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UNICEF

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UNICEF saves children’s lives, defends their rights, and helps them fulfill their potential. We never give up 🌎.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.

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Non-profit Organizations
Company size
10,001+ employees
Headquarters
New York, New York
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
1946
Specialties
Child Survival and Early Childhood Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, Child Protection, Policy Advocacy and Partnerships, Humanitarian response, Supply and Logistics, Research and analysis, Development, and Innovation

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    "I'm back in Bangladesh after over 8 years and this time I traveled to Cox's Bazar, to the world's largest refugee camp. It's home to over one million Rohingya refugees, over half of them children. My conversations this week with Rohingya children and youth, as well as community workers and teachers, have been heartbreaking.” - Orlando Bloom, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. “Rohingya children WANT to study and build their futures, but funding cuts are threatening their access to education and basic services like soap and clean water. Two children I talked to fully represent the Rohingya people's resilience - 14-year-old Aziz who told me he dreams of becoming an engineer to build a drone and show the world the situation the Rohingya are going through. And 15-year-old Husna who wants to become a doctor to help children like her. They attend a UNICEF-supported school and want their education to contribute to the future of their community. For these children, school is a lifeline, offering them not only a chance to learn, but a safe space away from exploitation, child marriage, trafficking and recruitment by armed groups. Due to the funding cuts, UNICEF teams here are being forced to make impossible choices, closing schools, ending the distribution of hygiene supplies and reducing basic aid needed to survive. For example, while UNICEF is reaching half a million people in the camps with water and sanitation services, the funding continues to shrink. If funding stops flowing, so will the water for the Rohingya. Thousands already suffer from waterborne diseases, and next year could be dramatic if the situation is not addressed immediately. The situation unfolding in the Rohingya camps is a child survival crisis. UNICEF and partners are doing everything possible to ensure continued access to education, safe water and sanitation and other services. With even steeper funding cuts expected next year, UNICEF is urging the international community to step up and support children who need humanitarian aid now more than ever. These children don’t deserve to be forgotten – no child does." Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gc3vrQwv © UNICEF/Royena Rasnat

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    Across Gaza, children are eager to get back to learning and the ceasefire is an opportunity for just that. UNICEF is scaling up temporary learning centres for children to learn, to play - to be children. Tess Ingram from UNICEF Middle East and North Africahighlights what's needed to fulfil every child’s right to education.

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    In South Sudan, 2.1 million children under five and 1.1 million mothers are at risk of acute malnutrition by June 2026. The high levels of hunger are driven by escalating conflict, widespread displacement, access constraints, economic crisis, climatic shocks, and the erosion of coping capacities. Humanitarian access remains one of the most critical challenges. In many areas, insecurity, looting, poor roads, and flooding have isolated entire communities for months. Urgent and sustained support is essential to save lives, protect livelihoods, and prevent the situation from deteriorating into a deeper humanitarian crisis. The time to act is now, #ForEveryChild. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ggey9kPE

    • Baby held by mother who looks down protectively. Text on image says, "Children in South Sudan are facing a severe food and nutrition crisis."
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    “When my mother tells me the team has arrived at the shelter, I run to meet them. They bring me joy.” Yakeen, 5, tells us as she enjoys a drawing activity at a UNICEF-supported shelter in Syria. Every day, children across the world are being robbed of their right to just be children. Stand with us to make sure every child is safe, protected and heard. #WorldChildrensDay

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    The latest analysis of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sudan shows stark contrasts along conflict lines. In areas where violence has subsided – allowing humanitarian access and market recovery – food security has begun to improve. But in conflict-hit locations that have been largely cut off from humanitarian assistance or under siege, famine has now taken hold. “The deadly combination of hunger, disease and displacement is placing millions of children at risk,” said Lucia Elmi, UNICEF Director of Emergency Operations. “Among them, girls often bear the brunt facing increased risks of malnutrition, gender-based violence, and being pulled out of school. Therapeutic food, safe water, and essential medicines and health services can save lives, but only if we can reach children in time. We urgently need parties to abide by their obligations under international law and to provide humanitarian actors with safe, timely and unhindered access to children.” FAO, WFP and UNICEF call for an end to hostilities and safe, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access, which is urgently needed to prevent further loss of life and protect livelihoods. Details: https://lnkd.in/gky4dwpi

    • Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s 
Al Fasher and Kadugli. In other areas of Sudan
 where violence has subsided – allowing humanitarian access and market recovery – food security has begun to improve.

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