聯合國兒童基金會呼籲籌集港幣172億元，幫助5,900萬名身在危難中的兒童 | 最新消息 | 訊息中心

聯合國兒童基金會呼籲籌集港幣172億元，幫助5,900萬名身在危難中的兒童

2014-02-21

日内瓦／香港，2014年2月21日 —— 联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）今天发出唿吁，筹集约港币172亿（22亿美元）善款，以在2014年向50个国家受暴力冲突、天灾及综合危急事件中的8,500万人，包括5,900万名儿童提供人道援助。

On 21 Feuary 2014, Ted Chaiban, UNICEF's Director of Emergency Programmes, speaks at the press iefing launching UNICEF's Launch of Humanitarian Action for Children 2014 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The appeal highlights the daily challenges faced by children in humanitarian crises, the support required to help them survive and thrive, and the results that are possible even in the most difficult circumstances. UNICEF appealed for almost US$2.2 billion to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance in 2014 to 85 million people, including 59 million children, who face conflict, natural disasters and other complex emergencies in 50 countries.

2014年2月21日，UNICEF紧急项目主任特德．柴班（Ted Chaiban）在瑞士日内瓦万国宫，就针对儿童的人道主义行动2014发表讲话。

「我刚从南苏丹回来，那里最近爆发的大规模冲突已夺去了数百万名无辜儿童的生命，令超过40万名儿童及其家庭无家可归、超过320万人需要人道援助。雨季即将来临，我们必需提早准备救援物资和加强基本服务。据此，我们需要筹募紧急援助基金，防止大灾难的爆发。」UNICEF紧急项目主任特德．柴班（Ted Chaiban）说。

「除了中非共和国及叙利亚有数百万名儿童受国内冲突影响外，南苏丹的儿童也正经歷冲突，迫切需要人道援助。目前，各新闻头条都重点报道这些形势复杂、资金不足的冲突与危机。但另一方面，世界各地还有很多国家和地区，局势亦都相当严峻，包括阿富汗、哥伦比亚、刚果民主共和国、缅甸、索马里、也门及其他UNICEF正发出紧急唿吁的国家，需要立即获得资金及紧急人道救援。」柴班说。

UNICEF《针对儿童的人道主义行动报告2014》揭露身处人道危机中的儿童每天面对的挑战，他们在生存和成长中所需要的支持，以及在最艰难的环境中，仍有望为这些儿童取得成果。

针对叙利亚及周边地区的需要，UNICEF正筹集约港币65亿（8.35亿美元）善款，提供疫苗接种、食水和个人衞生、教育和保护等援助；同时，加强社会凝聚力及建设和平，以建立一个更可持续发展的未来。

「儿童在危急事件中永远都是最脆弱的一群，他们更容易遭受暴力、剥削、疾病和忽视。」柴班说，「然而，只要有足够的支持，我们可以改善儿童的生活。UNICEF与合作伙伴正一起致力应对各种人道危机，包括非洲撒哈拉以南地区营养不良情况、也门安全饮用水和衞生设匮乏、海地爆发的霍乱、在阿富汗的袭击儿童事件，以及在安哥拉发生的旱灾。」

是次筹集得来的善款还会协助UNICEF与合作伙伴共同开展工作，通过加强国家应急系统及发展儿童和社区的抗逆力，增强社区未来应对冲突或自然灾害的能力。

On 15 December, (right) UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake administers a dose of oral polio vaccine to 2-month-old Winnoa Mae Oliva, who is being held by her mother, at the Rural Health Unit Office in the town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar Province, Eastern Visayas Region. Guiuan is among the areas worst affected by Typhoon Haiyan. UNICEF is working to re-establish the cold chain to deliver vaccines to more than 1 million children in typhoon-affected areas. In mid-December 2013, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visited the Philippines, where government-led recovery and relief operations continue in the wake of the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the country on 8 November. Some 14 million people including 4 million who are displaced have been affected by the storm, one of the strongest ever to make landfall. The storm (known locally as Yolanda) also destroyed homes, schools, hospitals, roads, communications and other basic infrastructure, and damaged power and water supply systems. Mr. Lake met with schoolchildren and with displaced people sheltering in an informal tent city and also participated in a mass national campaign to immunize typhoon- affected children against measles and polio. Children are also receiving vitamin A to help boost their immunity during the campaign, which is supported by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and other partners. Mr. Lake also visited a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space providing psychosocial assistance for children traumatized by the disaster and a UNICEF warehouse serving as a distribution hub for supplies to affected areas. UNICEF has appealed for US $61.5 million for its typhoon response including programmes in water, sanitation and hygiene, child protection, nutrition, health and education through May 2014.

2013年12月15日，UNICEF执行主任安东尼．雷克（右上）为两个月大的婴儿接种口服小儿麻痺疫苗。

2014年所筹集的善款将可巩固UNICEF 2013年的工作成果，包括：

• 为2,450万名儿童接种麻疹疫苗；

• 近2,000万人获得安全的饮用、煮食及生活用水；

• 270万名儿童获得接受改善教育的机会，包括正式和非正式的教育；

• 190万名患有严重急性营养不良的儿童获得治疗；

• 93.5万名儿童获得心理支持。

但是，一些国家如安哥拉、厄立特里亚、莱索托和马达加斯加，因为善款资金短缺、人道援助难以运送、局势动荡及救援运作环境险要，许多上述国家的人道需求尚未能满足。UNICEF现唿吁非特定项目或危急事件的公众捐款和支持，以助机构回应这些有极大人道需求，但仍未得到支持的危急事件。UNICEF亦会以创新方案解决及处理这些复杂事件，並在通常同时影响多国的大规模危急事件，加强救援及融合早期重建工作。

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