UNICEF in Action

Stories about UNICEF's work for children around the world

Education, Not Marriage: Building Better Futures for Girls in Ethiopia UNICEF programs help reduce child marriage in Ethiopia by keeping girls learning & giving them the support they need during the pandemic.
Helping Girls Escape Early Marriage in Yemen Social collapse is pushing more and more young girls into child marriage in Yemen. UNICEF-supported programs help them get their lives back.
Americans Who Never Forget: Life Without Vaccines Three lives touched by vaccine-preventable disease, one message: don't take immunization for granted.
The Case for Intersectionality: Supporting LGBTQ Youth Amidst COVID-19 UNICEF USA renews its commitment to ending discrimination and abuse. LGBTQ children deserve protection and equal rights.
Refugees Need Our Support Now More Than Ever Born a refugee herself, Halima Aden speaks out on behalf of the world's most vulnerable children as they face the threat of COVID-19.
UNICEF: In Fight to Reduce Poverty, Cash Is King UNICEF makes a case for Universal Child Benefits (cash assistance for families) to counter the pandemic's economic fallout.
Monthly Donors Are the Backbone of UNICEF's Work Around the World When you open your heart to children, the benefits to those who struggle to survive can last them — and you — a lifetime.
Earthquake Hits Southern Mexico When a magnitude 7.4 quake rocked Mexico's Oaxaca State, buildings swayed hundreds of miles away. UNICEF is standing by to help, as needed.
How to Keep Children Learning During a Pandemic Robert Jenkins, UNICEF Global Chief of Education, on the challenges of remote learning and what parents can do to support their children.
A Boy Scarred by Yemen's War Takes His First Steps Toward Healing Thanks to a UNICEF project in Aden that provides prosthetic limbs to children maimed in Yemen's war, Rayan, 6, can live a fuller life.
From Refugee to U.S. Citizen: A Former Lost Girl Looks Back War in South Sudan took almost everything from Rebecca Deng as a child. Today, she's a vocal champion for refugee children.
Protecting Yemen's Children From COVID-19 An urgent funding crisis threatens the water, sanitation and health programs children in Yemen need to stay alive. You can help now.

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