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Displaced families make their way back to temporary housing through flood water after a distribution point ran out of supplies in Pibor, Boma State, South Sudan on November 6, 2019.

In Times of Crisis, UNICEF USA's Mercury Fund Is at the Ready

The Mercury Fund accelerates UNICEF's strategic emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction activities, saving time and money.

UNICEF has been exploring ways to leverage blockchain technologies to benefit vulnerable children and communities since 2016.

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.