Press Releases

AMMAN (October 10, 2018) – “In the past 48 hours, two more children, a five-day old boy and a four-month old girl have died in Rukban, near Jordan’s North-Eastern border with Syria, without access to...

GENEVA/NEW YORK (October 5, 2018) – More than 306,000 people in Yemen, including over 164,000 children under the age of 15, were vaccinated against cholera as part of a joint WHO-UNICEF campaign that...

JAKARTA (October 5, 2018) – UNICEF and a team of social workers from the Ministry of Social Affairs have started the process of identifying separated and unaccompanied children. There are no official...

NEW YORK (October 1, 2018) – This October, children and families can celebrate the spirit of Kids Helping Kids ® with Trick or Treat for UNICEF — empowering all to #BeScaryGood. This year’s iconic...

JAKARTA (October 1, 2018) – Three days after the earthquake that shook the island of Sulawesi and the devastating tsunami that swept through Palu City, UNICEF says the situation for tens of thousands...

KINSHASA/DAKAR/NEW YORK/GENEVA (September 28, 2018) – Recent survivors of the Ebola virus and UNICEF are partnering to help prevent further transmission of the deadly disease in the eastern Democratic...

NEW YORK (September 26, 2018) – UNICEF launched today a new partnership with Microsoft Corp. to tackle the education crisis impacting children and young people affected by conflict and natural...

NEW YORK (September 21, 2018) – “Renewed violence in Hodeida is yet another blow to peace efforts in Yemen, a country sliding further into chaos and misery. “Escalating hostilities are putting...

NEW YORK (September 14, 2018) – In advance of the one-year anniversary of hurricanes Irma and Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico, UNICEF USA and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico (BGCPR) are...

KINSHASA / DAKAR / NEW YORK / GENEVA (September 14, 2018) – UNICEF is opening a new Ebola-response front in the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide support to thousands of people, including...