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Water is a gift, water is a right

Posted by UNICEF · March 20, 2017

Partnering with communities to support children’s access to clean water and basic toilets in the Sahel belt

Hitting rock bottom: Children’s suffering in Syria at its worst, UNICEF reports on sixth anniversary of deadly conflict

Posted by UNICEF Canada · March 12, 2017

Grave violations against children in Syria were the highest on record in 2016, said UNICEF in a grim report of the conflict’s impact on children, as the war reaches six years.

An agenda for action on children uprooted

Posted by UNICEF · February 28, 2017

Nearly 50 million children are on the move — 28 million of them driven from their homes by conflict, and millions more migrating in the hope of finding a better, safer life. Far too many children encounter deadly danger, detention, deprivation and discrimination. The world must stand up for these children. It is time to take action.

Amidst the rubble, Aleppo’s children head back to school

Posted by UNICEF · February 27, 2017

Carrying new UNICEF school bags filled with supplies, children in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo are marching off to school, eager to settle in to their second-semester routines.

Design Lab teaches kids and parents innovative thinking

Posted by UNICEF Canada · February 24, 2017

On January 30, UNICEF Canada and Overlap Associates were invited by the Ministry of Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED) to the ISED Lab in Ottawa to lead a strategic design lab with children and parents.

Famine threatens 1.4 million children, but there is still hope

Posted by UNICEF Canada · February 24, 2017

Almost 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death from severe acute malnutrition this year. Famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan and looms in Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. Every day children are dying and UNICEF is working with partners to provide life-saving support for children and families. These are the stories of some of the children caught in this crisis.

With education, girls can change the world

Posted by UNICEF Canada · February 22, 2017

Girls can and should grow into future leaders, innovators and educators. Across the world, girls have the potential to create change and inspire progress – if they’re given the chance. These photos demonstrate just how hard it is for many girls to go to school – and what it means when they do.

Famine is declared in parts of South Sudan

Posted by UNICEF · February 21, 2017

Famine has struck parts of South Sudan and children urgently need our help to survive. War and a collapsing economy have left parents with nothing to feed their families and more than a quarter of a million children are severely malnourished. They need immediate, lifesaving aid and every day counts.

Getting children vaccinated – going the extra mile in northeast Nigeria

Posted by UNICEF Canada · February 16, 2017

In conflict-affected regions like northeast Nigeria, children miss out on life-saving vaccines.

Two refugees, a generation apart

Posted by UNICEF Canada · February 13, 2017

A young Syrian refugee and a World War II child refugee tell their story.