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UNICEF seeks $2.8B to help kids in world emergencies in 2016 UNICEF seeks $2.8B to help kids in world emergencies in 2016
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GENEVA — The U.N. children’s agency is launching a $2.8 billion appeal to help children in the midst of humanitarian emergencies across the world this year. GENEVA — The U.N. children’s agency is launching a $2.8 billion appeal to help children caught up in humanitarian emergencies this year.
UNICEF director of emergency programs in Geneva Sikander Khan says about one-quarter of that appeal aims to go for education, which the agency considers a “life-saving measure for children” at a time when war has shuttered many schools. UNICEF Geneva’s director of emergency programs, Sikander Khan, says about a quarter of that appeal will target education, which the agency considers a “life-saving measure for children” when war has shuttered many schools.
The appeal is part of a broader funding drive by the U.N. humanitarian agency that targets 76 million people in 63 countries. The appeal is part of a broader funding drive led by the U.N. humanitarian agency, OCHA, which targets 76 million people in 63 countries.
The largest single chunk of UNICEF’s appeal — $1.16 billion — is targeted for Syria and countries including Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan that have taken in millions of refugees from Syria’s war. The appeal hopes to help some 5 million Syrian children inside and outside Syria. The largest single chunk of UNICEF’s appeal — $1.16 billion — targets Syria and neighboring countries that have taken in millions of refugees from Syria’s war. The appeal hopes to help some 6.7 million Syrian children inside and outside Syria, including 5 million who would receive educational support.
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