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Dreaming About Peace: A New Future for a Former Child Soldier

James (name changed) was abducted by an armed group in South Sudan, to serve as a soldier, and eventually was left for dead by the same group. Reunited with his family by UNICEF, he is facing life with confidence and a dream for the future.

A former child soldier takes part in a reintegration ceremony.

Our Year in Review: 5 Stories of Success from 2019

In 2019, UNICEF reached almost all corners of the globe – 190 countries to be exact – to help save children’s lives. To celebrate the end of the year – and the end of a decade – we’ve chosen 5 stories from at home and abroad, to showcase how the tireless work of UNICEF staff and the generous support of our donors enables us to defend the right to childhood, for every child.

A World Inside a Refugee Camp: Children of Zaatari – Part 1

UNICEF Canada ambassador and teacher Bayan Yammout visited Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan – the world’s largest camp for Syrian refugees – in October 2019, to provide training for facilitators (Syrian refugees who run the UNICEF designated programs) at the camp’s Makani Centres. In a two part series, she shares her reflections on life for children in the camps.

A World Inside a Refugee Camp: Children of Zaatari – Part 2

UNICEF Canada ambassador and teacher Bayan Yammout visited Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan – the world’s largest camp for Syrian refugees – in October 2019, to provide training for facilitators at the camp’s Makani Centres. In a two part series, she shares her reflections on life for children in the camps.

Bayan Yammout with school children in Zaatatri, Jordan.

The Power of Possibility

In October 2019, six members of UNICEF Canada’s Women Unlimited travelled to Ghana for their first field visit, as part of a four year philanthropic journey. One of the members, Lisa Letwin, provided us this reflection on her experiences and how philanthropy really means the power of possibility.

Members of the Women UNlimited team pose outside UNICEF Ghana offices

The journey: Ensuring access to safe drinking water in Venezuela

UNICEF is working with authorities and partners in providing safe and clean water to children and families.

Duglianis sits inside her home in Petare, Venezuela.

Children in Syria: An Ongoing Crisis

Syria’s nine year conflict has continued unabated, with all parties to the conflict intensifying military operations in Idleb, Aleppo, Hama, Eastern Ghouta and in the Northeast of the country. Despite the ongoing conflict, UNICEF has been working hard to provide essential supplies and support to children in the region.

A child looks out a bus window at a temporary camp for Syrian refugees in Iraq.

We didn’t know where to go: Syrian refugees on the move

Kawthar is a 25 year old mother, who fled airstrikes in Serekaniye (also known as Ras Al-Ayn) with her only daughter Barcham (2 and a half years old). They are some of the approximately 176,000 people (including almost 80,000 children) who have been displaced inside north-eastern Syria just in the last two weeks.

Syrian child sit outside a makeshift tent in Iraq

2018 witnessed the highest reported deaths of children in armed conflict around the world

Twenty-four thousand children were killed or maimed in conflicts in 2018. This is the highest number ever reported by the UN since it began monitoring the six grave violations affecting children nearly 15 years ago. David Morley comments on the situation and how Canada must make children’s rights, safety and wellbeing a global priority.

Children Uprooted: Walking in Ángel Gabriel’s shoes

A Venezuelan migrant gets a surprise from his classmates in Ecuador.

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