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Migrant children in the U.S. lack protection and services needed to ensure their wellbeing

A Girl's Death Spotlights the Dangers Facing Migrant Children

A toddler dies on the border as reports of migrant children held in unsafe U.S. facilities spark demands for action to keep children safe.

A boy washes in Balukhali, part of the refugee camp sheltering over 800,000 Rohingya refugees, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

A Deep Dive Into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

New research presents a global picture of who has access to safe services — and who doesn't — revealing persistent inequalities.

Woman Stands in Front of Room Full of Beds

Jacqueline Tchebemou: Saving CAR's "Forgotten" Malnourished Children

To much of the world, the conflict that has terrorized the people of the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2012 is a forgotten crisis. But to the 43,000 children of the nation who are suffering...

A UNICEF-supported medical supply delivery drone takes off from the Kasungu airstrip in central Malawi in 2019.

Long-Range Drones Deliver Medical Supplies to Remote Areas of Malawi

The UNICEF Humanitarian Drone Corridor in Malawi is a testing ground for innovative drone projects that can help save lives.

Women in India's Jharkhand state are learning masonry skills and menstrual hygiene as part of a UNICEF sanitation program.

Building Toilets and Educating Girls About Menstruation In India

Trained as masons for a sanitation project, women in Jharkhand are changing the conversation about gender roles and girls' futures.

Mario (name changed) from El Salvador was detained in Mexico before being released and granted asylum with UNICEF's help.

A Path to Protection for Uprooted Kids in Mexico

It took about a year, but Mario, a teen from El Salvador, was eventually recognized as a refugee by the government thanks to UNICEF.

Children Uprooted: The Things They Carried

As children, many of us had a prized possession — but what if you had been forced to leave home suddenly, fleeing war or escaping poverty? Could you have brought your prized possession? Would you have found something new along the way?

Haneen, 5, in her new kindergarten classroom, built and equipped by UNICEF, in Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan.

Kindergarten Is a Safe Haven for Syrian Refugee Children

"In kindergarten, they teach us the letters and the numbers, and we play together," Mohammad, a wide-eyed 6-year-old, (below) tells a visitor to his class in Jordan's Za'atari Refugee Camp. "When I grow up, I want to become a policeman."

Yara, 10, still has her little doll from Syria in Za'atari Refugee Camp.

For Syrian Refugee Children, Poignant Reminders of Home

They have been through so much, and they have so little. Many of the approximately 40,000 Syrian refugee children growing up in Jordan's sprawling Za'atari refugee camp don't remember a time before Syria's brutal civil war began in 2011.