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Celebrate World Water Day with children around the world

Publication date: March 22, 2022

World Water Day is March 22. This is a day to acknowledge the right to water as a life-saving necessity. Find out more about the importance of safe water for children.

UNICEF dispatches emergency supplies to support children in Ukraine

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: March 4, 2022

Humanitarian needs are escalating rapidly for Ukraine’s children. UNICEF and partners are working around the clock to ensure they get desperately needed support.

How to talk to your children about conflict and war

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: March 3, 2022

8 tips to support and comfort your children

Life “over there”

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: February 12, 2022

Children who were previously associated with armed groups describe the terrible war happening in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In Somaliland, a school program helps to integrate children with disabilities

Posted by: Guest Author

Publication date: January 21, 2022

In partnership with the Government of Canada, UNICEF Canada supports the education of girls with disabilities in 65 schools in Somaliland through the UNDaunted program.

Students work on an in-class exercise at Darwish Primary School in Garowe, Somalia.

Building Back Better: Stories of Success from 2021

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: December 16, 2021

As we close out 2021 – UNICEF’s 75th year of working to defend every child’s right to a childhood – we look back on some of our success stories from the past year.

A young girl holds her UNICEF-supplied backpack.

Giving With Care: Top 5 Gifts That Give Back for 2021

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: December 9, 2021

With the holiday season fast approaching, UNICEF Canada is proud to present our annual gift guide, so you can get everyone in your life a gift that really gives back.

A mother and daughter hug outside their home.

Oxygen Plant in a Box: Innovating COVID-19 Response

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: December 1, 2021

To meet the rapidly escalating needs of countries in providing medical grade oxygen for COVID-19 patients, UNICEF has developed an innovative Oxygen Plant-in-a Box package, to help increase oxygen producing capacity at hospitals and health clinics.