Tag: unicef
Life 17.10.23 | 14:18

UNICEF emphasizes that education plays a pivotal role in breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty

On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which falls on October 17, UNICEF stressed the importance of Macedonia raising its investments in education. Currently, these investments lag significantly behind the EU average concerning their proportion of Gross Domestic Product....

Macedonia 13.04.22 | 17:06

UNICEF representative calls for a quick end to the school strike

Patricia DiGiovanni, the UNICEF representative in Macedonia, called on the teachers’ union and the Government to come to some compromise over the school strike, that is in its third day. She warned that long delays in the school year will negatively affect the children. Workers in the education...

Macedonia 16.01.20 | 15:50

Mizrahi – Di Giovanni: Promotion and protection of children’s rights is top priority

Reforms to promote and protect the rights and well-being of children in the country and the process of deinstitutionalization are the topics discussed at today’s meeting of Labor and Social Policy Minister Rasela Mizrahi with UNICEF representative to Macedonia, Patrizia Di Giovanni. The meeting...

Sport 22.11.19 | 12:47

Pogba writes to Jane Velkovski: So proud of you my friend

Manchester United player Paul Pogba sent out a message to Jane Velkovski, after the young boy spoke at the UNICEF World Children’s Day event in the United Nations to raise awareness of the needs of children with disabilities. So proud of you my friend!, Pogba wrote to Jane. While in New York, Jane...

Macedonia 20.11.19 | 22:41

Jane Velkovski spoke at the United Nations

Jane Velkovski, an 11 year old boy from Macedonia who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy spoke at the UNICEF World Children’s Day event in the United Nations, where he also met with David Beckham and Millie Bobby Brown. Since I was very young my parents taught me I can do everything other children...