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Five things you need to know about UNICEF Halloween

Publication date: October 7, 2022

The spook-tacular tradition is back this Halloween! Here are the top 5 things you need to know about UNICEF Canada’s Halloween Walk-a-thon for 2022.

Amid devastating floods, can 11-year-old Mukesh hold onto his dream?

Posted by: Guest Author

Publication date: September 6, 2022

Mukesh and his family are living in makeshift tents in Sindh, Pakistan after unprecedented floods devastated the country and his family lost everything.

A child looks into the camera, behind him are a flooded field and half submerged homes.

Water and the global climate crisis: 10 things you should know

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: August 22, 2022

The world needs to get water smart. Everyone has a role to play, and we cannot afford to wait.

A girl in a bright pink scarf in front of yellow jerry can which has water pouring in it from a single tap. Tents can be seen in the background, looking like she is in a camp of sorts. The girl is looking away from the camera and is smiling.

Five humanitarians working for every child

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: August 19, 2022

On World Humanitarian Day we celebrate all the humanitarian workers who ensure children around the world are supported, so that they can thrive.

A woman wearing a UNICEF jakcet carries a child in her arms, both the woman and child are laughing. They are outdoors and both are wearing jackets.

Dreaming of a better future

Posted by: Guest Author

Publication date: August 4, 2022

Ahmad goes back to school with support from UNICEF

A boy holds a drawing up. It is made on paper and with colour pencils, showing a table with a vase and flowers on it. The boy is looking at the camera smiling.

The number of children in need of therapeutic treatment for malnutrition keeps growing

Posted by: Guest Author

Publication date: July 21, 2022

Aminata and her team use a ready-to-use therapeutic food called ‘Plumpy’Nut’ to treat the children. It comes in small sachets that cost about US$0.35 each. Malnourished children must take two sachets per day until they gain enough weight to overcome malnutrition. UNICEF is providing 80 per cent of the Plumpy’Nut needed to treat acutely malnourished children in the country.

a woman in a blue scarf holding a packet of food in one hand and a child in the other.

Forced to leave school and marry a man twice her age: The impacts of drought in Ethiopia

Posted by: Guest Author

Publication date: July 11, 2022

The story of 13-year-old Enat, who was forced to leave school and marry a stranger to help her family cope with the drought in Ethiopia.

Hands being held, the hand on the left is that of a man and the one on the right of a girl. The girl is wearing a green beaded bracelet. The photo is cropped till the forearms, the background is that of a blue tarp.

“I cannot sleep at night. I am afraid another earthquake will come and we will die”

Posted by: Guest Author

Publication date: July 7, 2022

After the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, 7-year-old Gulabea was trapped under her collapsed home for five hours with her family. When she was finally pulled to safety by neighbours, she emerged to find her community devastated.

A girl wearing a magenta headscarf while sitting, looking at the camera, with her hands folded on her knees. There is a vivid blue tent behind her

Reimagining the future through the eyes of young people in Canada

Posted by: UNICEF Canada

Publication date: July 1, 2022

This Canada Day, as we reflect on our country's past and reaffirm our commitment to supporting Indigenous peoples in pursuit for truth and reconciliation, we hear from young people on how they would reimagine Canada.