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It has been 100 days since two devastating earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 6.4 in magnitude and a series of aftershocks ravaged central Myanmar. The disaster killed more than 3,700 people and came on ...
How are the resources being used in schools? Despina Polatidis, an eSmart Schools Advisor at the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, has seen firsthand how these resources are being used in classrooms ...
Statement attributable to Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine KYIV, 26 May 2025 – “I am devastated by reports of three children killed in Zhytomyr, and at least 13 children injured in ...
Children at risk as poliovirus confirmed in Papua New GuineaPORT MORESBY, 15 May 2025 – UNICEF is stepping up support to the Government of Papua New Guinea to ensure every child is vaccinated ...
Immunisation efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardise progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at ...
Thanks to our partnership with Islamic Relief Australia and the Government of Maldives, UNICEF Australia is supporting the Climate Guardians program in the Maldives. The program empowers a group of ...
Statement by heads of OCHA, UNICEF, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO " For over a month, no commercial or humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza. "More than 2.1 million people are trapped, bombed and ...
The below is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Myanmar’s Deputy Representative, Julia Rees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – on the current situation in Myanmar at today’s Palais briefing ...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the attacks in Gaza “Reports and images emerging from the Gaza Strip following today’s attacks are beyond horrifying. Hundreds of people ...
Gender-based violence as a tactic of war In many conflict settings around the world, including Sudan, sexual violence has often been used as a weapon of war. Young Sudanese children and women who have ...
On 24 February 2022, children across Ukraine woke to terrifying sounds of air raid sirens. Gathering what they could, families fled to safety, either underground or across the borders into ...
Mim, who shares Emma’s passion for the water, is a 20-year-old swim instructor at the SwimSafe program supported by UNICEF, in Gazipur, Bangladesh. After her young brother nearly drowned twice, she ...