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UNICEF: Make the digital world safer for children – while increasing online access to benefit the most disadvantaged

Flagship report highlights digital divides and explores current debates about the impact of the internet and social media on children’s safety and well-being

Dear Parents: This is why we’re always online

I am here to tell you about a generation that lives on this wonderful thing that we like to call “The Internet”.

At least 400,000 severely malnourished children at risk of dying in DR Congo’s volatile Kasai region

Needs of displaced and returnee families in Kasai remain enormous after nearly two years of conflict and crisis

Surviving Winter in Syria

Conflict has changed every part of Syria over the past six years, including winter. Any happy memories of snow filled streets and fields are now gone. Forced to flee their homes and live in camps and shelters offering little protection from the cold, winter is a real struggle for children in Syria. Freezing temperatures, snow and heavy rain will make life a struggle for children who have been forced from their homes.

Bangladesh moves to protect Rohingya children from diphtheria

The Government of Bangladesh, with the support of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, today launched a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preventable diseases for all Rohingya children aged 6 weeks to 6 years living in 12 camps and temporary settlements near the Myanmar border.

Good News for Moms and Babies: the Philippines Has Eliminated MNT

On November 29, the Philippines became the 44th country since the year 1999 to officially eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). This announcement leaves just 15 countries around the world still facing the threat of MNT, an excruciating and often fatal disease that affects mothers and newborns, usually through unhygienic childbirth and umbilical cord care practices.

UNICEF Cards: 6 questions with Gerard Paraghamian

Gérard Paraghamian has established a well-earned reputation as one of the most talented and innovative illustrators in commercial art today. We had the pleasure of chatting with him about travel, his inspirations and what UNICEF means to him.

Canada’s support for Rohingya children could not come at more critical time: UNICEF

UNICEF Canada has responded to today’s announcement by Minister of International Development and La Francophone Marie-Claude Bibeau of more than $12.5 million in funding to help scale up the humanitarian response to the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and displaced persons in Bangladesh. UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley provided the following response:

In South Sudan, “childhood under attack” as country enters fifth year of fighting

South Sudan is in the throes of a tragedy for children that affects more than half the child population - victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of schooling - UNICEF said in a report released today.

UNICEF Survival Gifts provide life-saving help to the children facing a hard winter in the Middle East

As winter draws near, 1.5 million disadvantaged children are at risk in the Middle East