Canada’s children are reporting significant levels of unhappiness, loneliness, stress and violence
UNICEF Canada’s new Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being reveals disturbing picture
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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