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Starting over in Dominica

Hurricane Maria left more than a mark on the island of Dominica-- in fact, it damaged over 90 percent of the island. Ina few words and pictures, here's how Dominica's children are coping with the aftermath.

UNICEF “Water for Life” Gala celebrates 25 years of raising life-saving funds to provide clean water for children

On October 14, Calgary will celebrate a 25-year tradition of supporting UNICEF’s life-saving work for children and families around the world through its annual UNICEF “Water for Life” Gala.

World’s second largest oral cholera vaccination campaign kicks off at Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

A massive cholera immunization campaign started today near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900 000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilized and are being delivered by more than 200 mobile vaccination teams, making it the second largest oral cholera vaccination campaign ever.

Help us Imagine the Future for Canada’s Kids

UNICEF Canada is working to make Canada #1 in child well-being by 2030, and we need your help.

GIRLS TAKE OVER: BEYONCÉ LENDS HER SONG ‘FREEDOM’ TO GLOBAL GOALS CAMPAIGN FILM DEMANDING #FREEDOMFORGIRLS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL

The Global Goals, agreed to by world leaders in 2015, include a commitment to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030 – Global Goal 5. To mark International Day of the Girl on the 11th October, Project Everyone (the organization behind the Global Goals campaign) in partnership with UNICEF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed up with director MJ Delaney to produce a new film featuring the song ‘Freedom’ by Beyoncé.

Violence in al-Mayadin district, Deir ez-Zor, reportedly destroys cold room and vaccines

Likely setback to immunization activities in areas where health systems already devastated

Covering the Rohingya crisis for UNICEF: Three views

We asked three photographers and filmmakers who’ve been working for us in Cox’s Bazar to tell us what it’s been like to cover such a desperate situation for children.

UNICEF Canada and the 2018 G7 Summit: how we can educate and empower girls

Canadians Call for Action at G7 Summit

As momentum builds toward the G7 Summit in June, a coalition of leading Canadian development and humanitarian agencies is amplifying the voices of concerned Canadians who want G7 leaders to take action on the most neglected, yet critical, issue in the world today: the education of girls in crises and conflict.

Kids Boost Immunity and UNICEF encourage Canadian students to ‘Act Local to Vaccinate Global’

Federal Minister of Health, The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor kicked off National Immunization Awareness Week today by announcing a new Canadian health platform designed to raise literacy about immunization in schools.