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Afghanistan. A member of a girls robotics team stands by a prototype ventilator.

Girls robotics team driving change in Afghanistan

Determined to help out during the pandemic, the team developed a prototype ventilator

Bangladesh. A child receives a supplement.

Reaching children with vital supplements, despite a pandemic

In Bangladesh, a vitamin A campaign has reached millions of children

Pakistan. A girl reads a book in class.

Keeping children learning in Pakistan

Despite closures due to COVID-19, schools have been able to keep young people learning

Pakistan. A qualitative researcher conducts a focus group discussion.

Collecting behavioural insights into COVID-19 in Pakistan

An organization-wide research project is impacting the way UNICEF approaches the COVID-19 response

Girls dressed in white and with face masks wash their hands

South Asia Region Appeal

Humanitarian Action for Children 2021

A mother and child, outside their tent, belong to a nomadic community who constantly move in search of greener pastures for their cattle in the village of Dar-e-Buzgala in Afghanistan.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's remarks at the 2020 Afghanistan Conference

UNICEF condemns attack on religious school in Peshawar, Pakistan

On 25 February 2019 in Bangladesh, (left) UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore speaks (right) Rukaiya,11, at the Learning Centre Shikhon in the Camp 18 section of the Kutupalong-Balukhali mega-camp in the Cox's Bazar district. Rukaiya wants to be a teacher; she loves teaching others. She likes friends, teachers and classroom activities, especially interaction with her teacher, when she can give her opinion and feels it is valued. English is her favourite lesson.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's remarks at the Conference on Sustaining Support for the Rohingya Refugee Response

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Pakistan. A child receives a dose of a polio vaccine.

Continuing polio vaccinations during the pandemic

In Pakistan, UNICEF and partners are working to ensure frontline workers can deliver vaccines safely

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