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From Brazil, the USA, and Kenya, UNICEF Youth Advocates Juliana, Elmar, and Precious share their experiences growing up online and their vision for a safer internet.

As winter storms batter Gaza, displaced children and families sheltering in fragile tents face life-threatening risks from flooding, cold, and disease, even as parents struggle desperately to protect them with almost nothing left.

More than one million people live in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, over half children, and funding cuts are forcing UNICEF to make impossible choices about life-saving services, says Orlando Bloom.

Gavi and UNICEF have reached a new pricing agreement that will cut the cost of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to $2.99 per dose within a year. Malaria kills nearly one child under five every minute. 

Poverty severely impacts childhood, endangering children's lives, health, and development while denying their fundamental rights. Today's children face crises like conflict and climate change, exacerbating their suffering. While monetary poverty is critical, it only tells part of the story; many children experience deprivations in housing, nutrition, sanitation, education, and healthcare. This multifaceted poverty leads to poor health outcomes, limited learning opportunities, and bleak future prospects. Ultimately, poverty threatens societal stability and economic growth, fostering conditions conducive to violence and extremism. Urgent action is needed to address these issues.

A powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on 31 August 2025, displacing thousands of children and instilling fear and uncertainty in their lives. Many children experienced trauma, crying at night and withdrawing from friends. In response, UNICEF and HYSIO established child-friendly spaces at the Zeri Baba camp, providing safe environments for children to learn and play, helping them cope with their emotions. These spaces also serve as referral points for health, nutrition, and mental health services, benefiting over 2,300 children through case management and over 13,500 through recreational and psychosocial activities.

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, there lived a silent creature named polio...

Gen Z icons TOMORROW X TOGETHER and BIGHIT MUSIC partnered with UNICEF to promote youth mental well-being, contributing $1.4M and mobilizing fans worldwide to reduce stigma and support young people’s emotional health.

What do music legends George Harrison, Ravi Shankar and ABBA have in common? Over the years, they, along with Jon Batiste, Fleetwood Mac and countless other musicians, have helped change the lives of millions of children. From rock and pop stars to jazz, cabaret and funk prodigies – these musicians, in partnership with UNICEF, have proven that music-led advocacy can drum up compassion for causes once tuned out. And the appeals resonate.

NBA All-Star and two-time NBA champion Pau Gasol, UNICEF’s Global Champion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity, is helping lead the fight against the global childhood obesity pandemic by whipping up a healthy recipe for change. 

In 2025, obesity surpassed underweight among children for the first time, driven by toxic food environments, while UNICEF’s “Fix My Food” movement empowers youth worldwide to advocate for healthier, more equitable food policies.

Every day, Peter Hawkins wakes up filled with determination to make a difference. As UNICEF's Representative in Yemen, he puts that boundless energy into helping young people survive one of the world’s most intractable humanitarian crises.

After a decade of conflict and collapse, a new generation of Yemenis are yearning for a better tomorrow: "So the children sit there in these classrooms with no walls, no floors, no desks, and learn, and they're proud about what they learn. And they come to me and say, ‘Look, don't worry, we will continue to learn. But if you can give us desks, if you can fill up the walls and you can give us a floor and a blackboard, it will be even better.’"

In this episode, Peter Hawkins reflects on the striking resilience of the people he serves, and shares how his upbringing in Ethiopia and service in Iraq taught him to never give up working for change. For him, the biggest challenge today is not so much about raising awareness, but about action, “It is so important to understand how one side of the world is so lucky and the other side of the world is still desperately poor, and how we bring those two together.”

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UNICEF’s Learning to Earning programme is empowering young refugees and vulnerable youth like Taima and Touqa with skills and opportunities to build brighter, more resilient futures.

In 2024, modest progress in infant vaccination left nearly 20 million children unvaccinated due to conflict, misinformation, and funding shortages undercutting Immunization Agenda 2030 goals.

Expanding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine access is vital to eliminate cervical cancer. Here are five quick facts about HPV and vaccines.

Parenting may not always be easy, but it's filled with meaningful, lasting moments that shape both parent and child.