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19 October 2020

L'Union européenne et l’UNICEF maintiennent leur soutien à la lutte contre la malnutrition infantile en République centrafricaine

08 October 2020

European Commission and UNICEF launch pilot programme in 7 Member States to break the cycle of child poverty and social exclusion

23 September 2020

As classrooms for half the world’s schoolchildren remain closed, UNICEF and EU urge countries to prioritise schools in re-opening plans

On 6 August 2020, UNICEF employees engage in the safe transfer of vaccines from a damaged warehouse of the Ministry of Public Health, located in the port area of Beirut, Lebanon. Two days prior, the warehouse, along with numerous other buildings, was damaged by an enormous explosion that took over 150 lives and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Despite the explosion and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines remain available for children in Lebanon.

UNICEF, EU & Belgium support victims of Beirut explosion

UNICEF delivers critical supplies to support children and families affected by Beirut explosions

European Union provides EUR 2 million (ZMW 42.1 million) to UNICEF to support the COVID-19 response and help drought-affected children in Zambia

European Union provides support to Zambia COVID-19 response

European Union provides EUR 2 million (ZMW 42.1 million) to UNICEF to support the COVID-19 response

The medical assistance and the Personal protective equipment of Covid 19 cargo shipment plane arrive to Sana'a International Airport supported by UNICEF and European Union.

EU increases vital support for children in Yemen

As COVID-19 intensifies suffering in Yemen, the EU increases vital support for children and their families

49 children relocated to Portugal and Finland are boys aged 12-17

UN agencies welcome relocations of unaccompanied children

UN agencies welcome latest relocations of unaccompanied children from Greece, call for further action and solidarity

COVID-19: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge helps deliver supplies

COVID-19: EU Humanitarian Air Bridge helps deliver over 50 tonnes of UNICEF supplies for vulnerable children and families

A plane chartered by UNICEF landed today at N’Djamena airport, Chad, carrying vital health supplies and goods to support the COVID-19 response.

UNICEF Chad receives lifesaving supplies from the EU

A plane chartered by UNICEF landed at N’Djamena airport, Chad, carrying vital health supplies and goods to support the COVID-19 response

The European Commission Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) in collaboration with UNICEF, today flew in a shipment of over 26 metric tons of vaccines in support of the expanded programme on immunization, amidst the Covid 19 pandemic.

EU humanitarian aid’ jets in

Over 26 metric tons of lifesaving immunization vaccines, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Ali Abubakar smiles while recovering from severe malnourishment at UNICEF supported Damazin Hospital Stabilization Centre in Ad-Damazin, the capital of the Blue Nile State in Sudan.

EU supports a regional response in the Horn of Africa

The EU has today announced a €60 million package to help tackle the health and socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, ECHO and UNICEF teamed up to ensure continuity of life-saving care for malnourished children in Niger

EU and UNICEF team up for children in Niger amidst Covid-19

In Niger, the nutrition situation of children under five is expected to deteriorate with the current Covid-19 crisis

Early on Sunday, a shipment organised by UNICEF Tajikistan and financed by the European Delegation in Tajikistan of approximately 13 tons of vital medical supplies arrived in the Dushanbe.

The EU and UNICEF support Tajikistan respond to COVID-19

The EU Delegation in Tajikistan and UNICEF deliver critical medical supplies to support the Ministry of Health and Social Protection

Refugee mother feeding her baby at ADRA community centre in Belgrade.

New UNICEF-EU programme to reach children in six countries

With financial support from the European Union UNICEF launches the ‘RM Child-Health’ project to strengthen vulnerable refugee and migrant children’s health

Hazrat Bilal Internally Displace People (IDP) camp. Mazar-e-Sharif, North of Afghanistan. 15-April-2020. An outbreak of a respiratory disease like COVID-19 could spread easily through the overcrowded confines and unsafe conditions typical of many camps or settlements. Families in these environments would be more likely to get sick and less capable of fighting.

EU supports emergency-affected children in Afghanistan

EU donates €2.7 million to UNICEF to support emergency-affected children – a first for Afghanistan

On 20 March 2020, children practise handwashing during a coronavirus prevention campaign supported by UNICEF and partners at Ansar-ud-deen mosque in Itire, Lagos State, Nigeria

EU supports United Nations in Nigeria to fight COVID-19

European Union supports United Nations with lifesaving assistance to fight COVID-19

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Young people participate in the legal aid clinic set up by three friends from Mariupol State University that aims to help people to rebuild their lives without being afraid of the financial implications.

Funds help lawyers to fight for vulnerable in Ukraine

Law students set up a legal aid clinic in Mariupol

19 October 2020

L'Union européenne et l’UNICEF maintiennent leur soutien à la lutte contre la malnutrition infantile en République centrafricaine

08 October 2020

European Commission and UNICEF launch pilot programme in 7 Member States to break the cycle of child poverty and social exclusion

On 31 March 2020, seven-year-old Francesca [NAME CHANGED], receives a medical screening from Doctor Antonella Tochiaro in an informal settlement where she lives in Rome, Italy. Doctor Tochiaro is part of the INTERSOS/UNICEF outreach team. The INTERSOS/UNICEF outreach team conducts mobile clinics which provide basic health care and information to refugee and migrant children and families living in informal settlements in Rome. This work has become particularly vital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘RM Child-Health’: for refugee and migrant children

New initiative for children and families in Southern and South Eastern Europe