Press Releases
“Running Dry”: Unprecedented Scale And Impact Of Water Scarcity In The Middle East And North Africa
08/23/2021
NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – Nearly nine out 10 children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) live in areas of high or extremely high-water stress with serious consequences on their health...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Children In Afghanistan
08/23/2021
NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – “Today, around 10 million children across Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance to survive. An estimated 1 million children are projected to suffer from severe acute...
Amidst Kabul Airport Blockage, WHO And UNICEF Call For Assistance To Deliver Critical Health Supplies To Afghanistan
08/23/2021
NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – “As humanitarian needs in Afghanistan increase, the abilities to respond to those needs are rapidly declining. WHO and UNICEF call for immediate and unimpeded access to...
Lebanon In Danger Of Losing Critical Access To Water
08/23/2021
NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – “Unless urgent action is taken, more than four million people across Lebanon – predominantly vulnerable children and families – face the prospect of critical water...
New Shipment Of UNICEF Humanitarian Aid Arrives In Earthquake-Struck Haiti
08/23/2021
NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – In response to the powerful earthquake that struck Haiti last week, the first UNICEF shipment of 9.7 tons of medical and water and hygiene supplies has arrived today in...
One Billion Children At ‘Extremely High Risk’ Of The Impacts Of The Climate Crisis – UNICEF
08/23/2021
NEW YORK (August 23, 2021) – Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their...
Early Assessments Show Extensive Quake Damage To Schools In Haiti
08/18/2021
NEW YORK (August 18, 2021) – Preliminary assessments conducted Tuesday by UNICEF and Haitian officials in one of the three departments hardest hit by Saturday’s earthquake, followed by Tropical...
The Baxter International Foundation and UNICEF USA Announce Partnership to Improve Water Security in Colombia
08/18/2021
DEERFIELD, IL/NEW YORK, NY , AUGUST 18, 2021 – The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), and UNICEF USA today announced a partnership to...
Three Children Affected By Yesterday’s Explosion In North Lebanon
08/17/2021
NEW YORK (August 17, 2021) – “UNICEF follows with concern reports confirming that three children are among those affected by the explosion of a fuel tank in the town of al-Tleil in the northern region...
Over Half A Million Children Affected By Haiti Earthquake
08/17/2021
NEW YORK (August 17, 2021) – UNICEF estimates that about 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been affected by the powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday. The hardest hit...