UNICEF India in collaboration with IRC, AKF, Water Aid and WHO organised a Webinar on "Handwashing with Soap: Technologies and Innovations" on 12th October 2020 as part of 3 WASH Webinar Series on Global Handwashing Day (GHD) 2020. The Webinar explicitly covered possible opportunities, identifying...

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Pre-K to Grade 12 COVID-19 Toolkit This flowchart should be referenced prior to leaving home every morning

Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action This guidance note is meant to assist humanitarian actors, youth-led organizations, and young people themselves across sectors, working at local, country, regional, and global levels in their response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. It begins...

The latest COVID-19 news and resources, as well as tips to protect you and your family. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of children and their families as health systems buckle, borders close, and schools and businesses shutter. As the coronavirus has spread, so has misinformation –...

This document identifies actions businesses can take to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on children and families. OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS Since the start of the outbreak in December 2019, COVID-19 has spread around the globe. Hundreds of thousands of confirmed cases have been reported in different...

COVID-19 has upended the lives of children and families across the globe and is impacting efforts to end child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). Actions taken to contain the spread of the pandemic – such as school closures and movement restrictions – are disrupting children’s routines...

Experience from previous infectious disease outbreaks indicates that new child protection risks are likely to emerge from the direct effects of COVID-19 as well as from measures to prevent and control its spread. Moreover, existing child protection risks are likely to be exacerbated. Some groups of...

THE ADOLESCENT KIT FOR EXPRESSION AND INNOVATION WHAT IS THE ADOLESCENT KIT? The Adolescent Kit for Expression and Innovation is a package of guidance, tools, activities, and supplies to support adolescents ages 10-18, especially those who are affected by humanitarian crises. The Kit aims to bring...

COVID-19 is a global pandemic which threatens children’s rights in countries around the world and exposes them to potentially massive disruption to their healthcare, education, access to basic needs and services like food, protection and social interaction with family members, teachers, peers and...