Only 2.4 percent of key global climate funds can be classified as supporting child-responsive activities, a new report by Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition; Plan International, Save the Children, and UNICEF. They said children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis. They argued that every child […]
Zaidi ya watoto milioni saba walio chini ya umri wa miaka mitano wamesalia na utapiamlo na wanahitaji msaada wa haraka wa lishe, na zaidi ya wavulana na wasichana milioni 1.9 wako katika hatari ya kufariki kutokana na utapiamlo mkali . Jamii zilizo katika mazingira magumu zimepoteza ng’ombe, mazao, na maisha mengi katika kipindi cha miaka […]
A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a United States public organization, shows that climate change has dire physical and mental health implications for children. They include elevated rates of respiratory diseases, organ failure, seizures, and increased infection rates, For instance, the organization says, children cannot regulate their body temperature as efficiently as […]
More than 7 million children under the age of 5 in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are currently malnourished and are in need of urgent nutrition support according to UNICEF. In addition over 1.9 million children are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. This has been occasioned by the drought that has been termed as […]
Rais wa Kenya, William Ruto, aita wito wa Nchi zote Afrika, katika kuungana mkono ili kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa. Mataifa maskini, hasa yaliyomo barani Afrika, yameathiriwa vibaya na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa, huku ikizidisha ukame na mafuriko. Rais William Ruto amesema kwamba, sasa ni wakati muafaka kwa Afrika kukabiliana na mabadiliko […]
Msururu wa migogoro iliyounganishwa inatarajiwa kuwa na athari kubwa kwa watoto mwaka wa 2023. Ripoti kutoka shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la kuhudumia watoto (UNICEF), iliyotolewa Jumanne, inaeleza kwa kina mielekeo ambayo itabadilisha maisha yao katika kipindi cha miezi 12 ijayo. Ripoti hiyo, “Matarajio ya Watoto Mwaka 2023: Mtazamo wa Ulimwenguni”, pia inaangalia anuwai ya maeneo mengine […]
Shirika la misaada la MSF limeripoti ongezeko la asilimia 33 ya wagonjwa wenye utapiamlo katika eneo kubwa la Dadaab baada ya watu kufurika kutoka Somalia iliyokumbwa na ukame. Utapiamlo miongoni mwa watoto umeongezeka, hasa katika mojawapo ya kambi kubwa zaidi za wakimbizi duniani mwaka uliopita huku wasiwasi ukiongezeka kutokana na hali mbaya zaidi katika eneo […]
Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa bado yanaendelea kuwa mwiba mchungu katika maeneo tofauti tofauti ya Kenya. Taita Taveta ni miongoni mwa Kaunti ambazo zinakubwa na athari hizi za mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa. Ukosefu wa maji na chakula kutokana na kukauka kwa vyanzo vya maji katika Kaunti hiyo, kumewalazimisha wakaazi wa eneo hilo kusafiri kwa […]
Zaidi ya watoto milioni 3.5 nchini Kenya wako kwenye hatari ya kukosa kuenda shule wakati zitakapofunguliwa kwa muhula wa kwanza hapo Januari mwaka ujao kwa sababu ya ukame unaoendelea, shirika la misaada ya kibinadamu la Save the Children limesema. Utafiti wa 2021 wa Global Out of School Children Initiative ulibaini kuwa kuna zaidi ya […]
Almost half of young people in Africa have reconsidered having children due to climate change according to results from a UNICEF U-Report poll of 243,512 worldwide respondents. Globally, 2 in 5 young people said the impacts of climate change have made them reconsider their desire to start a family. The U-Report poll received responses from […]