UNICEF in Action

Stories about UNICEF's work for children around the world

Trying to Heal in Haiti: Loudina's Story UNICEF USA videographer Michelle Marrion talks about meeting Loudina, an 8-year-old Haitian girl orphaned by Hurricane Matthew.
Watch: Pati, 16, Explains Why She Risked Her Life For Her Family Smuggling children from Africa to Europe has become a billion dollar industry. This is what happened on Pati's Journey to Italy.
As Hunger Stalks South Sudan's Children, Their Education Suffers Too The brutal civil war has forced more than 1.8 million children out-of-school, but many are still determined to learn.
South Sudan Famine Declared: We Must Save These Children In the world's youngest country, 5.5 million people — almost half the population — will face severe food shortages this year.
How Can We Sustain the Child Survival Revolution? Bill & Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett and UNICEF know one big part of the answer: vaccines work.
How to Save 1.5 Million Lives a Year? Vaccinate the World's Children! Vaccines are startlingly effective in reducing child deaths. Meet some of the children who benefit from them.
Eat, Play, Love—Why a Child's First 1,000 Days Make All the Difference To help kids get the best start in life, nurture them — and give them low-cost, high-quality early childhood programs.
Watch: Refugees — The Shared Story of Harry and Ahmed Two refugees, two generations, one story. Our President and CEO Caryl M. Stern urges you to watch this video.
Amidst the Rubble, Aleppo's Kids Are Heading Back to School With UNICEF assistance, 23 primary schools have re-opened in the past few weeks alone.
Watch: UNICEF USA's CEO on Why 28 Million Children Need Your Help Now Caryl M. Stern explains how children worldwide are under direct attack—with their lives, hopes and futures hanging in the balance.
These Filmmakers Are Helping Refugees Tell Their Stories The Refuge Project by Magna Carta features heartbreaking accounts of loss from the front lines of the European refugee crisis.
Watch: The Needs of Refugees Have Never Been Greater — Caryl M. Stern Our President and CEO on the refugee crisis — 28 million children have been uprooted by conflict. We must see them as CHILDREN FIRST.

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