UNICEF in action

Displaying 73 - 81 of 111
Trending Search Topics:
UNICEF USA President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis bonds with a child from Ukraine who is receiving care at a center in Baicoi, Romania, where the community has been welcoming refugees with open arms.

UNICEF USA's Michael J. Nyenhuis on Mental Health & the War in Ukraine

The President and CEO of UNICEF USA discusses the war in Ukraine, its impact on children’s mental health and UNICEF's response.
Read More
18-month-old Sashko plays with his mother, Kateryna, 27, at a UNICEF-supported health center in western Ukraine.

What's Inside a UNICEF Early Childhood Development Kit?

Why UNICEF sends puzzles, puppets and building blocks to children caught in crisis. [VIDEO]
Read More
National Teacher Appreciation

The Difference A Teacher Can Make

UNICEF USA Community Engagement Intern Kyle King reflects on the impact one of his high school teachers had on his mental health.
Read More
People Talking

For Refugee Children From Ukraine, a Safe Place to Play

Blue Dot refugee support centers set up by UNICEF and UNHCR provide urgently needed help for displaced families. [VIDEO]
Read More
On March 19, 2022, Ivan, right, and his sister, Sofia, from Mariupol, Ukraine, play with a Blue Dot psychologist in a child-friendly space, located in the Blue Dot hub at the Palanca border crossing in the Republic of Moldova.

Blue Dot Centers Help Children Traumatized by War in Ukraine

Blue Dot centers set up by UNICEF and UNHCR offer children escaping violence a safe place to play and vital mental health support. [VIDEO]
Read More
Teacher Anastasiia Konovalova fled the war in Ukraine and started a primary school for Ukrainian refugee children in Bucharest, Romania, with support from the Ministry of Education and UNICEF.

In Bucharest, a School for Ukrainian Refugee Children

A teacher from Ukraine — herself a refugee — started a free primary school for children forced out of Ukraine by the war. [VIDEO]
Read More
Liudmyla Voloshenko, 41, combs her 10-year-old daughter Sonia’s hair in one of the trains that have become home for thousands of civilians in the Kharkiv, Ukraine metro.

A Child’s Life Underground in Kharkiv, Ukraine

UNICEF is helping to turn Ukrainian subway stations into emergency support spaces for children caught in a brutal war.
Read More
A child refugee from Ukraine stands in line with her mother at the border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova at Palanca on March 24, 2022.

More Than Half of Ukraine’s Children Displaced by War

One month into a brutal war, Ukraine's children are traumatized and in desperate need of assistance. UNICEF is there to help.
Read More
UNICEF-supported children and families displaced by violence sheltering at the Waleed Nofal school in Hasakah city, northeast Syria photographed on Jan. 27, 2022.

War in Syria: Children Still Suffering Profound Impacts

UNICEF's humanitarian response in and around Syria reflects deep, devastating effects of over a decade of violence and rights violations.
Read More