UNICEF in action

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In Clarendon Hills, Illinois, the Giving Girls, a group of second-graders, show off some of the homemade bracelets they made to raise money to support UNICEF's work to help children caught up in the war in Ukraine.

Youth Host Fundraisers to Help Children Affected by War in Ukraine

Children and young people across the U.S. are raising money and awareness to support children and families caught up in the war in Ukraine.
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UNICEF-supported children and families displaced by violence sheltering at the Waleed Nofal school in Hasakah city, northeast Syria photographed on Jan. 27, 2022.

War in Syria: Children Still Suffering Profound Impacts

UNICEF's humanitarian response in and around Syria reflects deep, devastating effects of over a decade of violence and rights violations.
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Ramyah, who was injured by war shrapnel, awaits treatment at a UNICEF-supported prosthetics center in Aden, Yemen on Oct. 14, 2021.

At Least 10,200 Children Killed or Injured in Yemen Since 2015

Wherever there is war — whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Syria or Ukraine — it is children who suffer first and suffer the most.
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Murat Sahin, UNICEF's Representative in Ukraine, left inspects medical and other emergency supplies shipped from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen upon arrival in Lviv on March 5, 2022..

UNICEF Gets Supplies to Children and Families Inside Ukraine

Medicine, midwifery kits and other lifesaving supplies have reached Lviv. More emergency supplies are on the way.
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A student works in the computer room at Lycée Mamie Adjoua in Bingerville, southern Côte d'Ivoire on February 11, 2022.

Equitable Education Benefits the Future Workforce

UNICEF and partners are equipping millions of girls worldwide with the 21st-century skills needed to fuel tomorrow's labor force.
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In Afghanistan on Feb. 24, 2022, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell is greeted by students at a UNICEF-supported community-based school in Kandahar’s Dand district.

Stories of Suffering, Stories of Hope: A Reflection

In Pakistan and Afghanistan, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell met children, adolescents and mothers and listened to their stories.

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In October 2020, an agent holds a boy while registering vulnerable families in Moro, a suburb of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

UNICEF: Pandemic Pushing More Families Deeper Into Poverty

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the social and economic devastation is weighing most heavily on children.
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Newly arrived from Ukraine, a mother comforts her son at the border checkpoint in Isaccea, Romania on March 4, 2022.

Sadness and Shock as Families Flee Ukraine

Mothers desperate to protect their children from escalating war in Ukraine share stories of grief and determination.
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Rohingya refugee Tahrim consoles her infant daughter after their shelter was destroyed in a fire on January 9, 2022 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

After a Devastating Fire, a Somber Ramadan for Rohingya Children

UNICEF is on the ground assisting vulnerable Rohingya refugee children and their families in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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