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Families migrating from Central America to the U.S. set up makeshift camps in Tijuana, Mexico.

Immigration Policies Put Migrant Families at Serious Risk of Violence

Current policies prevent families from accessing their legal right to protection in the U.S. as they seek asylum.

After 40 years of conflict, generations of children in Afghanistan — like this girl photographed in Daykundi Province in October 2019 — have no memory of peace.

Afghanistan Is the World's Most Lethal War Zone for Children

Ongoing armed conflict is killing or maiming an average of nine children every single day in Afghanistan, according to a new UNICEF Child Alert Report.

Students in Amboasary, Madagascar participate in a life skills training supported by UNICEF's Let Us Learn initiative.

Keeping Girls in School in Madagascar

A happy girl prepares for her immunization against measles, mumps, rubella and polio during a nationwide campaign run by the Ugandan Government with support from UNICEF and WHO.

As Measles Cases Surge, Vaccines Are the Best Way to Keep Kids Safe

More contagious than the Ebola virus, measles is making a deadly global comeback, with devastating outbreaks in all regions.

Kids in Haiti collect safe water at a UNICEF distribution point following Hurricane Matthew, which disrupted supplies and put families at risk of cholera and other water-borne diseases.

For Haiti, Victory Is in Sight in Fight Against Cholera

With no new cases since February, Haiti is on the road to eliminating cholera once and for all.

On October 28, 2019 at a shelter in Hasakeh City, Syria, Amani, 12, takes part in game organized by UNICEF staff to help displaced children heal from trauma.

UNICEF Helps Syria's Children Heal From Trauma

Working with partners, UNICEF provides psychosocial support programs to help children recover from the terrors of war.

Andrea* fled Guatemala with her two toddlers and her husband, Cristian*, after he was threatened by a gang for refusing to collect extortion payments for them. (Names changed.)

Fleeing Violence in Guatemala, a Young Family Yearns for Safety

Central Americans targeted by gangs face a difficult choice: leave everything behind and start over, or stay put and risk death.

Ishmael Beah, author, former child soldier and UNICEF Advocate for Children Affected by War, holds a baby girl during a visit to Ola During Children's Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 17 November 2019.

Standing Up for Child Survivors of Sexual Abuse in Sierra Leone

Donate "When I was a boy, my father used to say to me, 'If you are alive, there is a possibility that something good will happen to you,'" former child soldier Ishmael Beah recalled. Beah was only 13...

Six-year-old Kadia is healthy, thanks to UNICEF Mali and partners and locally based Nutrition Support Groups. Chronic malnutrition in Mali's Sikasso region has been reduced from 35.5 percent in 2015 to 28.9 percent in 2019.

More Children Than Ever Need UNICEF's Support — and Yours

Donate In 2020, through no fault of their own, 59 million children will require humanitarian assistance. "Around the world today, we're seeing the largest number of children in need of emergency...