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Lenny Kravitz supports UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene efforts
NEW YORK (March 6, 2012) — Lenny Kravitz —GRAMMY award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer and actor—is using his voice and talent to do more than dazzle the stage and screen. He is throwing...
Millennium Development Goal target of clean drinking water met
NEW YORK/GENEVA (March 6, 2012) — The world has met the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water, well in advance of the MDG 2015...
The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
New York (February 28, 2012) — Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from vital services, UNICEF warns in The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children...
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Syria : Children bear no responsibility in the violence among their elders
NEW YORK (February 23, 2012) — "UNICEF is appalled by the impact on children of the escalating violence in Syria. Calls by the international community for the violence to stop continue to go unheeded...
Assisting victims of cyclone Giovanna in Madagascar
NEW YORK (February 15, 2012) — UNICEF, the national office for disaster response and other humanitarian partners are gearing up their relief operation for people affected by cyclone Giovanna that...
When you take water, give water and support the UNICEF Tap Project
NEW YORK (February 13, 2012) — Now in its sixth year, the award-winning UNICEF Tap Project once again offers thousands of volunteers, restaurants, partners and individuals across the nation the...
UNICEF racing to prevent a full-scale humanitarian crisis in West and Central Africa
New York (February 10, 2012) — In an effort to avert a large-scale loss of life due to malnutrition and disease, UNICEF is ramping up its operations in eight countries in the Sahel region of West and...
UNICEF Report: Children in more than 25 countries caught in emergencies
NEW YORK/GENEVA (January 27, 2012) — UNICEF appealed today for $1.28 billion to fund its 2012 humanitarian operations in more than 25 countries globally. While the crisis in Somalia and across the...
IKEA Soft Toys For Education Campaign raises $16.2 million for UNICEF and Save the Children
Conshohocken, PA (January 26, 2012) — The 2011 IKEA Soft Toy for Education Campaign results are in and thanks to outstanding IKEA customer, coworker and IKEA Foundation support, UNICEF and Save the...
India records one year without polio
NEW YORK (January 12, 2012) – India appears to have interrupted wild poliovirus transmission, tomorrow completing one year without polio since its last case, in a 2-year-old girl in the state of West...