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Residents abandon hurricane-ravaged Barbuda

Publication date: September 11, 2017

A first hand account of the after effects of Hurricane Irma on the island of Barbuda, where the storm has left many of its 1,600 residents homeless and needing immediate assistance.

Hurricane Irma: Dispatches from the field

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: September 8, 2017

Two islands, two perspectives from UNICEF staff on the devastating effects that Hurricane Irma has caused for children and their families.

Danger every step of the way

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: September 8, 2017

Alone on the move to Europe, their friendship started when seven Gambian boys met while waiting to travel by boat from Libya to Italy. Referencing their journey, the boys named their crew “Do it or die”.

Preparing for Irma: UNICEF Haiti's team deployed at the frontline

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: September 7, 2017

UNICEF has started to deploy teams to the locations that will most likely be hit hardest once Irma reaches the Haitian shore.

Less than 11 months since Matthew, will Irma be kind to Haiti?

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: September 7, 2017

As Hurricane Irma wreaks havoc on Haiti in 2017, Victoria Maskell reflects on past and present efforts to save the lives of children living in the country.

Community Health Volunteers brave the heat and fighting to save lives in Yemen

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: September 4, 2017

Across the country, community health volunteers are going from house to house, knocking on doors and explaining to parents and children alike, what all they need to do to protect themselves from getting AWD and suspected cholera.

Building resilience and social cohesion for children in Jordan

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: August 31, 2017

Seven years of conflict in Syria have driven millions of Syrians into exile. More than 660,000 of them are in Jordan, and 51 per cent are under the age of 18. With access only to precarious employment, the refugees in Jordan hold on to the hope of returning to their country, but violence and instability in the region suggest that the situation will not improve any time soon.