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School Year Nears Tragic End in Ukraine Amid Child Deaths, Empty Classrooms and Destruction of Educational Facilities
05/04/2022
NEW YORK/ KYIV (May 4, 2022) – At least one in six UNICEF-supported schools in eastern Ukraine have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war, including School 36 – the only ‘Safe School’...
UNICEF: Education Milestone for Rohingya Refugee Children as Myanmar Curriculum Pilot Reaches First 10,000 Children
05/01/2022
NEW YORK / COX’S BAZAR (May 1, 2022) – A breakthrough for Rohingya refugee children living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh sees the first 10,000 children enrolled to receive education...
Democratic Republic Of The Congo – UNICEF Urges Parents And Children In Equateur Province To Take Safety Precautions After Second Confirmed Fatality From Most Recent Ebola Virus Outbreak
04/29/2022
NEW YORK/ KINSHASA (April 29, 2022) – UNICEF has urged parents and children living in the western province of Equateur to maintain the utmost vigilance amid the 14 th and latest outbreak of Ebola...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Visits Drought-Impacted Somali Region In Ethiopia And Calls For An Immediate Scaled-Up Response To Save The Lives Of Millions Of Children
04/28/2022
NEW YORK/ ADDIS ABABA (April 28, 2022) – At the end of a four-day visit to Ethiopia, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell urged the international community to immediately scale up support to...
At Least 21 Children Reported Killed In Violence In Sudan’s West Darfur
04/28/2022
NEW YORK/ AMMAN (April 28, 2022) – “We have received harrowing reports that at least 21 children - including an 11-month-old baby - were killed over the past few days during ongoing violence, mostly...
M·A·C VIVA GLAM Honors Mother’s Day with New $1,500,000 USD Donation to UNICEF’s Work Aiding Women and Children
04/28/2022
NEW YORK (April 28, 2022) – In honor of Mother’s Day on May 8, M·A·C Cosmetics is proud to announce that its philanthropic Lipstick campaign, M·A·C VIVA GLAM, will donate $1,500,000 USD to continue...
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Supports UNICEF with $10M for Children Affected by Ukraine War
04/28/2022
NEW YORK / GENEVA (April 28, 2022) – Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is contributing USD $10 million to UNICEF’s emergency response to support vulnerable children and families impacted by the ongoing war...
Global Polio Eradication Initiative Calls For Renewed Commitments To Achieve Promise Of A Polio-Free World
04/27/2022
NEW YORK/ GENEVA (April 26, 2022) - Today, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced that it is seeking new commitments to fund its 2022-2026 Strategy at a virtual event to launch its...
UNICEF and WHO Warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ of Conditions for Measles Outbreaks, Affecting Children
04/27/2022
NEW YORK/ GENEVA (April 27, 2022) – An increase in measles cases in January and February 2022 is a worrying sign of a heightened risk for the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases and could trigger...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's Video Remarks at High-level Roundtable on the Horn of Africa Drought
04/26/2022
NEW YORK/ GODE (April 26, 2022) - "I am joining you today from Gode Hospital, in the Somali region of Ethiopia where I have seen the devastation of the drought. "Livestock dying … failed crops...