Press Releases

Indonesia: UNICEF is responding to the needs of the thousands of children affected by the Sulawesi tsunami – needs Canadians’ help urgently

Publication date: October 1, 2018

Three days after the earthquake that shook the island of Sulawesi and the devastating tsunami that swept through Palu City, UNICEF says the situation for tens of thousands of children remains extremely precarious in the days ahead.

UNICEF teams up with Ebola survivors to help stop spread of deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: September 28, 2018

Recent survivors of the Ebola virus and UNICEF are partnering to help prevent further transmission of the deadly disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

UNICEF announces new partnership with Microsoft to address education crisis affecting displaced and refugee children and young people

Publication date: September 26, 2018

UNICEF launched today a new partnership with Microsoft Corp. to tackle the education crisis impacting children and young people affected by conflict and natural disasters, and to provide them with protection services.

UNICEF Canada and Teck partner to save the lives of children in India

Publication date: September 25, 2018

UNICEF Canada and Teck Resources Limited (Teck) today announced that Teck has committed to invest an additional CAD$2.5 million to support life-saving zinc and oral rehydration salt (ORS) treatments for children in India over the next five years.

Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, speaks at the launch of Generation Unlimited

Publication date: September 24, 2018

Remarks from Henrietta H.Fore, UNICEF Executive Director at the launch of Generation Unlimited at the United Nations General Assembly.

World leaders unite under new initiative to provide quality education and training for young people

Publication date: September 21, 2018

World leaders will launch a new partnership to get every young person into quality education, training or employment by 2030, next week at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. Generation Unlimited will tackle the global education and training crisis currently holding back millions of young people and threatening progress and stability.

More than 104 million children and young people – 1 in 3 – are out of school in countries affected by war or natural disasters – UNICEF

Publication date: September 19, 2018

Adolescents in emergency countries face grim future, with 2 in 5 youth aged 15 to 17 years-old never completing primary school

A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world – UN report

Publication date: September 18, 2018

An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group.

UNICEF concerned for children at risk, stands ready to support government response to Super Typhoon Mangkhut / Ompong

Publication date: September 14, 2018

With Super-Typhoon Mangkhut (local name Ompong) expected to make landfall in Northern Luzon on Saturday, at least 5 million Filipinos are facing threats strong winds, heavy rains, flooding, landslides, displacement and risk loss to life, home, livelihood and agriculture. Nearly half of them are children.

A year after the hurricanes – In the Caribbean, UNICEF works on developing resilience in children and communities on islands affected by hurricanes

Publication date: September 12, 2018

A year after two category 5 hurricanes caused destruction across parts of the Caribbean, most children in the affected countries are now back in school and have access to the services they need, thanks to the efforts of UNICEF and partners.