Emergency | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

Emergency is one of UNICEF’s main programs. On this page, you will find more information about current and past UNICEF projects, child stories and ways you can get involved.

Jordan’s learning centres help children caught in conflict get back to school

One of my strongest memories from this seemingly endless war is of a young Syrian refugee girl I met in Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq – 12 years old and three years out of school – who had forgotten how to read. What kind of hope could there be for a society that, in this day and age, could let children lose their education?

UNICEF Jordan’s Makani centres reach the most vulnerable children

“Our village was so tiny, so far away and so unimportant that we thought the war would never reach us.” Hassan gave a sad shrug. “We were wrong.”

Race against time to save millions of lives in Yemen

The continuing violence in Yemen is fueling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly seven million people not knowing where their next meal will come from and in desperate need of food assistance.

Seven inspirational stories about mothers from around the world

Wherever they are, mothers will do anything for their children. At UNICEF, we witness it every day while we work to help children and their families survive and thrive. For Mother’s Day, be inspired by some of those short stories about mothers who do everything they can to keep their children safe, healthy and happy.

2017 Top 10 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas That Give Back

If you still don’t have an idea what to get for Mother’s Day but want to gift something truly unique, look no further.

A two-sided reality for children trapped in Madaya

It has been over 100 days since people in the four besieged Syrian towns of Madaya, Zabadani in Rural Damascus and Kefraya and Al-Foah in northern rural Idleb, received any humanitarian assistance. Provision of aid to the 60,000 people who have been trapped under a years-long siege in these towns is restricted by the “Four-town agreement,” an arrangement that further complicates humanitarian operations. On 14 March 2017, UNICEF was part of an inter-agency convoy to the area and delivered much needed nutrition and medical supplies for 30,000 people in the four towns.

How Syria's Children Endure — Saja Tells Her Story

Meet Saja, 13. She lost her leg in a bomb attack more than two years ago in the Bab Al-Nairab neighborhood in Eastern Aleppo. Her brother was killed in another attack. After being displaced several times, she and her family have settled in the partially destroyed Al-Ashrafieh neighborhood in western Aleppo.

How Aleppo's orphans find a place to call home

What happens when you lose a parent in Syria?

5 things to know about children and famine

Children can’t wait. Famine, drought and armed conflict are devastating lives and futures

Another war in Yemen: The fight against malnutrition and disease

One-year-old Khawla Mohammed lies on the bed in Al-Sabeen Hospital in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a with a tube running through her nose. She is suffering from malnutrition and is also battling a chest infection which has affected her breathing.

Category: Emergency

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