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UNICEF-supported school children in Côte d'Ivoire.

UNICEF's Impact in 2019: A Year in Photos

Here's a look back at some of the ways UNICEF delivered for children in 2019.

Q & A: Austyn Weiner in Senegal With UNICEF

The artist talks about what it meant to her to experience protecting children firsthand.

Corine Gerald and her children Jerrene, 11, and James Jr., 13, in their rental house in Antigua. The family was displaced from their home in Barbuda by Hurricane Irma in 2017.

Torn Apart by Hurricane Irma, a Family Is Still Picking Up the Pieces

Stronger storms linked to climate change are forcing more and more families out of their homes in the Caribbean.

Surrounded by her classmates, a girl holds her UNICEF notebook at Shawe Primary School, Harana Buluk Woreda, in Ethiopia's Oromia Region in 2019.

U.S. Government Support for UNICEF Grows

This week, federal lawmakers passed legislation to fund the U.S. Government for FY 2020 including $134 million in core resources for UNICEF.

Families migrating from Central America to the U.S. set up makeshift camps in Tijuana, Mexico.

Immigration Policies Put Migrant Families at Serious Risk of Violence

Current policies prevent families from accessing their legal right to protection in the U.S. as they seek asylum.

After 40 years of conflict, generations of children in Afghanistan — like this girl photographed in Daykundi Province in October 2019 — have no memory of peace.

Afghanistan Is the World's Most Lethal War Zone for Children

Ongoing armed conflict is killing or maiming an average of nine children every single day in Afghanistan, according to a new UNICEF Child Alert Report.

Students in Amboasary, Madagascar participate in a life skills training supported by UNICEF's Let Us Learn initiative.

Keeping Girls in School in Madagascar

A happy girl prepares for her immunization against measles, mumps, rubella and polio during a nationwide campaign run by the Ugandan Government with support from UNICEF and WHO.

As Measles Cases Surge, Vaccines Are the Best Way to Keep Kids Safe

More contagious than the Ebola virus, measles is making a deadly global comeback, with devastating outbreaks in all regions.

Kids in Haiti collect safe water at a UNICEF distribution point following Hurricane Matthew, which disrupted supplies and put families at risk of cholera and other water-borne diseases.

For Haiti, Victory Is in Sight in Fight Against Cholera

With no new cases since February, Haiti is on the road to eliminating cholera once and for all.