Press Release Sept/ 2006



UNICEF 7 November 2006
Ethiopian President and Olympic stars launch ‘Dream Campaign’ for orphaned children © UNICEF/HQ06-1780/Heavens Ethiopian Olympic star Haile Gebrselassie talks to orphaned children at the launch of the Dream Campaign at the UN compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. – Ethiopian Olympic star Haile Gebrselassie urged people to put on their running shoes to take part in a groundbreaking campaign for Ethiopia’s 6 million orphans.
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Lack of doctors a ‘major threat":-
The WHO Regional Office for Africa after holding the 56 th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, concluded by adopting seven resolutions aimed at scaling up action in critical areas that are key to improving the health and socio-economic situation in Africa . Three of the resolutions concerned health financing, renewal and acceleration of HIV prevention and the optimal survival, growth and development of African children

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January 2006

As a severe drought, the worst in a decade, ravages parts of East Africa and the Horn, appeals are going out to the world community for resources for the approximately six million people in desperate need of humanitarian assistance in southern Ethiopia,

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Unicef: HIV/AIDS
There are currently an estimated 2.2 million people living with the virus with the highest prevalence rates attributed to youth between 15-24 years. Though awareness about HIV/AIDS is high, misconceptions and low risk perception are equally high across target groups. Stigma and discrimination are


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Underground children:
Blink and you will miss the underground children in Ethiopia's capital city. They live in tunnels, sewers and drainage holes, hidden beneath Addis Ababa's teeming streets. They move from one makeshift shelter to the next, chased away by police or the rivers of water and refuse that flow when the rains come. Growing up amidst the traffic, they learn

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Early marriage thwarts girls’ potential in Ethiopia

Twelve-year old Tizalem stands against the outer wall of her parents’ hut in her village in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. She is getting ready for the neighbourhood hairdresser who will be arriving shortly to braid her hair. It is the day before Tizalem’s wedding to 24-year-old Gegahun. In Ethiopia, and in parts of East Africa, West Africa and South Asia, marriage at the age of seven or eight is..

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