More than 500,000 people have been displaced by the Russian attack on Ukraine. James Elder, UNICEF spokesman, talks about the agency’s role in helping refugees. ...
As the crisis intensifies in eastern Ukraine, more than 500,000 people have fled their homes in search of safety. Between 3 and 5 million people could seek refuge in neighboring countries in the next few months. On February 27, 2022, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder spoke with families in Ukraine as...
UNICEF is working to scale up life-saving support for children and their families. Escalating conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. Humanitarian needs are multiplying – and spreading by the hour. Children have...
Masha, 9, is one of the millions of children in Ukraine who need peace now. UNICEF calls on all parties to respect their international obligations to protect children from harm. ...
Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday. Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 750 schools have been damaged. On Thursday, according to media reports and the...
Currently 4.4 billion people live in cities comprising 56 percent of the global population. The current urbanization trends are contradicting the common perception that urbanization and prosperity are synonymous. Most urban growth is happening in low and middle-income countries on the back of...
National Evaluation Capacity Development (NECD) is a fundamental norm endorsed by UNEG. As quoted in our 2018 Revised Evaluation Policy: “UNICEF seeks to help national authorities to evaluate their own programmes and to contribute to the strengthening of evaluation capacity in countries”. The...
Abstract: Within a framework of Communication for Development in Peacebuilding, this article sheds light on the use of art forms such as puppetry and photography as communication channels among youth affected by conflict and displacement. The study presented here evaluates UNICEF Art for Development...