![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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NEW YORK, 28 August 2025 – “Good morning. Thank you, Ambassador Alfaro, and Ambassador for co-convening this briefing … and for the opportunity to address this Council today on the dire crisis facing children in Haiti.
GENEVA/KYIV, 28 August 2025 – “A wave of deadly attacks hit Kyiv during the early hours of this morning – reportedly killing four children, including a toddler. At least 10 children were reportedly injured. The children were at home in their beds, trying to sleep.
PANAMA CITY, 28 August 2025. At least 5.9 million more children, adolescents and youth will live in poverty by 2030 due to the impact of climate change warn the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in a new report titled The Impact of Climate Change on Child and Youth Poverty in Latin America.
NEW YORK/PORT SUDAN, 27 August 2025 – After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives daily, UNICEF warned today.
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 26 August 2025 – Despite progress over the last decade, billions of people around the world still lack access to essential water, sanitation, and hygiene services, putting them at risk of disease and deeper social exclusion.
ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 22 August 2025 – More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate to Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis Governorates in the coming weeks.
DAMASCUS, 13 August 2025 – The impact of recent violence in Syria’s As-Sweida Governorate in July and early August continues to affect children and families. The violence, which reportedly left at least 22 children killed and 21 more injured, also caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure and further complicated the humanitarian response efforts.
KABUL/NEW YORK, 9 August 2025 – “I have just concluded my visit to Afghanistan, where over two million Afghans, including half a million children, have returned from Iran and Pakistan so far this year alone, in addition to a significant number from countries in Central Asia.
Dr Philip Goodwin, Chief Executive Officer of UNICEF UK, said: “The decision by the UK Government to evacuate and treat hundreds of injured and critically ill children from Gaza could save lives if it is implemented immediately.
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 4 August 2025 - Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure a baby’s health, development, and survival in the earliest stages of life. It acts as their first vaccine, providing protection against diseases including diarrhoea and pneumonia.
GENEVA/PORT SUDAN, Sudan, 5 August 2025 – “Over the past week, I travelled from Port Sudan to Aj Jazeera and Khartoum States, witnessing the impact that this crisis – the world’s largest humanitarian crisis – is having on children and families.
PORT SUDAN, 3 August 2025 – More than 1,180 cholera cases - including an estimated 300 cases in children - and at least 20 deaths have been reported in Tawila, North Darfur State, since the first case was detected on 21 June 2025. This represents a rapid surge in cases in the town which has absorbed over 500,000 internally displaced people fleeing violent conflict since April this year.
NEW YORK, 1 August 2025 - "I just returned from a five-day mission to Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and I speak to you with deep urgency and profound concern today.
ADDIS ABABA — An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress was not consistent across the globe, as hunger continued to rise in most subregions of Africa and western Asia, according to this year’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025) report published today by five specialized agencies of the United Nations.
“The aid funding figures released yesterday reveal, once again, that cuts to the UK’s aid budget are falling disproportionately on the shoulders of the world’s most vulnerable children.
UNICEF UK welcomes today’s announcement that 16- and 17-year-olds will be given the right to vote in all UK elections.
NEW YORK/AMMAN/PORT SUDAN,15 July 2025 – “More than 450 civilians, including at least 24 boys, 11 girls, and two pregnant women, were reportedly killed in horrific attacks in communities around the city of Bara, including the villages of Shag Alnom and Hilat Hamid, in Sudan’s North Kordofan State over the weekend. With dozens more injured and many still missing, we fear that the number of child casualties could rise further.
