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Ten-year-old Qusay searches in the wreckage of his home in in the Al-Touam area in the northern Gaza Strip.

Aid Blockade Fuels Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza

After more than 18 months of war, children in the Gaza Strip are being pushed to the brink.
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A mother holds her baby son in a temporary shelter in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan on April 15, 2025.

Global Funding Crisis: Aid Cuts Anywhere Threaten Security and Prosperity Everywhere

Protecting children from illness and hunger builds the foundation for resilient, thriving and peaceful communities.
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Visitors from UNICEF USA join a stimulation class for children under age 2 at the UNICEF-supported Kasunbanya Early Childhood Education Hub Insaka (Hub) in Zambia.

Bending the Curve for Children in Zambia

Reflections from a recent visit to Zambia, where UNICEF and partners are improving the lives of children through impactful programs.
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A malnourished child eats Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food after being screened and diagnosed at the UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Dhamar, Yemen.

Hope on Wheels: UNICEF Mobile Teams Save Lives in Yemen

UNICEF-supported mobile teams deliver essential health and nutrition services directly to families in remote parts of Yemen. More help is needed.
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On July 29, 2024, a severely malnourished child is fed ready-to-use therapeutic food at the UNICEF-supported Payuer Nutrition Center in Renk county, South Sudan.

Foreign Aid Funding Cuts Harm the World's Children

At least 14 million children are expected to face disruptions to essential nutrition support and services in 2025 because of global funding cuts.
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Kids in Abidjan, southern Côte d'Ivoire, participate in a community event on World Children's Day 2024.

10 Ways Investing in Children’s Well-Being Changed the World

Here are 10 major advances that UNICEF and partners helped make possible.
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In the drought-stricken Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia, 16-year-old Fatuma, leans against the white board in her classroom. She is in school instead of in an early marriage thanks to child protection programs supported by UNICEF.

Foreign Aid Is Critical to the Well-Being of Millions of Children

Support from the private sector — including individual donors — is needed more than ever to keep important humanitarian and development work going.
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In Port-au-Prince on Jan. 27, 2025, UNICEF Global Spokesperson James Elder interacts with students during a visit to a school that UNICEF and partners relocated from La Saline in 2023, after students got caught up in a clash between two armed groups.

Dispatch From Haiti: What Children Need Most

Multiple threats to children include recruitment into armed groups. What UNICEF is doing to deliver urgently needed support, protection and hope.
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Qabil holds her 3-month-old son at the UNICEF-supported health clinic in Alkarama, Kassala state, Sudan.

How UNICEF Helps Malnourished Mothers and Babies in Sudan

UNICEF-supported clinics provide essential health and nutrition services for women and children displaced by Sudan's brutal civil war. [video]
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