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A group of boys displaced by violence in South Sudan, playing in a UNICEF-supported child friendly space.
UNICEF/Brian Sokol

UN-backed report urges greater violence-prevention efforts for Africa’s children

11 February 2015
African girls and boys continue to be subjected to distressing levels of physical, sexual and emotional violence despite the significant legal and policy measures adopted throughout the region, according to a new United Nations-backed report.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham meets child survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
UNICEF/Per-Anders Pettersson

UNICEF, David Beckham launch new initiative to boost funding for world’s children

9 February 2015
International football icon and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador, David Beckham, today announced his latest fundraising initiative, launched in tandem with the UN agency and aimed at boosting assistance for the world’s youth, amid the planet’s worsening humanitarian crises.