UNICEF in action

On Wednesday night, American Idol devoted two hours of primetime programming, corporate sponsorship, celebrity support and the largest audience in television to raise funds for children affected by...

Kristen Mangelinkx from UNICEF's Boston office is blogging on her trip to Madagascar. This is her post from Sunday, April 22. We flew north to Sambava this morning. Located in the Sava region, known...

Kristen Mangelinkx from UNICEF's Boston office is blogging on her trip to Madagascar. But internet connections are not always available in the field -- we've just received her post from Saturday...

Malaria infects hundreds of millions each year and kills one child every 30 seconds in Africa alone. But solutions exist: an insecticide-treated bednet costs only $6. Please watch this video and let...

UNICEF Ambassador Mia Farrow will sit down with the ladies of ABC's The View tomorrow morning at 11:00 am EST. She'll be discussing the humanitarian situation Darfur and how the crisis there has...

Yesterday was the final day of Clay Aiken's ten day appeal for Afghanistan. Congratulations! We raised $181,783.03 for the kids of Afghanistan during this ten day campaign. That's $80,000+ more than...

We started working on Clay Aiken's field report yesterday afternoon. I thought you might like to see the cover we're working on. We're sorting through the pictures and they're great. I'm looking...

Today is Day 8 of the campaign for Afghanistan and we've already far surpassed the goal. Clay Aiken asked us to share his thanks with you. Also, Clay is scheduled to appear tonight on

Our new total is $161,798.82 as of 9 a.m. this morning. This total, in US Dollars, now reflects the donations made in the U.S. and in Canada. Speaking of Canada, I had a conference call with my...