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UNICEF Jordan’s Makani centres reach the most vulnerable children

“Our village was so tiny, so far away and so unimportant that we thought the war would never reach us.” Hassan gave a sad shrug. “We were wrong.”

Jordan’s learning centres help children caught in conflict get back to school

One of my strongest memories from this seemingly endless war is of a young Syrian refugee girl I met in Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq – 12 years old and three years out of school – who had forgotten how to read. What kind of hope could there be for a society that, in this day and age, could let children lose their education?

Water is happiness!

Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene is a priority.

UNICEF reaches almost half of the world’s children with life-saving vaccines

Despite progress, millions of children still miss out on life-saving immunization

UNICEF Advocate Ishmael Beah helps give a voice to young people affected by the conflict in Syria

“Young people who survive war have an amazing ability to persevere and become champions of peace”

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Projected number of severely malnourished Somali children up 50 percent

Somali children face triple threat of drought, disease and displacement

Urgent action needed to protect children in ‘forgotten crisis’ in Central African Republic: UNICEF

Without increased support, the lives and futures of more than 1 million children in the Central African Republic are under threat, UNICEF said today.

UNICEF statement on release of Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram

UNICEF welcomes Saturday’s release of over 80 of the girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at their school in Chibok over three years ago.

More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan

More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today.