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Tennis ace Serena Williams appointed UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador
NEW YORK (September 20, 2011)—UNICEF today announced tennis champion Serena Williams's appointment as international Goodwill Ambassador. Williams is one of the all-time greats of professional tennis...
12,000 fewer children perish daily in 2010 than in 1990
NEW YORK/GENEVA (September 15, 2011)— The number of children under 5 years of age dying each year declined from more than 12 million in 1990 to 7.6 million in 2010, UNICEF and the World Health...
Report shows widening disparities between boys and girls in developing world
NEW YORK (September 13, 2011) — While disparities in education, health and protection between boys and girls in developing countries are less stark than once thought during the early childhood years...
New monsoon floods disastrous for children in Pakistan
NEW YORK (September 13, 2011) — As many as 2.5 million children have been affected by severe monsoon floods in southern Pakistan . With many still recovering from the worst floods in the country's...
UNICEF to present 'Children Are Always in Fashion' at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
For the first time ever, UNICEF will be featured at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. From September 8 – September 15 the U.S. Fund for UNICEF will present “Children Are Always in Fashion,” a special...
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF goes digital with online Costume Party
HGTV, Key Club International and FEED Help UNICEF Campaign Make a Mark this Halloween NEW YORK (September 7, 2011) — Today, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF launched its 61st annual Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF...
UNICEF responds to the emerging water crisis in Libyan capital
NEW YORK (August 29, 2011) — UNICEF has delivered 23,000 bottles of water for the emergency use in Tripoli as the situation is expected to worsen in the capital of Libya. An additional 90,000 bottles...
Heidi Klum named as 2011 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Ambassador
NEW YORK (August 23, 2011) — Today the U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced that top model, host and executive producer of Project Runway Heidi Klum is taking on yet another role, this time as the 2011...
Water-borne diseases are lethal threat to children in southern Somalia
NEW YORK (August 18, 2011) — An urgent multisectoral response is being mounted to contain the spread of cholera in southern Somalia , as there is an increasing number of confirmed cases in the capital...
UNICEF warns of education crisis in Somalia
NEW YORK (August 10, 2011)— With an estimated 1.8 million children between 5-17 years of age already out of school in southern and central Somalia, a rapid assessment conducted by the Education...