UNICEF in action

Around this time last year, we at the U.S. Fund were all thrilled to hear some remarkable news. UNICEF had announced that the number of children dying each year before age five had fallen to 9.7...

UNICEF and other aid agencies have warned that a combination of crises in the Greater Horn of Africa"including drought, conflict, disease and rising food and energy prices"is imperiling the lives of...

Soaring food costs are pushing a lot of families around the world into poverty. In some parts of the world, food prices have doubled. A UNICEF colleague recently reported that many families are coping...

Yesterday a UNICEF representative brought UNICEF's concerns about the impact of the global food crisis on children to the attention of Members of Congress and Congressional staff at a packed hearing...

Imagine the shock waves that would register throughout the world if the combined populations of New York and Paris--more than 10 million people--were wiped out in a single year. A loss of lives on...