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Anganwadi worker Leena Bhat (41 – year – old) playing with the children of the Jethana –A anganwadi Center.

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.

Sanitary workers follow the various steps for handwashing at the contact free handwash station set up by Orbia-UNICEF at the Dharamsala Community Health Centre, Jajpur, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

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

14 years old Sania Akhtar, Sofia Perveen and Bushra Alam are close neighbours and study in class 9 at Barahambarada Government High School, Rasulpur, Jajpur, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

A Clean (Sampoorna Swachh) India

Towards maintaining an open defecation-free and clean environment and managing solid and liquid wastes efficiently

Under THR programe , AWW, ANM and Asha workers visit homes and distribute 4 packets as 1 month stock to ANC.

Women's nutrition

Key to building a healthy nation.

Ajit Kumar reacts as he sits with children in a community kitchen garden at Amachur Nerua, Chitrakoot.

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.

Bitti feeds nutritious food to her 2 years old child Basu.

Early childhood nutrition

Nutritious beginnings for healthier children.

Students take part in an earthquake evacuation drill outside their classroom in eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Education for disaster risk reduction and social cohesion

Building resilient schools and communities.

A ‘Blue Brigade” volunteer teaches children in the compound of a house under Blue Brigade initiative in village Adhina Salka, district Surajpur, Chattisgarh.

Bringing children back to school and learning

How UNICEF is ensuring all children are learning.

Online schools are the new normal for Ishika.

Gender equality in education

Ensuring excellence by delivering equitable, quality education to all girls and boys.

7 year old Laxmi (left) with her best friend and classmate Swapna (right), at Government Secondary School in Chitri Block, Dungarpur District, Rajhastan. They love coming to school as they get to spend time with one another.

Quality education

Ensuring quality learning for every girl and every boy.

Teachers and children in a classroom.

Early Childhood Development (ECD)

The early moments matter and are essential for every child to reach their full potential.

Prity Tanti, 18 yrs, member of the adolescent girls club speak about the nutrition food to her club members at Anandabari Tea estate in Dibrughar district of Assam.

Child labour and exploitation

Children belong in schools, not workplaces.

Senior legal luminaries attending Juvenile Justice consultation in 2019

Justice for children

Putting the child’s best interests first.

Children playing traditional/indigenous games outside their house. Village Kodarvi Ranpur of Banaskantha District of Gujarat state, India.

Violence against Children

All children have the right to protection.

Maina Dey, 16, escapes marriage arranged by her parents, thanks to the help she received through a child marriage support telephone hotline.

Ending child marriage and adolescent empowerment

India has the largest number of brides in the world.

Routine immunisation resumes post COVID lockdown.

Immunization

Immunization gives a child a healthy start in life.

Dr. Sumith J administers a severely malnourished baby at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) in Prabhawati Hospital, Gaya, Bihar.

Every Child Alive

Let’s ensure newborns survive and thrive.

Aruna Patel (28) giving KMC to new born child.

Maternal health

Reaching every mother- the right to survive and live a healthy life.

A Young happy mother looking at her son who has improved with handsome weightgain after getting treated for SAM in Chikkabalapur Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) Karnataka.

05 December 2019

Children in Karnataka

More to be done to curb high incidence of child labour, marriage and trafficking.

Health officials on their way to perform immunization program in a temporary health camp in Sand bar (Char area) near Tezpur Town.

15 November 2019

Children in Assam

Assam’s complex social, political and geographical realities have added to the challenge of providing child development services.

17-year old Rima Bera is high-spirited enough to face threats from her community members for reporting and preventing child marriages.

15 November 2019

Children in West Bengal

The pace of development of the soon to be ‘100 million’ state may not be adequate to cope with this population dividend in the coming years.

Children from the Meena Manch arrive with placards for a play prior to the arrival of Norwegian Prime Minister Ms Erna Solberg in a Government Primary and Middle School at Nithora, Uttar Pradesh.

15 November 2019

Children in Uttar Pradesh

Life can be uncertain and, in many cases, cut short for children in UP. Each year, about 380,000 of the State’s children die before the age of five years.

Children's in outdoor fun activity at Anganwadi Center, Chinna Kanjarla Village, Mandal - Patancheru, District Sangareddy, Telangana.

15 November 2019

Children in Telangana

Working together on a multi-dimensional plan to address stunting, wasting and improve breastfeeding practices.

Flood relief measures in Kerala.

15 November 2019

Children in Kerala

Infant and neonatal mortalities and prevalence of stunting among under five children are lowest and primary enrolment rates in schools.

UNICEF India celebrity advocate Trisha Krishnan at Â¬AIR site TNSCB Community Hall in Ennore, Chennai.

15 November 2019

Children in Tamil Nadu

Infant and neonatal mortalities and prevalence of stunting among under 5 aged children are the lowest and primary school enrolment rates the highest.

Shanta Meena is equipped with a Smart phone to record the data for ICT – Real time monitoring to achieve the target set under the Poshan Abhiyaan.

15 November 2019

Children in Rajasthan

Rajasthan’s feudal, strongly patriarchal, caste-centred society and deeply entrenched social norms continue to impede progress in social development.

ECCE center has a balance of age-appropriate structured, guided activities and free play for children.

15 November 2019

Children in Odisha

There is still a lot to be done to ensure every right for every child in the state.

Sandhya Sahu listens audio from computer inside Child Resource Centre at slums of Shivaji Nagar in Mumbai, India.

15 November 2019

Children in Maharashtra

Regional and economic disparity still confront the future of children of Maharashtra with their needs unaddressed.

Sapna Kumari (13, left) and Barkha Kumari (13, right) students of the Government Model School Pirra in Kanke block, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

15 November 2019

Children in Jharkhand

Jharkhand faces several challenges in terms of political instability, volatile socio-political environment and several systemic issues.

Mother holding her baby.

15 November 2019

Children in Gujarat

The high prevalence of malnutrition, poor immunization coverage, declining sex ratio and child marriage continue to pose a challenge.

A girl child plays at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre in Orchha, Narayanpur, Chattisgarh.

15 November 2019

Children in Chhattisgarh

The State is made up of diverse tribal populations.

Children doing fun activity at Anganwadi Center-Ist, Cheriyal Village, Mandal - Kandi, District Sangareddy, Telangana.

15 November 2019

Children in Andhra Pradesh

The full potential of the social capital generated by the state has not been harnessed to impact the key social development indicators for children

Hemlata Mandrai (Anchor, Right), 18, and Toshiba Qureshi (Co-Anchor), 19, launched The Power of Girls to assemble a girls cricket team not only to emphasize the importance of sports and physical fitness for them, but also to raise awareness about gender and caste discrimination, and sexual harassment.

12 November 2019

Children in Madhya Pradesh

Gender inequity in child survival rates is a major concern in the State.

Children during an activity at an Anaganwadi center in Cherki, Bihar.

12 November 2019

Children in Bihar

Almost every second person in Bihar is a child - they all have the right to survive, thrive and achieve full potential.

Villagers take a pledge to keep themselves and their village healthy by adopting a more hygienic lifestyle so they could all benefit from a happy community.

Communication for development

All development goals and government priorities require behavioural and social change.

Children and ASHA Workers gather at the Anganwadi Children’s centre in Gandhigram Village.

Early childhood development

The early moments matter and are essential for every child to reach their full potential.

Anganwadi supervisor Pranali Sathwi at the mother’s meeting.

Planning, monitoring and evaluation

Evidence-based policy planning and programming for the advancement of every child.

Children play in Gehua river, Madhubani, one of the worst flood-affected districts in Bihar Province.

Disaster risk reduction

India is among the world’s most disaster-prone countries with 27 of its 29 states and seven union territories exposed to recurrent natural hazards.

Children react during an activity at an Anganwadi center in Cherki, Bihar.

Gender equality

Every child deserves to reach her or his full potential.

Young adolescent girls pose for a group photograph at the AGG meeting at the Anganwadi Centre, Husangar village, Sri Dungargarh block, Bikaner district, Rajasthan, India.

Adolescent development and participation

UNICEF is working to engage and empower adolescents in India to be the next generation of leaders and change makers.

Indian children crowd at the window of a classroom at a Feeder School, in Lowkiwali Village, in Lahoal Block, on Mesaki Island, Dibrigarh District, Assam, India.

Social Policy and Social Protection

UNICEF works to create an enabling policy environment for equity and children’s rights in India.

Samaya (12) shows correct ways to wash a mask and how to wash hands.

Water, sanitation and hygiene

Every child in India has access to clean water and safe sanitation facilities

An Aanganwadi worker showcases nutrition table to women and children during a village health & nutrition day (VHND) session at a Primary school in Ahiran Purwa Barkat, Chitrakoot.

Nutrition

We work to ensure that all children in the country are well nourished and receive optimal nutrition to promote their survival, growth and development.

Students pose for photograph inside their classroom at government primary school.

Education

UNICEF is committed to ensuring all children in India have access to inclusive and equitable quality education.

A newborn child rests on a cot after being examined by Kiran Devi, an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) as part of Home Based New Born Care inside a hamlet in Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh.

Child protection

We work to ensure the realization of children's rights to grow up in a family environment, protected from violence, abuse and exploitation