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On February 22, people across Canada will be donning pink shirts to recognize Pink Shirt Day, a national event dedicated to raising awareness about bullying.

16-year-old Kafia Noor seizes the chance of an education to escape the ordeal of displacement.

Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, a mass vaccination campaign has protected children.

To end the year with a note of gratitude, here are five stories of hope from around the world – showing us how one small intervention can impact the lives and futures of children.

It isn’t always easy to be a kid—or for that matter, a parent responsible for one. But we can all agree that over the last few years, it’s grown increasingly harder.

UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal helps support our work as it provides conflict- and disaster-affected children with access to water, sanitation, nutrition, education, health and protection services.

UNICEF has distributed Baby Boxes to hospitals across Ukraine, containing essential items such as diapers, clothes and toys.

UNICEF Canada youth advocate and a U-Report Canada Ambassador Reeana Tazreean attended the first-ever UNICEF Youth Advocates Mobilization Lab (YAML), held on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly. YAML saw 34 youth advocates from 25 different countries come together to collaborate solutions for global issues, how to better advocate for children’s rights, and to strengthen youth-led advocacy initiatives.

Let’s take a trip around the world to find out how the funds raised are making a difference for millions of children by helping them access safe, drinking water, life-saving vaccines, fight malnutrition and bring them back to school.

Newborn babies are spending the first days of their lives in shelters and basements.