Tag Archives: UNICEF

The Acropolis in Athens will be illuminated blue on Wednesday night to mark the 30th anniversary since the signature of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20, 1989. Blue is the official color of UNICEF. According to a Culture Ministry statement,  Greece’s Central Archaeological …

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At a particularly hard moment for the 3,150 unaccompanied children in Greece, with more than 2,300 of them living under precarious conditions – in detention, camps or even on the street and many of the accommodation facilities being shut down – the suggestion of alternative solutions is of crucial importance. …

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United Nations children aid organization UNICEF has announced it terminates cooperation with its National Chapter in Greece on suspicion of financial irregularities. In a statement, the UNICEF said an audit conducted by the UN agency revealed “financial irregularities,” but the international organization refrained from elaborating on the kind of irregularities. …

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After the economic crisis and years of austerity, child poverty is on the rise in wealthy countries, according to Unicef. In Spain, the proportion of children living below the poverty line increased by nine percentage points between 2008 and 2014, to reach almost 40%. In Greece, one in four children …

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A social experiment: Would you stop if you saw a little girl alone on the street? apparently you would but it would depend much on the clothes the little wear would wear and her general appearance: clean and neatly, or dirty and not neatly. UNICEF made a powerful local experiment …

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Eleven children were drowned today Monday off Edremit in Turkey when the overcrowded  boat sank before reaching the Greek island of Lesvos. Eleven children were drowned on the way to be better future. Instead of shelter, food and a warm bed … the cold waters of the Aegean Sea. Eleven …

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In its latest report UNICEF states that one in three children in Greece was at risk of poverty or social expulsion. The total number may shock: 686,000 children or 35.4 percent of the children population in Greece. The causes? Rising unemployment and cuts in welfare benefits. 292,000 children live in …

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597,000 children in Greece are currently living in poverty. Almost half of them – 322,000 – lack the basic daily nutritional needs. This shocking numbers were revealed by Lambros Kanellopoulos, the President of UNICEF in Greece. “The situation is very worrying. The problems of poverty and social exclusion are increasing,” …

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