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unicef: The Prince of Wales Visits UNICEF Refugee Camp AMMAN, 13 March 2013 – In the week that marks two years since the crisis in Syria began, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited a refugee camp in Jordan to meet families who have fled the fighting. The King Abdullah Park camp, just 15 km from the Syrian border, is sheltering 921 people, 529 of whom are children under 18. They are currently receiving assistance from UNICEF, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme. During their visit, Their Royal Highnesses spent time with families in the camp, hearing for themselves about the profound distress that they have been through and the extreme challenges that many now face as they start a new attempt to survive and look after their children. The Royal couple were shown around the camp by UNICEF and UNHCR, who support the Jordanian government to assist the families.  Their Royal Highnesses visited a children’s space and met children who had fled Syria with their families.  The Duchess of Cornwall was introduced to children at the centre, who told her that they were drawing pictures of things they are missing from home, like their gardens.  Her Royal Highness was told that this kind of activity helps children deal with the severe trauma that many have experienced before they fled their country to escape the conflict. In essence, they learn to reconnect and become children again. UNICEF Representative Dominique Hyde explained to the party that 250 children from the camp are transported every day to a Jordanian state school in a nearby town. The children told Her Royal Highness that it makes them happy to be able to go to school again. Dominique then described to Their Royal Highnesses how UNICEF helps children in the camps on a daily basis. She said: “After all the violence they have witnessed and all the stress they have been through, UNICEF is providing the children of Syria with vital support ranging from safe drinking water, essential vaccines and nutrition, to education, clothing and protection. In this camp alone we are helping more than 250 children to get back into school and reconnect with their childhood. Across Jordan, we support the education of nearly 40,000 children. We hugely welcome the visit of Their Royal Highnesses and thank them both for shining a spotlight on our work, alongside that of the Jordanian Government and all our partners. We also hope that the world’s attention continues to focus on this crisis and that we can receive the support we desperately need to continue our vital and lifesaving work.” To date, UNICEF’s appeal for children affected by Syria is less than 20 per cent funded. This chronic lack of funding is threatening to leave many Syrian children without essential assistance. Unless an 80 per cent funding gap is bridged UNICEF will be forced to scale back on even lifesaving interventions including water provision. To learn more about the situation in Syria and how UNICEF is getting involved, please visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/syriancrisis_67185.html Photo credit: © UNICEF/Chris Tidey Photo caption: Prince Charles spends time in a Child Friendly Space run by UNICEF and Save the Children, and meets children who had fled the conflict and are now being helped to recover from the extreme trauma they have experienced.

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The Prince of Wales Visits UNICEF Refugee Camp

AMMAN, 13 March 2013 – In the week that marks two years since the crisis in Syria began, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visited a refugee camp in Jordan to meet families who have fled the fighting.

The King Abdullah Park camp, just 15 km from the Syrian border, is sheltering 921 people, 529 of whom are children under 18. They are currently receiving assistance from UNICEF, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme.

During their visit, Their Royal Highnesses spent time with families in the camp, hearing for themselves about the profound distress that they have been through and the extreme challenges that many now face as they start a new attempt to survive and look after their children.

The Royal couple were shown around the camp by UNICEF and UNHCR, who support the Jordanian government to assist the families.  Their Royal Highnesses visited a children’s space and met children who had fled Syria with their families. 

The Duchess of Cornwall was introduced to children at the centre, who told her that they were drawing pictures of things they are missing from home, like their gardens.  Her Royal Highness was told that this kind of activity helps children deal with the severe trauma that many have experienced before they fled their country to escape the conflict. In essence, they learn to reconnect and become children again.

UNICEF Representative Dominique Hyde explained to the party that 250 children from the camp are transported every day to a Jordanian state school in a nearby town. The children told Her Royal Highness that it makes them happy to be able to go to school again.

Dominique then described to Their Royal Highnesses how UNICEF helps children in the camps on a daily basis. She said: “After all the violence they have witnessed and all the stress they have been through, UNICEF is providing the children of Syria with vital support ranging from safe drinking water, essential vaccines and nutrition, to education, clothing and protection.

In this camp alone we are helping more than 250 children to get back into school and reconnect with their childhood. Across Jordan, we support the education of nearly 40,000 children. We hugely welcome the visit of Their Royal Highnesses and thank them both for shining a spotlight on our work, alongside that of the Jordanian Government and all our partners. We also hope that the world’s attention continues to focus on this crisis and that we can receive the support we desperately need to continue our vital and lifesaving work.”

To date, UNICEF’s appeal for children affected by Syria is less than 20 per cent funded. This chronic lack of funding is threatening to leave many Syrian children without essential assistance. Unless an 80 per cent funding gap is bridged UNICEF will be forced to scale back on even lifesaving interventions including water provision.

To learn more about the situation in Syria and how UNICEF is getting involved, please visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/syriancrisis_67185.html

Photo credit: © UNICEF/Chris Tidey

Photo caption: Prince Charles spends time in a Child Friendly Space run by UNICEF and Save the Children, and meets children who had fled the conflict and are now being helped to recover from the extreme trauma they have experienced.

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breakingnews: Obama calls for equality for women, gays in inaugural address In his second inaugural address, U.S. President Barack Obama urged the nation to make sure that women were paid equally to men and that gay men and lesbians were treated equally under the law.“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” he said.Obama also vowed to respond to the threat of climate change, to maintain economic vitality, to protect the poor and to defend the country’s people through “strength of arms and rule of law.” Read more from The New York Times. Read the full text of Obama’s inaugural speech from NBC News. More on today’s inaugural events on BreakingNews.com.Photo: President Barack Obama takes the oath of office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the Capitol on Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images)

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Obama calls for equality for women, gays in inaugural address

In his second inaugural address, U.S. President Barack Obama urged the nation to make sure that women were paid equally to men and that gay men and lesbians were treated equally under the law.

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” he said.

Obama also vowed to respond to the threat of climate change, to maintain economic vitality, to protect the poor and to defend the country’s people through “strength of arms and rule of law.” Read more from The New York Times.

Read the full text of Obama’s inaugural speech from NBC News.

More on today’s inaugural events on BreakingNews.com.

Photo: President Barack Obama takes the oath of office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the Capitol on Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images)

life: On MLK Day, five decades after the March on Washington, LIFE.com presents pictures — many of which never ran in LIFE magazine — celebrating the people who transformed a rally into an era-defining event. *** Were you, or was someone you know, at the March on Washington in 1963? If you have any photos from the event that you’d like to offer for possible inclusion in a special online gallery about the landmark event, please send lo-res JPEGs here, or contact us for details on how to contribute. Not originally published in LIFE, but printed elsewhere in the years since. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.

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On MLK Day, five decades after the March on Washington, LIFE.com presents pictures — many of which never ran in LIFE magazine — celebrating the people who transformed a rally into an era-defining event.

*** Were you, or was someone you know, at the March on Washington in 1963? If you have any photos from the event that you’d like to offer for possible inclusion in a special online gallery about the landmark event, please send lo-res JPEGs here, or contact us for details on how to contribute.

Not originally published in LIFE, but printed elsewhere in the years since. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.

breakingnews: ‘Lincoln’ leads 2013 Oscars with 12 nominations JUST IN: Civil War film “Lincoln” received 12 Academy Award nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones, AP reports. Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” received 11 nominations. The Academy Awards ceremony will be held Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “Family Guy” creator and “Ted” director and star Seth MacFarlane is this year’s host. More on this year’s nominees on BreakingNews.com.Photo: David James, Smpsp / DreamWorks Pictures

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‘Lincoln’ leads 2013 Oscars with 12 nominations

JUST IN: Civil War film “Lincoln” received 12 Academy Award nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones, AP reports.

Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” received 11 nominations. The Academy Awards ceremony will be held Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “Family Guy” creator and “Ted” director and star Seth MacFarlane is this year’s host.

More on this year’s nominees on BreakingNews.com.

Photo: David James, Smpsp / DreamWorks Pictures