UNICEF in action

Cara Yar Khan discusses how UNICEF supports children with disabilities

Paige Munger is Assistant for Public Policy and Advocacy at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. According to the World Health Organization, a staggering 10% of the world’s children are disabled. These children...

UNICEF is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Gaza and Israel. As a result of ongoing conflict, innocent children are being killed, injured and traumatized. UNICEF calls on all...

Can you imagine not having a toilet? Neither can I. But about 2.5 billion people around the world do not even have a basic pit latrine . When I first heard about this problem, I thought about how...

Before Sandy devastated New York, New Jersey, and other parts of the U.S., it hit Haiti, heaping new misery onto a country that has already seen far more than its share. Still recovering from 2010’s...

Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism Suppliers of tourism services adopting the code commit themselves to implement six criteria to help fight...

After the temporary loss of our New York headquarters in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF is determined to continue fighting for the world’s children. “The U.S. Fund for UNICEF...

Around 20 Team UNICEF runners came out to run for children this week, despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in New York and the cancellation of the 2012 ING New York City Marathon. "We...

While Hurricane Sandy has caused devastation in the northeastern United States, the storm has also impacted Haiti. You can read more in this New York Times article , and if you would like to donate to...