UNICEF in action

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Jamal Hossain's daughter Jui, 30 months, attends a UNICEF-supported day care center at the garment factory where he works outside Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 6, 2018..

Family-Friendly Policies: A Winning Investment for Children & Society

To give parents the time they need to build their babies' brains, UNICEF is working to support family-friendly policies around the world, and calling on businesses and governments to redesign the workplace of the future by investing in these policies.

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A health worker wearing a gown, gloves and goggles checks a child potentially infected with Ebola being carried on the back of a caregiver at the Ebola Treatment Center of Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo on March 24, 2019.

Ebola Crisis in DRC Declared a Public Health Emergency

UNICEF and partners are on the ground working to stop the deadly outbreak in the embattled Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Survivors Care for Children Orphaned by Ebola in the DRC

More than 2,500 people have been infected and nearly 1,700 people have died since the second largest Ebola outbreak in history began last August in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Celebrating the Passage of H.R. 2615

UNICEF USA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for showing bipartisan unity today in passing H.R. 2615.
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Sura, a young Rohingya refugee learning to make dresses, measures UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore at a UNICEF-supported Adolescent Center in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

A Youth Job Skills Program Is Building Futures in Bangladesh

UNICEF and partners are working tirelessly all over the world to save and protect children. PLEASE DONATE Hundreds of thousands of desperate and terrorized ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims — more than...

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A No-Brainer: Advocating for Early Childhood Education

Join UNICEF in prioritizing both quality learning and protection to achieve early learning results around the world.
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Paloma Escudero, UNICEF Director of Communication visits the border wall with Karla Gallo, UNICEF Mexico Child Protection Officer in Tijuana, Mexico on February 22, 2019.

Karla Gallo, Defender of Migrant Children Traveling Alone

UNICEF is stationed on the routes migrant children travel to protect them — especially those who are on their own — and their rights.
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Nine-year-old Mohamed looks out over one of the canals running through Kutapalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on July 6, 2019. Two bridges nearby were swept away by heavy monsoon rains.

Heavy Monsoon Rains Drench Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh

Thousands of children and families are at risk from flooding and landslides. UNICEF is on the ground providing urgently needed assistance.
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A family crosses the Suchiate River at the Mexico-Guatemala border in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico on January 31, 2019.

How UNICEF Helps Young Migrants in Central America, Mexico & the U.S.

FAQs: Here's how UNICEF and UNICEF USA are working to support and protect migrating children every step of the way.
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