Is UNICEF helping in Madagascar?
provides conflict- and disaster-affected children with access to water, sanitation, nutrition, education, health and protection services.
What charity is helping Madagascar?
SEED Madagascar works directly with local partners to develop dynamic programs that help people in Madagascar. These programs include health education and school construction. Additionally, SEED Madagascar teaches residents technical skills and conducts environmental preservation research.
Where is Madagascar?
southern Africa
Madagascar, an island country located in the Indian ocean off the coast of southern Africa, is the fifth largest island in the world, with a land mass of 587,000 km² and 25.6 million inhabitants.
What is the UN doing to help Madagascar?
The United Nations team in Madagascar is helping authorities to address record-high food insecurity and surging severe acute malnutrition caused by droughts, sandstorms and caterpillar plagues in the south of the island. Authorities and the United Nations launched a flash appeal in January for nearly $76 million.
How much aid does Madagascar receive?
USAID Madagascar’s Country Profile In 2020, USAID’s assistance to Madagascar totaled $133.5 million, including $74.5 million for the health sector, where the United States is the largest single-country donor. In 2021 USAID’s assistance will rise to an estimated $179 million.
What does UNICEF do to help children?
Improved and equitable prevention of and response to exploitation of and violence against children in targeted provinces. UNICEF works to expand the use of integrated health services for children under five years old with emphasis on newborns. Join UNICEF in doing whatever it takes to save and protect the world’s most vulnerable children.
Who is the Executive Director of UNICEF?
Talk to our leading experts, available for commentary on child health, nutrition, protection, water, sanitation, and humanitarian crises. Learn more about Henrietta H. Fore, who became UNICEF’s 7th Executive Director on January 1, 2018.
How can I get in contact with UNICEF?
See UNICEF’s range media contacts, available as communications resources for press colleagues. Read about UNICEF’s position on current issues affecting children. Talk to our leading experts, available for commentary on child health, nutrition, protection, water, sanitation, and humanitarian crises.