Unicef needs $2.8b to assist children worldwide, while in Nigeria one man diverted $2.1b meant for arms acquisition. A huge sum that would have been used to better the lives of Nigerians... Pure Evil!!!
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday in New York
appealed for 2.8 billion dollars in aid to assist 43 million children
living in humanitarian crises worldwide.
Afshan Khan, UNICEF’s Director of Emergency Programmes, said that a
large portion of the appeal would go toward funding education.
He said one-fourth of the appeal would be used to educate children in
emergencies and to get 5 million Syrian children living in and outside
the country into schools.
Khan said the number of children living in humanitarian crises with
access to schools from 4.9 million at the beginning of last year to 8.2
million this year.
“Education is a life-saving measure for children, providing them with
the opportunity to learn and play, amidst the carnage of gunfire and
grenades. UNICEF noted that its current appeal had doubled what it was
just three years ago.
“Today, one in nine children worldwide lives in a conflict zone.”
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