More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan

More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today.

Six-year-old Canadian girl gives up birthday gifts for Syrian children

When Anna Puopolo turned five, she raised money for UNICEF’s work with children around the world. “This year,” she says, “we decided to do something a little bigger.”

Diaries from Syria: a single mother’s journey of hope and fear

Being a mother is miraculous. But for me, being forced live far away from my children just to put bread on the table, has turned this blessing into a curse.

Unwitting victims

Marked by massive violations of children’s rights, the Lake Chad Basin conflict has shattered countless lives

General Comments: Interpreting the Convention

Working together to make a difference in emergencies

In 2016, the lives of millions of children were disrupted, upended or nearly destroyed by emergencies, including conflict, natural disasters and fast-spreading epidemics. Nearly 250 million children currently live in countries affected by conflict; millions more face risks from natural disasters and fast-spreading epidemics.

Monitoring and Reporting on the Convention

Three months after Matthew, UNICEF and its partners continue to bring assistance to affected population

Almost three months after Hurricane Matthew, UNICEF and its partners continue to deliver humanitarian aid to those most affected by the category 4 storm.

PHOTO ESSAY: For every child, hope

For over 70 years, UNICEF has been the defender of children around the world, regardless of gender, religion, race or economic background. When the world’s most vulnerable need a champion in the face of conflict, disease or exclusion, UNICEF has been there.

In time of drought, Somali families forced to separate to survive

Khadija Muuse, 70, is among tens of thousands of Somalis displaced by drought. The men in her family have all left for towns and cities in search of work, leaving her and other women and children behind. Rabaable village, near Garowe, Puntland.