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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Returns to Ukr...
NEW YORK (March 27, 2023) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom travelled to Ukraine this week to meet children and families affected by the war. During his 3-day visit to Kyiv, Irpin and Demydiv...
8 years of crushing conflict in Yemen leave more than 1...
NEW YORK (March 24, 2023) – Eight brutal years of conflict have devastated the lives of millions of children in Yemen and left 11 million children in need of one or more forms of humanitarian...
More than 10 million people, including children, living...
NEW YORK (March 21, 2023) – Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas remain deprived of safe drinking water...
On World Poetry Day, hundreds of children affected by c...
NEW YORK (March 21, 2023) – In commemoration of World Poetry Day, hundreds of children and young people around the world have published poems to highlight their experiences of conflict and war, and to...
UNICEF calls on de facto authorities to allow girls to ...
NEW YORK (March 21, 2023) – “It’s deeply disappointing to learn that, once again, the de facto authorities in Afghanistan have prevented girls from attending secondary school. This unjustified and...
New study finds that 43,000 “excess deaths” may have oc...
NEW YORK (March 20, 2023) – A new report released today by the Federal Ministry of Health & Human Services, WHO and UNICEF suggests that an estimated 43,000 excess deaths might have occurred in 2022...
In wake of Cyclone Freddy, amid disruption to critical ...
NEW YORK (March 20, 2023) – One week after Cyclone Freddy made landfall for a second time in Mozambique, creating severe disruption to critical services, the threat of cholera is growing rapidly for...
A triple threat of water-related crises is endangering ...
NEW YORK (March 20, 2023) – 90 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)...
Children at risk of cholera in aftermath of Cyclone Fre...
NEW YORK (March 19, 2023) – Millions of children are at risk in the face of a potential increase in cholera cases in Malawi and Mozambique in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has...
10 million children in extreme jeopardy in central Sahe...
NEW YORK (March 17, 2023) – Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in dire need of humanitarian assistance – twice as many as in 2020 – largely due to spiraling conflict, while...