UNICEF launched yesterday an appeal for 1.28 billion US dollars to fund its humanitarian operations in 2012, assisting children in more than 25 countries, including South Sudan.
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Rima Salah said while much of the world’s attention focuses on the humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa, the international community must not forget those in the many long-standing emergencies around the globe, the silent emergencies.The UNICEF’s 2012 Humanitarian Action for Children report describes the daily situation of some of the world’s most vulnerable children and women caught up in emergencies across the world and the funding required to meet their needs.
It also notes the needs of children and their families displaced by violence stemming from the November 2010 elections in Cote d’Ivoire and the independence of South Sudan from the Republic of the Sudan.