Kyrgyzstan-fighting-separates-families/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An open letter to the EU on the MDGs from Anthony Lake</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake's open letter to EU leaders, urging them to take a strong position on the Milennium Development Goals.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/An-open-letter-to-the-EU-on-the-MDGs-from-Anthony-Lake/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children hard hit by violence in Kyrgyzstan</title><description><![CDATA[Ninety per cent of the refugees from fighting in Southern Kyrgyzstan were children, women and the elderly. A rapid assessment revealed that many children suffered physical and mental violence.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Children-hard-hit-by-violence-in-Kyrgyzstan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF urges increased investment in Africa's children</title><description><![CDATA[On the International Day of the African Child 2010, UNICEF urges increased investment in Africa's children for the continent’s future development.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-urges-increased-investment-in-Africas-children/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF sends supplies to Central Asia crisis</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has dispatched emergency supplies to refugees who have fled fighting in Kyrgyzstan. The initial rapid response supplies left in six trucks from Tashkent, the capital of neighbouring Uzbekistan on Monday.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-sends-supplies-to-Central-Asia-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Day Against Child Labour: UNICEF and IKEA anniversary</title><description><![CDATA[On the eve of the World Day against Child Labour, UNICEF and IKEA are marking ten years of a ground-breaking partnership to protect children’s rights and prevent child labour.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/World-Day-Against-Child-Labour-UNICEF-and-IKEA-anniversary/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF to help make the World Cup a win for children</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF cheers the kick off of the World Cup with a series of partnerships around the football championship which will harness the power of sport to promote child rights.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-to-help-make-the-World-Cup-a-win-for-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First glimpse of World Cup for rural African youth</title><description><![CDATA[This year will be the first time that the World Cup is reaching young people in some remote parts of Africa, thanks to a special project set up by UNICEF and its partners.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/First-glimpse-of-World-Cup-for-rural-African-youth/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Soccer Aid 2010: minute by minute report</title><description><![CDATA[Celebrities and football legends teamed up to raise money for UNICEF at the theatre of dreams, Manchester United’s Old Trafford.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Soccer-Aid-2010-minute-by-minute-report/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Soccer Aid 2010: thank you!</title><description><![CDATA[A huge thank you to everyone who watched Soccer Aid last night and donated by phone, text or online during the match. We have had over £2 million of pledges, which will change the lives of thousands of children all across the world. So thank you so much!]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Soccer-Aid-2010-thank-you/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond Sport Awards 2010 Shortlist revealed</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF partner Beyond Sport, the global organisation which promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to drive positive social change across the world, has unveiled the Shortlist for the Beyond Sport Awards 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Beyond-Sport-Awards-2010-Shortlist-revealed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blackthorns Primary School Keep it Up for Soccer Aid</title><description><![CDATA[Blackthorns Primary School in Lindfield has raised over £250 for ‘Keep it Up for Soccer Aid’, a fundraising initiative which has swept the nation in the run up to Soccer Aid on ITV on 6 June 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Blackthorns-Primary-School-Keep-it-Up-for-Soccer-Aid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barclays Keep it up for Soccer Aid</title><description><![CDATA[Special fundraising events were held in Barclays Spaces for Sports in Manchester, London, Sunderland and Portsmouth to raise money for Soccer Aid.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Barclays-Keep-it-up-for-Soccer-Aid/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF statement on the case of Guantanamo Bay detainee</title><description><![CDATA[Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, on the case of Guantanamo Bay detainee, Omar Khadr.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-statement-on-the-case-of-Guantanamo-Bay-detainee/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>International Inspiration leaves a legacy in Azerbaijan</title><description><![CDATA[Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee, has seen firsthand the impact of London 2012’s International Inspiration programme on a visit to Azerbaijan.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/International-Inspiration-leaves-a-legacy-in-Azerbaijan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hundreds of schoolchildren take up the Soccer Aid challenge</title><description><![CDATA[Tessa Jowell MP visited schools in South East London last week to see 800 children dressed up as their favourite sportspeople do keepie uppies in support of Soccer Aid.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Hundreds-of-schoolchildren-take-up-the-Soccer-Aid-challenge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bannatyne members Keep it up for Soccer Aid</title><description><![CDATA[Bannatyne's Health Club members across the UK took part in a range of Soccer Aid inspired fundraising activities over the weekend (22-23 May), to raise money for UNICEF’s crucial work helping children around the world.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Bannatyne-members-Keep-it-up-for-Soccer-Aid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children talk to Maggie Atkinson about rights and responsibilities in schools</title><description><![CDATA[Children's Commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson visited two schools to hear from children about the sense of responsibility they are developing through UNICEF UK's Rights Respecting Schools Award.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Children-talk-to-Maggie-Atkinson-about-rights-and-responsibilities-in-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jordan trek launches, spaces still available for Morocco</title><description><![CDATA[The Trek for the Children of Jordan in May 2011 has launched. Meanwhile, there are only five places left on the Trek for the Children of Morocco, 6-14 November 2010.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Jordan-trek-launches-spaces-still-available-for-Morocco/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF concerned about armed occupations of schools in Yemen</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is deeply concerned about reports that schools in northern Yemen were occupied by armed men, and that children are denied their right to education.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-concerned-about-armed-occupations-of-schools-in-Yemen/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Morocco trekkers take on the Three Peaks, raising over £10,000</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF fundraisers Stephen Brown and Greg Allen have attempted the Three Peaks Challenge and look set to raise over £10,000 for the Trek for the Children of Morocco.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Morocco-trekkers-take-on-the-Three-Peaks-raising-over-10000/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ryan Giggs is the latest legend to sign up for Soccer Aid</title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Giggs to form legendary midfield with footballing great Zinedine Zidane in the Rest of the World team.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Ryan-Giggs-is-the-latest-legend-to-sign-up-for-Soccer-Aid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK urges next Government to put it right for children</title><description><![CDATA[We were delighted to receive over 450 pledges to put it right for children from parliamentary candidates.  We will soon be asking them to take action.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-urges-next-Government-to-put-it-right-for-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth delegates take lessons home from Zambian climate conference</title><description><![CDATA[Last week, 200 children aged 12 to 18 from all over Zambia met in the capital Lusaka for the Zambian Children’s Climate Conference (ZCCC), giving them an opportunity to express their views about how climate change is affecting their lives.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Youth-delegates-take-lessons-home-from-Zambian-climate-conference/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Sun donates over £370,000 to UNICEF's  work for Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[Today, The Sun newspaper has announced that it will donate half of the money from the 'Everybody Hurts' single to UNICEF's work helping children in Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/The-Sun-donates-over-370000-to-UNICEFs--work-for-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anthony Lake begins his tenure as UNICEF's Executive Director</title><description><![CDATA[Anthony Lake today begins his tenure as UNICEF's sixth Executive Director, bringing more than 45 years of public and international service to the position.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Anthony-Lake-begins-his-tenure-as-UNICEFs-Executive-Director/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Team UNICEF at the 2010 Virgin London Marathon</title><description><![CDATA[Team UNICEF was out in force at the 2010 Virgin London Marathon last Sunday to cheer on its 54 runners as they pounded round the streets of the UK capital.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Team-UNICEF-at-the-2010-Virgin-London-Marathon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF hosts historic meeting on sanitation and water</title><description><![CDATA[Last week, UNICEF hosted the first High-Level Meeting on Sanitation for All: A Global Framework for Action on Sanitation and Water in Washington DC, and welcomes new commitments to tackle the global crisis.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-hosts-historic-meeting-on-sanitation-and-water/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Record breaker searches for keepy uppy stars for Soccer Aid</title><description><![CDATA[World Record smasher, Dan Magness, is searching for the UK's keepy uppy stars to represent the region in new footie fundraising challenge 'Keep it up for Soccer Aid'.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Record-breaker-searches-for-keepy-uppy-stars-for-Soccer-Aid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Decline in sanitation aid must be reversed, report says</title><description><![CDATA[Between 1997 and 2008, aid commitments for water and sanitation  fell from 8% of total development aid to 5%, according to the latest UN-Water report]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Decline-in-sanitation-aid-must-be-reversed-report-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF Groups' first Put it Right weekend a success</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Fundraising Groups from as far and wide as Dundee, Coleraine, Benfleet, Bedford and East Kent marked the inaugural Put it Right Groups weekend with several successful fundraising events earlier this month.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-Groups-first-Put-it-Right-weekend-a-success/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Winners of young World Photography Awards announced</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF and the World Photography Organisation (WPO) are delighted to announce that six young photographers have been chosen as winners for their photograph and written pledge highlighting children's rights.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Winners-of-young-World-Photography-Awards-announced/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF mobilising for Qinghai Earthquake Disaster</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is mobilising to send urgently needed relief supplies for children affected by yesterday’s massive earthquake. The response will be coordinated with other UN agencies.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-mobilising-for-Qinghai-Earthquake-Disaster/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF ready to help following Qinghai earthquake in China</title><description><![CDATA[Following this morning’s deadly earthquake in northwest China’s Qinghai province, UNICEF has extended its deepest sympathies to the Chinese people and is ready to assist if help is needed.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-ready-to-help-following-Qinghai-earthquake-in-China/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK welcomes incorporation of Convention in Lib Dems' manifesto</title><description><![CDATA[This week political parties have been publishing their General Election manifestos, and we are particularly delighted to see that the Liberal Democrats have pledged to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-welcomes-incorporation-of-Convention-in-Lib-Dems-manifesto/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Robbie Williams needs YOU to 'Keep it Up for Soccer Aid'!</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF Ambassador Robbie Williams calls on the public to get involved with new footie skills fundraiser, supporting the world's children]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Robbie-Williams-needs-YOU-to-Keep-it-Up-for-Soccer-Aid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Haiti still faces huge challenges, report warns</title><description><![CDATA[Three months after the earthquake in Haiti, UNICEF reports that the humanitarian response has averted a worse crisis for children – but warns there is much still to do.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Haiti-still-faces-huge-challenges-report-warns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ed Balls visits a UNICEF Rights Respecting School</title><description><![CDATA[Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, visits a London school taking part in UNICEF UK's Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) scheme.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Ed-Balls-visits-a-UNICEF-Rights-Respecting-School/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK urges parliamentary candidates to put it right for children</title><description><![CDATA[With the UK General Election taking place on 6 May 2010, UNICEF UK is calling for candidates from the three main parties to sign up to three ‘Pledges for Children’.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-urges-parliamentary-candidates-to-put-it-right-for-children/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Children return to school in Haiti after devastating earthquake</title><description><![CDATA[Less than three months after a devastating earthquake shook their lives, many children in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince have begun their return to school this week.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Children-return-to-school-in-Haiti-after-devastating-earthquake/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK launches Carbon Positive</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK launches Carbon Positive, a new climate change initiative that helps individuals and businesses take responsibility for the size of their carbon footprint.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-launches-Carbon-Positive/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Haiti fit for its children and young people</title><description><![CDATA[Several charities including UNICEF have stressed the importance of ensuring children and their families are at the centre of rebuilding efforts in Haiti.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/A-Haiti-fit-for-its-children-and-young-people/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF works to reunite children with their families in Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF is working to reunite children who became separated during the chaos of the earthquake with their families.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-works-to-reunite-children-with-their-families-in-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MPs support UNICEF UK's Put it Right initiative</title><description><![CDATA[MPs have spoken out in support of UNICEF UK's recently launched five-year initiative, Put it Right, which aims to inspire unprecedented action in the UK to protect the rights of children everywhere.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/MPs-support-UNICEF-UKs-Put-it-Right-initiative/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF funding shortage could impact  on children in Somalia</title><description><![CDATA[A senior UNICEF official says that some humanitarian programmes in Somalia are in danger of being suspended because they do not have enough money to support them.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-funding-shortage-could-impact--on-children-in-Somalia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Budget fails to put it right for children in poverty in the UK</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK is disappointed at the lack of any immediate help to put it right for children in low income families facing poverty in today's Budget announcement.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Budget-fails-to-put-it-right-for-children-in-poverty-in-the-UK/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cricket gives Sri Lanka’s war children a sporting chance</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF have helped launch a sporting project in Sri Lanka which aims to promote the spirit of cricket among disadvantaged and war-affected children.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Cricket-gives-Sri-Lankas-war-children-a-sporting-chance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF gets queuing on World Water Day</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK joined campaigners outside Parliament today to urge the Government to tackle the global sanitation crisis.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-gets-queuing-on-World-Water-Day/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Soccer Aid returns to Old Trafford this summer</title><description><![CDATA[Soccer Aid 2010 kicks off at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium on Sunday 6 June. Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, confirmed players include Robbie Williams and Alan Shearer.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Soccer-Aid-returns-to-Old-Trafford-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF today welcomed the UN Secretary-General’s announcement that Anthony Lake will take over as Executive Director of UNICEF after Ann M. Veneman’s term ends on 30 April.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-welcomes-announcement-of-next-Executive-Director/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MPs visit Rights Respecting schools in West Sussex and Dorset</title><description><![CDATA[MPs Francis Maude and Oliver Letwin met with children and teachers at schools participating in UNICEF UK's Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) scheme in their respective areas.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/MPs-visit-Rights-Respecting-schools-in-West-Sussex-and-Dorset/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jamaican Olympic gold medallist appointed UNICEF Ambassador</title><description><![CDATA[Shelly-Ann Fraser, the 100 metre Olympic gold medal winner from the 2008 Beijing Games, has been appointment Jamaica’s first-ever national UNICEF Ambassador, thanks to her demonstrated passion to inspire young lives.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Jamaican-Olympic-gold-medallist-appointed-UNICEF-Ambassador/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF on standby to help hurricane hit Fiji and Solomon Islands</title><description><![CDATA[Two extreme cyclones are striking Fiji and Solomon Islands at the same time. UNICEF is standing ready to assist both countries with pre-positioned emergency response supplies.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-on-standby-to-help-hurricane-hit-Fiji-and-Solomon-Islands/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Messi to serve as UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF has appointed Lionel (Leo) Messi, FC Barcelona and Argentina national team soccer star, as a global Goodwill Ambassador.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Messi-to-serve-as-UNICEF-Global-Goodwill-Ambassador/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF supports children affected by earthquake in Chile</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF will provide assistance to the estimated one million children and their families affected by the earthquake in Chile which struck on 27 February.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-supports-children-affected-by-earthquake-in-Chile/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Young climate ambassadors meet with David Kidney</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK’s youth climate ambassadors met with David Kidney, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate, last week to discuss the importance of including young people in the climate change debate.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Young-climate-ambassadors-meet-with-David-Kidney/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF airlifts emergency supplies for children in Mongolia</title><description><![CDATA[Urgently needed supplies to assist nearly 4,000 school-age children in the hardest hit areas of the dzud winter emergency in Mongolia were airlifted over the weekend in a joint effort by UNICEF and the Government of Mongolia.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-airlifts-emergency-supplies-for-children-in-Mongolia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report shows barriers to services for child asylum seekers</title><description><![CDATA[A new report commissioned by UNICEF UK across three Local Authorities shows that unaccompanied immigrant children experience racism, struggle to cope with the mental trauma experienced on their journeys to the UK and are vulnerable to exploitation.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Report-shows-barriers-to-services-for-child-asylum-seekers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF ready to help Chile after massive earthquake</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF and its UN partners are monitoring events and stand ready to help in the aftermath of an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Chile early Saturday.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-ready-to-help-Chile-after-massive-earthquake/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Massive earthquake strikes Chile</title><description><![CDATA[A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck Chile early this morning, killing at least six people and triggering a tsunami.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Massive-earthquake-strikes-Chile/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>London 2012 programme set to leave long term global legacy</title><description><![CDATA[In talks at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the team behind International Inspiration, the legacy programme of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, has moved to guarantee the programme’s long term global legacy.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/London-2012-programme-set-to-leave-long-term-global-legacy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Return to happiness: volunteers support young Haitians</title><description><![CDATA[Haitian volunteers are taking part in a UNICEF-supported programme called Return to Happiness to provide psychosocial support for children traumatised by the earthquake.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Return-to-happiness-volunteers-support-young-Haitians/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF responds to unfolding Mongolia emergency</title><description><![CDATA[Severe winter conditions, known locally as the ‘dzud’ have left more than half of Mongolia’s 21 provinces in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-responds-to-unfolding-Mongolia-emergency/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF brings plight of vulnerable children to streets of London</title><description><![CDATA[If you are in central London today, look out for the life size cut out images of four children - two child survivors of the recent Haiti earthquake, and two vulnerable street children from Cambodia and The Philippines – which UNICEF has placed in major pu]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-brings-plight-of-vulnerable-children-to-streets-of-London/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond Sport Awards 2010 open for entries</title><description><![CDATA[Beyond Sport, the global organisation that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change, is delighted to announce award entry for 2010 is now open.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Beyond-Sport-Awards-2010-open-for-entries/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Record sales of IKEA soft toys will improve access to education</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF and Save the Children thank IKEA customers and co-workers for 7 million euro donation]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Record-sales-of-IKEA-soft-toys-will-improve-access-to-education/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF works to protect Haiti’s children from exploitation</title><description><![CDATA[As the one month anniversary of the January 12 earthquake approaches, thousands of children in Haiti remain at risk of hunger, malnutrition and childhood diseases. Sadly, many children are also at risk of trafficking and sexual exploitation.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-works-to-protect-Haitis-children-from-exploitation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF promotes infant nutrition in Haiti</title><description><![CDATA[To provide for the youngest and most vulnerable children, a UNICEF project has been set up in a ‘baby-friendly’ tent in Champs de Mars park.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-promotes-infant-nutrition-in-Haiti/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK supports Robin Hood Tax Campaign</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK is one of a number of organisations, many of them partners in 2005’s Make Poverty History campaign, who are supporting the Robin Hood Tax Campaign.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-supports-Robin-Hood-Tax-Campaign/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF UK launches its biggest ever initiative on child rights</title><description><![CDATA[UNICEF UK today launched its biggest ever initiative. Spanning five years, ‘Put it Right’ aims to inspire unprecedented action to protect the rights of children everywhere.]]></description><link>http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/UNICEF-UK-launches-its-biggest-ever-initiative-on-child-rights/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
