Search results

Humanitarian action and emergencies

Available in:
Français
English

26 October 2022

Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF with partners call for substantial increase in funding for crisis-affected children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

ECW-supported joint programme with UNICEF in the Kalemie area of Tanganyika province offers a compelling model for increasing access to education – especially for girls – by eradicating gender-based violence and building a secure post-conflict future

Des femmes puise de l'eau dans un camp des déplacés.

Water for displaced families in Rutshuru

UNICEF provides vital assistance to displaced children and their families, particularly clean water and essential hygiene supplies.

Une mère entourée de ses trois enfants assis dans un tente

Children's lives and wellbeing at risk in Rutshuru and Nyiragongo, DRC

A girl washing her hands at a hand washing device

UNICEF welcomes the end of the latest DRC Ebola outbreak while continuing efforts to strengthen healthcare in Equateur province

Un jeune garçon

Staggering scale of grave violations against children in conflict revealed in new UNICEF analysis

Between 2016 and 2020, average of 71 verified grave violations against children every day

Three displaced children standing in the middle of the courtyard of an elementary school where they have found refuge

Children under attack in escalating conflict in eastern DRC

UNICEF condemns latest attacks involving children in conflict-affected North Kivu

An awareness session

09 October 2021

UNICEF already on the ground to respond to latest Ebola case in eastern DRC

UNICEF is working with North Kivu health authorities following the death of a 3-year-old child from Ebola

Desfemmes échanges avec un staff de l'UNICEF.

Poverty, conflict and displacement leave children at risk from renewed Bubonic plague outbreaks in Ituri region of eastern DRC

The centuries-old illness, easily treatable with antibiotics, is making a comeback through a combination of poverty and continuing insecurity

Une femme et des enfants cuisinent sur un site d'accueil pour personnes déplacées

Recent surge in violence in DRC’s Ituri province worsening already desperate situation for children

Une mère tenant ses deux enfants malnutris

30 December 2020

An estimated 10.4 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021

UNICEF warns numbers could rise further without urgent action