Nearly 600 million children will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 – UNICEF

Nearly 600 million children – or one in four children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UNICEF report released on World Water Day.

Water is a family affair

For millions of people around the globe, water, sanitation and hygiene conditions have improved. Still, in 2015, 663 million people are using unsafe drinking water. VII Photo’s Ashley Gilbertson photographed in seven countries for UNICEF, making portraits of families and their daily water use. As part of World Water Day, we present some of these portraits.

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director, deploring continued attacks on children in Syria

As another round of peace talks starts in Geneva today, we are appalled that children throughout Syria continue to come under attack.

World must act now to save lives in Somalia, U.N. agencies warn

As a devastating drought grips Somalia, UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that only a massive and immediate scale-up of humanitarian assistance can help the country avoid falling into another catastrophe.

Cholera vaccination campaign begins in Somalia

Mass vaccination campaign will target over 450,000 people to halt cholera outbreak

How Aleppo's orphans find a place to call home

What happens when you lose a parent in Syria?

Another war in Yemen: The fight against malnutrition and disease

One-year-old Khawla Mohammed lies on the bed in Al-Sabeen Hospital in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a with a tube running through her nose. She is suffering from malnutrition and is also battling a chest infection which has affected her breathing.

Poverty, hunger and disease cripple childhood in Yemen as war completes two years

– As the conflict in Yemen enters its third year, families’ coping mechanisms are being stretched to their limit, risking a total collapse in resilience. According to a new UNICEF report “Falling through the Cracks”, more than 17 million people – or 65 per cent of the population – are sinking deeper into vulnerability, poverty and insecurity. The poorest country in the Middle East, and one of the poorest countries in the world, is facing an economic, social and humanitarian crisis as never before.

UNICEF statement on killing of aid workers in South Sudan

All of us at UNICEF are shocked by the senseless killing of staff belonging to our partner organization, the Grassroots Empowerment and Development Organization. The humanitarian workers were travelling in a car that was clearly marked as belonging to a non–governmental organization.

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