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Thoughts before Matthew

It is Sunday 2 PM local time. I am in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, waiting. Together with 10 million people. Waiting for the impact of yet another burden on the already heavily loaded shoulders of this amazing country.

Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty, says joint World Bank Group – UNICEF study

Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF. Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children finds that in 2013 19.5 per cent of children in developing countries were living in households that survived on an average of US$1.90 a day or less per person, compared to just 9.2 per cent of adults. Globally, almost 385 million children were living in extreme poverty.

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban concludes visit to Eastern DR Congo, emphasizes humanitarian situation now at a tipping point

UNICEF official highlights the growing concerns for safeguarding children’s rights and protection of civilians amidst worsening humanitarian crisis and calls for urgent action to reinforce diplomatic and long-term solutions to eastern DR Congo.

Nehema holds her daughter Queen, aged 2, after the girl's consultation at the mobile clinic set up by UNICEF and the Red Cross at the Lushagala site for displaced people, in North Kivu province, DR Congo, on 20 February 2024.

The 25th Team – A Promise to Save Children’s Lives

Children and Youth in Care: Writing Their Own Life Stories

Children in care often face additional barriers during their journey of growth and development, and it’s important to recognize when they successfully overcome those challenges - on Children and Youth in Care Day and every day.

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Child migration through the Darien Gap up 40 per cent so far this year

UNICEF estimates 160,000 children could cross the route this year, up 34 per cent from 113,000 in 2023

On 5 February 2020, Romeu Mauricio and his son, Jetfro, 3, cross through the Darien Gap jungle dividing Colombia and Panama.

Seven years after forced mass displacement of Rohingya from Myanmar, deadly attacks on children continue in Rakhine State

Seven years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled violence and persecution in Myanmar, conflict continues to intensify in Rakhine State.

Noor Karima, 10, lives in Camp 24 in the Leda Rohingya refugee camps in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, and studies in fourth grade at the learning centre. She and her other friends are upset because their classes are close due to Cyclone Mocha.

Investing in Our Future: A Case for Paid Parental Leave for Every Child

“Parental leave” - a period of adequately paid, sufficient time dedicated to infant care-giving and care-receiving -- is a fundamental policy that helps achieve the best start in life. UNICEF calls parental leave, child-focused income benefits and access to high quality childcare the “family-friendly” policy trifecta.