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South Sudanese refugee children play with locally made hand puppets in Yumbe district, Uganda.

Homemade Toys Help Refugee Children Learn

By 2050, an estimated 42 percent of the world's new babies will be born in Africa. UNICEF and the LEGO Foundation want to make sure every child gets the best start in life, so they've teamed up.

In Jordan in 2018, a Syrian refugee shows off his LEGO building skills as part of the Learning Through Play partnership between UNICEF and LEGO Foundation.

Creative Play Can Help Build Children's Futures

UNICEF and LEGO have teamed up to help children around the world learn problem-solving, creativity, communication and teamwork.

No More Child Trafficking

A Girl Scout tells her story of working to raise awareness of child trafficking in the U.S and India.

UNICEF, menstruation, education, empowering girls

Fighting Menstruation Myths Keeps Girls in School

A bother, sometimes a pain — but periods don't have to be shameful, too.

Mary, 16, is now back in school in Yambio, South Sudan. She’s come a long way since the day when she was abducted by an armed group at age 12, along with her older sister. They both were beaten and tortured during their time with the group, and only narro

In South Sudan, Teenage Girls Struggle to Break Chains of Conflict

Twice victims, girls who break free from an armed group's oppression can find themselves pariahs with no support upon their release.

Ibtihaj Muhammad on the beach in Sealine, Qatar.

Ibtihaj Muhammad Has a Calling

The first Muslim-American female Olympic medalist talks about her new children's book and her interest in helping refugees with UNICEF.

On February 6, 2018, a humanitarian convoy traveling from Damascus neared Rukban makeshift settlement in Syria.

Inside the Largest Ever Humanitarian Convoy to Reach Syrian Refugees

The United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent teamed up to deliver lifesaving supplies to displaced Syrians in Rukban makeshift camp.

Aisha, a UNICEF-supported polio team vaccinator, walks through Muna Garage IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast Nigeria in January 2018.

LDS Charities and UNICEF Light the World for Children

LDS Charities and UNICEF USA came together to help children this past holiday season in an unexpected way: Giving Machines.

Pro basketball player and UNICEF Supporter Bismack Biyombo back home in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Meet Bismack: Basketball Star, Humanitarian, UNICEF Supporter

The Congolese NBA starting center for the Charlotte Hornets talks to UNICEF USA about what inspires him to help children in need.