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Haiti Earthquake: UNICEF Seeks $122.2 Million To Bring Humanitarian Aid To 1.6 Million People
09/08/2021
NEW YORK (September 8, 2021) – UNICEF is urgently seeking $122.2 million to meet the humanitarian needs of 1.6 million people including 800,000 children in Haiti. This new appeal is nearly three times...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Unaccompanied And Separated Children Evacuated From Afghanistan
09/07/2021
NEW YORK (September 7, 2021) – “Since August 14, hundreds of children have been separated from their families amidst chaotic conditions, including large-scale evacuations, in and around the Hamid...
Haiti Earthquake: Over Half A Million Children At Risk Of Waterborne Diseases - UNICEF
09/02/2021
NEW YORK (September 2, 2021) – About 540,000 children in the southwest of earthquake-stricken Haiti are now facing the possible re-emergence of waterborne diseases, UNICEF warned today. Severe...
Afghanistan ‘A Child Protection Crisis In A Country Already One Of The Worst Places On Earth To Be A Child’
08/31/2021
NEW YORK (August 31, 2021) – "Today in Afghanistan, there are nearly 10 million children in desperate need of humanitarian aid. "Those least responsible for this crisis, are paying the highest price -...
All Schools In Europe & Central Asia Should Remain Open And Made Safer From COVID-19, Say WHO And UNICEF
08/31/2021
NEW YORK (August 31, 2021) – As millions of school children return to school across the European Region where the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is dominant , the WHO Regional Office...
"We Cannot Abandon The Children Of Afghanistan In Their Time Of Need"
08/30/2021
NEW YORK (August 30, 2021) – “In the past weeks, with increased conflict and insecurity, it is children, those least responsible for the crisis in Afghanistan, who have paid the heaviest price. Not...
Alarming Increase In Children Killed And Injured By Explosive Devices In Iraq
08/27/2021
NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – “UNICEF is deeply concerned after the reported deaths of a 10-year-old child on August 24 in Diyala by the detonation of an explosive remnant of war (ERW) and of an 11...
Poverty, Conflict And Displacement Leave Children At Risk From Renewed Bubonic Plague Outbreaks In Ituri Region Of Eastern DRC
08/27/2021
NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – UNICEF is increasingly concerned about the impact on children of a resurgence of Bubonic plague in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
First Day Of School 'Indefinitely Postponed' For 140 Million First-Time Students Around The World – UNICEF
08/27/2021
NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – A child's first day of school—a landmark moment for the youngest students and their parents around the world—has been delayed due to COVID-19 for an estimated 140 million...
UNICEF Condemns Kabul Airport Attack
08/27/2021
NEW YORK (August 27, 2021) – “UNICEF strongly condemns the attacks at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, which reportedly killed at least 60 people and injured over 120...