Health Workers Endure Rugged Treks to Help Every Child
Despite the challenges facing our world, frontline health workers are not giving up hope or their fight to care for mothers and children.
Legacy and Contributions From Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Caribbean-American Heritage Month provides a time for Americans to honor the achievements and contributions of Caribbean immigrants.
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Obstruction Of UNICEF Humanitarian Action In Mekele, Ethiopia
NEW YORK (June 28, 2021) – “Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces entered our office in Mekele, Tigray, Ethiopia today and dismantled our VSAT equipment. “This act violates UN privileges...
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At The Open Debate Of The Security Council On Children And Armed Conflict
NEW YORK (June 28, 2021) – "President Kaljulaid, Secretary-General Guterres, excellencies and colleagues. "UNICEF thanks President Kaljulaid for convening this debate — and for Estonia’s continued...
Statement on U.S. Donation of 1.5 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Honduras
PANAMA CITY (June 27, 2021) – UNICEF welcomes the first United States Government donation of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX’s dose-sharing mechanism, arriving today in Honduras, and calls for more...
1.5M COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Arrive in Honduras via COVAX
Donate A fleet of refrigerated trucks emblazoned with the flag of Honduras lined up to receive an air shipment of 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines at Armando Escalón Espinal Air Base, San Pedro...
Crisis in Yemen: UNICEF Meets Urgent Needs for Safe Water
A series of water improvement projects restores health and hope to long suffering children and families.
Geneva Palais Briefing Note on the Worsening Situation in Sub Saharan Africa as a Result of Secondary Impacts of COVID-19
GENEVA (June 25, 2021) – Sub-Saharan Africa is in the throes of a deadly uptake in COVID-19. At the present rate of infections, the current surge will exceed the previous one within weeks. As more...
Grandparents in Peru Can Hug Their Grandkids Again, Thanks to COVAX
Please Donate Eager to receive their COVID-19 shots, the elderly made their way to the vaccination center in Lima, Peru, leaning on canes or rolling up in wheelchairs pushed by family members and...