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  • SYRIA CRISIS

    Shoes for bare feet

    For Syrian refugee children in makeshift settlements in Lebanon, the arrival of such simple, essential supplies as shoes has been vital.
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  • SPECIAL REPORTS

    Helping communities to help themselves

    Helping communities to help themselves

    On a recent visit to Guatemala, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake was inspired by efforts to address chronic malnutrition and stunting.

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    In the Niger, urgent care for little Ouda
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  • WATER AND SANITATION

    Water

    Children stand by a contaminated canal in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Some 783 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. World Water Day, held annually on 22 March, celebrates this vital resource and calls for its protection.

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    In Haiti, community joined in safe water

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  • COMMITTING TO CHILD SURVIVAL: A PROMISE RENEWED

    The fight against malaria

    The fight against malaria

    In a relatively peaceful part of Mali, a new programme is addressing pervasive malnutrition and malaria.

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    In Indonesia, arming communities against stunting

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  • PROTECTION

    "Facing a pandemic"

    "Facing a pandemic"

    Violence against children took centre stage at an event held to ensure the issue be explicitly placed on the post-2015 development agenda.

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    Congolese refugees in Uganda: "I just want to find my parents"

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  • EMERGENCIES

    Longlong takes ill

    Longlong takes ill

    It is estimated that, in the wake of Typhoon Bopha, 67,000 children under 5 are at risk of malnutrition.

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    Lunchtime at Chiaquelane transit centre, Mozambique

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  • UNITE FOR CHILDREN, UNITE AGAINST AIDS

    Push for an HIV-free generation

    Push for an HIV-free generation

    Today, the Government of Swaziland launched a framework to mount the final push toward eliminating new HIV infections among children and improving the health of women within the next two years.

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    In Botswana, youth programmes strike at HIV/AIDS

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  • GOODWILL AMBASSADORS & ADVOCATES

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  • UNICEF PUBLICATIONS

    The State of the World’s Children

    UNICEF’s flagship report for 2012: ‘Children in an Urban World’.
     

    Humanitarian Action for Children

    Details on UNICEF's response to complex emergencies: ‘Building Resilience’.

    Progress for Children

    Report cards on strides made toward child rights and well-being worldwide.
     

    UNICEF Annual Report

    Details on UNICEF’s results for children and global challenges faced last year.
     

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    UNICEF’s online forum for young people interested in discussing major social issues.

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