LEARN MORE ON BUILDING BETTER FUTURES FOR CHILDREN

On June 17, 2018, three laughing children play outside their newly opened mobile "ger" kindergarten in the Janjin bagh area of Mongolia's Bayankjongor Province. The mobile kindergarten provides early education for more than 20 children in the nomadic herd
Want to Change the World? Send a Child to Preschool.
Children enrolled in quality early learning programs do better in school, and go on to become more productive adults.
A family take to their boats after severe flooding in 2017 in the northern district of Kurigram, Bangladesh.
A Gathering Storm: Climate Change Threatens Lives and Futures
More resources and innovative programs are needed to protect children in Bangladesh from environmental disasters caused by climate shock.
Adolescent girls conduct experiments during a chemistry at UNICEF-supported Kamulanga Secondary School in Lusaka, Zambia in 2016.
Women Continue Empowering Women and Girls Around the World
UNICEF USA partners with Dining for Women and Zonta International to promote equal rights for women and girls.
A mother and five children who were registered using a new digital service in Pakistan.
How UNICEF Is Leveraging Mobile Tech to Get Results for Children
A partnership that enables digital birth registrations in Pakistan.
Approximately 248,000 children — some as young as 12 — were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010.
On the Front Lines in the Fight to End Child Marriage in the U.S.
Forced into an abusive marriage at 19, Fraidy Reiss escaped and started a nonprofit to support girls and women trapped in wedlock.
In Jordan in 2018, a Syrian refugee shows off his LEGO building skills as part of the Learning Through Play partnership between UNICEF and the LEGO Foundation. 
Creative Play Can Help Build Children's Futures
UNICEF and LEGO have teamed up to help children around the world learn problem-solving, creativity, communication and teamwork.
No More Child Trafficking
A Girl Scout tells her story of working to raise awareness of child trafficking in the U.S and India.
Students attending class in an Islamic school in Biankouma, a village in western Côte d'Ivoire.
In Photos, 10 Classrooms From Around the World
UNICEF is helping children in 155 countries get the quality education they deserve. Here, a look inside schools around the world.
UNICEF, education, education for girls, India
Leveling the Playing Field
Education can be a critical tool for addressing poverty and protecting children from forced labor, child marriage and trafficking.
We Can End Child Trafficking and Forced Labor
By shopping ethically and pressing for changes to local legislation, we can curb the demand for child trafficking.
Happiness Ndawu, 15, tells MSNBC's Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell that if it weren't for her K.I.N.D. Fund scholarship, she'd probably be married
K.I.N.D. Fund Scholarships Help Stop Early Marriage in Malawi
Malawian high schooler Happiness Ndawu tells MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell: "If I weren't in school I would have been married by now."
UNICEF, Lucy Meyer, Special Olympics, children with disabilities, Bosnia and Herzegovina, social inclusion programs
Lucy Meyer Is a Global Champion for Children With Disabilities
On a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Special Olympics gold medalist Lucy Meyer saw how social inclusion programs bring children together.

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