Statement by UNICEF on the deaths and injuries of children in Jabaliya camp
The scenes of carnage coming out of Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip following attacks yesterday and again today are horrific and appalling.
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Statement by UNICEF on over 200 days of war leaving a generation of children in Sudan on the brink
UNICEF calls for redoubled commitment to Sudan, now the largest child displacement crisis in the world
10 questions with Katerina Mertikas (Patrinos)
Katerina Mertikas, an artist who has partnered and made cards with UNICEF Canada for many years, talks to us about life, art, family and her journey to Canada.
3 Reasons why the first month of a child’s life is the most dangerous
The numbers are in on the latest report on child mortality around the world--and the results are shocking.
7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says
Every day in 2016, 15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46 per cent of them – or 7,000 babies – died in the first 28 days of life, according to a new UN report.
At current rates of reduction, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa
Unless progress is seriously accelerated, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa, with far-reaching, life-altering consequences for millions of child brides and crippling impact on the region’s prosperity, UNICEF said today.
Two months since outbreak of violence in Myanmar, Rohingya refugee children still at acute risk
Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said today.
UNICEF Cards: 10 Questions with Peter Wyse
Artist, avid mountain biker, proud father and UNICEF partner Peter Wyse talked with us about nature, his passion for art, and the best advice he got from his dad.
Insecurity and conflict threaten 4.3 million children in South Sudan
Across the world’s youngest country, high levels of insecurity and renewed clashes are forcing millions of people to leave their homes, and leaving children critically malnourished and at risk. The situation is rapidly deteriorating and exposing children and their families to violence and life-threatening hunger and diseases. In Bentiu, UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley made the following statement.
UNICEF Canada pleased to see government putting children first with fall economic update
UNICEF Canada commends the Government of Canada’s commitment to tie increases in the Canadian Child Benefit (CCB) to the cost of living, announced in the fall economic update yesterday. With a forecast for a significant reduction in the budget deficit, the first priority was to reinvest in Canada’s children. “This is what putting our kids first looks like,” said David Morley, President and CEO of UNICEF Canada.
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