UNICEF in action

This February, UNICEF’s first Global Citizenship Fellows are graduating after a year of service on behalf of UNICEF. Global Citizenship Fellows work as grassroots spokespersons for children, inspiring...

Born and raised in India, I am fluent in Hindi. Sometimes, when I speak English, an idiom or phrase in Hindi will pop into my head that perfectly expresses the thought or sentiment of the moment. This...

Jake Delman is Assistant for Public Policy and Advocacy at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF . As you may know from our advocacy alert , the United States has yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the...

A boy plays at the UNICEF-supported Denham Town Basic School in Jamaica. © UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0292/Susan Markisz Hayoung Kye is a Program and Strategic Partnerships intern at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF...

An estimated 5.5 million children around the world are victims of trafficking. Thousands of them live right here in the United States. For many of us, it’s hard to understand what these statistics...

Helen Pattinson of UNICEF UK reports from Za’atari camp in northern Jordan, where tens of thousands of families who’ve fled the conflict in Syria are suffering in an unusually cold winter. For most...

Katia Stefanatou is the 2012 New York Global Citizenship Fellow. On Tuesday, January 29, with the help and support of New York University student groups and the NYU UNICEF Club, I hosted a screening...

Bill Gates released his “annual letter” today, presenting a candid take on the work and learnings of his foundation . His 2013 focus? Measurement. A topic that does not grab headlines, but for UNICEF...

Warning: You may experience a sense of hope and inspiration when reading this.