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COVID-19: UNICEF Warns Of Continued Damage To Learning And Well-Being As Number Of Children Affected By School Closures Soars Again
12/10/2020
NEW YORK (December 10, 2020) – The number of schoolchildren affected by COVID-19-related school closures soared by 38 percent in November, placing significant strain on the learning progress and well...
Palestinian Child Killed And Four Severely Injured In The West Bank In Past Two Weeks
12/07/2020
NEW YORK (December 7, 2020) – “A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed today in the West Bank in the State of Palestine. “In the past two weeks, four other Palestinian children were shot and...
As The COVID-19 Pandemic Begins To Enter A New Phase, UNICEF Reminds The World That ‘The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Needs To Shine For All’
12/07/2020
NEW YORK (December 7, 2020) – “COVID-19 is the first truly global crisis we have seen in our lifetimes. No matter where we live, the pandemic affects every one of us. Children have been seriously...
Gucci Is Supporting UNICEF USA To Help Fund The Supply And Equal Distribution Of A Safe COVID-19 Vaccine With A $500,000 Donation And A 21-Day Matching Challenge
12/04/2020
NEW YORK (December 4, 2020) – Gucci continues in its commitment to fight the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by making a donation of $500,000 to UNICEF USA on behalf of the #GucciCommunity, to ensure...
Window To Prevent Famine In Yemen Is Narrowing, UN Agencies Warn
12/03/2020
NEW YORK (December 3, 2020) – The window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing as new figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
UNICEF Issues Record $6.4 Billion Emergency Funding Appeal To Reach More Than 190 Million Children Impacted By Humanitarian Crises And The COVID-19 Pandemic
12/03/2020
NEW YORK (December 3, 2020) – UNICEF today issued its largest ever emergency funding appeal for $6.4 billion to reach 300 million people, including more than 190 million children, with essential...
11 Children Killed In Yemen In The Past Three Days
12/02/2020
NEW YORK (December 2, 2020) – “11 children were reportedly killed in the past three days in Yemen in two separate attacks. Verification is still ongoing, and the actual number of casualties may be...
UNICEF and Microsoft launch improved, scalable technology to protect vulnerable children and women amid rise in domestic and gender-based violence due to COVID-19
12/01/2020
NEW YORK (December 1, 2020) – UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. launched a new version of Primero called Primero X — an open source case management web application that helps social service providers...
Two Thirds Of The World’s School-Age Children Have No Internet Access At Home, New UNICEF-ITU Report Says
12/01/2020
NEW YORK (December 1, 2020) – Two thirds of the world’s school-age children – or 1.3 billion children aged 3 to 17 years old – do not have internet connection in their homes, according to a new joint...
Threat Of Further Escalation In Mekelle, Ethiopia, Puts Children’s Lives At Risk
11/25/2020
NEW YORK (November 25, 2020) – “UNICEF urges parties to the conflict in Ethiopia to spare children from the impact of hostilities in the Tigray region, now in their third week. “Some 500,000 people...