UNICEF donates over 50,000 USD to children affected by floods in Botswana


GABORONE, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday provided 700,000 pula (about 50,772 U.S. dollars) in emergency aid to Botswana's Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education to help vulnerable children affected by the recent floods.

The UN agency has heeded the government's plea to develop child-centered interventions and responses to flooding, said Joan Matji, UNICEF's country representative to Botswana, during the donation ceremony in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.

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