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A triple threat of water-related crises is endangering the lives of 190 million children - UNICEF

As world leaders prepare to attend the historic UN Water Conference, UNICEF calls for urgent investment in climate-resilient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services to protect children

Children gathering water in the village of Naaba Guegma, in the Northern region of Burkina Faso.

In wake of Cyclone Freddy, amid disruption to critical services, cholera surges in Mozambique

One week after Cyclone Freddy made landfall for a second time in Mozambique, creating severe disruption to critical services, the threat of cholera is growing rapidly for children and families.

March 13, 2023. A group of children walks through a flooded street after Cyclone Freddy passes through Quelimane on March 11.

More than 10 million people, including children, living in Pakistan’s flood-affected areas still lack access to safe drinking water - UNICEF

Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas remain deprived of safe drinking water, leaving families with no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden water.

Nafisa (6) drinking water from a community handpump.

UNICEF calls on de facto authorities to allow girls to return to secondary school in Afghanistan immediately

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the start of the new school year in Afghanistan

8 years of crushing conflict in Yemen leave more than 11 million children in need of humanitarian assistance

More than 540,000 children under the age of five suffering life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, with one child continuing to die every 10 minutes from preventable causes

Children in a classroom for the ECHO funded UNICEF's catch-up classes programme in one of the IDP camp in Marib, Yemen.

UNICEF supports 26 oxygen plants and sends over 4,000 oxygen concentrators, and other critical supplies as India continues to grapple with COVID-19

UNICEF continues its emergency support to India’s COVID-19 pandemic response by providing additional lifesaving supplies.

Officials from UNICEF Bihar office present at Fatuha Warehouse, monitoring the unloading of the life-saving medical helps.

Love My Neighbour: Providing Support to Countries In Need

COVID-19 isn’t over for any of us, until it’s over for all of us. That’s why Canadian faith communities are raising funds to help increase equitable access and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines through the Love My Neighbour campaign.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors join 28 high-profile UNICEF supporters to urge G7 countries to donate COVID-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries

Ahead of G7 leaders summit this weekend, UNICEF Ambassadors and Supporters publish joint letter urging G7 leaders to commit to sharing at least 20 per cent of available Covid-19 vaccine doses.

Launch of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Goma, North Kivu province, with the vaccines received through the COVAX initiative.

Parents say the pandemic has introduced new mental health challenges in their children

A new poll shows 62 per cent of parents say the pandemic has worsened the mental health challenges of their children, and 48 per cent say it has even introduced new mental health challenges where none previously existed. The survey, commissioned by the Inspiring Healthy Futures initiative and conducted by Abacus Data, also shows the majority of parents expect longer-term residual effects of the pandemic on their children’s mental health, even after it ends.

Child playfully thrown in the air by mother

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

UNICEF and The International Labour Organization warn 9 million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic