BELOHA, Madagascar – “Water, water…this is real water,” says Beamby, a resident of Marovato village in southern Madagascar. He left his home early in the morning and walked an hour to Beloha to witness the opening of a new 180-kilometre-long water pipeline.   Water has become a rare and precious resource in this part of Madagascar. The southern…

Friends. Hope. Warmth. The future. How might you represent any of these in a single image? Syrian and Turkish students took on that challenge as part of a project aimed at building bridges between refugees and their host communities. Turkey is home to more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees, about 1.5 million of whom are children. But with an…

LEER, South Sudan, 24 July 2019 - Yesterday, 32 children were released from armed opposition groups in Leer county, in northern South Sudan. This is the first formal release in former Unity State, one of the areas hardest hit by the conflict. The children are all boys aged between 13 and 17.   The children were formally separated from the armed…

SANA’A, Yemen, 24 July 2019 – Nearly 9 million people across Yemen have been reached with emergency cash assistance in the fifth payment cycle by UNICEF to help meet their urgent needs as the conflict in the country enters its fifth year. In August 2017, the Emergency Cash Transfer Project was started in Yemen to provide 1.5 million of the most…

For more than 70 years, UNICEF has worked with governments and engaged with businesses and partners to develop products and deliver them at scale to improve the health, education and protection of many children and their families. In recent years, UNICEF’s impact on children’s lives has been enhanced by guiding research and development,…, Supply Annual Report 2018 Creating Shared Value Young girls wash their hands and cool off at an EU-funded, UNICEF-supported water point in Tog- wajaale, Somaliland. The town’s first ever clean and sustainable water system provides potable water for 70,000 people Cover photo: Aranza, a 1 year old Venezuelan, plays in a UNICEF-supported Child…

COPENHAGEN / NEW YORK, 24 July 2019 -  In 2018, UNICEF procured US$3.486 billion worth of goods and services to help children in 150 countries live better lives. Vaccines, clothes, medicines, education kits and school books are some of the goods and services that helped children fight disease, learn, and grow -- especially in countries affected by…

  The exact number of children living in internal displacement worldwide is unknown, but there were estimated to be over 17 million at the end of 2018, as a result of conflict and violence, and millions more due to disasters. Five million youth, aged between 18 and 24, were also living in internal displacement. Too many internally displaced…, Equitable access to quality education for internally displaced children © U N IC E F/ U N 03 07 66 7/ K no w le s- C ou r 2 • The exact number of children living in internal displacement worldwide is unknown, but there were estimated to be over 17 million at the end of 2018, as a result of conflict and violence, and millions more due to disasters…

  At the end of 2018 over 17 million children were internally displaced by conflict or violence, and millions more by disasters or other causes. Within a global context of increasing urbanization, towns and cities are becoming a major refuge for displaced populations, including children. The majority of the world’s internally displaced persons (…, © M ar ko K ok ic /U N IC E F Protecting and supporting internally displaced children in urban settings 2 • At the end of 2018 over 17 million children were internally displaced by conflict or violence, and millions more by disasters or other causes.1 • Within a global context of increasing urbanization, towns and cities are becoming a major…

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – A familiar issue presented in a not-so-familiar way. A little girl walking home from school. A violent cough makes her whole body shake. All she dreams of is clean air. This could be a common scene in Ulaanbaatar, one of the most polluted capitals in the world and home to half of Mongolia’s three million population. However…

NEW YORK, 19 July 2019 – Businesses and governments urgently need to invest in families to reduce poverty and lay the foundation for children’s healthy development and adults’ success at work, UNICEF said today in a new policy brief outlining the latest evidence and new recommendations on family-friendly policies. Family-Friendly Policies:…