Press Releases

Venezuela migrant crisis: 1.1 million children across the region will need assistance in 2019, up from nearly half a million today – UNICEF

Publication date: April 5, 2019

As a result of the Venezuela migrant crisis, an estimated 1.1 million children – including children uprooted from Venezuela, as well as returnees and those living in host and transit communities – will need protection and access to basic services across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, UNICEF said today[1].

child standing in a UNICEF temporal rest tent in Rumichaca, Ecuador

Only quality education and an end to violence can offer hope and better opportunities for children in Honduras

Publication date: April 3, 2019

A child under the age of 18 dies from violence every day in Honduras. For a country not engaged in active warfare, this figure is staggering.

UNICEF Executive director Henrietta Fore with a boy in a school in Honduras

UNICEF Canada supports call for federal Commissioner for Children and Youth

Publication date: April 2, 2019

UNICEF Canada and One Youth welcome debate on Private Member’s Bill An Act respecting the Office of the Commissioner for Young Persons in Canada

Cyclone Idai - 900,000 cholera vaccine doses arrive in Beira, Mozambique

Publication date: April 2, 2019

Nearly 900,000 doses of the cholera vaccine, procured by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), arrived in Beira, Mozambique, on Tuesday afternoon and the vaccination campaign will begin imminently. The vaccines are funded by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance.

Cyclone Idai: More than 1.5 million children urgently need assistance across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe – UNICEF

Publication date: March 27, 2019

UN children’s agency launches US$122 million humanitarian appeal amidst worst disaster to hit southern Africa in decades

Cyclone Idai: Live-saving water supply for children and families restored in Beira, Mozambique

Publication date: March 26, 2019

One week after Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Mozambique, the water supply system is working again in the hard-hit city of Beira – a life-saving development for children and families still reeling from the storm.

1 million children affected by Cyclone Idai and subsequent floods in Mozambique, actual numbers feared much higher

Publication date: March 23, 2019

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore wraps up visit to affected area of Beira one week after Cyclone hit

Henrietta Fore visits devastated Mozambique

Cyclone Idai – UNICEF Canada appeals for donations to support increased humanitarian response for children caught in the disaster

Publication date: March 21, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of children urgently need humanitarian assistance after Cyclone Idai caused death and destruction in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. UNICEF Canada is calling on Canadians to make donations to support live-saving work in the three countries.

Cyclone Idai - UNICEF supplies arrive in flood affected areas, bringing relief to displaced families

Publication date: March 19, 2019

UNICEF supplies have begun arriving in areas affected by heavy rains and floods in southern Malawi, bringing a measure of relief to families living in evacuation centres. The supplies include thousands of packets of oral rehydration salts, antibiotics, and hundreds of insecticide-treated bednets.

Federal budget offers promising new investments in children in Canada and around the world