The Greeting Card Contest That Invites Kids to Help Kids
When kids enter the Pier 1 Imports/UNICEF Greeting Card Contest, they continue a tradition that began back in 1949.
Shut Out Trafficking Launches for 2016-2017
Today we officially kick off our 2016-2017 Shut Out Trafficking season.
UNICEF Calls on Italian Parliament to Pass Bill Providing Support for Record Number of Unaccompanied Refugee and Migrant Children
NEW YORK (October 27, 2016) – UNICEF is calling on the Italian parliament to urgently pass a historic bill that would strengthen support and protection for the record number of unaccompanied and...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Multiple Attacks on Schools in Syria
NEW YORK (October 27, 2016) – “Yesterday, when a school compound in Syria was repeatedly attacked, killing dozens of children and teachers, we thought we had seen the depths of depravity. “Today’s...
Haiti Funding Needs Nearly Triple Following Hurricane Matthew - UNICEF
NEW YORK (October 26, 2016) – Three weeks since Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti, UNICEF said it would need an additional $22.5 million to meet the increasing needs of children in the country...
Displaced Children in Iraq Tell Their Stories
NEW YORK (October 25, 2016) – There are more than 16,000 children in Debaga Camp, displaced from various areas in northern Iraq. Many of these children have lived under the so-called Islamic State and...
Joint WHO/UNICEF News Release: Major Campaign Launched to Immunize 5.8 Million Iraqi Children Against Polio
NEW YORK (October 24, 2016) – Today, on World Polio Day, the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a weeklong nationwide campaign to immunize...
Building on Polio — Strengthening the Immunization System in Chad
The world is so close to eradicating polio. But with three new cases in neighboring Nigeria, Chad is taking no chances.
Emergency UNICEF Supplies Arrive in Haiti
A B-747 flight donated by the UPS Foundation touched ground in Port-au-Prince on October 20, carrying 100 tons of UNICEF emergency supplies.