![On 25 September, [NAMES CHANGED] (foreground, left-right) siblings Awa, 3, and Amadou, 4, pretend to talk on toy mobile telephones, at home in a village on the outskirts of the city of Kenema in Eastern Province. Many of the people in the village are affected by Ebola. Olematu and Ibrahim are being cared for by their 15-year-old sister, Betty, with help from a neighbour, following the death of their mother from Ebola one month ago. Betty is a survivor of the virus. An estimated 1,131 children in Sierra Leone are affected by Ebola virus disease. UNICEF/UNI172461/Bindra](https://www.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/media-1500x900.jpg)
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PORT-AU-PRINCE/NEW YORK, 28 August 2026 – Approximately one in thirteen children in Haiti aged between 6 months and 5 years old are suffering from acute malnutrition, according to the preliminary findings by the 2026 National Nutrition SMART Survey released today.
AMMAN, 28 August 2026 – At least four children have been reported killed and many others injured in the Gaza Strip over the past five days, while attacks have also destroyed a warehouse containing nutrition supplies and severely damaged a UNICEF-supported water facility, further undermining access to the essential services that children and families rely on.
KATHMANDU, 27 August 2026 – At least 17,000 children have been impacted by the devastating flash floods that tore through Nepal's Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts on 26 August. So far, an estimated 332 people have died – including at least 14 children - and-hundreds are still missing. The numbers are expected to rise as search operations continue.
ISLAMABAD, 26 August 2026 – “UNICEF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of at least 14 newborn lives following a fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad today.
KABUL, 25 August 2026 – “Across Afghanistan, 3,7 million children are currently suffering from wasting – they are acutely malnourished, including around 1 million with life-threatening severe acute malnutrition.
KABUL, 25 August 2026 – “Across Afghanistan, 3,7 million children are currently suffering from wasting – they are acutely malnourished, including around 1 million with life-threatening severe acute malnutrition.
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, 21 Aug 2026 – “In Somalia today, aid cuts are closing doors to healthcare, shutting down nutrition services, and pushing water, education and protection further out of reach. As ever, children are paying the price.
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, 21 Aug 2026 – “In Somalia today, aid cuts are closing doors to healthcare, shutting down nutrition services, and pushing water, education and protection further out of reach. As ever, children are paying the price.
BISSAU/DAKAR, 20 August 2026 – Children under 15 account for half of all 46 suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau. UNICEF is scaling up its support to the Ministry of Public Health in direct response to the country’s first-ever mpox outbreak.
NEW YORK, 19 August 2026 - "UNICEF is deeply distressed by the injury of 42 children aged 9 to 14 in an explosion at a school in Shahrak-e-Mahdia in Kabul.
NEW YORK, 14 August 2026 – More than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied a secondary education in the five years since the de facto authorities took power, UNICEF said today. Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is effectively closed to girls and women.
NEW YORK, 11 August 2026 - "Mr President … Excellencies … thank you to Denmark for convening this important briefing. We meet as the situation facing children across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continues to deteriorate."
NEW YORK, 11 August 2026 - "Mr President … Excellencies … thank you to Denmark for convening this important briefing. We meet as the situation facing children across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continues to deteriorate."
NEW YORK, 11 August 2026 - "Mr President … Excellencies … thank you to Denmark for convening this important briefing. We meet as the situation facing children across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continues to deteriorate."
PORTSMOUTH, 6th August 2026 – On Saturday July 25th, the Clipper Race crews completed the Clipper 2025-26 Race, marking a decade of partnership with leading child rights organisation, UNICEF, as a team and charity partner.
AMMAN, 6 August 2026 – At least 300 children have been reportedly killed in Gaza in the 300 days since a ceasefire was announced in October 2025. This amounts to an average of one child every day, despite an agreement for the suspension of military operations and the full entry of humanitarian aid and relief almost 10 months ago.
AMMAN, 6 August 2026 – At least 300 children have been reportedly killed in Gaza in the 300 days since a ceasefire was announced in October 2025. This amounts to an average of one child every day, despite an agreement for the suspension of military operations and the full entry of humanitarian aid and relief almost 10 months ago.
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 4 August 2026 "Over the past several days, children have again been killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation and across Ukraine.
AMMAN, 31 July 2026 – “As war reverberates in Iran and neighboring countries, children continue to be killed and maimed in the places where they should be safest – their homes, schools and communities.
NEW YORK/NAIROBI/KHARTOUM, 28 July 2026 – At least 23 children have reportedly been killed, with a further 25 reportedly injured in North Kordofan in the two months since the conflict intensified around Al Obeid in late May.
