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UNICEF welcomes G7 leaders’ commitments to donate COVID vaccine doses, calls for accelerated timetable

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Bangladesh receives its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility led by directed by Gavi, CEPI, WHO and UNICEF on 31 May 2021

Statement by UNICEF Canada’s President and CEO David Morley on Canada’s G7 COVID-19 vaccine announcement

To overcome acute shortages and saves lives currently at risk, Canada’s donations must come through rapidly and at scale.

Statement by UNICEF Canada’s President and CEO David Morley on Canada’s G7 COVID-19 vaccine commitment

Canada’s G7 commitment to education welcome – but investment fails to reflect growing global need

UNICEF Canada welcomes Prime Minister Trudeau’s commitment to tackling the global learning crisis and addressing the stalled progress for education exacerbated by COVID-19.

Haiti: about 8,500 women and children displaced by ‘urban guerrilla’ in two weeks

Gang violence hinders humanitarian assistance amidst COVID-19 upsurge

A child in Tabarre Issa, Port-au-Pince, Haiti, on 25 May 2021.

I Am Not a Victim - I am a Changemaker!

Anojitha Sivaskaran is an internally displaced person who grew up facing the hardships of Sri Lanka’s civil war. She has directly experienced food shortages, insecurity, injustice, and inadequate shelter, but continues to fight for sustainable peace and quality education. In her blog, Anojitha talks about the importance of including young people in order to make transformational change both locally and globally.

Affordable, quality childcare inaccessible in many of world’s wealthiest countries, including Canada

According to a new UNICEF report, Canada ranks 22nd on childcare, parental leave among 41 OECD and EU countries

Toddler being held by his father reaches for the camera

Billions of people will lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in 2030 unless progress quadruples – warn WHO, UNICEF

Latest estimates reveal that 3 in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the COVID-19 pandemic

Somaya, 9 is washing her hands at Balkh pronice of Afghanistan. UNICEF Afghanistan provide basic handwashing facilities for Internally displaced children at Ferdousi camp in Nahri Shahi district of Balkh province of Afghansitan.

Hurricane Elsa: UNICEF is ready to provide lifesaving assistance in the Caribbean

While Hurricane Elsa is currently battering the Caribbean, UNICEF has prepositioned humanitarian supplies for vulnerable families in all countries likely to be affected.

UNICEF Haiti supply officer Jeremie Thomas fork-lifts a solar fridge in the warehouse in Port-au-Prince.

Haiti: Violence and pandemic leave one in three children in need of humanitarian assistance - UNICEF

Nearly one third of all children in Haiti -at least 1.5 million- are in urgent need of emergency relief due to rising violence, constrained access to clean water, health and nutrition, disrupted education and protection services in times of COVID-19, as well as hurricanes.

St Jean du Sud Health, Haiti, on 26 May 2021.

David Morley, President and CEO of UNICEF Canada to hold press conference with Ministers of International Development and Public Services and Procurement on Canada’s support for vaccination efforts

David Morley, President and CEO of UNICEF Canada, the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development and the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement invite media to participate in a press conference on Canada’s support for vaccination efforts in developing countries, humanitarian and conflict situations.