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For more than 36 years, medical nurse Jiydegul Rysbaeva has traveled on horseback across the Jon-Bulak Valley, Kyrgyzstan, delivering lifesaving vaccines and care to children and families on farmsteads across the region.

Delivering Measles Vaccines on Horseback in Kyrgyzstan

Dedicated health workers go the distance to keep children safe from disease outbreaks. [video]
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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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In June 2023, Mariam, a Sudanese refugee from the town of Tendelti, collects water from a borehole installed by UNICEF in the village of Koufroun, eastern Chad.

With Guinea Worm Eradication in Sight, a Celebration of a Humanitarian Legacy

In the 1980s, UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy Carter.
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Children in Kassala state, Sudan.

During Ramadan, Make a Difference for Children in Need

Ramadan is difficult this year for children whose lives have been turned upside-down by conflict in Gaza, Sudan and Yemen. [video]
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Students wash their hands after using the latrine at Soroubi Girls’ School in Nazyan district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan.

From Tents to Classrooms in Afghanistan

UNICEF is constructing 165 solar-powered schools equipped with bathrooms and handwashing facilities for girls and boys across Afghanistan.
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A lonely figure walks the tracks on the outskirts of Reynosa, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas.

5 Ways to Fight Hate and Discrimination

Intolerance and hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. and beyond. Now is the time to take action.
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In Renk, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, mother feeds her child from a packet of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) supplied by UNICEF to treat malnourished children.

Malnutrition Crisis: Reaching Children in Need in South Sudan

With foreign aid cuts, prevention and treatment programs are facing severe funding shortfalls, putting children's lives at risk.
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Students in a temporary learning space for displaced children in Kikumbe Village, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sounding the Alarm on the Global Education Crisis

New analysis from Education Cannot Wait indicates that 234 million crisis-affected children require urgent support to access quality education.
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