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📜 What is the CRC? The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty. It protects every child’s right to survive, grow, learn and be heard—wherever they are. Syria joined in 1993, and the CRC guides everything UNICEF does. 🌱 As we count down to 20 November, we’re unpacking children’s rights—and inviting ages 6–24 to show these rights through art in the Blue Seed Art Contest. Participate with: 📸 A photo 🎨 A drawing/painting 🖥️ Digital art ⚠️Original work only—no AI ⚠️ 👉 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/ecsf4XgN  ℹ️ Know your rights: #ForEveryChild, all the rights #BlueSeed #CRC #ArtContest #DYK_CRC

With the support of the #Global Partnership_for_Education and #UNICEF, and in partnership with the @Directorate_of_Education_in_Tartous, the newly rehabilitated Dweir Al-Sheikh Saad School[HB1]  has reopened - offering a safer, more inclusive, and child-friendly space for learning.    🏫 28 classrooms 👧👦 2,300 students enrolled in two shifts ♿️ Accessible for children with disabilities 🚿 Clean, child-friendly toilets and handwashing stations ☀️ Solare-powered facilities   This school is more than a building — it's a place of #hope, #learning, and #opportunity.   Together, we’re working so every child can access to quality education in a safe and supportive space.   #ForEveryChild, #education. 💙   📷 Courtesy of the Tartous Governor's Office and the Syrian Arab News Agency - SANA Meritxell Relaño Arana UN in Syria Global Partnership for Education

🌱💙 The Blue Seed Art Contest is LIVE! This World Children’s Day (20 Nov), we’re handing the mic to children and young people across Syria. Show us—in a photo, drawing/painting, or digital illustration—how children’s rights help every “blue seed” learn, be safe, be heard, and thrive.   Who can join? Ages 6–24   What to submit? 📸Photography 🎨 Drawing/Painting 🖥️Digital art Themes/Rights: Education & Skills |Health & Nutrition |Protection |Clean Climate & Safe Water |Right to Play| Right to Express & Be Heard. Deadline: 10 November 2025 (11:59 pm) 👉 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/ecsf4XgN ℹ️ Know your rights! Let’s plant rights and grow futures—one artwork at a time. 🌱✨ #BlueSeed #WorldChildrensDay #ForEveryChild #UNICEF #Syria #ArtContest

📚 Bridging the gap: #Education for every child   In #Aleppo and across #Syria, #UNICEF is helping returnee families and #children with disabilities enrol in inclusive schools—because every child has the right to learn.   Through school visits and community outreach, UNICEF-supported workers are making it easier for parents to understand registeration steps and find inclusive learning opportunities for their chidlren.   🔗 Read the full story:  https://shorturl.at/qfYvi Meritxell Relaño Arana UN in Syria

As the national vaccination campaign continues across Syria, led by the Ministry of Health, and in partnership with UNICEF and WHO, and support from The Vaccine Alliance – GAVI, targeted efforts are in place to reach even the most remote communities.   Yesterday, the UNICEF Deputy Representative, Ministry of Health Expanded Programme Immunization (EPI) Manager and the Health Director in Rural Damascus conducted a supervisory visit to the campaign in Rural Damascus.   This visit reaffirmed that joint efforts are essential to ensure every child is protected from measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases.   UNICEF commends the tireless dedication of health workers on the ground.   #VaccinesWork #MeaslesVaccination #UNICEF #HealthForAll #ForEveryChild #Syria  Meritxell Relaño Arana UN in Syria Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

🚨 No child should suffer from a preventable disease.   Under the leadership of the @Ministry of Health, and with #UNICEF support through funding from @Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a national immunization campaign is under way in Syria’s coastal region from 12-23 October 2025.   The goal: to reach 200,000 #children under five by: ✅ Vaccinating those who missed previous doses ✅ Protecting children from measles through timely immunization   Every child - wherever they live - has the right to health and protection. 💉👶   #ForEveryChild, #vaccines Meritxell Relaño Arana Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance UN in Syria

Building gender-inclusive immunization 💉   Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, and with support from GAVI, the vaccine alliance, #UNICEF trained 47 health professionals from #Aleppo and #Idleb through two intensive Training of Trainers sessions, equipping them to make immunization programmes more gender-responsive and inclusive for every child.   Participants gained the skills to identify and address gender barriers, integrate gender into immunization planning, and train others in their communities and across #Syria to promote equitable access to vaccines #ForEveryChild. Meritxell Relaño Arana UN in Syria Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

“I dream that when my daughter Raja’a grows up, she’ll join UNICEF to help rebuild Syria,” Noura says, when me met her in Al Yamama clinic that is supported by UNICEF. Noura, 27, brought her daughter Raja’a for health and nutrition screening after her older child recovered from malnutrition at the same clinic. “I wanted to be sure she’s healthy,” Noura says. With funding from the Government of U.S and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UNICEF and UNFPA are supporting mothers and children to access essential health and nutrition care and treatment. Every mother’s hope is every child’s right to grow, to thrive, and to dream. Meritxell Relaño Arana UN in Syria Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

National #immunization catch-up & #measles campaign kicks off across #Syria! Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, and in cooperation with UNICEF and WHO, and with funding from The Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, a nationwide campaign is underway from 12-23 October 2025 to protect every child under 5 from vaccine preventable disease. 🎯 The campaign aims to reach 3.2 million children under the age of 5 years through: - Catch up on zero-dose and defaulter #children. - Protect against measles through vaccination. Together, we’re ensuring that no child is left behind in accessing life-saving vaccines. 💙 #ForEveryChild #VaccinesWork #HealthForAll Meritxell Relaño Arana UNICEF Middle East and North Africa