– The UNICEF has made a pledge to spend $3.3 billion on malnourished children, especially arising from conflicts and crises
– Among the countries targeted is Nigeria whose north-eastern part has been ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is spending a whopping $3.3 billion on about 48 million children living in areas affected by conflicts in 2017.
Nigeria, Syria and Yemen are some of the affected countries.
UNICEF says children are often most hit by conflicts and crises
According to the organisation’s Humanitarian Action for Children, the agency’s appeal for the amount has been set with the goal of providing children with access to safe water, nutrition, education, health and protection in 48 countries across the globe.
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Manuel Fontaine, the director of emergency programmes at UNICEF, says children are more affected by conflicts and other crises as they are forced out of their homes and exposed to violence, disease and exploitation.
According to him, an estimated 7.5 million children will face severe acute malnutrition in some of the countries under review.
“From Syria to Yemen and Iraq, from South Sudan to Nigeria, children are under direct attack, their homes, schools and communities in ruins, their hopes and futures hanging in the balance. In total, almost one in four of the world’s children live in a country affected by conflict or disaster,” said on the organisation’s website.
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He noted that malnutrition remains a silent threat to millions of children in the world and that its damage cannot be reversed
“In its worst form, severe malnutrition can be deadly,” he said.
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