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UNICEF Offers New Line of Holiday Gifts Featuring Hand-Crafted Artisan Items from NOVICA
“I loved the idea of connecting local artisans to a ‘UNICEF Market’ where their products could be sold to benefit them, while also helping improve the lives of children all around the world,” said...
UNICEF Steps up Lifesaving Interventions for Children in North-Eastern Nigeria
At the same time, UNICEF is working to increase the number of primary health care centers it supports in the two states from 43 to 65. UNICEF will also procure essential medicines, medical supplies...
UNICEF Airlifts Humanitarian Supplies for Displaced, Conflict-Affected Children in Iraq
“Our priority is to respond as quickly as possible to the Iraqi children’s needs and provide lifesaving humanitarian supplies, especially clean water and sanitation services, vaccinations against...
No End to Horror for Children in Central African Republic
NEW YORK (June 13, 2014) – Six months after intense fighting reached Bangui, capital of Central African Republic, scores of children have been killed, hundreds have been maimed and thousands have been...
UNICEF: Thousands of Children at Risk as Families Flee Iraqi City of Mosul
NEW YORK (June 11, 2014) – Around 500,000 people, up to half of them children, have been forced to flee their homes since violence erupted on June 5 in the Iraqi city of Mosul, according to...
UNICEF Statement on Dramatic Increase of Unaccompanied Children Seeking to Enter the United States
NEW YORK (June 10, 2014) – “UNICEF welcomes the urgent relief efforts by the Government of the United States to address a record increase in the number of unaccompanied children, mostly from Central...
WNBA Stars Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike Launch Fundraising Competition to Help Children in Nigeria
NEW YORK (June 11, 2014) – WNBA stars Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike today launched a fundraising competition open to participation by girls’ middle and high school basketball teams across the country. The...
UNICEF Statement on Attack on School in Mosul, Iraq
Any attack that targets children or schools is a grave violation against the rights of the child as outlined in Security Council Resolutions 1612 and 1882. Schools are zones of peace where children...
Joint Press Release: U.S. Fund for UNICEF & Special Olympics
UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez Visits Nepal
NEW YORK (May 29, 2014) – Actress, multi-platinum recording artist and UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez just returned from a visit to Nepal, where she traveled to bring attention to children in need...