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Two boys in Bilwi, Nicaragua, search for scraps of wood to help their parents rebuild their house after it was destroyed by the strong winds and rains brought by Hurricane Iota.

Long Road Ahead for Hurricane Recovery in Central America

UNICEF issues urgent appeal for support to assist families who lost everything to Eta and Iota.

The Primero technical team with UNICEF Ghana CP team and MoGCSP colleagues at UNICEF in Accra, Ghana in 2020.

UNICEF & Microsoft Leverage Tech to Protect Vulnerable Children

The new version of Primero, a case management tool, is revolutionizing the way social workers coordinate critical care for children at risk.

Juana, 9, photographed with her mother and siblings at a shelter in Campur, San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Inside Look: COVID-19 and Child Protection in Guatemala

What it means to be a child migrant during a pandemic, & how UNICEF is tackling the issues that force children to flee in the first place.

A coordinator for UNICEF’s COVID-19 awareness program on the job in M-East ward-Chembur, Mumbai, India, June 16, 2020.

2020 Recap: UNICEF's Actions for Children in Crisis

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged and other emergencies flared, UNICEF and partners were there — working nonstop to save, protect and improve the lives of vulnerable children and families all around the world. A look back at UNICEF's impact this year.

Kids in El Salvador face multiple threats to their safety and well being, including gang violence that forces many children and families to flee.

Inside Look: Coping With COVID-19 in El Salvador

A conversation with UNICEF El Salvador about supporting returning migrants and other vulnerable kids in the country during the pandemic.

UNICEF Mexico Deputy Representative Pressia Arifin-Cabo speaks with a child at an encampment in Matamoros in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.

Children Seeking Asylum Deserve Protection

The U.S. must stop using COVID-19 as a pretext for deporting migrant children who have tested negative and pose no public health threat.

A boy from the Miskito ethnic group in Honduras leaves Tegucigalpa for his home community of La Mosquitia after his parents lose their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Protecting Child Migrants During a Pandemic

How UNICEF is protecting children on the move in northern Central America, Mexico and the U.S. in the context of COVID-19.

A migrant child and her mother on a bus headed to Toncontin international airport in Honduras, where they will be tested for COVID-19 and quarantined for two weeks.

Inside Look: How COVID-19 Is Deepening the Migrant Crisis in Honduras

A conversation with UNICEF Child Protection Specialist Lea Beaudry about how UNICEF is doing whatever it takes to protect kids.

Why Kids of All Races Need to Know How to Talk About Race and Racism

Dr. Sandra Chapman, founder of Chap Equity, on teaching kids how to talk about race & racism, feel the pain they cause & take action.