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A group of children in school uniform form a human chain in a school yard.
Peace education for a better future in DRC

Peace education for a better future in DRC

Impact

By Yera Kim

Story also available in: Français
“We are children! We want peace! We want school! Let’s make peace among us!” Watching a group of children at Lumbwe primary school singing and dancing to peace slogans was amusing, only until I learned about the physical and emotional wounds each child in the group bore. “The girl singing in the middle of the circle was… Read more →←
An infant playing with a towel among caregivers.
Full body transformation in just eight weeks

Full body transformation in just eight weeks

Impact

By Helene Sandbu Ryeng

Story also available in: Español
No, I’m not talking about “revenge body” with one of the Kardashian sisters or the fast-result fad diets popular these days. I’m talking about three children, babies, who range from eight to fourteen months old, with results that make me tear up. Let’s go back eight weeks. I went to Aweil town in northern South Sudan to… Read more →←
A mother and daughter
“Now no one knows when I am on my period”

“Now no one knows when I am on my period”

Impact

By Zaira Onaindia Rodriguez

Once a month, the fear of blood stained clothes, embarassment by peers, and discomfort used to hold 17-year-old Nhima Balde back from school, physical activities and friends. Her period was restricting her confidence, and making her feel isolated and dirty because she did not have the materials to adequately manage it. That all changed… Read more →←
A lady in a blue tradiotional headscarf addresses school girls in a classroom
“Hard times will make you stronger”

“Hard times will make you stronger”

Impact

By Anita Haidary

Story also available in: 中文 العربية Español
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 →←
An almost completely destroyed school building with palm trees in the background.
My first steps in humanitarian emergencies

My first steps in humanitarian emergencies

Impact

By Jean Paul Nico Luketo

Story also available in: Français
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 →←
A woman in a blue hat talking to a pair of girl school students
A different kind of journalist

A different kind of journalist

Impact

By Mercy Kolok

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 →←
Aerial view of shanties on a hill
A populated neighborhood, but little water to drink

A populated neighborhood, but little water to drink

Impact

By Sendai Zea

Story also available in: Español
“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 →←
Smiling school children wave from the door of their classroom
For every child, a voice

For every child, a voice

Impact

By Maryam Elgoni

During a discussion on meaningful child and youth participation in society, an audience member asked this simple question: “Why is the youth voice important?” One panellist jumped at this opportunity with statistics, offering numbers that paint a youthful future, which “deserves to be heard.” Another delivered an impassioned… Read more →←
A man in foreground sits with a pencil and notebook on his lap and talks to a bare chested man in the background also sitting on a stoop, with a small boy beside him looking on.
Rohingya refugee crisis — how effective is UNICEF’s response?

Rohingya refugee crisis — how effective is UNICEF’s response?

Impact

By Uyen Kim Huynh, Sanchi Ravishanker

Story also available in: Español
Beginning in August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women and children fleeing violence, the destruction of their homes and persecution in Myanmar, arrived on the beaches and paddy fields of Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. The scale and speed of the refugee influx was overwhelming and the magnitude reminiscent of the… Read more →←
A sleeping baby cradled in palms of partially visible hands.
Born into clean, safe hands

Born into clean, safe hands

Impact

By Philippa Lysaght

Youssouf was born in a clean and safe environment in Koumantou, Mali — one of the top 10 countries with the highest neonatal mortality rates in the world. Access to clean water at the community health centre helped to protect him and his mother Hawa from infection and disease. When UNICEF constructed a well in 2017, the health… Read more →←
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