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Thirteen Palestinian children killed in the West Bank since January 2022

UNICEF reiterates call to protect all children, at all times

The son of Ajaib standing at the door

14 December 2021

Lebanon’s new class of hyper-marginalised

Lebanon’s hyper-marginalised: excluded from mainstream social, economic, educational, and cultural life. In many cases, children are impacted the hardest

Dalal, 4 years old. The ever-worsening crisis in Lebanon impacts society’s most vulnerable disproportionately – none more so than its children. Increasingly, children are going to bed hungry and are not receiving the minimum standards of required health care

24 November 2021

Lebanon: UNICEF survey highlights children’s ever-worsening situation with dramatic deterioration of living conditions over six monthsn of living conditions over six months

“The staggering magnitude of the crisis must be a wake-up call. Urgent action is needed to ensure no child goes hungry, becomes sick or has to work instead of receiving an education.” Yukie Mokuo, UNICEF Representative

Cham 4 years old, in the informal settlement

24 November 2021

The ever-worsening impact of Lebanon’s crisis on children

Hundreds of thousands of children are at risk. They are going to bed hungry, are not receiving the health care they need and are unable to attend school

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A team from UNICEF – including UNICEF Lebanon Chief of Communications Raquel Fernandez (second right) and Programme Officer Rana Bizri (right) visits a PWHO drop-in centre

01 September 2021

Children: Breadwinners instead of pupils

Lebanon’s children are increasingly the family breadwinner

Three children affected by yesterday’s explosion in North Lebanon

Statement by Yukie Mokuo, UNICEF Representative in Lebanon

Portrait of Rim Ramadan 8 years old Syrian refugee at her temporary house in an informal settlement camp in Arsal, Lebanon

Lebanon: Escalating crisis puts children at risk as the majority of families cannot afford to meet the basic needs of their children

“More and more families are being forced to resort to negative coping measures, including skipping meals, sending their children to work in often hazardous conditions, or marrying off their young daughters” – Yukie Mokuo, UNICEF Representative

On 11 October 2020 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a displaced child carries bundles of sticks along the road between Kitchanga and Mweso in North Kivu province

Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn 9 million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

alestinian boy sleeping on metal fence looking at the horizon , war on Gaza forced dozens of families from Beit Hanoun city to evacuate and leave their houses running from heavy shelling escaping into UNRWA shelter.

Immediate humanitarian access needed to stave off disaster for Gaza’s children

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the situation in Gaza