Tropical Cyclone Pam

Updates from Alice who has been deployed to Vanuatu to assist with preparations for the imminent arrival of Tropical Cyclone Pam. 

If you've ever wondered why Vanuatu seems to get so many disasters this vlogs also explains many of the reasons why preparedness is so important for a disaster-prone country like Vanuatu. 

What types of disasters affect your country? Share your experiences below!

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End Violence Against Children

Every day, out of the spotlight, children are subjected to appalling cruelty and abuse. It happens all over the globe, in every setting—public and private, urban and rural, industrialized and developing, rich and poor. UNICEF Pacific believes that every child deserves to be safe and works throughout the world to protect girls and boys from abuse and exploitation. #ENDviolence is UNICEF's new multi-year global initiative to generate momentum in preventing and responding to violence against children.

Celebration of Global hand Washing Day ( GHWD) in Kiribati: The Power is in your hands, action song competition:

The Global Hand Washing Day 15 October, 2013 celebration was held at the KNYC Maneaba in Bairiki included an action song competition: Based on the guidance to display proper hand washing, groups of students (Primary School) from 11 schools sang loudly for everyone to hear about the need to wash hands with soap at critical times in order to stay healthy, demonstrating proper hand washing with buckets, water and soap. Action songs were prepared by the teachers and students for demonstrating proper hand washing with soap at critical times by highlighting the theme, “Power is in your hands” and in action song competition Temanoku School won the first prize while Dai Nippon school came second and Abaunamou school coming in third.

One world - Different Abilities

UNICEF videos showing the situation of children living with disabilities in Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

The Kiribati OneMinutesJnrs

The Kiribati OneMinutesJnrs. Watch the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Health and Sanitation

UNICEF Pacific acts to make certain that children survive their earliest years and develop all the way to adulthood. UNICEF Pacific plays a key role in purchasing and distributing vaccines for children’s immunisation. The Health and Sanitation programme works in partnership with Ministries of Health, national and international organisations to strengthen health services and to improve water and sanitation facilities, guaranteeing child survival between and during humanitarian crises.

The Solomon Islands OneMinutesJnrs

The Solomon Islands OneMinutesJnrs. Watch the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Child Protection

UNICEF Pacific aims to ensure that children are increasingly protected by legislation and are better served by justice systems that protect them as victims, offenders and witnesses,

Ensuring that children are better served by well-informed and coordinated child protection social services that ensure greater protection against and response to violence, abuse and exploitation; and

Supporting families and communities in establishing home and community environments for children that are free from violence, abuse and exploitation.

Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Education is critical to a child’s development and well-being

Education is critical to a child’s development and well-being. UNICEF Pacific in partnership with Ministries of Education and regional organisations devotes special efforts to giving all girls and boys equal learning opportunities. Innovative approaches are being used to ensure children complete basic education and achieve learning outcomes; addressing the holistic development of the child; and contributing to learning and motivation to encourage children to remain in school and to complete basic education. Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Gender Based Violence

UNICEF Pacific is a champion for ensuring gender equality end equity in the organisations operations and programming. Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Child Poverty and Vulnerability

UNICEF works to provide evidence on poverty and vulnerability faced by the Pacific children in order to influence the PIC governments’ social and economic policies to become more children centered and pro-poor/vulnerable. Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

The Vanuatu OneMinutesJnrs

The Vanuatu OneMinutesJnrs. Watch the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Understanding HIV and AIDS risk and vulnerability

The HIV and AIDS programme works to reduce vulnerability to and impact of HIV and AIDS among the most “at risk” populations in Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu as well as Fiji and Tuvalu, with a special focus on children and women. Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

The Fiji OneMinutesJnrs

The Fiji OneMinutesJnrs. Watch the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.

Climate Change

How does climate change affect children in the Pacific and how will it affect them in the future?
Watch videos produced by young people showing the situations, challenges and opportunities facing children and youth in the pacific.