Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreaks in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more supply routes
Joint press release by WFP/UNICEF/WHO
Joint press release by WFP/UNICEF/WHO
UNICEF is the world’s farthest-reaching humanitarian organization for children. Across 190 countries and territories, and in the world’s toughest places, we work day in and day out to help children survive. To defend their rights. To keep them protected, healthy and educated. To give them a fair chance to fulfil their potential. Our work for every child relies entirely on voluntary support, including donations from generous Canadians.
More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon
The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable.
After many years of progress, the child poverty rate in Canada has moved in the wrong direction. In fact, the poverty rate rose more sharply for children than for the general population. Canada is now a middle performer among rich countries for its rate of child poverty.
Cash transfers – one of the most effective forms of humanitarian assistance - enable families to purchase essential items like food, water, and hygiene products.
UNICEF is supporting children in humanitarian crises, but more resources are desperately needed.
In less than two weeks, nearly 2,500 people, most of them women and children, have been newly displaced in capital Port-au-Prince.
Diminishing the harmful practices of FGM in Tula, the Sidama Region of Ethiopia
Continuing crisis in Syria compounds impact on vulnerable children and families
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