{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Nothing keeps me awake, everything keeps me going, with Peter Hawkins - UNICEF Representative in Yemen","description":"Every day, Peter Hawkins wakes up filled with determination to make a difference. As the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Yemen, he puts that boundless energy into helping young people survive one of the world\u2019s most intractable humanitarian crises. \u201cDespite serving in some of the most challenging and difficult places, I've been lucky,\u201d he says. \u201cI've loved my life. I have no regrets. Every day I wake up, I feel there's something I can do. There's things I enjoy. So nothing keeps me awake, everything keeps me going during the day.\u201d After a decade of conflict and collapse, a new generation of Yemenis are yearning for a better tomorrow: \u201cSo the children sit there in these classrooms with no walls, no floors, no desks, and learn, and they're proud about what they learn. And they come to me and say, \u2018Look, don't worry, we will continue to learn. But if you can give us desks, if you can fill up the walls and you can give us a floor and a blackboard, it will be even better.\u2019\u201d In this episode, Peter Hawkins reflects on the striking resilience of the people he serves, and shares how his upbringing in Ethiopia and service in Iraq taught him to never give up working for change. For him, the biggest challenge today is not so much about raising awareness, but about action. \u201cIt is so important to understand how one side of the world is so lucky and the other side of the world is still desperately poor, and how we bring those two together.\u201d https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/awake-at-night\/s11-peter-hawkins-nothing-keeps-me-awake-everything-keeps-me-going ","author_name":"Awake At Night","author_url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/awake-at-night","html":"