Press Releases

UNICEF intensifies efforts after second earthquake in Mexico

Publication date: September 20, 2017

UNICEF Mexico has stepped up its efforts to support children following the second earthquake that hit the country in less than two weeks.

UNICEF welcomes Canada’s assistance in response to Rohingya crisis

Publication date: September 15, 2017

UNICEF Canada has responded to today’s announcement by Minister of International Development and La Francophone Marie-Claude Bibeau of $2.55 million in funding to help scale up the humanitarian response to the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and displaced persons in Bangladesh. UNICEF Canada’s Chief Program Officer, Meg French, provided the following response:

DR Congo: Children’s access to education under threat from ongoing violence in Kasai region

Publication date: September 15, 2017

A large campaign to get 150,000 primary school-aged children back to the classroom has kicked off in the volatile Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following months of clashes between militias and security forces that have displaced thousands of families and left 850,000 children without access to essential services like education and healthcare.

UNICEF emergency supplies for Rohingya children en route to Cox’s Bazar

Publication date: September 14, 2017

UNICEF trucks filled with emergency water, sanitation and hygiene supplies for thousands of Rohingya children are headed to Cox’s Bazar, with a steady stream of supplies in the pipeline for the coming days and weeks.

More than 2.4 million children in need of humanitarian assistance after Irma's devastating passage through Caribbean

Publication date: September 13, 2017

UNICEF ramping up delivery of lifesaving services and supplies to stave off disease outbreaks

Up to three quarters of children and youth face abuse, exploitation and trafficking on Mediterranean migration routes – UNICEF, IOM

Publication date: September 11, 2017

Children from sub-Saharan Africa targeted more than any other group, pointing to impact of discrimination and racism

One in five children across the Middle East and North Africa needs humanitarian aid

Publication date: September 11, 2017

Over 90 per cent are in conflict-affected countries- UNICEF New Analysis

More than 10 million children live in countries threatened by Hurricane Irma

Publication date: September 7, 2017

More than 10.5 million children live in the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned today. Based on the storm's current trajectory, children in the islands of the Eastern Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba are at risk, including over three million under five years old. UNICEF is concerned that hundreds of thousands of children could suffer the worst effects of the storm, with those living in coastal zones at highest risk.

Nearly zero progress in reducing the global out-of-school rate over the past decade – UNICEF

Publication date: September 5, 2017

With 11.5 per cent of school-age children – or 123 million – missing out on learning today, compared to 12.8 per cent – or 135 million – in 2007, the percentage of six to 15 year olds who are out of school has barely decreased in the last decade, UNICEF said today.

Back-to-school a time to sound the alarm on Canada’s kids: UNICEF