UNICEF in action

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

Wherever there is war — whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Syria or Ukraine — it is children who suffer first and suffer the most.

Medicine, midwifery kits and other lifesaving supplies have reached Lviv. More emergency supplies are on the way.

UNICEF and partners are equipping millions of girls worldwide with the 21st-century skills needed to fuel tomorrow's labor force.

In Pakistan and Afghanistan, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell met children, adolescents and mothers and listened to their stories.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the social and economic devastation is weighing most heavily on children.

Mothers desperate to protect their children from escalating war in Ukraine share stories of grief and determination.

UNICEF is on the ground assisting vulnerable Rohingya refugee children and their families in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

From sites strategically located near the border along popular transit routes, UNICEF delivers emergency services to children and families.