In the first few seconds of life, a newborn baby should be delivered and held in clean hands. As a baby enters the world, one of the simplest ways we can protect them is to make sure they are delivered in a clean environment. New mothers are also vulnerable, and require the same cleanliness to reduce the risk of disease and infection.… Read more →←
Topic: Big picture
Landslides in Sierra Leone, flooding in South Asia, earthquakes in Mexico, and hurricanes in and around the Caribbean: On today’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, there is no shortage of reminders of the increasing risks posed by ‘natural’ disasters. The myth that disasters are ‘natural’ and therefore… Read more →←
Let’s prove to the world that young people are key to combatting climate change. Join us for our global Climate Comic Contest! – inspiring children and youth to take climate action through creativity! BOOM! From today until 22 October UNICEF is asking young people up to 25 years old to come up with their own superhero whose… Read more →←
This morning, we leave the green and fertile region of Sikasso in southern Mali, to visit communities and report on the exemplary experience of Yorosso – a district which has reduced rates of chronic malnutrition by nearly half in just two years. UNICEF Nutrition Specialist Bienfait M’Mbakwa Eca talks to me in the car about the… Read more →←
My volunteer work over the past year has allowed me to work with refugee children from 21 countries worldwide as an academic and personal mentor at a shelter in London. Through this I have seen firsthand the challenges children and young people face when they are forced to flee their homes. 1. Mental Health: “I don’t feel so good.”… Read more →←
A force of determined women already involved in the fight against polio has been assembled to lead work to curb the spread of a cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria. Displaced by conflict and themselves living in camps around the crisis region, these women are moving from tent to tent to help families understand the risks they face… Read more →←
Reelmedia’s film “How Far Would You Walk for Clean Water?” was shown globally, on UNICEF’s social media channels, to highlight the situation of children in Somalia, especially around the difficulty of getting clean water. It was seen by over 10 million people. Tim Webster, the film’s director, writes about making the video. In… Read more →←
When baby Fatima returned to her mother’s village at two months old from Freetown, the capital city “everyone was afraid,” her grandmother Sia Gbandawa told me. Fatima was born in Freetown but sadly her mother died a month after giving birth. Sent back to her paternal village of Bendu Sandor village in Kono district, about six… Read more →←
“The answer is four,” said Patricia, 10, smiling brightly before she walked to the chalk board with confidence to write the answer to the maths problem in class that morning. Division was the topic of today’s primary 2 maths lesson at Afoko District Assembly School in Sandema, district capital of Bulisa North in Ghana’s Upper… Read more →←
My sons Abhiyan, 7, and Aarambh, 4, were exclusively breastfed until they six months and continued breastfeeding until they were two years old. I felt a rush of happiness and satisfaction as I typed this sentence. I feel blessed that both are healthy, intelligent, and happy boys: I firmly believe that the super powers of breastmilk had… Read more →←
