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Neveen, a 10-year-old girl from Syria, stands at a window pressing her hand to the glass while looking outside.

Funding cuts are slashing children's lifelines

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Annual report

UNICEF Annual Report 2024

Staying and delivering for children

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Press release

01 July 2025

Every five seconds, a child is displaced, injured, or killed in the Middle East and North Africa’s conflicts

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Appeal

Children in Gaza need life-saving support

UNICEF continues to work with partners to provide assistance to children and their families

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Appeal

Emergency response in Sudan

Conflict in Sudan is pushing already vulnerable children deeper into hardship

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Article

How to talk to your children about conflict and war

8 tips to support and comfort your children

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Article

The power of flexibility

At a time of unprecedented cuts to international aid, multiyear, flexible, and unearmarked resources can help UNICEF to support the most vulnerable children

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Explainer

Heat waves and how they impact children

Heat stress caused by extreme temperatures is putting more children at risk each year

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Help children know their rights!

UNICEF and UN ActNow are teaming up with the Smurfs who know that even the smallest actions can add up to make a big difference

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UNICEF’s work

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up.