When looking around the world, especially from a child’s perspective, there’s a lot to worry about. Climate change, preventable death and disease, looming joblessness, pervasive violence and displacement to name a few. We at UNICEF are, of course, charged with improving child welfare and contributing to a better world for children.… Read more →←
Amidst the ear-piercing noise of the helicopter, I could hear 11-year-old Jahmaurae Moreau say that to fly in a helicopter was “pretty cool”. He was smiling but, minutes later, as we were leaving the island behind, a few tears rolled slowly down his cheeks His mother Marianise and his 4-year-old sister Katheleh sat in front of us.… Read more →←
In Madagascar, as in too many other countries at the moment, there is a lot of false information and rumor associated with vaccines. Among the ones we hear most often are: “If the country is polio free, why are you doing another vaccination campaign?” “We know that the vaccines are really a way for the government to prevent us from… Read more →←
Online bullying is a growing global concern. UNICEF wanted to better understand the experiences of children and young people online, so we asked more than 170,000 young people (between 13 and 24) in over 30 countries to speak up about their experiences. One in three told us that they’ve been cyberbullied and 71 per cent told us that… Read more →←
“Please, can I have a small plastic basin for my baby to bathe her?” A shy, middle-aged woman whispered these words into my ear. In June 2018, as the conflict in Yemen escalated, this woman, like other displaced families living in this school, had fled her home in Hodeida. I looked at the month-old baby girl in her arms – so weak,… Read more →←
When I signed up to be part of UNICEF’s Emergency Response Team, I felt a wave of excitement and euphoria to dedicate myself to a mandate I genuinely believe in: supporting women and children in conflict areas and emergencies. Some of my close family and friends questioned such a career direction as it involved taking risks and putting… Read more →←
To mark World Humanitarian Day, Anita Haidary, explains what’s it’s like to be a female humanitarian worker – and how she got to do the job she loves. This photo you see is one of the few that survived all the moves we made to escape the war in Afghanistan. My father, who is holding me used to work for Save The Children… Read more →←
It has been more than 11 years since I started working for children’s right to education in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Even though the challenges in this part of the country are immense, nothing could disrupt my work. However, in December 2017, the Kasai region plunged into a terrible, deadly crisis of great… Read more →←
Growing up, I always wanted to be a journalist. I admired how reporters and broadcasters would do their work. Every evening, I would sit quietly and watch the news or listen to the radio. Afterwards, I would practice my journalism skills with my siblings as the audience. The daily news I listened to was about my life. As a refugee child… Read more →←
“We have not access to water through pipelines for a month. I collected rainwater yesterday,” says Gregorina, 23, while she collects water from a water truck that arrived in Caucaguita, her neighborhood in Petare on the outskirts of Caracas. Petare is one of the most populated areas in Venezuela. Millions of people live on the hilly… Read more →←
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