UNICEF in action

Moving past the jargon to explore what child protection is and why it is critical for uplifting the rights of children everywhere.

Why ALEX AND ANI teamed up with UNICEF to give 6,000 toddlers a better start in Cambodia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam.

She was a kid on a plane bound for Bolivia to visit her grandparents the first time Lorena Camacho saw a flight attendant come around to collect donations for UNICEF. "It really intrigued me," Lorena recalls. "I wanted to learn more."

The Midwest Region hosts the 7th Annual UNICEF Chicago Humanitarian Awards Luncheon

In a nation on the brink of social collapse, a campaign to protect girls from early marriage stalls.

"We made every place special by taking photographs," says Amira Raslan, a 26-year-old Syrian, who today lives with her family in Berlin. "Like when we passed over a border, we'd say, 'Oh, great! We made it to Serbia! Picture! Picture!'

The internet and social media empower kids to speak up and take action. Learn more in UNICEF's State of the World's Children report 2017.

As more children use technology & the Internet, UNICEF and UNICEF USA host a conference about putting children first.

UNICEF and partners combined education and immunization to fight maternal neonatal tetanus, an excruciating, completely preventable disease.