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A girl holding up the screen side of her mobile phone

Humanitarian action: Amplifying voices through digital platforms

A girl holding up the screen side of her mobile phone
Children in emergencies

By Fatou Wurie, Miriam Obibi

Humanitarian action: Amplifying voices through digital platforms

  It is August in Nigeria, the rainy season. The Borno camp has pools of water scattered around and children are kicking at the water. Their laughter ripples through the air. Community volunteers and mobilizers are seated under a tent next to the camp clinic. Their phones are out as they wait to voice their experiences using short… Read more →←
Children standing in a circle watch as a child kicks a football in the air, as a man in a UNICEF t-shirt in the middle looks on.

UNICEF’s response to complex humanitarian emergencies

Children standing in a circle watch as a child kicks a football in the air, as a man in a UNICEF t-shirt in the middle looks on.
Data and research

By Sanchi Ravishanker, Jane Mwangi

UNICEF’s response to complex humanitarian emergencies

The number of countries with violent conflicts is the highest it has been in the last 30 years. An estimated 535 million children — one in four — live in countries affected by conflict or disaster. As of early 2018, nearly 31 million children including 13 million children refugees had been forcibly displaced by violence and conflict… Read more →←
Children sitting atop white cardboxes boxes.

Field notes from Rukban

Children sitting atop white cardboxes boxes.
Insider

By Fran Equiza

Story also available in: 中文 العربية

Field notes from Rukban

This past week, the UN in Syria mobilized one of its largest humanitarian aid convoys to bring much needed lifesaving supplies to 40,000 people stranded at Rukban camp, in the arid desert on the south-eastern border between Syria and Jordan. We went with 118 supply trucks and more than 300 humanitarian workers from UNICEF, the UN and the… Read more →←
A girl with only one leg stands on crutches in front of a bombed out building

Children with disabilities affected by armed conflict

A girl with only one leg stands on crutches in front of a bombed out building
Children in emergencies

By Gopal Mitra

Children with disabilities affected by armed conflict

Saja has spent half her life living in conflict. She lost her home, her brother and several loved ones. She also lost her left leg to a bomb. But she has not lost hope in her future. Every day, she makes the long walk to school to continue her education. Saja says her most prized possession is her prosthetic leg. An aspiring gymnast… Read more →←
A man addresses a group of people surrounding him in a grassy field.

Young innovators as agents of change

A man addresses a group of people surrounding him in a grassy field.
Big picture

By John Hewko

Story also available in: Español العربية

Young innovators as agents of change

There’s no question that young people are the future. In fact, that’s the impetus behind Generation Unlimited, a UNICEF and partner initiative to help develop opportunities for young people as they head into their second decade of life. We reflect on the challenges that those under 30 face and ask ourselves what can a global… Read more →←
Little girl walks in front of rows of children sitting at desks

Sheltering amid destruction in Haji Ali

Little girl walks in front of rows of children sitting at desks
Children in emergencies

By Chris Niles, Maulid Warfa

Story also available in: العربية

Sheltering amid destruction in Haji Ali

Since May 2016, more than 100,000 Iraqis have been displaced in the Mosul corridor as military operations continue to prepare for the liberation of Mosul. The United Nations estimates that up to 1.5 million people could be affected. The recently displaced need life-saving emergency assistance, including fresh water, medicine, shelter and… Read more →←
Young girls and man around a sewing machine

Weaving links for refugees

Young girls and man around a sewing machine
Children in emergencies

By Aicha Chir Nour

Weaving links for refugees

World Humanitarian Day, on August 19, celebrates the spirit of sharing our common humanity. In Daresalam refugee camp in the Lake region of Chad, Jonathan dreams of his previous life, and recalls how he was abruptly forced to leave it behind. “We are 22 tailors and dressmakers from Gamboru Ngala, a small town located at the border… Read more →←
Children sitting on a floor in a classroom.

Investing today for tomorrow’s benefit

Children sitting on a floor in a classroom.
Experts speak

By Afshan Khan

Story also available in: 中文 العربية

Investing today for tomorrow’s benefit

Going to work today I couldn’t help notice the normality of the scene. Parents rushing to get their children to school before the gates close. Yellow buses pulling up with older pupils, most of them excitedly, some a little more reluctantly, heaving their school bags down the stairs. Commuters scurrying into the warren of New York’s… Read more →←
A close up of a woman.

Remembering my mom:  Woki Munyui, UNICEF Somalia Education specialist

A close up of a woman.
Impact

By Ivy Nyambuteri Mokua

Remembering my mom:  Woki Munyui, UNICEF Somalia Education specialist

On April 20 2015, a suicide bomber blew himself up next a bus carrying staff from UNICEF Somalia in Garowe, Puntland. Four people were killed, including Woki Munyui who had been a champion of girls’ education in Somalia since 2007. Here her daughter Ivy Mokua shares memories of her late mother, and how she has been dealing with the… Read more →←
The flood area including the devastated primary school

Help for Sierra Leone’s flood victims

The flood area including the devastated primary school
Children in emergencies

By Indrias G Kassaye

Help for Sierra Leone’s flood victims

The September floods in Freetown, Sierra Leone were devastating and the areas worst affected were coastal slums where residents are already extremely poor and vulnerable. Adama Kamara wasn’t at home when the downpour started, but she knew her baby was. When the water flooded her Freetown home she lost almost everything – but not her… Read more →←
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