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Seven-year-old Davyd and his family fled Bucha, Ukraine, after the shelling began in Feb. 2022. They are now staying with relatives in London.

A Ukrainian Refugee Family Finds Safety in London

The National Youth Council Takes on NYC!

For a whole weekend, the NYC members met at UNICEF USA offices for programming, professional development and team-building. Check out some highlights from the weekend: A National Youth Council member...

A family travels by boat after flash floods inundated northeastern Bangladesh in May and June 2022.

UNICEF Providing Emergency Aid After Devastating Floods in Bangladesh

A catastrophic series of flash floods that began in May 2022, with a second wave starting in mid-June, have left an estimated 7.2 million people reeling in northeastern Bangladesh. UNICEF is part of a large-scale humanitarian response across the region.

Students practice sign language at the Wangsel Institute for the Deaf, a UNICEF-supported school in Paro, western Bhutan known for inclusive education.

Deaf Students in Bhutan Create Country's First Sign Language

The project is a major step forward in a country committed to inclusive education, with UNICEF playing a supporting role.

Murugayya Gunasekara, 30, holds his child outside the UNICEF-supported health clinic in the tea estate area in Hatton, central Sri Lanka.

Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka Hurting Children Most

Donate As Sri Lanka descends further into its worst economic and political crisis in 70 years, it is children who are suffering the most. A foreign currency shortage has left the country struggling to...

In Dessie town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, Rania Dagash, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, left, met baby Rahima and her mother, Amina, who adopted her after finding her abandoned as a newborn.

Amid Conflict in Ethiopia, Proof of the Enduring Power of Mothers

On a recent visit to Ethiopia's Amhara region, Rania Dagash, UNICEF's Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, found hardship and suffering — but also signs of hope and the unshakeable strength and kindness of mothers.

On June 24, 2022, 8-year-old Nasrin stands outside the tent where she is living with her family in Gayan District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan.

UNICEF Reaching Those in Need After Afghanistan's Deadly Earthquake

Yer, 11, accesses safe water from a new UNICEF-installed system at the Sirmeret camp for internally displaced families in the SNNP region of Ethiopia.

UNICEF in Eastern and Southern Africa

How UNICEF is working with partners to meet children's urgent needs in a region suffering from severe drought and other crises.

On April 29, 2021, 9-month-old Shaima receives her routine vaccinations at a UNICEF-supported health center in Sana'a, Yemen.

This Eid Al-Adha, Remember the World's Most Vulnerable Children

Wherever there are children in need, UNICEF is there to help. In more than 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works nonstop to protect children and their right to a healthy, happy, safe childhood.