Race against time to prevent spread of waterborne diseases in hurricane-hit areas as rainy season starts in Haiti – UNICEF
NEW YORK, (October 8, 2016) – With the start of the rainy season, and as the death toll from Hurricane Matthew continues to rise, UNICEF is sounding the alarm on the threat of waterborne diseases to...
Hurricane Matthew: UNICEF Delivers Lifesaving Humanitarian Supplies to Haiti
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – A chartered cargo aircraft loaded with tons of humanitarian supplies will be hitting the ground in Port-au-Prince in the next few hours. The shipment comes from UNICEF...
Girls Spend 160 Million More Hours than Boys Doing Household Chores Everyday – UNICEF
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – Girls between 5 and 14 years old spend 40 percent more time, or 160 million more hours a day, on unpaid household chores and collecting water and firewood compared to boys...
Half a Million Children Live in Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti – UNICEF
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse and Grand South departments in southern Haiti, the areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew, UNICEF said today. Three...
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF and UNICEF Kid Power Team Up for Good
It’s a monster Halloween mash-up! Kiwanis Key Club and the little orange box meet the world’s first Wearable for Good®
“This Storm Will Kill You” — Six Big Facts About Hurricane Matthew
Here’s what you need to know as one of the most brutal storms in recent memory reaches the U.S.
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF: Thank You to our Partners & Supporters
Fall is an exciting time here at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF; it means Halloween is approaching and so is Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF! The annual tradition of Kids Helping Kids ® is back and continues to...
Joint Press Release: Investing in Early Childhood Development Essential to Helping More Children and Communities Thrive, New Lancet Series Finds
Washington, D.C. (October 4, 2016) – An estimated 43 percent—249 million—of children under five in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme...
UNICEF Calls for Safety of Schools in Yemen as the New School Year Opens
NEW YORK (October 4, 2016) – As schools open this week in Yemen, UNICEF urges all parties to the conflict to protect schools. Since the conflict escalated more than 18 months ago, attacks on school...