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Childhoods cut short

Mohammed has not attended school since his family fled the Syrian conflict three years ago. He and his five siblings are among the growing number of children in Iraq who are involved in child labour. Hear their stories. >

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Shoes for summer

Six-year-olds Nadiya and Saffiya fled their homes in Iraq two years ago, and are now settled in the Nowruz refugee camp in the Syrian Arab Republic. They just received new summer shoes from UNICEF. Hear more stories from Iraq children in Syria. >

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Face to face

The Internet has countless avenues for connecting with friends and communities. But it also carries many risks, especially for children. After falling victim to cyberbullying, Nicole is on a mission to make sure the same doesn’t happen to her peers. >

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Mobile health

After five years of conflict, damage to the Syrian health system has led to increased mortality and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Learn how children like Majed and Adnan are receiving care from health clinics that move from town to town. >

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Play is not a four letter word

What is a key activity that can improve math and language skills? Play! Although it is often misunderstood, play is one of the essential foundations in children’s learning, development and well-being. Hear how one man is promoting it in South Africa. >

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Our priorities for children

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Child survival and development

Learn: How Thailand eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV

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Protection and social inclusion

#ReplyForAll: Jessica and Winny overcome cyberbullying

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Education

Watch: Fatima catches up on learning

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Emergency aid and humanitarian action

Follow: David Beckham meets children at risk from drought crisis in Swaziland

Children are at the heart of our work

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Goodwill Ambassadors

Follow Katy Perry on a visit to Viet Nam

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Data on children

Our story: Every child

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A picture equals…

Photo of the week: Ricky Martin plays football with Syrian children at Al-Hissa informal refugee settlement

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Innovate for children

U-Report Nigeria first country to reach 1 million responders

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For young people interested in discussing social issues
Adolescent participation

Read about programmes being launched and led by adolescents
Make it yourself

Watch some one-minute videos – made by young people all over the world

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Innovation

UNICEF and partners find simple and cost-effective ways to improve the lives of children
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UNICEF’s field work and evidenced-based publications provide state-of-the-art knowledge and information
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UNICEF’s Office of Research identifies and researches current and future areas of UNICEF’s work

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Trust, reach and progress for children

UNICEF enhances its work with partners around the world
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UNICEF works with NGOs, national committees and advocates
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Governments, other UN agencies and institutions are crucial
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Religious communities offer vital links to children in need
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UNICEF collaborates with business and companies to improve children’s lives

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UNICEF reaches children in emergencies

Migrant and refugee crisis

As increasing numbers of people are on the move, running from conflict, poverty and extreme weather, the need to protect all children is urgent

Ebola

UNICEF scales up its response to protect health workers and families

Central African Republic

Learn how UNICEF is responding to this complex humanitarian and protection crisis

Iraq

Humanitarian aid reaches children who are increasingly at risk, in multiple overlapping crises

South Sudan

Rapid response missions reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced by violence

Syrian crisis

UNICEF is committed to keeping Syrian children from becoming a ‘lost generation’

Yemen

Amid conflict, children and women in desperate need of life-saving assistance

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Trust saves lives

“They told me that at the Ebola hospital they would kill me and take away all my organs,” says 11- year-old Tonhon. She is the only one, so far, who has survived the recent Ebola outbreak in Guinea. But the rumours could have taken her life too.

A nurse administers an oral polio vaccine to a child, Myanmar

The big switch: eradicating polio

There’s a big, never before seen switch happening throughout the world. It’s the largest, fastest globally coordinated rollout of a vaccine into routine immunization programs in history and will help make polio a thing of the past.

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Explaining the importance of birth registration in Angola

Registering a child in Angola is sometimes a real challenge. The lack of information, the weaknesses of the services and the bureaucracy of the system are among the main constraints.

A girl points at an eye chart, Kosovo

How Alma became an agent of change in her community

When Alma found out that until the year 2000, there were no ophthalmologists in Ferizaj, Kosovo, she was inspired to build a project which focuses on sensitizing young people that ophthalmologic problems should not be neglected.

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