NEWS: A young Haitian earthquake survivor uses art to cope with disaster

A young Haitian earthquake survivor uses art to cope with disaster

NEW YORK, USA, 22 January 2010 – Until their home was destroyed in last week’s earthquake, Bruno Rene, 18, lived with his mother in the southern Haitian port city of Jacmel. Since then, Bruno, an aspiring artist, has been working on art projects to cope with the impact of the disaster.

Bruno spoke with UNICEF Radio by phone from Jacmel, describing his experience during the earthquake and in its aftermath.

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When the quake struck on 12 January, Bruno was in the street. He heard a loud noise but didn’t understand what was going on, and then he fell. A man passed by and told him it was an earthquake. When he looked up, he saw that all the houses around him were destroyed – including his own.

“Everyone was crying,” he recalls.

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ARTICLES: Alfred’s story: Youth journalist reports on early marriage in Southern Sudan

Alfred's story: Youth journalist reports on early marriage in Southern Sudan

In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – a landmark international agreement on the basic human rights of all children – UNICEF is featuring a series of stories about progress made and challenges that remain. Here is one of those stories.

JUBA, Southern Sudan, 24 July 2009 – As Alfred Malish, now 14, has grown up, he has noticed an alarming thing happening around him: His female classmates are leaving school early to get married.

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Early marriage still happens with some regularity in Sudan, most often for girls, who are sometimes as young as 12 when they're married off. Marriage at such an early age can be an obstacle to further education; it can also result in complications should the girl become pregnant before her body is adequately developed.

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NEWS / PROJECTS / AUDIO: ‘The Youth Times’ newspaper speaks volumes for Palestinian teenagers (MIDDLE EAST)

'The Youth Times' newspaper speaks volumes for Palestinian teenagers

NEW YORK, USA, 25 June 2009 – Although much of the news from the Occupied Palestinian Territory is focused on violence and conflict, there is different, yet just as important, reporting happening on the ground in the region – reporting from a distinctly youth perspective.

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'The Youth Times', a project of the Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA), is a monthly 24-page newspaper published in Arabic and English by young people, for young people. It is the only Palestinian newspaper for youth that is distributed throughout the territory.

Through a comprehensive training program, 'The Youth Times' develops young people aged 14 to 25 into leaders while providing both Palestinian and international audiences with vital stories that speak across borders.

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