UNICEF in action

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On Sept. 24, 2024, a UNICEF staff member speaks with Mariam, 10, displaced by violence and staying with her family in Amiliye public school, now being used as an IDP shelter, in Beirut, Lebanon.

UNICEF Aids Children Uprooted by Conflict in Southern Lebanon

UNICEF is providing emergency support for children and families caught in escalating violence in Lebanon. [video]

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A girl holds a UNICEF winter clothing kit in southern Lebanon.

Children in Need as Armed Conflict Escalates in Lebanon and Israel

UNICEF is calling for an immediate de-escalation of hostilities as children and families find themselves caught in an increasingly dire situation.
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Children receive polio vaccines at a health clinic in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, in September 2024.

Polio Vaccines Protect Children in Gaza Strip

Polio vaccination teams successfully reached more than half a million children in Gaza during Round One of an ambitious campaign. [video]

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A father carries his child on his shoulders as he wades through floodwaters in Feni, southeastern Bangladesh.

UNICEF Aids Children After Catastrophic Flooding in Bangladesh

UNICEF is working with partners to deliver emergency support for families caught in the worst flooding in 34 years.

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UNICEF DRC’s Deputy Representative, Dr. Mariame Sylla, speaks with a patient during her visit to the mpox isolation and treatment unit at Lwiro Hospital, in the Miti-Murhesa health zone, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sept. 4, 2024.

Children Front and Center of UNICEF's Fight Against Mpox

Thousands of children in the DRC, Burundi and other countries in Africa are at severe risk of contracting mpox as cases of the new variant surge.

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A mother and son stand inside their flooded home in Lao Cai province, Vietnam after Super Typhoon Yagi.

UNICEF Responds After Super Typhoon Yagi Slams Vietnam

UNICEF is helping families devastated by the worst storm to hit Vietnam in 30 years. [video]

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On Sept. 26, 2023, a UNICEF staff member works at the reception center on the island of Lampedusa, Italy.

Protection — for Every Child Migrant, Every Step of Their Journey

Globally, there are more people on the move than ever before — and many of them are children. UNICEF works to protect children and their rights.

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A student attending a catch-up class in Haiti, supported by Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF and partners.

Catch-Up Classes Help Haiti's Children Prepare for a Better Future

Catch-up classes offer girls and boys in Haiti the opportunity to continue their education despite ongoing violence.

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Samah holds the bullet that was removed from her 8-year-old daughter Fatima's head at UNICEF-supported Aljekaika hospital in northern Sudan..

Hit by a Stray Bullet in Sudan

UNICEF is working with partners to support Sudan's flagging health system, providing lifesaving care to children like 8-year-old Fatima. [video]

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