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  • Addressing Humanitarian Crises: Student Case Competition

    Posted by UNICEF Canada ·

    While this academic year has posed a challenge for students across the country who have been learning in a remote or hybrid context, it hasn’t stopped our amazing network of UNICEF on Campus Clubs from advocating and fundraising for world’s most vulnerable children. Western University's Campus Club held a case competition to address humanitarian needs in South Sudan, and the winning team shares their process.
    Children wash their hands at a UNICEF supplied WASH station
  • Yemen: A Crisis Unlike Any Other

    Posted by UNICEF Canada ·

    Six years of conflict has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen. What does this mean for children and what is UNICEF doing to help?
    A baby gets measured for malnutrition
  • The Heaviest Price: 10 Years of Conflict in Syria

    Posted by UNICEF Canada ·

    After a decade of conflict, children in Syria continue to pay the heaviest price. Today we answer pressing questions about what is happening in Syria, how UNICEF is working to protect children, and how you can support our work.
    Two children sit in the rubble of their former home.
  • The World is Really So Small: A Donor’s Reflections

    Posted by UNICEF Canada ·

    At UNICEF Canada, the Women UNlimited team are working with local communities to create change for children around the world, through a committed four-year donation. For International Women’s Day, we spoke with one of the members Beth Borody about how her passion for maternal health led to wanting to support mothers and children around the world.
    Bethany stands on a beach in Ghana with her son.
  • Remembering Jean Julian: 1933-2020

    Posted by UNICEF Canada ·

    Following the passing of longtime volunteer Jean Julian in December 2020, UNICEF Canada wanted to share some memories from her fellow volunteers of her spirit and tireless dedication to UNICEF’s work.
    Jean poses with other UNICEF Guelph volunteers
  • In War-Torn Syria, A Brave Mother Fights For Her Children

    Posted by UNICEF ·

    Seven years ago, a young mother named Haifa and 50 members of her extended family fled escalating violence in the city of Erbin and settled on a farm in the suburbs, where they hoped they'd be safe. Now Haifa tells her story of how she has worked to protect her children from the conflict.
    Haifa's children pose inside their temporary home
  • When I Close My Eyes: 3 Stories of Child Soldiers

    Posted by UNICEF Canada ·

    For Red Hand Day/International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, three former child soldiers share how the traumatic events in ‘the bush’ kept haunting them in their dreams and how the support from family and social workers have helped them.
    Two former child soldiers pose with their arms around each other.