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

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

Humanitarian plane with UNICEF supplies lands in Hurricane-hit Bahamas

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

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

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.

An Open Letter to the World’s Children

For the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), UNICEF’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore has drafted an open letter to the world’s children – about why she’s worried, and hopeful, for the next generation.

Children show off writing samples on slates.

Mozambique: Facing new challenges 6 months after Cyclone Idai and Kenneth

Children living in storm-affected areas face worsening food insecurity and nutrition crisis. The impact of two cyclones hitting Mozambique in one season was devastating and unprecedented; however, it is only now that the residual effects of the disaster are really beginning to be felt.

A child drinks from a water point at the Samora Machel II accommodation centre.

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

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.

I will never let go: Family Reunification in South Sudan

Since 2013, UNICEF and partners have reunified over 6,000 separated and missing children with their families. This is the story of one mother who was reunited with her children after 5 years of separation.

Khamisa smiles with her two youngest children

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

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.

Foresight

Foresight. I knew what the word meant; I am an English Literature major, after all. But I had never really thought of it in the context of the future of the world. That changed when I participated in UNICEF Canada’s Foresight Lab at the Women Deliver Conference.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child at 30: A Reflection

Our president and CEO David Morley was in New York City recently for the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). While on the plane back to Toronto, he crafted this letter, about the impact being at the UNGA had on him and the work that we do as UNICEF Canada.