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10 questions with Katerina Mertikas (Patrinos)

Katerina Mertikas, an artist who has partnered and made cards with UNICEF Canada for many years, talks to us about life, art, family and her journey to Canada.

3 Reasons why the first month of a child’s life is the most dangerous

The numbers are in on the latest report on child mortality around the world--and the results are shocking.

7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says

Every day in 2016, 15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46 per cent of them – or 7,000 babies – died in the first 28 days of life, according to a new UN report.

At current rates of reduction, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa

Unless progress is seriously accelerated, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa, with far-reaching, life-altering consequences for millions of child brides and crippling impact on the region’s prosperity, UNICEF said today.

Two months since outbreak of violence in Myanmar, Rohingya refugee children still at acute risk

Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said today.

UNICEF Cards: 10 Questions with Peter Wyse

Artist, avid mountain biker, proud father and UNICEF partner Peter Wyse talked with us about nature, his passion for art, and the best advice he got from his dad.

Insecurity and conflict threaten 4.3 million children in South Sudan

Across the world’s youngest country, high levels of insecurity and renewed clashes are forcing millions of people to leave their homes, and leaving children critically malnourished and at risk. The situation is rapidly deteriorating and exposing children and their families to violence and life-threatening hunger and diseases. In Bentiu, UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley made the following statement.

UNICEF Canada pleased to see government putting children first with fall economic update

UNICEF Canada commends the Government of Canada’s commitment to tie increases in the Canadian Child Benefit (CCB) to the cost of living, announced in the fall economic update yesterday. With a forecast for a significant reduction in the budget deficit, the first priority was to reinvest in Canada’s children. “This is what putting our kids first looks like,” said David Morley, President and CEO of UNICEF Canada.

Dividend or Disaster: UNICEF’s new report into population growth in Africa

The projected expansion in Africa’s child population will necessitate an increase of more than 11 million skilled education and health personnel by 2030, if it is to keep pace with the continent’s unprecedented demographic transition, UNICEF said today.

1.5 million vulnerable children in the Middle East threatened as winter approaches

The coming winter is the latest threat to children affected by crises in the Middle East. As UNICEF races to provide warm clothing, winter supplies and blankets before the cold sets in, the organisation is facing a $60 million gap that could leave up to 1.5 million children exposed to the cold.