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Children in need of support as wildfires rage across Greece

Since July 2023, multiple wildfires across the country have claimed the lives of 27 people, including two children

Over 625,000 children at risk as Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall

Statement by Noala Skinner, UNICEF Regional Director ai for South Asia

A child stands in their home which is damaged due to a cyclone.

Millions of children at risk in Myanmar and Bangladesh in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha

UNICEF is preparing to ship its essential emergency supplies from Fiji, in addition to its emergency supplies already propositioned in Vanuatu. These include tents, tarpaulins, education, and health supplies to support immediate response needs on the ground.

UNICEF expresses concern for thousands of children in outer islands following Vanuatu twin cyclones

Nearly one in two children is impacted by severe weather events

A girl among those affected by the earthquake in Syria and Türkiye

One month on, more than 850,000 children remain displaced by deadly earthquakes in southern Türkiye and Syria

On 1 March 2023 in in Aleppo, Syria, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell holds a child while visiting Ahmad Adeeb Al-Ali School (“The School Shelter”), which is currently operating as a temporary collective shelter for children and families affected by the recent devastating earthquakes.

3.7 million children in earthquake-affected Syria face catastrophic combination of threats, warns UNICEF Executive Director, following two-day visit

portrait of a young boy who survived the earthquake.

26 February 2023

5 ways UNICEF is supporting families after the earthquakes

Hundreds of thousands of children are in urgent need of assistance in Syria and Türkiye.

A mother and a child who survived the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the province of Onikişubat, Kahramanmaraş.

24 February 2023

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of earthquake-affected children and families in Türkiye

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Afshan Khan – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

On 6 February 2023, rescue workers carry a boy they recovered from the rubbles of a building after an earthquake in Dana, rebel-held Idlib, Syrian Arab Republic.

07 February 2023

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of children and families affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria

This is a summary of what was said UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of children and families affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan

This is a summary of what was said by Mohamed Ayoya, UNICEF Representative to Afghanistan – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.