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  One Youth Change Network: What Is It, What Can It Do?

  Posted by: Guest Author May 23, 2018

  The One Youth Change Network is a group that young people of all ages across Canada are welcome to join. In this community, everyone is sharing and building ideas for how we can make Canada a better place for children and youth. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Education

  Tags:

  • One Youth
  • Education
  • Innovation

  Geographic Regions:

  • North America
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  An Open Letter to Ontario’s Premier-to-Be

  Posted by: Guest Author May 17, 2018

  UNICEF Canada asked Ontario youth what was important to them in this year’s provincial election. This is what Lena, 17, had to say: We – the next generation – want to be heard. I am writing to inform you of just one youth’s vision for this province. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection

  Tags:

  • One Youth
  • Mental Health
  • Education
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child

  Geographic Regions:

  • North America
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  2017: A look back at UNICEF’s biggest achievements in South Sudan and Bangladesh

  Posted by: David Morley May 16, 2018

  In our line of work, it can often seem like no matter what we do, the world just keeps on spinning out of control. Children suffer. Children starve. Children are out of school. At UNICEF, we try our best to protect them. To feed them. To get them back in school. We make a lot of noise, and sometimes the world hears us, sometimes it doesn’t. But we carry on anyway. We have no other choice because the cries and pleas of children are too deafening to our ears. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection

  Tags:

  • Child Protection
  • Education
  • South Sudan
  • Bangladesh

  Geographic Regions:

  • Asia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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  Fighting for survival

  Posted by: UNICEF May 10, 2018

  Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasaï region has caused massive displacement and prevented hundreds of thousands of families from planting crops. After months living in the bush in rudimentary conditions, thousands of children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and need life-saving care. In response, UNICEF is supporting health centres to treat malnourished children. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Survival

  Tags:

  • Malnutrition
  • Child Mortality

  Geographic Regions:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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  Children in crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Posted by: Farah Malek-Bakouche May 10, 2018

  In Kasai Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 2.3 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. More than 400,000 children suffer from severe malnutrition and are at risk of dying. These children have witnessed or are victims of extreme violence and thousands of them have been forced to join armed militia groups. Those who have managed to escape are now attempting to piece together some semblance of a normal life. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection

  Tags:

  • Malnutrition
  • Education
  • Every Child Alive
  • DRC
  • Child Mortality

  Geographic Regions:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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  Top 5 Mother's Day Gift Ideas for 2018

  Posted by: UNICEF Canada May 8, 2018

  If you still don’t have an idea what to get for Mother’s Day but want to gift something that gives back, look no further. UNICEF’s Survival Gifts are real gifts with real impact delivered from one of our warehouses straight to children and families in need. With Survival Gifts, you can select the type of gift you would like to give, whether it is for nourishment, education, play or emergencies. All Survival Gifts can be purchased online, which makes them ideal even as last-minute gifts. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection

  Tags:

  • Family Reunification
  • Malnutrition
  • Child Protection
  • Mother's Day

  Geographic Regions:

  • Middle East and North Africa
  • North America
  • Asia
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Europe
  • South America
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  Polio eradication in Afghanistan

  Posted by: UNICEF Canada May 8, 2018

  UNICEF and partners are working hard to achieve complete polio eradication in Afghanistan – which currently has the highest number of polio cases in the world. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Survival

  Tags:

  • Polio
  • Afghanistan
  • Vaccines

  Geographic Regions:

  • Middle East and North Africa
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  Chibok Girls: Bring Back Their Childhood

  Posted by: Farah Malek-Bakouche May 1, 2018

  In 2014, the world witnessed the abduction of more than 276 school girls taken from their school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, triggering a massive solidarity movement on social media with celebrities calling on the governments of the world to act. We wanted to bring them back, to live their childhood as any child - any girl - should be entitled to. Yet, more than four years later, more than 100 of the “Chibok girls” are still missing. Worse, 110 more girls were abducted, and five lost their lives, in February 2018 in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Education

  Tags:

  • Nigeria
  • Boko Haram
  • Education
  • girls' education
  • girls' rights
  • Child Protection

  Geographic Regions:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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  World Malaria Day 2018: A newborn and a mosquito net

  Posted by: UNICEF April 25, 2018

  In Chad, 27% of child deaths are caused by malaria, making it the leading cause of death among children under five. Malaria is also a high risk for pregnant women and can result in premature births and stillbirths. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Survival

  Tags:

  • Malaria
  • Chad
  • Survival Gifts
  • Child Mortality

  Geographic Regions:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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  It hurts but it works!

  Posted by: UNICEF April 24, 2018

  Vaccines protect children against disease and death, saving up to three million lives a year. Despite the benefits, millions of young children around the world are missing out. UNICEF envisions a world where no child dies from a preventable cause and all children reach their full potential. That is why UNICEF is on the ground in 190 countries, immunizing millions of children every year. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Survival

  Tags:

  • Child Mortality
  • Vaccines

  Geographic Regions:

  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Australia and Oceania