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A UNICEF-supported program linking soccer and academics in Niamey, Niger keeps teenagers like Pascaline in school.

Using Soccer to End Child Marriage in Niger

Childhood hasn't been easy for Pascaline, a teenager in Lacouroussou, a poor neighborhood of Niger's capital, Niamey. Her three older brothers have all moved out of the house. Longstanding social...

In Photos: Migration's Searing Impact on Children

The World Press Photo Foundation and UNICEF jointly present an exhibition of photographs that illustrate the physical, emotional and psychological impact of migration on children around the world.

Yasmin (left), 12, a Bangladeshi national, and Showkat, 15, a Rohingya refugee, both attend a UNICEF-supported adolescent club in Lambasia refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on 24 June 2019.

Youth Clubs Help Rohingya Children Cope With Problems in Refugee Camps

UNICEF-supported clubs give adolescents a forum to discuss personal safety, early marriage and the dangers of drugs and trafficking.

UNICEF Market Helps Supergirl-Silversmiths Shine

Thanks to entrepreneur training and access to a global market, the Jalapa Girls Silversmiths are confident in themselves and their futures.

UNICEF launches new blockchain enabled Cryptocurrency Fund to prepare for digital financed future.

UNICEF Expands Use of Blockchain to Help Deliver for Children

With the launch of the new UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund, UNICEF seeks new ways to harness the advantages of blockchain for humanitarian work.

UNICEF USA President and CEO Caryl M. Stern visits with children in Guatemala in 2015.

Reflections on Yom Kippur

How will our society fare when it's judged by its treatment of the world's children?

Children at the Bibi Amina Girls High School in Panjshir, a province in the North of Afghanistan, are excited with their new UNICEF school kits.

Getting Girls Back to School in Afghanistan

Every child deserves the chance to go to school. But more than 30 years of sustained conflict have devastated Afghanistan's education system.

A UNICEF-IKEA Foundation supported health care worker makes a home visit to see how this newborn from a village in northern India is doing. After a safe delivery, a newborn requires tender care to ensure safe passage through the first thousand days life.

This Diwali, UNICEF Brightens the Days of Children in Need

Diwali is almost here, and soon families in India and around the world will come together to reflect upon the many gifts life has to offer.

UNICEF Education Specialist Anita Haidary and colleague hand out school bags to an excited student at a UNICEF-supported school in Nangarhar, Afghanistan in 2019.

Dedicated Teachers Are Educating Afghanistan's Girls

Devoted teachers are giving their all to ensure that Afghanistan's next generation of girls get an education and reach their full potential.