Children

UNICEF: At Least One Child Is Killed Daily in Lebanon

UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell raised the alarm on Thursday about the growing number of casualties among children in the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel. “Since October 4th of this year, at least one child in Lebanon has been killed and ten injured daily,” Russell said in a statement. The war is impacting thousands ...

Talking About War with Your Children: A Necessity, Not an Option

War has taken hold of our country, and it seems likely to go on, with its devastating consequences both collectively and individually. Our environment is saturated with the rumble of bombings, shell explosions, sonic booms and other terrifying sounds.  Everyone, whether near or far from the war zones, is experiencing the exhausting effects of ...

UNICEF: The Unrelenting Toll of Lebanon’s Crisis on Children

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations agency dedicated to improving and promoting the status of children. Every six months, UNICEF looks at Lebanese socio-economic indicators and reports on the reality of the families that the agency monitors. This is Beirut met with Edouard Beigbeder, the representative of UNICEF in ...