The winners of a hackathon for youth in Georgia are working to create a chatbot to answer kids' questions

Geneva/ New York, 16 June 2020 – Lower-income countries across the world will now be able to access life-saving pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, which protect against the leading cause of pneumonia, for US$ 2 per dose, thanks to a new supply agreement between UNICEF, Gavi’s procurement partner, and the Serum Institute of India (SII). The new price…

Children are twice as likely to live in poverty as adults, and a staggering 385 million children, or one in five, are struggling to survive on less than US$1.90 a day. Poverty is about more than income, and over 660 million children are estimated to be living in multidimensionally poor households, again with poverty rates consistently higher than…, Universal child benefits Policy issues and options June 2020 2 Readers are encouraged to reproduce material for their own publications, as long as they are not being sold commercially. ODI and UNICEF request due acknowledgement and a copy of the publication. For online use, we ask readers to link to the original resource on the UNICEF website.…

New learning materials are helping children keep up with their schoolwork. But they still miss being in class

GENEVA, 12 June 2020 – “In Yemen, humanitarian needs have never been more acute, or funding more constrained. “As of today, UNICEF’s US$479 million appeal to sustain essential basic services for children this year is just 38 per cent funded. The most immediate and critical funding gap is for emergency water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)…

Recent years have seen significant progress in the fight against child labour. The current COVID-19 pandemic, however, can potentially reverse the positive trends observed in several countries and further aggravate the problem in regions where child labour has been more resistant to policy and programme measures. The level of global economic…, COVID-19 AND CHILD LABOUR: A TIME OF CRISIS, A TIME TO ACT ©2020 International Labour Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund Permission is required to reproduce any part of this publication. Permission will be freely granted to educational or non-profit organizations. For rights of reproduction or translation, application should be made…

MOPTI REGION, Mali – “We should all be in school, but the schools are closed. Children need to play, but we can’t go out and have fun anymore,” says 15-year-old Fatoumata. “All because of this awful disease.” Some 3.8 million children across Mali have been affected by school closures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 . In an already…

In Kyrgyzstan, COVID-19 is making life even harder for children separated from their parents

Intro, Even with the COVID-19 pandemic , millions of children around the world are on the move – some driven from their homes by conflict, poverty or climate change; others leave in the hope of finding a better life. These refugee and migrant children have as much to offer the world as other children. But displacement often exposes them to violence,…, From Syria to Sydney: The true story of Aboud Kaplo, War and displacement couldn’t destroy Syrian refugee Aboud’s passion for playing the violin. With help and support, Aboud was able to reimagine and unleash his true potential – and use his talents to support others and give back to the community that welcomed him. Born in Aleppo, Aboud showed musical promise from an early age. When his family…

Despite COVID-19, services to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases are continuing in the Democratic Republic of Korea