Read more UNICEF stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1492/unicef.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:06:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60630/un-fights-to-release-child-soldiers-in-chad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UN has obtained access to 80 child soldiers, some as young as 13, who have been taken prisoner in Chad near the Sudanese region of Darfur. UNICEF says that the children were captured and paraded before television cameras after a battle in early May between the Chadian army and...http://www.newser.com/story/60630/un-fights-to-release-child-soldiers-in-chad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 6:11:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48211/mugabe-acknowledges-cholera-epidemic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRobert Mugabe has backtracked on his denial of the Zimbabwean cholera crisis, AFP reports. “He is acknowledging there is a problem,” said a UNICEF official who met with him today. “He recognizes there is a problem with the water and the sewer systems.” The admission comes as opposition leader Morgan...http://www.newser.com/story/48211/mugabe-acknowledges-cholera-epidemic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Jan 2009 13:21:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46035/ethical-gifts-ease-western-guilt-not-third-world-poverty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe trend of giving ethical holiday gifts couldn't be more pompous, writes Nathalie Rothschild for Spiked . "Rather than lifting people out of poverty, Oxfam and the rest are helping to sustain underdevelopment," she argues. And occupying a higher level of condescension is the organization Animal Aid, which opposes gifts of...http://www.newser.com/story/46035/ethical-gifts-ease-western-guilt-not-third-world-poverty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Dec 2008 12:30:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40293/princes-go-off-road-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDapper duo Prince Harry and Prince William are setting off on a South African off-road motorbike ride to benefit charity, the BBC reports. The 1,000-mile trek is expected to raise about $450,000 for three charities, including Harry’s Sentebale, which focuses on children with AIDS in Lesotho. The princes...http://www.newser.com/story/40293/princes-go-off-road-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Oct 2008 15:53:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26738/disease-hunger-now-threaten-cyclone-survivors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Burmese lucky enough to survive a catastrophic cyclone now face the threat of death by disease and hunger. Dirty water and rotting corpses pose a grave danger of cholera and diarrhea, and the devastated infrastructure is making it nearly impossible to deliver food to people who were hungry even...http://www.newser.com/story/26738/disease-hunger-now-threaten-cyclone-survivors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 May 2008 3:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16641/humanitarian-relief-is-a-text-message-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Google-funded website that uses technology to spread the word about emergencies launches today, CNET reports. The company's charitable arm has put $5 million into InSTEDD, which will use social software like Twitter and Facebook to alert humanitarian groups to crises and organize rescue operations. “Social networking in the humanitarian...http://www.newser.com/story/16641/humanitarian-relief-is-a-text-message-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Jan 2008 18:33:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11159/better-1st-kid-chelsea-or-jenna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConventional wisdom that puts Chelsea Clinton at the front of the class and Jenna Bush at the back is undergoing a makeover, as the current first daughter charms in public life while her predecessor hits the upper-crust party scene. The “closer I look, the more I like Jenna,” writes the...http://www.newser.com/story/11159/better-1st-kid-chelsea-or-jenna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Nov 2007 15:03:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/9332/stressed-out-at-7-years-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren as young as 7 years old are stressed out about issues such as global warming, violent crime and international terrorism, as well as personal problems, according to a new study in Britain. The research, based on 700 in-depth interviews with children aged 7 to 11, found that kids live...http://www.newser.com/story/9332/stressed-out-at-7-years-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Oct 2007 2:50:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/7437/global-infant-mortality-rate-lowest-in-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInfant mortality rates have dropped to new lows worldwide, according to UNICEF. Vaccination drives, education supporting breastfeeding, and anti-malarial measures helped drive last year's death rate of children under 5 down to 72 per 1,000. It stood at 93 per 1,000 in 1993. "It could be that this...http://www.newser.com/story/7437/global-infant-mortality-rate-lowest-in-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Sep 2007 3:10:01 CDT