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UNICEF sends supplies to areas impacted by Typhoon Odette; advocates needs of children

UN children’s agency sends preliminary aid as joint assessments on children’s needs are taking place

After Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) brought widespread destruction to the Philippines on 16 December, the needs of children and families in affected areas are becoming clear. Based on initial assessments, around 845,000 children need urgent assistance.

UNICEF calls for US$ 11M to respond to children’s needs affected by Typhoon Odette

UN children’s agency identifies key interventions needed to save lives and safeguard children’s rights

Gwendolyn Miano, 2, stands in the house her family has already started rebuilding December 20, 2021 in Barangay Fatima, Purok 1 in Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.

Grave violations of children’s rights in conflict on the rise around the world, warns UNICEF

Less than half of parties to conflict globally have committed to protect children

CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Find out more about the devastating impacts of climate change and the solutions that ensure children’s rights are protected.

Alaska, United States: a girl wearing a red coat stands on an ice floe.

Your Impact As A Monthly Donor in 2021

Your monthly generosity made a very real difference last year! Monthly giving strengthened our response to the urgent needs of children and families around the world. In addition, monthly donors who gave to UNICEF Canada’s #GiveAVax fund enabled the procurement and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines for low-income countries.

UNICEF enters supply agreements for COVID-19 oral antiviral medicine Molnupiravir

UNICEF has signed several long term agreements (LTA) with suppliers for the procurement of the new antiviral medicine Molnupiravir.

In Somaliland, a school program helps to integrate children with disabilities

In partnership with the Government of Canada, UNICEF Canada supports the education of girls with disabilities in 65 schools in Somaliland through the UNDaunted program.

Students work on an in-class exercise at Darwish Primary School in Garowe, Somalia.

COVID-19: Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, UNICEF shares the latest available data on the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning.

A group portrait of students wearing masks inside the school premises at Gandaria Mohila Shomity Government Primary School, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 12 September 2021.

UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance to displaced children and families in northeast Syria

Nearly 45,000 people fled violence in Ghwayran, northeast Syria

No excuses. Keep schools open. Children can’t wait.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore