Stories About Our Mission

A health worker receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the Treichville vaccination center in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, with a vaccine dose supplied by the COVAX Facility, a multilateral initiative established to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines.
COVAX COVID-19 Vaccinations Underway in Africa
Health workers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are the first to be vaccinated against COVID-19 through the COVAX Facility.
Six-month-old Misheck is held aloft by his mother outside the UNICEF-supported Luumbo Health Center in Zambia on January 27, 2020.
How UNICEF Is Helping Children Thrive in Zambia
To protect the health & future of Zambia's children, UNICEF is improving water and sanitation facilities in schools and health care centers.
On February 24, 2021, staff unloads the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana's capital.
First COVID-19 Vaccines Land in Ghana: A Milestone for COVAX
The largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history is off to a running start.
After running away to escape an abusive home life in eastern Ukraine, 15-year-old Valia called a UNICEF-supported helpline in desperation.
It's Okay Not to Be Okay
School closures, poverty, isolation — UNICEF and partners are helping children and young people cope with trauma in the age of COVID-19.
Abdulkader, 9, attends a UNICEF-supported level 1 ‘Curriculum B’ class at Adnan Almalki school in Hama city, Syria.
How UNICEF Helps Out-of-School Kids in Syria Get Back on Track
UNICEF's education programs in the war-torn country are reaching tens of thousands more students in need every year.
In January 2021, a nurse prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at Sitaram Bhartiya Institute of Science & Research in New Delhi, India.
The Race to End the Pandemic
UNICEF is leading efforts to equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines around the world. Because no one is safe until everyone is safe.
A child's hand is pressed against a UNICEF-supplied mosquito net in Bienythiang in Akoka county, Upper Nile state, South Sudan on October 23, 2020.
"In My Nightmares, the Soldiers Are Chasing Me"
UNICEF helps children formerly associated with armed groups recover from the trauma they've experienced and put their lives back together.
Kidnapped by an armed group when he was a young teenager in South Sudan, Christian (name changed) is now free and receiving extensive psychosocial services through a UNICEF-supported rehabilitation program.
Helping Traumatized Children Learn to Forget in South Sudan
A caring social worker helps children released by armed groups begin the long road back to happiness.
UNICEF and You Can Make This Lunar New Year Happier for Every Child
May the Year of the Ox bring abundant joy and prosperity to you and the vulnerable children of the world.
Nurel, 7, a primary school student, eats a healthy lunch prepared by a cook at Shabdan Baatyr school near Shabdan village, Chon Kemin valley, Kyrgyzstan.
UNICEF Reports: Over 39 Billion Meals Missed Since Schools Shut Down
COVID-19 has students missing more than their classrooms. For millions, it means going hungry.
A boy photographed at a refugee camp in eastern Sudan is one of over 25,000 children who have fled Ethiopia's Tigray region to escape violence since early November.
Crisis in Ethiopia: UNICEF Pushes to Get Aid to Children in Tigray
UNICEF has been able to get some emergency supplies through, but it's nowhere near the scale of what's urgently needed.
Children and families affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise queue for food at an aid distribution point outside Beira, Mozambique.
In Mozambique, 90,000 Kids Need Help in Wake of Cyclone Eloise
UNICEF rushes aid to the hardest hit areas of Sofala province, where over 170,000 people have been severely affected by the superstorm.

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