UNICEF Pacific

Join us! Evaluation Specialist 👉 https://uni.cf/3WaZqD1 Consultancy opportunities: Nutrition Governance (institutional framework) Consultant for Republic of Marshall Islands and Tonga (4 months): https://uni.cf/3XUmAi7 Long Term Agreement for Engagement of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Consultants in Pacific Island Countries: https://uni.cf/4eJFv5r Construction Site Engineering Consultant to Provide Roving Technical Supervision and Monitoring Support to Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu & Kiribati: https://uni.cf/3VOVJBv Construction Site Engineering Consultant to provide Technical Supervision and Monitoring Support to Kiribati: https://uni.cf/45Rbr3y Individual Long-Term Agreement (LTA) for Supply and Logistics Consultant with UNICEF Pacific: https://uni.cf/45U5eEf Long Term Agreement for engagement of Individual Consultants for Cold Chain Equipment Maintenance Strategy Development, Temperature monitoring studies in Pacific Island Countries: https://uni.cf/45Orq2x National Consultant - Fiji Digital Health Coordination: https://uni.cf/3Wcj3th Consultant to Strengthen Community Health Program in 4 provinces in Vanuatu: https://uni.cf/3W89nB8 Climate Change and ECD; Development of Technical Guidance and Action Plan to Operationalize Action Point 10 of the Pasifika Call to Action on Early Childhood Development (ECD): https://uni.cf/3VQ6jrS Family Violence (GBV and Child Protection) (International Consultant), Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia: https://uni.cf/3zskk7N

Children thrive when they feel safe, loved and nurtured.  Families, parents and caregivers play a central role in the wellbeing and development of their children. They offer identity, love, care, provision and protection to children and adolescents, as well as economic security and stability.  UNICEF is calling on Pacific governments to scale up parenting programmes, including for caregivers who are left with children when parents migrate for work. #ForEveryChild, a safe childhood 💙

Climate change is changing children. This is how 👉 https://uni.cf/48vn9RY #ClimateAction

Updated data is key to informed decision making and timely interventions for well-being of women and children. Vanuatu officially launched the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Key Indicators Report to assist the government and development partners monitor progress towards SDGs and national goals. Supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, UNICEF partnered with Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics, UNFPA Pacific and Pacific Community-SPC to ensure that quality data is made available for decision-making.

“It ripped off our house roof, so we had to move to another family’s home when the storm was very strong in the night,” Jessy vividly remembers #TCLola. Jessy was in Grade 2 when the island was hit by category 5 Tropical Cyclone Lola that ravaged Vanuatu. To help children recover, UNICEF with support from EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid, partnered with the Oceania Football Confederation to roll out the Just Play programme in Vanuatu. It promotes learning through play, integrating messages of health, gender equality, social inclusion, safeguarding, and physical activity through active and fun participation in football. Read more 👇

Protecting your child online also helps protect them offline. Discover expert advice on how you can protect their privacy in a digital world 👉 https://uni.cf/4cgDlYF

Don’t you just love fresh coconut? Vitamins and minerals are the building blocks of healthy brains, bones and bodies. UNICEF is working with governments and partners to expand nutrition services and improve children's access to a wider variety of healthy foods. Together, we can end child food poverty and create a brighter future for children across the world. #ForEveryChild, nutrition.

The power of play goes beyond having fun and learning. It helps build your child’s mental health – and yours too! Here’s how 👇 #EarlyMomentsMatter

Every child deserves a healthy and sustainable planet. Year 6 students of Taaken Bairiki Primary School and Rurubao Primary School led a beach clean-up campaign in Kiribati to mark #WorldOceansDay - a joint initiative by UNICEF and the Kiribati Environment and Conservation Division. As part of the campaign, students also advocated on the importance of keeping the ocean and beaches clean.

Availability of sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is essential to quality of care, and infection prevention and control (IPC) in health care facilities. Thanks to Japan - The Government of Japan, UNICEF handed improved WASH services to the Vanuatu Ministry of Health to boost healthcare services at Mele Health Centre. Prior to this upgrade, there was no reliable running water available within wards at the health centre. This undermined the ability of handwashing and proper hygiene practices by the health care workers at the point of care. Together with WASH services, supplies including cleaning materials have been handed over to strengthen IPC within the health centre. The collaboration also includes the procurement of cold chain equipment.