Drinking water systems under repeated continuous attack in Yemen

UNICEF calls for immediate halt to attacks on water facilities and civilian infrastructure in Yemen

No World Peace Without Investment In Education

As many children in Canada head into the first weeks of summer vacation, for many others, their summer vacations will never start. That’s because they were never in school to begin with. Worldwide, one in every five children, adolescents and youth is out of school – that is more than 263 million kids being denied their right to education. At UNICEF, we believe one child denied his or her right to learn is one too many. Two hundred and sixty-three million is beyond imaginable.

New Ebola outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF mobilizes staff and supplies to help with the response

Following the August 1 announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of a new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu, UNICEF has mobilized its teams to help contain the spread of the disease and protect children.

More children released from South Sudanese armed groups – UNICEF

More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900. This was the fourth release ceremony in 2018.

Closer To Home

It's easy to think that homelessness isn't a problem in Canada, a "first-world" country. However, it's much closer to home than we think. It's our responsibility to be aware of that and help break down the stigma that surrounds homelessness to increase access to resources for the less fortunate.

Unconscionable attack on children should be turning point in Yemen’s brutal war – enough is enough

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

"I can’t describe to you what’s happening here”: An appeal from the children of Syria

UNICEF fears that an escalation in violence in Idlib- northwest of Syria- will leave 350,000 children with no place to go

Kids Of Canada

OPEN LETTER URGES PRIME MINISTER TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS COMMITMENT TO THE RIGHT TO HOUSING

At a press conference in Ottawa today advocates released an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau signed by over 170 organizations and prominent Canadians urging the Prime Minister to make good on his commitment to the right to housing by enshrining that right in upcoming National Housing Strategy legislation.

Ebola outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF ships 90 tons of supplies to help contain spread of deadly disease

UNICEF is shipping an additional 90 tons of health, water and sanitation supplies to help contain the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).