@UNICEFAfrica Regional Director - Eastern & Southern Africa Based in Nairobi, Kenya
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Eva Kadilli retweeted
Across Sudan, children continue to face deadly violence after more than three years of conflict.
UNICEF calls on all parties to the conflict to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure. Children must be protected wherever they are, at all times.
Details: unicef.link/4yulKaA
ALT At least 12 children, some as young as two, were reportedly killed in two separate incidents in Sudan's West Kordofan and Khartoum states in recent days.
Eva Kadilli retweeted
UNICEF humanitarian supplies have reached Mekelle as part of the first interagency convoy, bringing essential medicines, maternal and child health supplies, therapeutic nutrition products, recreation kits and learning materials to families affected by conflict across northern 🇪🇹.
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Violence, displacement & drought are increasing the risk of famine in conflict-affected areas of Sudan.
Urgently scaling up assistance is essential to curb rising hunger, treat acute malnutrition & prevent further loss of life.
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Eva Kadilli retweeted
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the deaths of at least 139 people, including 15 children, after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti late last week.
Read the statement by @EvaUNICEF, UNICEF's Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa: unicef.org/esa/press-release…
To every girl, wherever you are: your voice matters, your dreams deserve to be heard, and your future is full of possibilities. Keep dreaming, keep believing in yourself, and know that we are standing with you as you shape the future you deserve.
#InternationalDayOfTheGirl
An important step in strengthening UNICEF’s engagement with EAC. Thank you to the Secretary General for the continued partnership & congratulations Elke Wisch. Regional cooperation is essential to addressing shared challenges & advancing results for children across borders.
🤝Today, the EAC Secretary General, Amb. Stephen Mbundi received the Letter of Credence of Ms. Elke Wisch, UNICEF Representative to Tanzania, @UNICEFTanzania, accrediting her as UNICEF Representative to the EAC and reinforcing a partnership that is helping shape a more resilient and inclusive East Africa.
The engagement reaffirmed a shared commitment to improving the lives of children across East Africa through expanded cooperation in child rights and protection, neonatal mortality rates, humanitarian action, and disaster preparedness.
Discussions also advanced the renewal of the EAC–UNICEF MoU, which will provide a stronger and more comprehensive framework for joint action and greater impact across the region. UNICEF is also supporting the revision of the EAC Child Policy to ensure it remains responsive to emerging challenges and opportunities affecting children across the Community.
Together, the EAC and UNICEF are working to build a more resilient, inclusive and prosperous East Africa where every child is protected, empowered and given the opportunity to thrive.
@UNICEFAfrica @UNICEF
From conversations with young people and families to meetings with government and partners, my visit to Madagascar showed the importance of investing in joined-up support that responds to different needs and creates lasting opportunities 👇
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Eva Kadilli retweeted
💧Water is essential for children’s health, hygiene and well-being.
UNICEF, in partnership with @ONARS_Djibouti, @c_obock, @CRDjibouti and @oim_djibouti, is strengthening access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation services for children and families living in Markazi refugee village in Obock.
Water storage tanks are being installed and emergency latrines constructed to improve reception conditions and reduce health risks for children and families arriving from #Yemen.
These facilities also benefit all people living on the site, including families already residing there, helping to create a safer, healthier and more dignified environment for everyone.
Eva Kadilli retweeted
UNICEF is deeply concerned by the escalation of hostilities in northern Ethiopia and the impact on children and their families.
Communities have worked hard to rebuild services and infrastructure for children and these gains must be protected.
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Eva Kadilli retweeted
Children are bearing “the heaviest burden of violence” in Somalia, UNICEF warns, after children were reportedly killed and injured in recent clashes in the city of Baidoa, amid a deepening hunger crisis.
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Eva Kadilli retweeted
Statement by UNICEF Representative in Somalia Sandra Lattouf, on the impact of the recent outbreak of violence on children in Baidoa, Somalia unicef.link/4xQZqYg
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Happy Monday from Vondrozo, southeastern Madagascar! 💙 Over the weekend, @EvaUNICEF visited a vocational training centre and a youth-friendly health centre where girls gain skills, care and confidence. Empowered girls, stronger communities.
#MondayMotivation #GirlsEmpowerment
In Busuma, Burundi, thousands have sought refuge, including almost 20,000 children.
Government, communities, @Refugees, @UNICEF & partners are working to deliver essential support.
The needs remain immense. We must sustain what is working &build lasting solutions #ForEeveryChild.
Eva Kadilli retweeted
A pleasure to meet His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho.
I thanked HM for his leadership in advancing child rights, including child nutrition as AU Nutrition Champion, and the Government of Lesotho for its strong commitment to children and investment in social protection.
Eva Kadilli retweeted
161M more children in Africa have safe drinking water than in 2000.
Today, only 40% use safely managed drinking water & an estimated 723 children under 5 die daily from WASH-related causes.
The AU State of Africa’s Children Report shows what must change.
unicef.link/47cc6Oy
Stronger systems and partnerships can help deliver lasting results for children in Eritrea. Glad to have joined this important discussion with the UN Country Team and fellow Regional Directors. Together, we can help turn ambition into stronger results for every child.
UN Team in #Eritrea met w/ Africa Regional Directors to present our next five-year partnership framework with Eritrea. Building on hard-won development gains, we explored how partnerships, expertise and financing can help unlock the country's next chapter of opportunity & growth.
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1.92 million children in Somalia are projected to need treatment for acute malnutrition.
As flooding threatens communities and funding falls short, urgent support is needed to keep lifesaving nutrition services within reach. unicef.link/4yTqqHF
Eva Kadilli retweeted
Asante Sana, H.E. President Ruto @WilliamsRuto for being a global voice on the impact of Debt on Children and for the clarion call on reforming global financing architecture that protects investment for children everywhere.
@UNICEF @ConilleGarry @SingoeiAKorir @KeTreasury @EvaUNICEF
We call for urgent reform of the international financial architecture so that debt does not come at the expense of children and their future.
Debt becomes a children’s rights issue when interest payments crowd out investment in classrooms, healthcare, nutrition and social protection. Fiscal responsibility must protect these foundations of future prosperity.
Kenya is pursuing responsible fiscal management and stronger domestic resource mobilisation while continuing to invest in our people. But national action must be matched by a global financing system that expands affordable and concessional finance, deploys guarantees and risk-sharing instruments to mobilise capital, resolves unsustainable debt faster and reduces dependence on debt.
Addressed the UNICEF-convened High-Level Dialogue on Debt, Development and the Next Generation on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Eva Kadilli retweeted
Drone strikes on two warehouses in Sudan, on 20 September destroyed over 292,000 school textbooks, 40,000 Arabic Language and Mathematics Review Books, and other learning materials intended for distribution to children.
Education supplies and facilities must be safeguarded to ensure children can fulfill their right to education.
Details: unicef.link/4ycTsCa
ALT Drone strikes have destroyed over 330,000 educational materials in Sudan’s North Kordofan State.