Press Releases
Statement Attributable to Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Syria on the Besieged Area of Madaya
01/15/2016
NEW YORK (January 15, 2015) – “UNICEF welcomes the access granted to trapped children this week and can confirm that cases of severe malnutrition were found among children in the besieged Syrian town...
Thousands of Children Still Need Care and Support in Wake of Ebola Epidemic
01/14/2016
NEW YORK (January 14, 2015) – Nearly 23,000 children who lost one or both parents or their primary caregivers to Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will continue to need care and support...
UNICEF Ball Raises Over $2.5 Million to Save and Protect the World’s Children
01/13/2016
NEW YORK (January 13, 2016) – Last night, hundreds of Los Angeles notables came together to celebrate UNICEF’s work for children at the sixth biennial UNICEF Ball at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons...
War in Yemen Poses Ever-Growing Threat to Children
01/12/2016
NEW YORK (January 12, 2016) – “With no end in sight to the deadly conflict in Yemen, nearly 10 million children inside the country are now facing a new year of pain and suffering. “Continuous...
One in Four Children in Conflict Zones are Out of School
01/12/2016
NEW YORK (January 12, 2016) – In 22 countries affected by conflict, nearly 24 million children living in crisis zones are out of school, UNICEF said today. The analysis highlights that nearly one in...
Louis Vuitton partners with UNICEF to help children in urgent need
01/11/2016
Paris, 11 January 2016 – Louis Vuitton and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the leading humanitarian and development organization working globally for the rights of every child, have...
UNICEF Kid Power To Give More than 70,000 Students Across the Country the Power to Get Active and Save Lives in 2016
01/07/2016
NEW YORK (January 7, 2016) – The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today announced the launch of the 2016 UNICEF Kid Power school program, expanding to 13 cities across the country and empowering more than 70,000...
1.4 Million People Without Running Water Across War-Affected Eastern Ukraine
04/18/0022
NEW YORK/LVIV, Ukraine (April 15, 2022)- More than seven weeks of intense hostilities in Ukraine have devastated both water and electricity networks, leaving 1.4 million people without access to safe...
Nepal: A long road to recovery
NEW YORK (October 9, 2026) – “More than 32,000 children in Nepal have been affected by floods that began when a mountain of glacial ice and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river in late August. Parts...
Drone strikes destroy more than 330,000 learning materials in Sudan’s North Kordofan State
NEW YORK (September 22, 2026) – Drone strikes on two warehouses in Shikan locality, North Kordofan, on 20 September destroyed over 292,000 school textbooks, 40,000 Arabic Language and Mathematics...