Best UNICEF Photos of 2018
Presenting the ten best photos of the year: powerful images that reflect the urgent needs of children — and the impact of UNICEF's efforts to save and protect the most vulnerable.
Leveling the Playing Field
Education can be a critical tool for addressing poverty and protecting children from forced labor, child marriage and trafficking.
Rescue and Relief Efforts Underway After Tsunami Hits Indonesia
The death toll is nearing 400 as the search for survivors continues. UNICEF is on the ground, ready to help.
The World Has Failed to Protect Children in Conflict in 2018
Children living in countries at war have come under direct attack, used as human shields, maimed or recruited to fight. Sexual assault, forced marriage and abduction have become standard tactics in conflicts around the globe.
Helping Yemen's Children Heal From the Wounds of War
Yemen's civil war has left more than 11 million children in need of humanitarian assistance. UNICEF is on the ground, working with partners to provide protection, nutrition, clean water, sanitation, education and medical care.
Children Uprooted: The Things They Carried
As children, many of us had a prized possession — but what if you had been forced to leave home suddenly, fleeing war or escaping poverty? Could you have brought your prized possession? Would you have found something new along the way?
Impact Investing and UNICEF: A UNICEF USA Bridge Fund Success Story
Accelerating humanitarian work in Indonesia is just the latest example of how an innovative financing tool is supporting the global mission.
Fleeing Climate Change
Children lose more than shelter when they're forced to leave home. They lose health care, education — and sometimes, their lives.
15,000 Children Without Parents or Missing, Five Years After Outbreak of Fighting in South Sudan
NEW YORK (December 12, 2018) – Fifteen thousand children remain separated from their families or missing, five years after conflict first broke out in South Sudan. More than four million people have...