Emergency Response | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

Learn more about UNICEF’s work under the topic "Emergency Response".

Residents abandon hurricane-ravaged Barbuda

A first hand account of the after effects of Hurricane Irma on the island of Barbuda, where the storm has left many of its 1,600 residents homeless and needing immediate assistance.

Hurricane Irma: Dispatches from the field

Two islands, two perspectives from UNICEF staff on the devastating effects that Hurricane Irma has caused for children and their families.

Less than 11 months since Matthew, will Irma be kind to Haiti?

As Hurricane Irma wreaks havoc on Haiti in 2017, Victoria Maskell reflects on past and present efforts to save the lives of children living in the country.

Preparing for Irma: UNICEF Haiti's team deployed at the frontline

UNICEF has started to deploy teams to the locations that will most likely be hit hardest once Irma reaches the Haitian shore.

Community Health Volunteers brave the heat and fighting to save lives in Yemen

Across the country, community health volunteers are going from house to house, knocking on doors and explaining to parents and children alike, what all they need to do to protect themselves from getting AWD and suspected cholera.

Nepal Flood: UNICEF provides immediate response to affected communities

Nepal has experienced incessant rainfall for three days since 11 August 2017.

In Sierra Leone, mudslides rip a community apart

UNICEF is on the ground urgently responding to the needs of displaced families affected by the flooding and landslides in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown which have killed several hundred people including at least 109 children.

Denied a childhood

In one of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s poorest regions, the future of an entire generation of children is at risk.

Five signs of life in Yemen

Years of conflict in Yemen have left 18.8 million people - some 70 per cent of the population - in need of humanitarian assistance. Despite the trauma that many--especially children--are facing, there are signs of hope in the chaos.

Race against time to save millions of lives in Yemen

The continuing violence in Yemen is fueling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly seven million people not knowing where their next meal will come from and in desperate need of food assistance.

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