Stories About Our Mission

Two youth participants in the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health's mental health and wellness workshops and peer mentor training program, supported by UNICEF USA.
Dispatch from Brooklyn: In Mental Health, 'Kids Helping Kids' Works
A UNICEF USA-supported program focused on youth mental health and wellness in New York City gets ready for Phase 2.
A woman and her children cross a dry field near Saglo village, Somali region, Ethiopia on January 20, 2022.
Emergency Relief for Children & Families in Drought-Stricken Ethiopia
UNICEF is helping families struggling for survival as a severe drought takes hold in four regions of Ethiopia. [VIDEO]
Natasha, 16, of eastern Ukraine reflects on a childhood interrupted by conflict.
Childhood, Interrupted: Paying the Price of Conflict in Ukraine
Natasha, 16, of eastern Ukraine, remembers life before her school was destroyed in heavy fighting. [VIDEO]
In Ethiopia's drought-stricken Somali region, Hafsa Bedel, is trying to keep her family's camels alive.
Years of Drought Pushing Families to the Brink in Ethiopia
UNICEF is working closely with local authorities to provide lifesaving assistance to families desperately in need.
Polina, 7, of Eastern Ukraine bears the scars of injuries suffered when a shell exploded outside the family home when she was a year old.
UNICEF: Children Are Bearing Brunt of Intensifying Crisis in Ukraine
How UNICEF is meeting urgent needs of children and families impacted by years of conflict as the situation escalates in the eastern region.
Families wade through a flooded area to receive UNICEF support at a site for Internally Displaced People (IDP) in Tete, northern Mozambique after Tropical Storm Ana hit parts of the country
UNICEF Rushing Aid to Families Hit by Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique
More than 45,000 people, including 23,000 women and children, are likely to need humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the storm.
Children use their tablet and work with each other at the UNICEF supported Debate e-Learning Center in a village on the outskirts of Kassala, the capital of the state of Kassala in Eastern Sudan.
Giga Initiative: Connecting the World's Schools to the Internet
COVID-19 deepened the digital divide. Time to ensure that every student has access to information, opportunity & choice
UNICEF distributes blankets, tarps, buckets and other emergency winter supplies to displaced families in Herat, Afghanistan.
UNICEF in Afghanistan: Helping Families Survive Winter
Emergency supplies — warm blankets, heavy duty tarps, buckets and other items — are distributed to the most vulnerable. [VIDEO]
UNICEF Aids Families in Afghanistan With Humanitarian Cash Transfers
The emergency program provides a temporary income to help cover food, fuel and other necessities. [VIDEO]
On January 15, 2022, a satellite image captures an explosive eruptions of the underwater Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano near the island nation of Tonga.
Underwater Volcano Erupts, Plunging Tonga Into Crisis
UNICEF is working with partners to rush emergency supplies to help children & families in the remote island nation.
Thirteen-year-old Ashutosh Chhetry received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, delivered by UNICEF via COVAX, in Lalitpur District, central Nepal on December 14, 2021.
Getting COVID-19 Vaccines to the Most Vulnerable in Nepal
Thirteen-year-old Ashitosh can breathe easier now that he's been vaccinated against COVID-19. [VIDEO]
UNICEF delivered a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda's Kigali International Airport on January 15, 2022 containing the billionth dose delivered to 144 countries through COVAX.
COVAX COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries Hit 1 Billion Doses — and Counting
Mission Unstoppable: The most ambitious vaccination campaign in history forges ahead in 2022, with UNICEF leading on procurement and supply.

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