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UNICEF Market Helps Supergirl-Silversmiths Shine
Thanks to entrepreneur training and access to a global market, the Jalapa Girls Silversmiths are confident in themselves and their futures.
UNICEF launches a new blockchain enabled Cryptocurrency Fund to prepare for a digitally financed future.
UNICEF Expands Use of Blockchain to Help Deliver for Children
With the launch of the new UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund, UNICEF seeks new ways to harness the advantages of blockchain for humanitarian work.
A grateful student smiles as UNICEF Education Specialist Anita Haidary, far right, and colleague distribute new school bags and notebooks during a visit to the Zanogra Community-Based Education (CBE) cluster in Surkhrod district, Nangarhar province, Afgha
Dedicated Teachers Are Educating Afghanistan's Girls
Despite the dangers, committed teachers are fighting to give the next generation of girls a chance to learn.
Valeria, 10, goes to school in the afternoons only in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Power shortages have forced teachers to shorten the school day at the UNICEF-supported school, Fe y Alegría Manzanillo.
In Venezuela, Hero Teachers Are Determined To Keep Kids in School
UNICEF is helping dedicated teachers make sure their students get an education in Venezuela, where daily life is more difficult than ever.
Many densely-populated residential areas in countries like Uganda lack safe sanitation, putting children's health at risk.
Innovators Tackle Water and Sanitation Woes with UNICEF's Help
A look at some promising new solutions that are being put to the test in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and elsewhere.
A child wades through flood water on her way to school in the Kurigram district of northern Bangladesh during monsoon season in August 2016.
Five Ways UNICEF Is Taking Action Against Climate Change
UNICEF champions affordable, scalable solutions to problems caused by climate change, paving the way for a cleaner, more resilient future.
On February 25, 2019 in Bangladesh, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore speaks with a group of Rohingya children outside a learning center in the Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
The World's Children Need Clean Water, Clean Air and a Safe Climate
Climate change has the potential to undermine most of the gains made in child survival and development over the past 30 years.
A boy reads a book in the library of the UNICEF-supported cultural center in Mongo, in southern Chad.
Why Literacy Matters
Learning to read and write is a game changer for children. That's why UNICEF works to provide learning opportunities in 144 countries.
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Fleeing Climate Change
Children lose more than shelter when they're forced to leave home. They lose health care, education — and sometimes, their lives.
On June 26, 2019, children take part in an emergency attack simulation as they practice shelter and evacuation procedures in the event of an armed attack at the Yalgho Primary School in Dori, Burkina Faso.
UNICEF Is Helping Children Driven Out of School by Violence in Africa
Nearly 2 million children are out of school in West and Central Africa, where armed groups are waging a war against education itself.
A baby is vaccinated at a UNICEF-supported clinic in Brazzaville, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Revving the Innovation Engine
A new Sprint Support program aims to accelerate innovation in immunization programs for children.
A UNICEF humanitarian drone takes off from the Kasungu airstrip in central Malawi in 2019.
Long-Range Drones Deliver Medical Supplies to Remote Areas of Malawi
The UNICEF Humanitarian Drone Corridor in Malawi is a testing ground for innovative drone projects that can help save lives.

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