HAITI - On 24 January, Haitian aid workers and UNICEF and World Food Programme staff prepare to distribute relief supplies in the Pinchinat camp for people displaced by the earthquake, on a football pitch in the city of Jacmel. Supplies include bedding, water jugs, kitchen items and mosquito bed nets. Several UNICEF staff members wear T-shirts bearing the UNICEF logo. In a joint rapid response, UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) are providing a daily hot meal for the estimated 5,000 people living in the camp. Assisted by MINUSTAH, the two agencies are also providing safe water in the camp. Some 34,000 people in Jacmel have been affected by the quake.On 24 January 2010 in Haiti, humanitarian assistance for survivors of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on 12 January continues to improve as capacity and logistical constraints are addressed. The quakes epicentre was only 17 kilometres from Port-au-Prince, the capital, and needs remain great. Quake aftershocks on 20 and 23 January caused further damage, especially in the town of Petit Goave. Unaccompanied children who have lost or been separated from their families are among the most vulnerable. Revised estimates by the Government report that more than 112,000 people were killed during the quake and 1.5 million have been left homeless. In Port-au-Prince, estimated numbers of people living in makeshift shelters range from 370,000800,000, despite the recent exodus of as many as 235,000 from the devastated city. Major government and private infrastructure have been destroyed or heavily damaged, including hospitals, water, sanitation and electrical systems, and telecommunications, banks and transportation networks. United Nations and UNICEF buildings and residences were also hit, and UN staff and peacekeepers with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) are missing and more than 50 are confirmed to have died. MINUSTAH, totalling 7,000 peacekeepers and 2,000 police, have relocated their logistics base close to the airport to better coordinate incoming international relief assistance. The UN Consolidated Flash Appeal for the Haiti earthquake emergency requests US $575 million for relief and recovery for the next six months. UNICEFs portion of the appeal is US $127.9 million and UNICEF is the lead coordinating agency for education, child protection, nutrition and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene). Working with the Government, other UN agencies, international and local NGOs and private partners, UNICEF is distributing safe water and equipment and health and shelter supplies, and establishing child feeding centres for children under age five. UNICEF is also working with partners to establish safe spaces for unaccompanied children and implementing procedures to identify, register and help reunite them with their families. Support has also been given to the Government to monitor children who are departing the country, to ensure that proper documentation and permissions are in place. This latest catastrophe exacerbates Haitis already critical humanitarian situation. An estimated 46 per cent of its nearly 10 million inhabitants are under age 18, and more than 78 per cent of the population lives on less than US $2.00 a day.

Misija Unicefa na Haitiu. Foto: Unicef

Zaradi zmanjšanja sredstev je ogroženo šolanje 6 milijonov otrok

Zaradi globalnih rezov v uradno razvojno pomoč se do konca prihodnjega leta morda po svetu ne bo moglo šolati še dodatnih šest milijonov otrok, od katerih jih tretjina živi na kriznih žariščih, je danes opozoril Sklad ZN za otroke (Unicef).

03. 09. 2025, 13.12
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Unicef izpostavlja, da naj bi se po napovedih uradna razvojna pomoč za izobraževanje v letu 2026 zmanjšala za 3,2 milijarde dolarjev. Pri tem je kar 80 odstotkov sredstev vezanih zgolj na tri države donatorke - ZDA, Nemčijo in Francijo, so sporočili iz Unicefa Slovenija.

Število otrok, ki ne obiskujejo šole, bi se zaradi tega po ocenah Unicefa na globalni ravni povečalo za šest milijonov, in sicer z 272 na 278 milijonov, kar pomeni zmanjšanje za 2 odstotka. To je toliko otrok, kot jih je v osnovnih šolah v Nemčiji in Italiji skupaj.

V Unicefu ocenjujejo, da bosta najbolj prizadeti Zahodna in Srednja Afrika, kjer je kar 1,9 milijona otrok v nevarnosti, da bodo izgubili dostop do vseh stopenj izobraževanja. Na Bližnjem vzhodu in v Severni Afriki bi lahko bilo takšnih 1,4 milijona otrok. Najbolj ogroženi sta Slonokoščena obala in Mali.

Verjetno bo najbolj prizadeto osnovnošolsko izobraževanje, saj se bo financiranje teh programov zmanjšalo za tretjino, so opozorili. Na kriznih območjih pa bi se financiranje zmanjšalo za najmanj deset odstotkov nacionalnega proračuna za izobraževanje.

Še posebej so zaskrbljeni za države, ki se soočajo s humanitarno krizo, kot so Haiti, Somalija in Palestina. Skrbi jih tudi vpliv na izobraževanje deklet, saj pričakujejo zmanjšanje subvencij za šolnine in sredstev za gradnjo ločenih stranišč.

"Vsak dolar, ki ga iztrgamo izobraževanju, ni le proračunska odločitev, temveč grožnja za prihodnost otrok," je ob tem izpostavila izvršna direktorica Unicefa Catherine Russell. Zlasti v kriznih žariščih je namreč izobraževanje pogosto rešilna bilka, ki otrokom omogoča dostop do osnovnih storitev, kot so zdravstvo, zaščita in prehrana. Nudi jim tudi najboljšo priložnost, da se rešijo iz revščine in zgradijo boljše življenje, je poudarila.

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