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Child smiles while sitting at his desk in middle school in India

Support Kids in India

Millions of children in India need health care, nutrition, education, protection, water and sanitation and other support. UNICEF is there.

In Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico, a makeshift raft is used to informally move people and products across the Suchiate River between Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico and Ciudad Tecún Umán, Guatemala, on Oct. 12, 2022

Record Numbers of Child Migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean at Great Risk

A new UNICEF Child Alert signals urgent and growing needs of children migrating in the region and urges action to protect the rights of every child.

Kindergarten teachers conduct lessons with children in a basement bomb shelter renovated by UNICEF in Slavutych, Ukraine.

Back to School in a Bomb Shelter in Ukraine

As Ukraine's children head back to class, UNICEF is building more bomb shelters in schools to protect kids growing up in a war zone. [VIDEO]

In Madani, Sudan, UNICEF Emergency Manager Narine Aslanyan holds one of the babies who had just been successfully evacuated from the Mygoma orphanage in Khartoum.

Inside Look: UNICEF Role in Sudan Orphanage Rescue Op

A behind-the-scenes account of the safe evacuation of 297 vulnerable children from a state-run facility in the middle of a civil war.

Fanta Kone, a UNICEF staff member, with 10-month-old twins Adama and Awa, refugees from Burkina Faso, in Tougbo, in the north of Côte d’Ivoire.

Inside Look: UNICEF's Role in the Sahel Humanitarian Crisis Nobody's Talking About

A conversation with UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire Representative Marc Vincent about building community resilience amid an influx of refugees from Burkina Faso.

In Lajas Blancas, Darién, Panama in February 2023, a mother and child are reunited after becoming separated in the Darién jungle, one of the world's most dangerous migrant routes.

After the Darién Gap: Finding a Space to Heal

When migrating children and families emerge from the treacherous Darién Gap, UNICEF is there to provide urgently needed support and care. [VIDEO]

On June 17, 2023, Mariam Djimé Adam, 33, sits in the yard of a secondary school in Chad. She arrived from Sudan the previous day with her eight children.

UNICEF Calls for More Support to Aid Sudan's Children

UNICEF needs urgent support to ramp up aid for women and children caught in Sudan's rapidly escalating crisis.

A child with severe acute malnutrition eats Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food after a nutrition screening organized by UNICEF and partners in Sudan's Kassala state on May 24, 2023.

13.6 Million Children in Urgent Need in Sudan as Conflict Continues

UNICEF is delivering critical supplies and maintaining vital health care services for children affected by the ongoing crisis in Sudan. [VIDEO]

Chatting with a UNICEF staffer in Dedougou, Burkina Faso, 15-year-old Valerie says she's very glad that social workers convinced her not to marry early.

Is an End to Child Marriage Within Reach?

Progress has been made, but at the rate we're going, it will take another 300 years to end child marriage around the world. An urgent call to action.