ABU DHABI -- April 25, 2007 -- UNICEF and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, together with delegates from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mauritania, and Sudan met this week to affirm their historic commitment to ending the use of children as camel jockeys and providing services and compensation to all children formerly involved in camel racing in the UAE...
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UNICEF -- ABU DHABI, September 19, 2006 -- "UNICEF applauds the UAE's vision and leadership in asking us all to enter into this partnership, with the needs and care for the children being the guiding concern," said Omar Abdi, UNICEF Regional Director of the Middle East...
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By Steve Nettleton -- MOHESHPUR, Bangladesh, September 18, 2006 - On a dry rice field that has been transformed into a football pitch, 13-year-old Rubel and his 11-year-old brother Shumon struggle to control the ball against their older and taller adversaries. The youths have recently returned, only to find that life in their hometown is no easier than the one they left behind...
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By Zafrin Chowdhury and Kun Li -- DHAKA, August 16, 2005 - A bus full of children is on its way to a shelter here in the Bangladeshi capital. The children, some as young as four years old, look tired and are unusually subdued. After spending years working as camel jockeys in the United Arab Emirates, they are home at last following an agreement between UNICEF and the UAE Government...
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