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Lebanon’s crisis stretches families’ coping ability to breaking point – UNICEF

Publication date: June 20, 2023

Families in Lebanon are barely able to meet their most basic needs despite cutting down drastically on expenses according to a new survey by UNICEF.

On 1 September 2020, Kevin, 8 years old, left, with his mother Nadida Kayyal Bakli and brother at the UNICEF's children friendly space (CFS) at the Karantina public garden in Beirut, Lebanon.

WFP and UNICEF Executive Directors visit Haiti to galvanize international support amid record humanitarian needs

Publication date: June 20, 2023

Unprecedented hunger and malnutrition threaten lives across the country

On 20 June 2023, students stand together during a visit by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain to a UNICEF- and WFP-supported school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Over one million children newly displaced in two months as Sudan faces escalating conflict

Publication date: June 15, 2023

More than 5 million children in Darfur region at grave risk as humanitarian situation deteriorates in Sudan

Over one million children newly displaced in two months as Sudan faces escalating conflict

Nearly 3 million children need support in Haiti – highest number on record

Publication date: June 15, 2023

Children in extreme jeopardy amid shocking levels of violence, malnutrition and poverty

Children come from school in little village in Grand'Anse, Haiti (1 March,photo by Duples Plymouth).

The loss of children’s lives in the Mediterranean is an atrocity that will haunt these shores for years to come – UNICEF

Publication date: June 15, 2023

Statement by UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe a.i. Philippe Cori

The loss of children’s lives in the Mediterranean is an atrocity that will haunt these shores for years to come

Number of displaced children reaches new high of 43.3 million

Publication date: June 14, 2023

The mounting number highlights a global failure to address the drivers of displacement and provide long-term solutions for children on the move, UNICEF warns ahead of World Refugee Day

Children and families queue in front of a UNICEF mobile clinic in northeast Syria.

Hundreds of vulnerable children safely relocated from Khartoum orphanage

Publication date: June 7, 2023

297 children have been safely relocated from Mygoma orphanage in Khartoum, Sudan to a transit centre in a safer location in the country.

Hundreds of vulnerable children safely relocated from Khartoum orphanage

Escalating needs of children drive UNICEF’s biggest-ever procurement of life-saving supplies

Publication date: June 7, 2023

In 2022, UNICEF procured US$7.383 billion in goods and services to reach children living through conflict, war, climate-related disasters and food insecurity

The students of Warkak's accelerated learning center in Daikundi Province walk home together over the dusty hills.

More than 300,000 grave violations against children in conflict verified worldwide in past 18 years - UNICEF

Publication date: June 5, 2023

At least 120,000 children killed or maimed by wars around the world across continents since 2005, an average of almost 20 a day

More than 300,000 grave violations against children in conflict verified worldwide in past 18 years - UNICEF

UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing note on the impact of flooding in Somalia on children and families and UNICEF’s response

Publication date: May 30, 2023

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Somalia Representative, Wafaa Saeed, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

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Lebanon’s crisis stretches families’ coping ability to breaking point – UNICEF

WFP and UNICEF Executive Directors visit Haiti to galvanize international support amid record humanitarian needs

Over one million children newly displaced in two months as Sudan faces escalating conflict

Nearly 3 million children need support in Haiti – highest number on record

The loss of children’s lives in the Mediterranean is an atrocity that will haunt these shores for years to come – UNICEF

Number of displaced children reaches new high of 43.3 million

Hundreds of vulnerable children safely relocated from Khartoum orphanage

Escalating needs of children drive UNICEF’s biggest-ever procurement of life-saving supplies

More than 300,000 grave violations against children in conflict verified worldwide in past 18 years - UNICEF

UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing note on the impact of flooding in Somalia on children and families and UNICEF’s response

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