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2. November 2019

Thousands of Cambodian Children Have Been Saved from Hard Labor – and Counting

Cambodia’s Ministry of Labor is on a mission to end child labor by 2025, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance is advancing the progress with a budget to help liberate at least 400 child workers a year.

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25. October 2019

51 million children have been immunized in a single month in Nigeria in partnership with WHO.

Technology

Technology Pakistan

22. October 2019

Bionic Arms Turn Disabled Kids into Superheroes with the Help of Brain Control

Startup company Bioniks is developing 3D-printed customizable bionic arms that help children cope with their lost limbs – while feeling like a superhero!

Health

21. October 2019

Smartphone App to Save Lives of Millions of Women and Children

A $100 million initiative will provide health workers in India and Uganda with smartphones and tablets to access affordable data analytic tools that help save mothers’ and babies’ lives.

Society

Society

12. October 2019

Stateless Children in Kenya Now Get a Better Start With Birth Certificates

600 young children from Kenya’s stateless Shona group have been issued birth certificates by the government for the very first time, in a drive to end statelessness and provide the Shona a better future with improved rights and opportunities.

Heroes

11. October 2019

6-Year-Old Invents New Holiday: “Annual Kindness Day” Now Approved!

When 6-year-old Eddie Writes wrote to his city’s mayor last year to ask for help starting an annual “Kindness Day”, New Zealand’s Wellington Mayor Justin Lester was quick to write back and show support for the new holiday.

Health

Health

8. October 2019

13 Million Children Get Gift of Immunity Against Deadly Diseases

For the first time since 2014, UNICEF and partners were able to access nearly 13 million children in Sudan including in restricted areas, to be vaccinated against measles and polio.

Society

Society

7. October 2019

Indonesian Parliament Protects Girls from Unwanted Husbands

Indonesian girls can marry at the age of 16 – or even younger should their parents request permission from courts or officials – but the parliament has now agreed to raise and restrict the minimum age at which women can marry to 19.

Health

Health

6. October 2019

Safe Space for Children Separated from Ebola-Struck Parents

UNICEF-supported nurseries in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been caring for children while their parents recover in Ebola treatment centers, or until they find an alternative caretaker if a parent has died from the virus.

Society

Society

4. October 2019

More Poor Children Survive First 5 Years Than Ever Before

The mortality rate for children aged five and under has dropped from nearly 10 million deaths two decades ago to around half the amount in 2017 - even with the increase in world population by more than one billion people.