UNICEF in action

© UNICEF/03-0188/ Pirozzi ANGOLA: A woman health worker fills a syringe with measles vaccine to inoculate a boy against the disease. An insulated cold case was used to transport the vaccines at a...

© UNICEF/06-0093/Noorani BANGLADESH: A boy presses a cotton swab to his arm after receiving a measles vaccination at a site for vulnerable children, including those who live or work on the streets, in...

© UNICEF/92-0343/Isaac AFGHANISTAN: A man and his daughter share a blanket in the cold, in the village of Bagrami outside Kabul.More than thirteen years of war have destroyed the country's physical...

© UNICEF Kenya/00366/Noorani KENYA: Doreas Ejore (16 year old) drinks water from a UNICEF-supplied hand pump in Napeililim Mixed Primary School in Lodwar town in Turkana District. For the final 12...

© UNICEF/05-0203/Pietrasik SRI LANKA: Eight-year-old Shahid carries a batch of exercise books at Ak-Al Badr Nagar Vidyalaya School in the eastern district of Ampara. The books, which bear the UNICEF...

© UNICEF/05-0676/Heger ETHIOPIA: A toddler who was severely malnourished drinks fortified milk at a UNICEF-supported therapeutic feeding center. The child has now recovered enough to take in nutrients...

For the final 12 days of 2008, UNICEF celebrity Ambassadors and Supporters are posting daily blog entries about the impact UNICEF Inspired Gifts are having on children around the world. My name is Mia...

For the final 12 days of 2008, UNICEF celebrity Ambassadors and Supporters are posting daily blog entries about the impact UNICEF Inspired Gifts are having on children around the world. Jon McLaughlin...

© UNICEF/04-1334/Noorani MYANMAR: At a rural health center in the central Magway Division, a nurse opens a pack of UNICEF-supplied oral rehydration salts to demonstrate their preparation. For the...