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A close up of hands with a phone and UNICEF hat

Migrant children using technology in Central America

A close up of hands with a phone and UNICEF hat
Impact

By Marcelo Ber, Francisco Biber

Story also available in: Español

Migrant children using technology in Central America

Daniel tried to migrate to the United States to reunite with his parents. He didn’t succeed. UNICEF staff talked with him in El Salvador to understand how technology affects the migration process and to seek solutions. Daniel (not his real name) doesn’t stop looking at his cell phone. Sometimes he dives into WhatsApp. Other times, he… Read more →←
A little boy getting kissed by his 3 brothers

“Your baby is a badly-cooked potato”

A little boy getting kissed by his 3 brothers
Big picture

By Victoria Maskell

“Your baby is a badly-cooked potato”

Sometimes someone says something and it hits with such impact that hours, days, years later the phrase still swirls around in your head. “The doctors told us we shouldn’t get too attached to our baby. They said he was essentially a potato – a potato that had been badly cooked. Imagine a defect at the factory, your baby is a… Read more →←
A girl in a yellow shirt stands in front of a pile of hurricane wreckage

No calm after the storm for the Caribbean’s poorest children

A girl in a yellow shirt stands in front of a pile of hurricane wreckage
Children in emergencies

By Manuel Moreno González

No calm after the storm for the Caribbean’s poorest children

In Grand Turk Island, the capital island of the Turks and Caicos, 14-year-old Danessa Estime writes rap lyrics in her notebook about the night Hurricane Irma battered the island: “Wake up, wake up! But 5:32? Why the hell am I waking up at 5:32? Ma, what’s going on? What do you want me to do? Did something happen to be up at 5:32? She… Read more →←
A plastic covered shack on a beach next to three palm trees.

Hurricane Irma: UNICEF Haiti deploys at the frontline

A plastic covered shack on a beach next to three palm trees.
Children in emergencies

By Cornelia Walther

Story also available in: Español Français

Hurricane Irma: UNICEF Haiti deploys at the frontline

I am waking up to battering rain. Irma is coming closer. Packing winds of 185mph, Irma is the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record. Exceeding current storm category measures (above 5), Irma is far stronger than Hurricane Matthew, a category 4 hurricane that brought devastation to Haiti just one year ago. Irma is barreling across… Read more →←
Young hands using U-Report

Hurricane Irma: U-Report works to protect children  

Young hands using U-Report
Children in emergencies

By Victoria Maskell

Story also available in: Español 中文

Hurricane Irma: U-Report works to protect children  

The sun never sets on UNICEF – and when children are in danger, the global community leaps into action to protect them. Saturday night Panama. Sunday morning Bangkok. Middle of the night in France. What do they have to do with a hurricane forming in the Caribbean? It means using every available UNICEF channel to get life-saving ‘be… Read more →←
Two girls standing with their arms around each other, smiling at the camera; another girl, blurry, in the background

Overcome inequality by ending child poverty

Two girls standing with their arms around each other, smiling at the camera; another girl, blurry, in the background
Big picture

By Maria Cristina Perceval

Story also available in: Español

Overcome inequality by ending child poverty

For the past 20 years, economic, social and cultural progress in Latin America and the Caribbean has had a positive impact on children’s well-being, creating better institutional conditions and making it possible for children and adolescents to enjoy their rights. The region reduced mortality among children under 5 by 67 per cent… Read more →←
Close-up of a smiling girl's face.

A new way to measure government investment in early childhood

Close-up of a smiling girl's face.
Data and research

By UNICEF Connect

Story also available in: Español

A new way to measure government investment in early childhood

It is often said that the real commitment of a government to any issue can be measured by the money it spends. But measuring government investment is not always easy, especially when it is an issue as complex as early childhood development. Over the past decades in Latin America, early childhood has received increased government… Read more →←

Living in the epicenter of Zika

Insider

By Andrew Dadario

Living in the epicenter of Zika

It’s Friday afternoon. After a long day of work I find myself walking in the streets of Paulista Avenue, eager to get back home. Paulista is the economic heart of São Paulo, Brazil. Here you can find all sorts of wealthy buildings, cars and people that you won’t find anywhere else in the city. It’s rush hour – the streets are… Read more →←

What you need to know about the Zika virus

Big picture

By UNICEF Connect

Story also available in: 中文 Español Français

What you need to know about the Zika virus

The Zika virus is spreading far and fast – and it’s now a public health emergency in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. There is no vaccine for the disease. Here’s what you need to know. How do people catch the Zika virus? Zika virus is spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito and can also be… Read more →←

UNICEF reps in Latin America and the Caribbean answer questions at the first #UNICEFLACathon

Insider

By Marcos Gonzalez

Story also available in: Español

UNICEF reps in Latin America and the Caribbean answer questions at the first #UNICEFLACathon

Update 20 November: read the comments and questions from the #UNICEFLACathon here:   Isabel Crowley (Mexico) Nadine Perrault (El Salvador) Gordon Jonathan Lewis (Costa Rica) Mark Connolly (Jamaica) Maria Luisa Fornara (Peru) Gary Stahl (Brazil) Latin America and the Caribbean is the most unequal region in the world. Factors like being… Read more →←
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