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Students celebrate the K.I.N.D. Fund's delivery of new desks to their school in Mzimba District, Malawi on Oct. 23, 2024.

K.I.N.D. Fund Desks Make a Big Difference for Students in Malawi

A partnership between UNICEF USA and MS NOW provides school desks for children in Malawi, improving education outcomes. [video]
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Emilia, 6, stands in a UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) school being used as a shelter in Gaza City.

Children in Conflict Need Urgent Protection

No child should have to grow up surrounded by violence. Compassion — and international law — must prevail.
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Children carry water at the Qurdubey camp in Dollow, Somalia, where UNICEF is providing humanitarian aid to families displaced by severe drought in the Horn of Africa, one of the world's worst climate change-related disasters.

Why Earth Day Matters for Children

For UNICEF, an opportunity to highlight urgent needs of vulnerable children already suffering the worst effects of climate change.
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child peering out a window in a darkened room

6 Ways Explosive Weapons Threaten Children

As armed conflicts move increasingly into cities and other populated areas, children are paying the price. [video]
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A young girl looks at a glowing globe in a darkened room

5 Tips for Dealing with Uncertainty in Times of War

When conflict makes the headlines, it can make you feel fearful and anxious no matter where you are living. Here are a few tips on how to cope.
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On Oct. 12, 2022, in the village of Saraf Aldi, South Kordofan State, Sudan, women attend a UNICEF-supported community awareness session about the terrible consequences of female genital mutilation.

What Is FGM?

UNICEF is working to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM), a cruel and unnecessary practice. [VIDEO]
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A malnourished 6-month-old is fed Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food by his mother at UNICEF-supported Garowe General Hospital Stabilization Center in Puntland, Somalia, on Oct. 27, 2022.

What Is
Child Wasting?

UNICEF and partners like the Eleanor Crook Foundation are working to combat the global nutrition crisis. Learn more, including how to help.
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Six-year-old Denys walks through what was once his home in Shybene, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

8 Humanitarian Crises and the UNICEF Response

Humanitarian action is central to UNICEF’s mission. A look at a few of UNICEF's ongoing humanitarian responses around the world.
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A young boy works in a machine shop when he should be a school.

The Global Child Labor Crisis

Child labor is still a problem in the United States and worldwide. How UNICEF protects children who are vulnerable. [video]
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