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Concacaf and UNICEF USA unite to support relief efforts in the Bahamas
10/10/2019
MIAMI / NEW YORK (October 10, 2019) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) is teaming up with UNICEF USA to bring awareness to relief efforts in...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On The Latest Developments In Syria
10/10/2019
NEW YORK ( October 10, 2019) – “UNICEF is greatly concerned by the latest developments in northeast Syria. I urge all parties to protect children and the civilian infrastructure on which they depend...
As Measles Deaths In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo Top 4,000, UNICEF Rushes Medical Kits To Health Centers And Vaccinates Thousands More Children
10/09/2019
NEW YORK (October 9, 2019 ) – UNICEF is vaccinating thousands more children against measles and rushing life-saving medicines to health centers across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as...
UNICEF launches Cryptocurrency Fund
10/09/2019
NEW YORK (October 9, 2019) – UNICEF will now be able to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies ether and bitcoin, through its newly-established UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund. In a first...
Sulawesi Earthquake One Year On: Over 1 Million Children And Parents Reached With Humanitarian Assistance
09/27/2019
NEW YORK (September 27, 2019 ) – Over 1 million children and family members have been reached with critical humanitarian assistance in the year since a deadly earthquake and tsunami struck the island...
SAP and UNICEF partner to give young people job skills training
09/25/2019
NEW YORK (September 25, 2019 ) – SAP and UNICEF today announced a new global partnership to provide quality education, life skills and job skills training to young people in disadvantaged communities...
As The School Year Starts In Yemen, 2 Million Children Are Out Of School And Another 3.7 Million Are At Risk Of Dropping Out
09/25/2019
NEW YORK (September 25, 2019) – As the new school year starts amid continuing violence in Yemen, 2 million children are out of school, including almost half a million who dropped out since the...
UNICEF Aims To Reach 1.1 Million Children With Winter Assistance In The Middle East And North Africa
09/24/2019
NEW YORK (September 24, 2019) – UNICEF aims to reach 1.1 million children in the Middle East and North Africa to help counter the risk of illness, school absence or severe cold due to the anticipated...
16 children, including Greta Thunberg, file landmark complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
09/23/2019
NEW YORK (September 23, 2019) – Sixteen child petitioners – including Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Villaseñor – from 12 countries around the world today presented a landmark official complaint to the...
Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas Government and UNICEF to bring 10,000 displaced children back to school
09/12/2019
NASSAU/PANAMA/NEW YORK, 12 September 2019 – With the support of UNICEF, the Government of the Bahamas today begins registering approximately 10,000 students displaced by Hurricane Dorian to enroll...