Foundational learning, the ability to read, write, and do basic math, is the bedrock of every child's education. This is not ...

Innocent Murula, a UNICEF-supported community outreach worker, works to raise community awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 25, 2024. The ...

UNICEF’s Supply Division gets lifesaving medicines, vaccines, therapeutic food, hygiene kits and other items to children and ...

Through the Bokang Montjane Foundation, Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala has dedicated her time to assisting autistic children and ...

Analysis - Every year humanity produces nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic. Only a fraction ever gets recycled. Most ends up in rivers, oceans and soil, slowly breaking down into tiny, invisible ...

Join the movement this November! Discover how one small action can lead to significant change in the lives of children across South Africa with the Hold My Hand campaign. What will you do to make a ...

In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 10 percent of children die before they turn 5 years old (SN: 8/3/22); in 2022 alone, around 2.8 million young children died in the entire region. Most are ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and partners strengthen regional action to protect children in west ...

When research showed that routinely treating children in Sub-Saharan Africa with a common antibiotic could reduce deaths in children under five, the World Health Organization (WHO) moved quickly to ...