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UNICEF Steps Up Blockchain Investments for Children

A look at three start-up solutions selected to receive funding and other support from new partner Ethereum Classic Labs.

UNICEF parades to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King

Houston UNITERS walk in the 42nd annual parade organized by the Black Heritage Society and City of Houston

A young girl from Syria attends a candlelight vigil for child refugees at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City in September 2016.

Working to Welcome Refugees From Coast to Coast

More than 40 governors have raised their hand to receive refugees in 2020.

On January 19, 2010, men gather at a table and chairs set up in the middle of a street devastated by the earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

Looking Back at Haiti's Catastrophic Earthquake

A decade later, UNICEF is still on the ground, helping determined Haitians recover and rebuild their lives after an unparalleled disaster.

UNICEF works around the world to protect children from all forms of violence and exploitation.

It's Time to End Violence Against Children

Show your support for the Congressional Resolution to End Violence Against Children Globally

On 2 December 2019, Anjuma Bengum, 30, holds her daughter Lala Bibi, 5, at their home in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Anjuma’s second daughter, Asma, 9, disappeared while on her way to buy groceries in the market.

Children Are Disappearing in Bangladesh

"I am sure that my daughter has been taken by someone. She wouldn't get lost by herself," says Anjuma Bengum (above), whose 9-year-old, Asma, disappeared on her way to buy groceries in Cox's Bazar...

Burning embers cover the ground as firefighters battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019.

Australia's Ferocious Wildfires Are Taking a Heavy Toll

UNICEF is working with partners to protect children traumatized by the fires, and to support solutions and policies that protect the planet.

Empowered to End Exploitation

Human trafficking touches the lives of many, but girls and women are disproportionately impacted by exploitation worldwide.

A safe house run by the Penelope Association in Taormina, Sicily provides shelter for women and girls who were trafficked for sexual purposes.

Fleeing Boko Haram, and Tricked into Sexual Exploitation

Almost one-third of all detected trafficking victims are children. The vast majority are girls. Here is one girl's story.