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More than 16,000 children are displaced following Libya floods - UNICEF
NEW YORK (September 28, 2023) – More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa’s deadliest storm in recorded history, UNICEF warned today. Their psychosocial wellbeing is at...
Tens of thousands of Sudanese children on the brink of death before the year ends
NEW YORK (September 19, 2023) – On the back of a cruel disregard for civilians and the relentless attacks on health and nutrition services, UNICEF fears many thousands of newborns will die between now...
AT LEAST 100,000 CHILDREN AFFECTED BY MOROCCO EARTHQUAKE – UNICEF
NEW YORK (September 11, 2023) – Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest...
Children in need of support as wildfires rage across Greece - UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 29, 2023) – Two children, both of whom were asylum seekers, are among 27 people who have lost their lives since wildfires broke out across Greece in July, considered to be the largest...
More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas
NEW YORK (August 24, 2023) – At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in Sudan erupted four months ago – an average of more than 700 children newly displaced...
The Church of Jesus Christ and UNICEF Collaborate to Strengthen Health Systems to Keep Mothers and Children Healthy and Safe
NEW YORK (August 17, 2023) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is providing US$10 million to UNICEF, enabling the humanitarian organization to help vulnerable women and children across...
Pregnant mother and toddler among those killed yesterday in yet another tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean, with more missing – UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 7, 2023) – “UNICEF is deeply saddened by yet another shipwreck in the Mediterranean. This time, a pregnant mother is among those who have lost their lives off the coast of Lampedusa...
Kidnappings of children and women spiking at alarming rates in Haiti - UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 7, 2023) – The ongoing violence in Haiti continues to threaten the well-being of children and women. The latest reports received by UNICEF reveal an alarming spike in kidnappings...
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week
NEW YORK (August 1, 2023) – In the last 10 years, many countries have made significant progress to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates. Yet even greater progress is possible when breastfeeding is...
UNICEF: Against the odds, children begin the new school year in Rohingya refugee camps
NEW YORK (July 23, 2023) – Against the odds of displacement, fires burning down learning centres, and Cyclone Mocha’s wrath, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are filling up today...