Press Releases
Over 1.7 million children live in areas affected by strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year
NEW YORK (November 13, 2025) – More than 1.7 million children are impacted by Super Typhoon Fung-wong, which made landfall in the Philippines on 9 th November. The severe storm has wreaked havoc to...
Kirk Humanitarian Commits an Additional $50 Million to Expand UNICEF’s Global Maternal Nutrition Efforts
NEW YORK (NOVEMBER 12, 2025) – In a bold step to combat maternal undernutrition and protect the health of future generations, Kirk Humanitarian announced a new commitment today of US$50 million in...
City of El Paso Joins UNICEF USA’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative
NEW YORK, NY / EL PASO, TX (November 12, 2025) ― The City of El Paso, in partnership with the El Paso Community Foundation (EPCF) and UNICEF USA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where funding cuts are putting half a million children’s futures at risk
NEW YORK (November 6, 2025) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Bangladesh this week to see the impact of severe cuts to official development assistance (ODA) on the half a million...
Catch-up Immunization Campaign Launched in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (November 5, 2025) – UNICEF, UNRWA, WHO and partners, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, are launching an integrated catch-up campaign for routine immunization, nutrition, and...
Hunger and malnutrition deepen as conflict and access constraints persist in South Sudan
NEW YORK (November 4, 2025) – The United Nations today warns that South Sudan continues to face a severe food and nutrition crisis, which is threatening to deteriorate further unless urgent...
Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides
NEW YORK (November 4, 2025) – The latest analysis of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sudan shows stark contrasts along conflict lines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
UN expert calls for urgent response on child trafficking in conflict situations
NEW YORK (October 31, 2025) – Child victims of trafficking in conflict situations require urgent and specialized protection measures, a UN expert said today. “Failure to ensure the rights of children...
Over 700,000 children affected after Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean
NEW YORK (October 30, 2025) - Several days of torrential rains, storm surges and catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa have impacted the lives of more than 700,000 children across the...
Statement by Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa on the occasion of the Great Lakes Conference
NEW YORK (October, 30 2025) - “Today, more than 12 million children across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, and Burundi depend on humanitarian aid simply to survive. In the DRC...