UNICEF in action

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University students in Faisalabad created a start-up, Royella Foods, to combat waste in Pakistan's date industry.

Young Change Makers See a Sustainable Future in Pakistan

An innovative start-up rethinks Pakistan's date industry, combatting waste and charting a more eco-friendly course. [video]

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Innocent Murula, a UNICEF-supported community outreach worker, uses his megaphone to raise community awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 25, 2024.

Mpox Threat Intensifies for Children in Africa

UNICEF acts to protect vulnerable children and communities as the deadly, contagious viral disease continues to spread.

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Two Rohingya refugee children living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Rohingya Refugee Crisis Reaches Seven-Year Mark

An update on urgent humanitarian needs in Bangladesh and Myanmar, and what UNICEF is doing to support and protect children in both countries.

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Polio type 2 (nOPV) vaccines and vaccine cold storage equipment in Tel Aviv 's Ben Gurion airport on Aug. 26, 2024, before their transport to the Gaza Strip.

UNICEF Delivers Polio Vaccines to Protect Children in Gaza Strip

UNICEF and partners plan to vaccinate more than 640,000 children against polio in Gaza. To do that, they'll need a humanitarian pause. [video]

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Children learn, play and make friends at a UNICEF safe learning space in Sudan.

UNICEF Safe Learning Spaces a Haven for Children in War-Torn Sudan

UNICEF-supported safe learning spaces offer children displaced by conflict a place to play, learn and just be kids. [video]

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Markos Sakarikos, 70, a pensioner and a beekeeper from Nea Makri, Greece, with his granddaughter Markela..

Heat Waves in Greece Endanger Bees and a Time-Honored Family Tradition

Soaring heat, drought and wildfires are threatening bee populations worldwide. The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. [video]

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Anayet, 15, an adolescent peer leader, stands outside a UNICEF-supported multi-purpose center in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Nov. 7, 2023.

From Bystander to Change Maker: Anayet's Journey as an Adolescent Peer Leader

At age 9, Anayet was working all day instead of studying. By age 13, he was changing lives as an adolescent peer leader, with UNICEF support.

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At Al-maidan Health Center in Aden, Yemen, 3-year-old Ali eats from a packet of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food supplied by UNICEF.

Acute Malnutrition Surges in Yemen

The number of acutely malnourished children under age 5 rose 34 percent in the past year across Government of Yemen-controlled areas.

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In Kassala state, Sudan, 12-year-old Shaimaa and her Auntie Fatima share experiences of life before UNICEF rehabilitated a local water plant to provide clean water for their community.

Safe Water, Better Lives in Sudan

A UNICEF-rehabilitated system brings clean, safe water to households in rural Alsabaat, Kassala state, Sudan. [video]

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