Press Releases
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF goes digital with online Costume Party
HGTV, Key Club International and FEED Help UNICEF Campaign Make a Mark this Halloween NEW YORK (September 7, 2011) — Today, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF launched its 61st annual Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF...
UNICEF responds to the emerging water crisis in Libyan capital
NEW YORK (August 29, 2011) — UNICEF has delivered 23,000 bottles of water for the emergency use in Tripoli as the situation is expected to worsen in the capital of Libya. An additional 90,000 bottles...
Heidi Klum named as 2011 Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Ambassador
NEW YORK (August 23, 2011) — Today the U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced that top model, host and executive producer of Project Runway Heidi Klum is taking on yet another role, this time as the 2011...
Water-borne diseases are lethal threat to children in southern Somalia
NEW YORK (August 18, 2011) — An urgent multisectoral response is being mounted to contain the spread of cholera in southern Somalia , as there is an increasing number of confirmed cases in the capital...
UNICEF warns of education crisis in Somalia
NEW YORK (August 10, 2011)— With an estimated 1.8 million children between 5-17 years of age already out of school in southern and central Somalia, a rapid assessment conducted by the Education...
FC Barcelona players join UNICEF to meet school children in Dallas
DALLAS (August 5, 2011)—Legendary football team and UNICEF supporter FC Barcelona met with young people in Dallas to talk about how sport can improve children's lives. The meeting took place at the...
IKEA Foundation donates 1 million euros to UNICEF to help save children’s lives in Somalia
NEW YORK (August 4, 2011)— IKEA Foundation today announced a donation of 1 million euros, or more than 1.4 million dollars to UNICEF to help save the lives of acutely malnourished children in Somalia...
More than a million children in Southern Somalia in need of lifesaving assistance
NEW YORK (July 29, 2011) — With an estimated 1.25 million children across southern Somalia in urgent need of lifesaving care and 640,000 children acutely malnourished , UNICEF calls for all actors to...
Musicians join forces with UNICEF to save children in Horn of Africa during 'Month of Giving'
GRAMMY-Winning Concert for Bangladesh Album Makes its Digital Debut on iTunes for the 40th Anniversary of Legendary Show; Sales Benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF NEW YORK (July 26, 2011) —...
UNICEF provides lifeline to protect malnourished children from killer diseases in the Horn of Africa
NEW YORK (July 26, 2011) — This week UNICEF, the Kenya Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a vaccination campaign for children living in communities around the Dadaab...