Drought | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

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Over 420,000 children affected by record-breaking drought in the Amazon region

Climate shocks in Brazil, Colombia and Peru are leaving children cut off from education, food supplies and other life-saving services as rivers reach devastating lows

Small fishing ships seem to be stranded on a water front as the flood waters dissipate

UNICEF Emergency Director: Immediate scaled up humanitarian response needed to save millions of children in drought stricken Somali region

“In Somali region alone, over 900,000 people have been displaced. Drought not only means lack of water. It means that children are going hungry and thirsty every day"

A child wrapped in a red polka dotted blanket looks up to the camera. he is held by his mother whose face is cast down.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's Video Remarks at High-level Roundtable on the Horn of Africa Drought

The worst climate-induced emergency in 40 years has impacted at least 10 million children across the Horn of Africa and the situation is rapidly deteriorating, especially for children

At least 10 million children face severe drought in the Horn of Africa – UNICEF

UN Children’s Fund warns of rapid rise in need as humanitarian funding requirements double

Prolonged drought pushing families in Ethiopia to the brink

More than 6.8 million people in drought-impacted areas will be in need of urgent humanitarian assistance by mid-March 2022

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Over 420,000 children affected by record-breaking drought in the Amazon region

UNICEF Emergency Director: Immediate scaled up humanitarian response needed to save millions of children in drought stricken Somali region

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's Video Remarks at High-level Roundtable on the Horn of Africa Drought

At least 10 million children face severe drought in the Horn of Africa – UNICEF

Prolonged drought pushing families in Ethiopia to the brink

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