I-UNICEF ithe izimpi ezikhungethe isifunda sase-MENA zisho ukuthi ingane eyodwa kweziyisihlanu idinga usizo oluphuthumayo.
Izingane ezindaweni ezingqubuzana nazo woza ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa “ngesilinganiso esishaqisayo” kuyo yonke i-2017, i-UNICEF ixwayise, nezingane zase-Iraq, eSyria naseYemen phakathi kwalabo abathinteke kakhulu.
"Izingane zihlaselwa futhi zibhekene nodlame olunonya emakhaya azo, ezikoleni nasezinkundleni zokudlala," kusho uManuel Fontaine, umqondisi we-UNICEF wezinhlelo eziphuthumayo, esitatimendeni. “Njengoba lokhu kuhlasela kuqhubeka unyaka nonyaka, asikwazi ukuba ndikindiki. Unya olunjalo ngeke lube yinto entsha evamile.”
E-Yemen, izinsuku ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 zokulwa zishiye okungenani izingane ezingu-5,000 zishonile noma zalimala nezingane ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-11 ezidinga usizo lobuntu. Izingane ezingaba ngu-385,000 azingondleki kakhulu futhi zisengozini yokufa uma kungenjalo ngokushesha.
Impi iphinde yanqamula ukugeleza kwezinsiza ezibalulekile ezibhedlela ezilwela ukubhekana nesifo sekholera esingakaze sibonwe iUNICEF. wathi ithelela ingane eyodwa njalo ngemizuzwana engama-35.
E-Syria, cishe izingane eziyizigidi eziyisithupha zidinga usizo lobuntu, cishe ingxenye eyodwa iphoqeleka ukuba ibaleke emakhaya, kanti e-Iraq izimpi ezinzima phakathi kweqembu le-Islamic State kanye namasosha aphansi ase-Iraq asekelwa ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okuholwa yi-US kusho ukuthi izingane eziyizigidi ezinhlanu. ukuntula amanzi ahlanzekile, ukuthuthwa kwendle, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nezimo ezivikelekile zokuhlala.
E-Iraq naseSyria, kubikwa ukuthi izingane zisetshenziswe njengezihlangu zabantu, zivalelwe ngaphansi kokuvinjezelwa, ziqondiswe ngabadubuli futhi ziphila ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu nobudlova. Ukudlwengula, ukushada ngenkani, ukuthunjwa kanye nokugqilazwa sekuyinto yempilo kwabaningi e-Iraq, Syria naseYemen.
Ngokusho ukuze kuhlaziywe yi-UNICEF kusukela ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, cishe ingane eyodwa kweziyisihlanu eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNyakatho Afrika idinga usizo oluphuthumayo ngenxa yezimpi eziqhubekayo esifundeni sonke.
Kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, izingane ezibanjwe ezingxabanweni zaseMyanmar, eSouth Sudan, e-Ukraine, eSomalia nase-sub-Saharan Africa seziphenduke “izisulu zomugqa ongaphambili”, zisetshenziswa njengezihlangu zabantu, zabulawa, zagogeka futhi zabuthwa ukulwa nezidlamlilo.
I-UNICEF, uphiko lwezingane lweNhlangano Yezizwe, lunxuse amaqembu alwayo ukuthi ahloniphe umthetho wamazwe omhlaba owenzelwe ukuvikela labo abasengozini enkulu.
