UNICEF in action

Children forced from their homes by poverty and violence have the right to be protected and supported at every step along the way.

It was a typical day in Myanmar’s Rakhine State for 14-year-old Shofika* until the soldiers pushed their way into her family's yard. “I was grinding chilies when the military came,” the young girl told UNICEF in late April at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Amidst hardship and uncertainty, UNICEF and LDS Charities deliver education and opportunity to refugee children and their families.

UNICEF USA is calling on America to revise its strategies for protecting children at the border.

"They call it by many names: the sphere, the round, the tool, the globe, the balloon, the projectile." — Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, "Soccer in Sun and Shadow" All children need to play. For...

With food, medicine and safe water already in short supply, a devastated nation prepares for a crippling blockade.

An important reminder to continue advocating on behalf of children who suffer discrimination and exclusion because of the way they look.

“Vaccines are a miracle. We have a shared responsibility to ensure that all children, no matter where they live, have a shot at life.”