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Supporting Children in Jamaica After Hurricane Melissa

Boy walking through thigh deep flood waters

Hurricane Melissa: Children in Need

UNICEF is on the ground in the Caribbean helping families cope with disaster.

On Oct. 29, 2025, a family repairs their flooded home damaged by Hurricane Melissa in the southern region of Les Cayes in Haiti.

Picking Up the Pieces in the Wake of Hurricane Melissa

The lives of more than 700,000 children were impacted when Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean. UNICEF is there to help.

Supplies are off-loaded at a UNICEF warehouse in Deir Al Balah, Central Gaza, State of Palestine, on Oct. 13, 2025, after the arrival of UNICEF trucks carrying lifesaving nutrition, shelter and hygiene items.

UNICEF Delivers Lifesaving Supplies and Cash Transfers to Families in Gaza

A severely malnourished child in Sudan holds a packet of ready-to-use therapeutic food that UNICEF supplies for treatment.

5 Ways UNICEF Is Supporting Sudan's Children

UNICEF USA advocates meet in the Alabama office of Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), to request support for FY26 funding to UNICEF.

UNICEF USA Advocates Urge Congress to Restore Lifesaving Funding for Children

Relentlessly Pursuing a Better World for Every Child

UNICEF has helped save and meaningfully improve more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization. UNICEF won’t stop until every child is healthy, educated, protected and respected.

A 5-year-old boy receives the polio vaccine from Shumaila, a UNICEF-supported polio vaccinator in Lahore, Pakistan on January 11, 2021.

Healthy

UNICEF workers brave war zones, treacherous terrain, disasters and disease to save lives and make the world safe for kids.

A UNICEF-supported teacher and one of her students stand in front of the chalkboard at a school in Mali.

Educated

UNICEF helps children continue their education through community-based schools, learning support and other programs.

Children staning in front of a UNICEF tent

Protected

UNICEF collaborates with families, partners and governments to ensure children can flourish free from exploitation and abuse.

Bharti Raju, 5, poses for photograph outside her house at Shirasgaon Mandap village in Jalna, Maharashtra on Sunday, 19, Oct. 2020.

Respected

UNICEF knows children have the most at stake — and works to safeguard their rights and to ensure their voices are heard.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Add some meaning to your Halloweening with the little orange box this October!

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Monthly Giving

Make a difference for children every day, all year! Monthly support allows UNICEF to be there whenever needed.

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Lawrene O'Donnell and UNICEF USA's KIND Fund gives Malawi kids desks

Kids in Need of Desks

Join MSNBC’s Lawrence O'Donnell and help change a child's life with a simple desk.

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Always There for Children in Crisis

Other organizations help children, but UNICEF does more by fighting for children’s rights and delivering the essentials every child needs for an equitable chance in life.