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Nearly one million children in Mali at risk of acute malnutrition by the end of 2023 – UNICEF-WFP

Ongoing conflict and lack of humanitarian access are weakening already vulnerable communities.

Children in 98 per cent of African countries at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change: UNICEF

New report reveals, despite the risks, only 2.4 per cent of global climate funding targets children.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell visits Brazil to highlight the impact of poverty and climate change on children

The Executive Director’s visit to Sao Paulo, Recife and Brasilia highlight the more than half of Brazil’s children living in poverty, with many more vulnerable to climate and environmental risks.

On 30 August 2023 in Brazil, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell shares a good laugh with a student while visiting the CEMEI 8 de Março school in the Ibura neighbourhood of Recife.

All smiles for school

Some back-to-school smiles from children around the world as classes start in Canada again.

A boy uses his hands to create a square photo sign. He is in a classroom setting standing next to bulletin board with many colourful sheets pinned on it. He is wearing a white uniform shirt. In Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.

Number of migrant children moving across Latin America and the Caribbean hits new record amid violence, instability and climate change

One in four people on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean is a child, the highest proportion globally.

Esther, an Haitian mother of two children, arrives in pirogue to Lajas Blancas Migrant Temporary Reception Center, after crossing the Darien jungle with her husband.

UNICEF STATEMENT ON THE EARTHQUAKE IN MOROCCO

UNICEF is following the situation and ready to support the Government of Morocco upon its request and under the coordination of the United Nations, to help reach children who may have been impacted by this disaster.

Residents stay out at a square in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake.

Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Nearly 200,000 people, half of whom are children, are now displaced across the country, with 130,000 in the capital alone.

At least 100,000 children affected by Morocco earthquake – UNICEF

Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest seismic event to hit the Kingdom since 1960.

Crisis in Libya

UNICEF is on the ground, working closely with communities to provide life-saving services to children affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

A boy pulls a suitcase past debris in a flash-flood damaged area in Derna, Libya.

Ayan's learning journey continues in Somalia

14-year-old Ayan will be going into grade 6 this year – but just two years ago she wasn’t even in school. The UNdaunted program in Somalia supports adolescent students with disabilities, like Ayan, to get an education.