IKEA Launches “Let’s Play for Change” Campaign
This holiday season, the IKEA Foundation launched the ‘Let’s Play for Change’ initiative in collaboration with UNICEF and other partner organizations to raise funds and promote the role of play in...
Partners Stand for Hope with UNICEF This Holiday Season
Several of our corporate partners are taking a stand for hope this holiday season, ensuring that their customers have the opportunity to purchase gifts that give back. ALEX AND ANI has partnered with...
UNICEF Leads Convoy into Mosul City with Emergency Supplies for 15,000 Children
NEW YORK (November 15, 2016) – A UNICEF-led multi-agency humanitarian convoy was on Sunday the first to enter the Iraqi city of Mosul together with WFP and UNFPA. “UNICEF has entered Mosul city for...
Central African Republic: Nearly One in Five Children is a Refugee or Internally Displaced
NEW YORK (November 15, 2016) – As the fragile recovery continues, more than 850,000 people in Central African Republic – half of them children – are still on the move, either internally displaced or...
NextGen visit to UNICEF Jamaica
By Serena Guen As the plane’s wheels screeched off the tarmac of Port Antonio’s airport, I felt a very complicated mix of happy and sad. Trying to process my emotions, I thought back to the few very...
Your Stories: Why So Many Are Giving to Support UNICEF Now
This giving season, there has been an unprecedented outpouring of support for UNICEF. So many have donated, volunteered, advocated — and sought to learn from our stories about the struggles children...
Pneumonia and Diarrhea Kill 1.4 Million Children Each Year, More Than All Other Childhood Illnesses Combined – UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 11, 2016) – Pneumonia and diarrhea together kill 1.4 million children each year, the overwhelming majority of whom live in lower and middle-income countries. These childhood deaths...
Rising Air Pollution Is Killing the World's Most Vulnerable Children
Pneumonia is the single leading cause of death among young children, but we can all play a part in preventing it.
Measles Jab Saves Over 20 Million Young Lives in 15 Years, But Hundreds of Children Still Die of the Disease Every Day
NEW YORK (November 10, 2016) – Despite a 79 percent worldwide decrease in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015, nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day, leading health organizations...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson Meets with Syrian Children and Youth in Jordan
NEW YORK (November 10, 2016) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson wrapped up a two-day visit to Jordan this week, along with his eldest son Micheal, where he met with Syrian children, young people...