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On 22 November 2019, adolescent boys use wheelchairs in an outdoor basketball court at Abdul Ahad Karzai Orphanage in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Many of them have been injured in conflict and have lost limbs in landmine accidents.

UNICEF USA Calls on President Biden to Ban Landmines

At least 40 percent of civilian victims of landmines are children.

A health worker receives her COVID-19 vaccination.

Hero Nurses Risk Their Lives to Save COVID-19 Patients in South Africa

On March 21, 2021 in India, a child runs past a mural depicting frontline health care workers, along a road in New Delhi.

As India Faces Brutal COVID-19 Crisis, UNICEF Is There to Help

India is struggling to fight off a crushing second wave of COVID-19 cases. UNICEF and partners are working to save lives. You can help.

In the city of El Alto, Bolivia, Julia Condori cradles her son, Aaron, as they wait their turn in the UNICEF-supported Mercedes Health Center for the child’s latest round of vaccinations.

Getting Vaccines Where They Need to Be to Keep Children Safe

A father and child arrive in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, after crossing the Darien Gap, one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.

Amid Migration Surge, UNICEF Acts to Protect Kids at Every Step

The number of children passing through the Darien Gap, the most dangerous migration route in the world, has increased 15-fold since 2017.

In Spain, 17-year-old environmental activist Juan cleans up the fields around his hometown, Almería.

One Teen's Advice on How to Save the Earth: "You Just Need to Start"

It was seeing photos of the catastrophic wildfires that swept across Australia in 2019 and 2020 that convinced Juan, a 17-year-old environmental activist in Almería, Spain, that the time to act is now.

Celebrating the World’s Artisans and the Power of Shopping for Good

UNICEF Market celebrates the talented makers who create everything from one-of-a-kind pieces of fine art to clothing lines and home decor that lend beauty and style to everyday essentials.

A volunteer community mobilizer administers the oral polio vaccine to a child in Fanisau Ugongo Village, Kano State, Nigeria.

How Polio Paved the Way for a Powerful COVID-19 Response in Nigeria

How UNICEF and partners in the successful fight to end polio were able to quickly pivot toward a new public health threat.

Maria Malo (32) carries her son Antonio Malo (1), after having received treatment at a UNICEF health centre in the Ndjenja Resettlement camp, Mozambique, Wednesday, 04 March 2020. After two major cyclones in one season, extreme drought and renewed floodin

Earth Day in 2021

Earth Day 2021 dawns with the call to "Restore Earth" and help communities and areas disproportionately affected by environmental threats.