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Traveller of the Week: Louis Oliveros in Paris
Louis Oliveros is continuing our series of Traveller of the Week, this time with a visit to the City of Love, or the City of Light, or - as he calls it - la Cité de la Lumière’. In his travelogue, Louis shares the the many facets and the beauty of Paris. Click here to follow Louis and his walk to the many monuments, museums and surprising sights of Paris.
From Your Editors
The situation in Afghanistan continues to dominate the news, almost every hour of the day. We do receive a lot of links to news articles our readers found on the internet, and we do publish most of those sent to us. It is difficult to track the events, and we have too many articles to recommend a particular story. You can click here to get all articles relevant to Afghanistan, in one place. Or simply check our blog xunicefnewsandviews.blogspot.com every day to see what is new.
As if we had not had enough bad news, the bubonic plague seems to be back, in DRC. All this on top of the pandemic, and the different local emergencies around the world. Keep on checking our blog every now and then to see what is important to the XUNICEF community.
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Our bibliography of UNICEF Authors has been quietly growing. Keep on checking - the bibliography can also be found in the right sidebar of our website. If you do not see the sidebar, click on the three horizontal lines (called the 'hamburger' by the geeks) in the top right corner, and it will open.
Colleagues
Missing You - George Hla
Missing You - Roslyn Gibson
John Sparkes will be the new Executive Director of UNICEF UK
And here a piece of good news: Nils Kastberg is going to get married.
Last Call for Contributions
This will complement our series of newsletters, where our March Quarterly covered the first 25 years (1946-1972), and our June Quarterly the second 25 years (1972-1996). There still is time to contribute to the kaleidoscope of events, stories, efforts, trials and errors and achievments that made UNICEF to what it is ´today. Feel free to contact the editors at xunicef.news.views@gmail.com in case of any question, or if you would like to discuss a possible contribution.
Also note, that Sarah Winfield from the UNICEF Division of Communication has asked XUNICEF members to help finding stories built around people in countries where UNICEF has worked, who are 'giving back to their community' in important ways - leaders, health professionals, human rights activists, educators. Her email is swinfield@unicef.org.
UNICEF@75
Tom McDermott had planned to wrap up his series about the role of UNICEF in the Biafran War. Because of the turn of events, Tom takes a look at the early days of UNICEF in Afghanistan. Documentation of those days has been scarce, but read A Little History and A Short Detour from Biafra to Afganistan to learn about the situation and the challenges more than 60 years ago. We are sure, this piece will trigger many more memories, and perhaps also encourage other readers to send in their contributions about their work and life in Afghanistan.
Lighter Stuff
Our Columns and Our Columnists
Fouad Kronfol - Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp - Getting to be Fifty
Nuzhat Shahzadi - Up Close and Personal - Camp Trincomalee
Ramesh Shrestha - Today and Tomorrow - An Idea of Happiness
Clusters
Academics Cluster - will meet on September 1st at 9 a.m. NY time. For more information contact Mary Racelis.
Gender Cluster - plans to meet on September 21st at 9 a.m. NY time. For more information contact Niloufar Pourzand.
Violence against Children Cluster - met on August 27th. The cluster will meet again on September 16th at 10 a.m. NY time.
The Week Ahead
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