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Childrens rights

Children play with toys at the Anganwadi Children’s centre in Gandhigram Village.

Early childhood education

Pre-primary education is a solid foundation for learning.

A child drinking water from water tab at his school in western Indian state of Maharashtra.

Providing clean water to the home of every child in India

A safe water supply in every household will ensure children and families survive and thrive.

Alka Pande, a nurse washes hands after counselling a mothet at a Community Health Center in Ikauna, Uttar Pradesh.

WASH and health care

UNICEF focuses on the scaling-up of WASH in health care facilities.

Champa Bag, Prime Minister of the Child Cabinet, enjoys a fun hand wash demonstration session at their dedicated hand washing station at the Pujariguda UGHS school in Rayagada district.

WASH in schools

Clean India: Clean Schools ensuring children stay healthy and learn.

Sonalika Dalabehera, six years old, a resident of Sutarajpur village, has from an early age been taught to adopt the hygienic routine of using a toilet rather than an unhealthy habit of using fields.

Ending Open Defecation in India

Towards maintaining an open defecation free India

Mothers and children attend a meeting as part of Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHND) in Motipur Kala Aanganwadi Centre in Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh.

Women's nutrition

Key to building a healthy nation.

Portrait of Pardhi tribal community members.

Nutrition for tribal children

UNICEF’s efforts to support tribal children.

This girl child of Baghudih village of Purulia, West Bengal, India, is a beneficiary of SBCC programme supported by UNICEF.

Adolescent nutrition

Adolescent nutrition is the second window of opportunity.

An Aanganwadi worker weighs a child on a digital scale as she records the details on a MCP card a during a meeting as part of Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHND) in Motipur Kala Aanganwadi Centre in Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh.

Prevention of wasting

For every child, nurturing care to prevent wasting.

Doctors during medical camp in Anganwadi. Durga’s short journey in Manju’s Anganwadi and preschool has been nothing short of extraordinary.

Stop stunting

The impacts of this form of undernutrition are irreversible.