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One day left for Canadians to double their impact and help Rohingya children at risk

As the Rohingya crisis worsens by the day, Canadians have one day left to make double the difference for children in urgent need. Tomorrow is the last day of the Government of Canada’s Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund, which is matching individual donations to help scale up the humanitarian support that is desperately needed.

For every child, health: HIV Support for children in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, all children living with HIV can be enrolled in antiretroviral treatment free of charge. At the HAPPY Kids and Adolescents centre, kids get the support to lead happy and healthy lives.

Child malnutrition levels increase sharply in besieged Syrian town of East Ghouta

Violence, lack of humanitarian access and sky-rocketing food prices have worsened malnutrition among young children in besieged East Ghouta. Nearly 400,000 people – half of them are estimated to be children – remain trapped in the area which has been under siege since mid-2013.

UNICEF Cards: 6 questions with Angie Rees

Angie Rees is an artist currently living and working in Calgary, Alberta. Angie has been donating her art to UNICEF Canada’s Water For Life Gala for many years, but 2017 is the first year that we’re happy to welcome Angie as an official UNICEF Cards artist. She spoke with us about her inspirations, art and her wishes for the holiday season.

Statement by Mohamed Malick Fall, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, on the school attack in Borno State

Today’s attack on a primary school in the town of Kuaya kusar, Borno State, in which two children were brutally killed and two others injured, is a despicable act.

Global complacency threatens the lives of children and adolescents as world set to miss global AIDS target - UNICEF

In 2016, 120,000 children under the age of 14 died of AIDS related causes, and 18 children were infected with HIV every single hour. If current trends persist, there will be 3.5 million new adolescent HIV infections by 2030, according to projections from the 2017 UNICEF Statistical Update on Children and AIDS released today.

Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, requesting a humanitarian pause

I am extremely concerned at the continued violence in Sana’a city where armed clashes and airstrikes have continued unabated for the past days. Dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries have been reported including civilians.

UNICEF: Make the digital world safer for children – while increasing online access to benefit the most disadvantaged

Flagship report highlights digital divides and explores current debates about the impact of the internet and social media on children’s safety and well-being

Dear Parents: This is why we’re always online

I am here to tell you about a generation that lives on this wonderful thing that we like to call “The Internet”.

At least 400,000 severely malnourished children at risk of dying in DR Congo’s volatile Kasai region

Needs of displaced and returnee families in Kasai remain enormous after nearly two years of conflict and crisis