UNICEF calls for more funding to support projects in NW, SW.

The presser which marked visits to some of its projects sites, brought together members of the media from the two English-speaking regions. 

During the press briefing, UNICEF presented several projects it has carried out in the North West and South West regions.

Perrault revealed that since 2018, UNICEF has carried out some key interventions including the construction and rehabilitation of water supply systems, boreholes, gravity water supply schemes and solar water supply schemes.

Nadine Perrault laying foundation stone for children centre in Ekange village

It has also constructed and rehabilitated latrines in schools, health centres, markets and the distribution of latrine kits and slaps to households without toilets.

The UN agency has been distributing critical water, sanitation and hygiene, WASH, supplies to vulnerable persons and dignity kits to adolescent girls directly and through its partners. 

This has contributed to the fight against diseases affecting children, as well as other vulnerable groups.

The press briefing was marked by field visits to different UNICEF project sites. Nadine Perrault and her team visited the Think Alive Teenage Club at Mile 14, Dibanda, where UNICE,  in collaboration with the local NGO, trains single mothers with some basic skills needed to be able to raise income. 

She handed over a modern water tank in Mutengene, Tiko Subdivision, providing clean water for hundreds of denizens, constructed by UNICEF. 

While in Limbe, she visited Government Bilingual Primary School Mile II, Limbe, one of the schools where 1,500 school kits were offered to children affected by the floods and the Medicalised health centre, Down Beach Limbe, where UNICEF provided laboratory equipment following floods that affected the institution.

Nadine Perrault addressing students

In Tiko Town, the UNICEF team visited Ekange Camp, where the UN agency, with one of its partners, is building a safe space for children not able to go to school, but also to be able to learn and play without stress. 

At the end of her visit to each of the institutions, the UNICEF Representative appealed on the beneficiaries to take ownership of the different projects to ensure they can serve them for a reasonable period.

While noting that UNICEF has done a lot thanks to its partners like ECHO, the humanitarian arm of the European Union, she appealed for more donors to increase the scope of its activities to impact more lives in the two regions. 

UNICEF is working in over 190 countries and territories with the goal of protecting and defending children’s rights and enabling them live fulfilled lives.