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Reaching children in Ecuador

At least 150,000 children are affected by the April 16 earthquake in Ecuador. UNICEF teams are in Pedernales and Esmeraldas, two of the hardest hit areas, assessing children’s needs and coordinating the response. >
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Hope amidst violence

Conflict prompted by Boko Haram has led to widespread displacement of more than 2 million people across the Lake Chad region. A new UNICEF report details the impact on children. Hear their stories of being bound by violence, and freed by dreams. >

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Fairness for children

The gap between rich and poor is at its highest level in three decades in most high-income countries. UNICEF's latest Innocenti Report Card shows the effects of inequality on the health, education and well-being of children and youth. Learn more >

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Support through creativity

When a migrant and refugee centre in Presevo, Serbia, went from registration to accommodation site overnight, UNICEF adapted its programme to include non-formal education. See how children are finding joy in a range of creative activities. >

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Coping with violence

The ongoing conflict in Yemen has had a profound effect on the lives of children. In schools, students like Ghadeer are learning how to use drama, sport and peer support skills to cope with the war and violence that surround them. >

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Child survival and development

Learn: How baby huts improve child health in Iraq

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Protection and social inclusion

Witness: Mohammed's recovery

Boys smiling at the Sortoni camp, Niger

Education

Hear: El Fateh's dream of going back to school

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Emergency aid and humanitarian action

Meet: Real-life heroes Bokoï and Babouï

Children are at the heart of our work

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Goodwill Ambassadors

Afghanistan: Murtaza receives signed soccer jerseys and ball donated by Lionel Messi

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Data on children

Our story: Every child

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A picture equals…

Photo of the week: In the aftermath of the ‘Great Gorkha Earthquake’ in Nepal, women and newborns find refuge and vital medical care.

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Innovate for children

U-Report Nigeria first country to reach 1 million responders

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UNICEF reaches children in emergencies

Migrant and refugee crisis

As increasing numbers of people are on the move, running from conflict, poverty and extreme weather, the need to protect all children is urgent

Ebola

UNICEF scales up its response to protect health workers and families

Central African Republic

Learn how UNICEF is responding to this complex humanitarian and protection crisis

Iraq

Humanitarian aid reaches children who are increasingly at risk, in multiple overlapping crises

South Sudan

Rapid response missions reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced by violence

Syrian crisis

UNICEF is committed to keeping Syrian children from becoming a ‘lost generation’

Yemen

Amid conflict, children and women in desperate need of life-saving assistance

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Two women hug as a group of refugees arrives by boat in Lesbos, Greece

45 Days in a Greek Refugee Camp

When 16-year-old Gabriela from São Paulo, Brazil convinced her mother to make an ambitious plan to travel to the Greek island of Lesbos, the teenager had few expectations but plenty passion and enthusiasm about what the experience would bring.

A young girl smiles and winces as a man administers the Yellow Fever shot in her arm, Angola

Yellow fever in Angola shows vaccine funding is critical

The recent yellow fever outbreak in Angola underscores the challenges governments and public health workers face as they seek to expand the routine immunisation programmes that save lives.

Silhouette of a teenage Nigerian refugee girl, at the Minawao refugee camp in Northern Cameroon

Taken

Most striking about Fati are her hand gestures. They cut through the air like blades, punctuating her sentences that come tumbling out in quick succession. She seems impatient and anxious to tell her story.

UNICEF's Executive Director Anthony Lake bends down to greet children at a temporary base in Lubakda kebele, Afar region, Ethiopia

New hope in drought-stricken Ethiopia

Ruined crops. Dead livestock. More than 10.2 million people in need of urgent relief assistance. Six million children stalked by thirst, hunger and disease. This is the situation in Ethiopia, now facing its worst drought in decades.

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