Partner stories and reports from the field

Our partnership, mission, strategy, principles and research come together in our fieldwork, assisting the world’s most vulnerable children.

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  • Georgia
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All COUNTRIES
  • All COUNTRIES
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Indonesia
  • Mexico
  • Philippines

International lead and battery associations join protecting every child’s potential

New York, USA, 1 June 2022 – Four battery associations representing the entire lead battery value chain are joining the Protecting Every Child’s Potential (PECP) initiative, …

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Strategic partnerships to prevent children’s exposure to lead

22 March 2022, GREATER ACCRA – Akosua Mensah, a factory worker at a wet cell recycling plant in the Greater Accra, feeling out of breath, …

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Solving the Mystery of Widespread Lead Poisoning in Georgian Children

Tblisi, Georgia, 3 May 2022 – In 2019, the Republic of Georgia faced a childhood lead poisoning crisis. A national survey had revealed that 41% …

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Lead poisons 8 million children in Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia, 30 October 2021 – “We all need to strengthen our knowledge and understanding of the possible dangers of lead in paints used in …

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For every child, a safe environment

Accra, Ghana, 29 October 2021 – 5-year old Abena and 3-year-old Kofi accompany their mother when she comes to work. She earns a living as …

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Georgia now has a fully equipped chemical risk-factor research laboratory

Tblisi, Georgia, 13 July 2021 – UNICEF, with the support of the Clarios Foundation, has provided the National Centre of Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) …

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Identifying Childhood Lead Poisoning in the Philippines

Philippines, 29 June 2021 – Larah Ibañez was preparing a report on childhood lead poisoning for the government of the Philippines earlier this year when …

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Circle of Women: Creating safe spaces for innovation and health with traditional potters in Mexico

Mexico, 22 February, 2021 – Why are women’s circles important? Because as women, we spend our time caring for others. We take care of men, …

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