Polio Immunization Campaign Reaches 5 Million Children in Yemen
Amid escalating violence, UNICEF and partners have completed the first round of a nationwide door-to-door vaccination campaign reaching 5 million children under the age of five with oral polio vaccine and vitamin A supplementation. In the first campaign of its…
Education Is a Great Equalizer: First Lady Melania Trump
First Lady Melania Trump celebrated National Read Across America Day and the birthday of Dr. Seuss by visiting the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health at New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center. According to a White House…
Renovation Time at RMN Foundation Free School for Children
The renovation work commenced today at the RMN Foundation’s free school for poor children in New Delhi. According to an official statement, the school will remain closed for a few days – till March 7, 2017, at least. The students…
Actor Orlando Bloom Meets Displaced Children in Niger
English actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom this week travelled to Diffa, south-east Niger, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin where Boko Haram violence has caused huge population displacements. Hundreds of thousands of children…
Narendra Modi Presents Bravery Awards to Children
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, presented the National Bravery Awards to 25 children on Monday. Interacting with the awardees, the Prime Minister said their deeds of bravery show their decisiveness as much as their courage. He encouraged the…
UNICEF Documentary Reveals Syrian Children’s Struggle for Education
A new interactive documentary providing an intimate look into the lives of Syrian school-aged children living as refugees in Lebanon was launched by UNICEF today. #ImagineaSchool provides a first-hand account of the challenges Syrian refugees face in their struggle to…
Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey Missing Out on Education
Nearly half a million Syrian refugee children are currently enrolled in schools across Turkey. But despite a more than 50 per cent increase in enrolment since last June, over 40 per cent of children of school-going age – or 380,000…
Children Need Education and Psychosocial Support in Syria
A senior United Nations humanitarian official reported Wednesday that though damage to Aleppo was extreme, aid workers were nonetheless inspired by signs of optimism and hope, and asked that peace be given a chance. Sajjad Malik, Acting Resident Coordinator for…



















