Press Releases

As the school year starts in Yemen, 2 million children are out of school and another 3.7 million are at risk of dropping out

Publication date: September 25, 2019

As the new school year starts amid continuing violence in Yemen, 2 million children are out of school, including almost half a million who dropped out since the conflict escalated in March 2015. The education of another 3.7 million children now hangs in the balance as teachers’ salaries have not been paid in over two years.

UNICEF Canada reclaims Halloween with initiative to empower kids to defend the right to childhood across the globe

Publication date: September 23, 2019

For generations of Canadians, collecting coins for UNICEF was as much a part of Halloween as pumpkins and candy, and their first chance to support a charity. After a 13-year absence, UNICEF Canada is back, and with a fully digital fundraising campaign designed for kids today.

Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas Government and UNICEF to bring 10,000 displaced children back to school

Publication date: September 12, 2019

With the support of UNICEF, the Government of the Bahamas today begins registering approximately 10,000 students displaced by Hurricane Dorian to enroll them back as soon as possible in safe schools that have not been affected by the natural disaster.

Humanitarian plane with UNICEF supplies lands in Hurricane-hit Bahamas

Publication date: September 8, 2019

Today UNICEF announced the arrival to Nassau of a plane carrying nearly 1.5 tons of lifesaving supplies that will help provide access to safe water for over 9,500 children and families left reeling by the storm.

Destroyed classroom in Central Abaco bahamas public school

3,758 school backpacks laid at the United Nations show the grave scale of child deaths in conflict in 2018

Publication date: September 8, 2019

As children in many parts of the world return to school, UNICEF is calling for greater protection of children living in conflict

3,758 school backpacks laid at the United Nations

Canada’s children are reporting significant levels of unhappiness, loneliness, stress and violence

Publication date: September 3, 2019

UNICEF Canada’s new Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being reveals disturbing picture

Kids wearing backpacks running into school

Shortfall in education opportunities deepens despair of refugee Rohingya youth: UNICEF

Publication date: August 16, 2019

Two years after mass exodus from Myanmar, quality learning and life skills are crucial to more than 500,000 children sheltered in Bangladesh

Rohingya Children recite daily lesson at a UNICEF learning space in Bangladesh

Sharp increase in grave violations against children in Mali, warns UNICEF

Publication date: August 13, 2019

UNICEF scaling up emergency response to support children and families affected

Number of children orphaned or left unaccompanied by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rising fast: UNICEF

Publication date: August 13, 2019

The number of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who have been orphaned or left unaccompanied due to the Ebola epidemic has more than doubled since April, requiring a rapid ramp-up of specialized care in the Ebola-hit provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.

woman caring for children orphaned by Ebola

July ends with brutal acts of violence perpetrated against children across the Middle East and North Africa

Publication date: August 2, 2019

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore