UNICEF in Action

Stories about UNICEF's work for children around the world

A Mother’s Love and UNICEF Help a Sexual Assault Survivor Move Forward A mom with her own experience of abuse fights back to protect her daughter and break a family pattern of violence.
This Syrian Mom Won’t Let War Get in the Way of Her Children’s Future After her husband was killed and their home destroyed, this mother built a new life for herself and her four children with UNICEF's help.
Tropical Cyclone Fani Hits India and Bangladesh Fani put 10 million people —including 4 million children — in harm's way. UNICEF is responding to those in need.
Deadly Cyclones Are On the Rise and Climate Change Is To Blame Climate change is exacerbating extreme weather events, and the world's most vulnerable children will bear the brunt of these disasters.
"My Friends Were in Class, But I Was Sleeping on Cardboard" A teenager & her family left Venezuela for Brazil. UNICEF learning spaces are making the transition to a new education system less daunting.
Want to Change the World? Send a Child to Preschool. Children enrolled in quality early learning programs do better in school, and go on to become more productive adults.
Midwives on Motorbikes Go the Distance for Indonesia's Moms Mothers will do anything to protect their children. These midwives help make it possible.
Amilia Escaped a Deadly Militia Attack — and Became a UNICEF Midwife After her town was invaded by armed groups, Amilia Mathew fled to Yola, Nigeria, where she cares for mothers and their babies.
As More Venezuelan Families Flee to Colombia, UNICEF Is There To Help With new groups arriving every day, UNICEF is amping up support for migrants, refugees and their host communities in Colombia.
After Cyclone Idai, an Emergency Cholera Immunization Campaign UNICEF-supported health workers have vaccinated more than a million people in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Flooding Feared After Cyclone Kenneth Hits Idai-Ravaged Mozambique UNICEF is supporting the emergency response and assessing the damage inflicted on a nation still struggling to recover from Cyclone Idai.
In a Remote Nepalese Village, Motherhood Can Be a Matter of Survival When Janaki was worried that her daughter might not live, a UNICEF-trained community health worker was on call to help.

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