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  Meet Canadians who are helping to build a better world

  Posted by: UNICEF Canada February 5, 2018

  From February 4-10, Canada celebrates International Development Week. It’s our chance to recognize Canadians who are helping to make the world a better place. UNICEF has hundreds of Canadians working to protect and promote the rights of vulnerable children. Meet just a few of them! Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection
  • Child Survival
  • Education

  Tags:

  • Canada
  • Nigeria
  • South Sudan
  • Palestine
  • Côte d'Ivoire

  Geographic Regions:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East and North Africa
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  Mental health top concern for Canada’s youth

  Posted by: UNICEF Canada January 30, 2018

  On a day when the country will be uniting in support of Canadians suffering from mental health challenges, it is important to acknowledge that Canada’s youth are not immune to the problem. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection

  Tags:

  • One Youth
  • Canada
  • Mental Health

  Geographic Regions:

  • North America
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  6 things you need to know about the Humanitarian Action for Children (a report by UNICEF)

  Posted by: Stefanie Carmichael January 30, 2018

  Every year, UNICEF releases a Humanitarian Action for Children report. It’s our annual global appeal that draws attention to the situation of millions of children living in the world’s most difficult crises, while requesting the financial support needed to help these children survive and thrive in the face of extraordinary challenges. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Emergency

  Tags:

  • UNICEF Reports

  Geographic Regions:

  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Asia
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
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  Malnutrition, unsafe water and limited education in Yemen

  Posted by: Marie-Hélène Bachand January 26, 2018

  In Yemen, an entire generation of children is growing up knowing nothing but war. They have been scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty, undernutrition and a lack of access to basic services including water, health care and education. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection
  • Emergency

  Tags:

  • Child Protection
  • Yemen
  • Children and Armed Conflict
  • Emergency Response

  Geographic Regions:

  • Middle East and North Africa
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  Help the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s children: the main victims of the conflict in Kasai

  Posted by: Marie-Hélène Bachand January 18, 2018

  Children living in Kasai, one of the poorest regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, remain the main victims of the crisis. When violence erupted, families fled into the forest. Sometimes families have described fleeing three or four times, sometimes even in the middle of the night. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection
  • Emergency

  Tags:

  • Child Protection
  • Children and Armed Conflict
  • DRC
  • Emergency Response

  Geographic Regions:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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  Child trafficking is a price we must not let the Rohingya pay

  Posted by: UNICEF January 12, 2018

  How much is a child worth? Read more »

  Categories:

  • Emergency

  Tags:

  • Rohingya
  • Bangladesh
  • Myanmar

  Geographic Regions:

  • Asia
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  Children under attack in 2017

  Posted by: UNICEF December 28, 2017

  For children trapped in conflict zones around the world, 2017 has been a ‘nightmare year’. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Protection
  • Emergency

  Tags:

  • Children and Armed Conflict
  • Child Protection
  • Syria
  • Ukraine
  • Rohingya
  • Yemen
  • Nigeria
  • South Sudan

  Geographic Regions:

  • Asia
  • Australia and Oceania
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Europe
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • North America
  • South America
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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  Good News for Moms and Babies: the Philippines Has Eliminated MNT

  Posted by: UNICEF December 12, 2017

  On November 29, the Philippines became the 44th country since the year 1999 to officially eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). This announcement leaves just 15 countries around the world still facing the threat of MNT, an excruciating and often fatal disease that affects mothers and newborns, usually through unhygienic childbirth and umbilical cord care practices. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Survival

  Tags:

  • MNT
  • Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus
  • Philippines

  Geographic Regions:

  • Asia
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  UNICEF Cards: 6 questions with Gerard Paraghamian

  Posted by: UNICEF Canada December 12, 2017

  Gérard Paraghamian has established a well-earned reputation as one of the most talented and innovative illustrators in commercial art today. We had the pleasure of chatting with him about travel, his inspirations and what UNICEF means to him. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Advocacy

  Tags:

  • UNICEF Cards

  Geographic Regions:

  • North America
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  Surviving Winter in Syria

  Posted by: UNICEF December 11, 2017

  Conflict has changed every part of Syria over the past six years, including winter. Any happy memories of snow filled streets and fields are now gone. Forced to flee their homes and live in camps and shelters offering little protection from the cold, winter is a real struggle for children in Syria. Freezing temperatures, snow and heavy rain will make life a struggle for children who have been forced from their homes. Read more »

  Categories:

  • Child Survival
  • Child Protection
  • Emergency

  Tags:

  • Survival Gifts
  • Children of Syria
  • Crisis in Syria
  • Syria

  Geographic Regions:

  • Middle East and North Africa