Press Releases

UNICEF responds to Sierra Leone mudslide as more than 100 children reported dead

Publication date: August 17, 2017

UNICEF is on the ground urgently responding to the needs of displaced families affected by the flooding and landslides in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown which have killed several hundred people including at least 109 children, according to government sources. The death-toll is expected to rise, with over 600 people, including many children, still unaccounted for.

My Cat Makes Me Happy: New UNICEF Canada report reveals Canada’s kids say health and belonging most important to their well-being

Publication date: August 8, 2017

A new UNICEF Canada report released today highlights what Canada’s youth consider critical to their well-being. Among the insights, holistic health and a sense of belonging top the list.

“Nothing can justify terrible acts of abuse against women and children in Kasai”: UNICEF

Publication date: August 7, 2017

Statement attributable to Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa

Clooney Foundation for Justice Partners with UNICEF to Open Seven Public Schools to Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon

Publication date: July 31, 2017

With support from Google.org and HP Inc., the Clooney Foundation for Justice's $2.25 million partnership and $1 million technology grant will enroll thousands of currently out-of-school refugees in formal education and provide additional support for Lebanese and Syrian children in public schools across Lebanon.

850,000 children displaced by violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile Kasai region

Publication date: July 28, 2017

More than one million people have been forced from their homes by waves of violent conflict in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – making the region one of the largest displacement crises in the world for children, UNICEF said today.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen

Publication date: July 26, 2017

“As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) – we have travelled together to Yemen to see for ourselves the scale of this humanitarian crisis and to step up our combined efforts to help the people of Yemen.

Abused, exploited and abandoned Children caught up in violence in Mosul and conflicts in the region need immediate care and protection

Publication date: July 22, 2017

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

Children increasingly targeted in Central African Republic violence

Publication date: July 18, 2017

Growing reports of child rights violations amid renewed fighting: UNICEF

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo meets Syrian and Lebanese youth in refugee settlements

Publication date: July 18, 2017

“Supporting the hopes of children and young people has never been more important”

Lilly Singh appointed UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador

Publication date: July 15, 2017

Actress, comedian, and author, Lilly Singh was appointed UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador at a special event today in New Delhi. Lilly, who is known by her digital alias Superwoman, was in India to meet children and young people being supported by UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organization.