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About UNICEF: The Enduring Work
Enduring work looks different from what most people picture. It’s not a single project, program or activity. It’s keeping a child vaccinated across six years of political instability. It’s a water system still serving a community in 2026, because we helped train a local worker to keep it running in 2021. It’s a girl who went to school in a UNICEF supported classroom in 2008, graduated secondary school, and is now a nurse serving her community. We’ve been doing this long enough to see those second and third chapters.
The 2026-2027 El Niño – a recurring climate pattern that warms parts of the Pacific Ocean and disrupts weather systems worldwide – is forecasted to become one of the strongest on record.
A drone strike on the Al Mina Al Bari shelter for internally displaced people in Al Obeid, in Sudan’s North Kordofan State, late last night reportedly killed one boy and injured 12 children, including five boys and seven girls.
UNICEF is deeply concerned by reports that children have been killed and injured in recent clashes in Baidoa, South West State of Somalia. Reports also indicate that a health facility has been damaged.
This is a summary of what was said by Halimatou Amadou, Chief of Communication, UNICEF Democratic Republic of the Congo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson, James Elder, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Global Deputy Spokesperson, Ricardo Pires, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
