Solar refrigerators
were donated by UNICEF so that children can receive vaccinations (Kaalu, 2017).
I did not realize that something as a normal refrigerator could be influential
in boosting immunization rates. It makes total sense that the vaccines must be
maintained at a certain temperature. Prior to UNICEF donating the solar powered
refrigerators, vaccines were kept on ice-lined refrigerators.
NIGERIAN
CHILDREN’S DAY
I was surprised to learn
about the Nigerian Children’s Day. Nigerian Children’s Day is a day UNICEF
calls for an end to violence against children and adoption of Child Rights Acts
in all states (Abuja, 2017). Millions
of Nigerian children experience some type of physical, emotional or sexual
violence. By the time a child turns 18,
they have experienced some form of abuse (National Population Commission,
2014). Child Rights Act in 2003 was implemented by Nigeria to control
the international Convention on the Rights of the Child (Abuja, 2017). So far,
State-wide Child Rights Acts have been passed in 24 of the Nigeria’s 36 states.
Water Sanitation
Water
sanitation in Nigeria. Children who wanted a simple drink of water had to run
all the way home. Because they had to go home to get a quick drink, many of the
children would not come back to school. UNICEF provided the funds so that
children could have access to clean drinking water (Kaalu, 2017). What a
concept; clean drinking water. Many of the children in Flint, MI are living
without clean drinking water. Children attending school increased by 30% since
adding the clean water pump (Kaalu, 2017).
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Kaalu, S. (2017). Provision
of water by the EU helps more children to learn at a school in northern
Hi Delores,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this information! It sounds like UNICEF is doing a lot of important work to help the children in Nigeria. It is true that access to clean, safe water is something that people struggle with in many different places, including in Flint, Michigan. I was interested to read the correlation between access to water and school attendance, and how more children are willing to attend school due to access to clean water. In most places in the US, people take water fountains for granted and don't think about clean water issues on a daily basis.
~Deb
Reading these blogs this week, has brought so much sadness in my heart. As I have said before, some children in the United States don’t know how good they have it. It’s sad the Nigerian children have to send their Children’s say rallying to end violence against children and adoption of Children rights. They should be sending their day having fun. It’s sad that the United States haven’t made much effort in trying to get Flint, MI water. I feel like they can do more than they claim. The people and Flint probably can feel exactly what the people of Nigeria is going through. It’s just sad.
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Hi Delores,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing educating us about Nigeria. I am not surprised about some parts of their country has no access to a refrigerator. I was in a outreach mission many years ago in the Philippines and the island we went to didn't have access to electricity. They bought ice from the closest developed island that had electricity. The water issue, I remember my parents would always remind me and my siblings to conserve/save water because children and families from Africa had to walk miles to get some and at times there was no water at all.
Dulce