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Podcast: For Every Child

  • 2021: Hope, COVID-19 vaccines and UNICEF

    As we begin a new year with new hope and optimism, listen in on children asking us tough questions about UNICEF’s role in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. In this episode we also learn about the impact of pandemic related interruptions on children’s education and how vaccination will play a role in ensuring that learning can resume.
  • A year of resilience : Overcoming obstacles in 2020

    2020 has been a challenging year. But through difficulty we have learned we are more resilient than we thought possible. That resilience allowed UNICEF to continue to make strides in protecting every child’s right to a childhood – despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode we’ll take you on a journey with us to explore the roadblocks and achievements at a global level and we’ll tell you more about how we overcame challenges here in Canada.
  • Reimagine: Building a better post-COVID-19 future

    Children and young people have a unique ability to reimagine a more equal, just and sustainable world. This World Children’s Day, we hear from young citizens about what they hope to see in a post-COVID-19 world. UNICEF Canada Ambassador, Actor Simu Liu joins us to talk about his support for UNICEF and we hear about UNICEF's role in the incredible global effort towards ensuring fair and equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine.
  • Back to school in the pandemic

    The education of almost 91% of the world's children has been affected by school closures due to COVID-19. As school doors start to reopen, what does it look like for students? Hear how the education of Canada’s children has been impacted by the pandemic, and travel with us to Viet Nam to find out about their experience with back to school.
  • The Double Emergency: When COVID-19 impacts a humanitarian crisis

    Nearly a quarter of the world’s children live in conflict or disaster-stricken countries. COVID-19 has been an added blow to their already uncertain futures. Travel with us to Yemen to learn about the double burden that COVID-19 has placed on the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Then to the Pacific Islands, to find out what happens when a cyclone strikes during the pandemic.
  • The COVID-19 threat to the developing world

    As wealthy nations struggle with the impact of COVID-19, what is happening in countries already facing challenges related to a lack of healthcare, nutrition and education, where physical distancing, sanitation and hygiene are not possible in order to flatten the curve? Travel with us to Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, Uganda and Brazil for an inside look on how COVID-19 is affecting these countries and the potential long term impacts on children, if we don't act now.
  • The COVID-19 impact: What happens when immunization services halt?

    As the world grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic, many essential health services have been disrupted. Immunization is one of them. Join experts as they highlight that millions of children are missing out on vaccines and how this could trigger outbreaks of infections and child death due to deadly vaccine preventable diseases.
  • The Changemakers: Power of Women and Girls

    While the world today is doing better at ensuring a more gender equality society, women and girls still face many challenges. This International Women’s Day, hear the stories of strong Canadian women from different walks of life, who have made their mark in changing the world they were born into.
  • The learning crisis: Gaps in childhood education

    Children today are facing a learning crisis. Although more children than ever are enrolled in school, far too many are not learning. In this episode we travel to Ghana, Uganda, and Mongolia to hear about how UNICEF is bridging this gap by increasing access to quality primary and secondary education.