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On Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF warns that 3 in 10 people do not have basic handwashing facilities at home

Although handwashing with soap is critical in the fight against infectious diseases, including COVID-19, globally, around 3 in 10 people – or 2.3 billion – do not have handwashing facilities with water and soap available at home. The situation is worst in the least developed countries, with over 6 in 10 people without access to basic hand hygiene, UNICEF warned on Global Handwashing Day.

Children in Al Khader mixed primary school take part in a handwashing demonstration. The students have been receiving and practicing hygiene promotion for three months. It can be difficult, the Principal explains, to find space in a tight school budget to spend on hygiene materials or infrastructure – even purchasing soap for the 67 students in this rural area can be a struggle.

‘Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting began

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, following his recent visit to Yemen.

The child Imetanan Taha is 7 months old is being screened for malnutrition while visiting AlQutaee Stabilization Therapeutic Feeding Centre in AlMarawi’ah district, Hudaydah Gov, Yemen.

Haiti: Insecurity-triggered fuel shortage threatens newborns’ lives in hospitals

About 300 children, 45 women and 150 COVID-19 patients are in danger in health facilities

Acute malnutrition among children under five has increased by 61 per cent during the last year in Haiti. In 2021, about 217,000 Haitian children will suffer from acute malnutrition compared to 134,000 children during the same period last year, according to humanitarian needs overview (HNO) estimates. In the first three months of this year, the number of admissions of severely acute malnourished children in health facilities across Haiti has significantly increased by 26 per cent over the past year.

At least 200 million schoolchildren live in countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures – UNICEF

According to a new report, among the 31 countries unprepared for remote learning, almost half kept their schools closed for at least half of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving 102 million students without any form of education.

The initiative “Connect my School” initiative was launched on 12 April 2021 at the public school in Melen-Yaounde. Supported by UNICEF, Connect my School aims to connect schools to the Internet by providing them with access to online and offline teaching and learning via tablets, including for out-of-school adolescents. The infrastructural component of the "Connect my school” called a " e-container / digital HUB" built with recycled materials and powered by solar energy.

UNICEF Canada unveils #GiveAVax matching fund results

Canadians have donated over $9.6 million to help fully vaccinate nearly 4 million people in low-income countries

On 22 July 2021 at the Dapcha Health Post in Kavre District in central Nepal, 53-year-old Bijuli Devi Tamang receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated to Nepal through the COVAX Facility.

Tech Trailblazers: Dismantling the Rural-Urban Divide

In France, boys are more than twice as likely to graduate in STEM subjects than girls, and nearly four times as likely to be employed as Information and Communications Technology (ICT) specialists, according to the European Commission’s 2020 Women in Digital Scoreboard. Houda, a computer science student is working to change up this dynamic.

Houda, 19, poses for a portrait outside her family’s home near Grenoble, France.

Nearly 240 million children with disabilities around the world, UNICEF’s most comprehensive statistical analysis finds

New report from UNICEF exposes the depth of deprivation experienced by the 1 in 10 children with disabilities worldwide across several indicators of well-being, including health, education and protection.

On 28th October, Janet, Special Needs Teacher, helps class 1 students in mainstream classroom during a group activity in Freswota, Port Vila, Vanuatu

UNICEF Canada calls on Canadians to Go Blue for National Child Day to recognize children’s sacrifices during the pandemic

This year, UNICEF Canada is asking everyone to Go Blue on November 20 to thank the kids in their lives, across the country and around the world who have given up so much to help fight and control the pandemic.

Emergency Latrines: Promoting Health, Restoring Dignity

By improving access to safe and adequate water supplies, building basic sanitation infrastructure for households, UNICEF and SIDA have helped entire communities in Yemen to adopt positive health and hygiene practices

An emergency water tank installed at a camp for IDPs in Yemen.

The Science of Happiness

Can giving charitably really make you happier? To learn more about how charitable donations affect our moods, we spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, a professor from the University of British Columbia, who studies how money and charitable giving – among other factors – can impact our happiness.