Press releases
1.3 million children urgently need humanitarian assistance after storms batter Bay of Bengal
1 June 2017 – At least 1.3 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance across the Bay of Bengal region following severe weather over the past six days.
Data gaps on children in residential care leave the most vulnerable unaccounted for – UNICEF
1 June 2017: At least 2.7 million children live in residential care worldwide, according to a new estimate by UNICEF.
Over 1,000 children seek treatment for watery diarrhoea daily as number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen soars
31 May 2017 - In the past 72 hours, the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has risen by 10,000 to a total of 65,300.
At least 200 children lost at sea trying to reach Italian shores so far this year
25 May 2017 - At least 200 children have died along the dangerous Central Mediterranean migration route from North Africa to Italy so far this year
H&M converts plastic bag charges in to £1million cash for children
25 May 2017 - H&M UK has raised a staggering £1m to help vulnerable children around the world by donating its customer plastic bag charges to Unicef UK.
Nearly 400,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition in the Greater Kasai due to violence
24 May 2017– The crisis in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children
Unicef UK pays tribute to Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore
London, 23 May 2017 – Unicef UK today paid tribute to its long-term supporter and Goodwill Ambassador, Sir Roger Moore, who has died at the age of 89.
UNICEF Child Alert on Myanmar: Fruits of rapid development and reconciliation efforts yet to reach remote, conflict-affected regions
23 May 2017 – Unresolved conflict, poverty and under-development are preventing children in more remote parts of Myanmar from reaping the benefits of the reform and reconciliation
Unicef UK response to the publication of the manifestos for the three main political parties
18 May 2017 - “Now more than ever, the UK needs to show that it remains an influential and positive voice in the world.
Five-fold increase in number of refugee and migrant children traveling alone since 2010 – UNICEF
18 May 2017 – The global number of refugee and migrant children moving alone has reached a record high, increasing nearly five-fold since 2010, UNICEF said today in a new report.
England Captain Heather Knight Launches New Icc Cricket For Good School Resource With Unicef And Chance To Shine
15 May 2017 - England captain and Chance to Shine Ambassador Heather Knight today visited Hague Primary School in East London
UNICEF statement on release of Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram
7 May 2017 – “UNICEF welcomes Saturday’s release of over 80 of the girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at their school in Chibok over three years ago."
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra meets child survivors of sexual violence in Zimbabwe
7 May 2017 - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Priyanka Chopra, has called for increased awareness and support for child victims of sexual violence.
More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan
8 May 2017 – More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today.
Urgent action needed to protect children in ‘forgotten crisis’ in Central African Republic: UNICEF
5 May 2017 – Without increased support, the lives and futures of more than 1 million children in the Central African Republic are under threat, UNICEF said today.
Refugee and migrant children stranded in European transit countries suffer psychologically in the face of uncertain future - UNICEF
4 May 2017 – Nearly 75,000 refugees and migrants, including an estimated 24,600 children, currently stranded in Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Western Balkans are at risk of psychosocial distress caused by living in a protracted state of limbo, UNICEF warned today.
Leo Messi Foundation helps UNICEF get Syrian children back into the classroom
2 May 2017 – UNICEF has installed 20 new prefabricated classrooms in Tartus, Syria, and rural areas of Damascus, thanks to a generous donation from the Leo Messi Foundation.
Projected number of severely malnourished Somali children up 50 percent
2 May 2017 – The projected number of children who are or will be acutely malnourished has shot up by 50 per cent since the beginning of the year to 1.4 million, including over 275,000 who have or will suffer life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in 2017.
EU and UNICEF aim to mitigate risk of violence in schools in the Lake Chad Basin
27 April - A multi country effort to protect children and teachers from the effects of conflict is underway in the Lake Chad region.
Unicef Statement in Response to Home Office Statement on Dubs Child Refugee Transfer Scheme
26 April 2017 -In response to this afternoon’s Home Office statement Hayley Cull, Head of Campaigns and Advocacy at Unicef UK, said: “This will be a much needed lifeline for these 130 children. It is vital they reach safety in the UK quickly, so that they can be protected and start to rebuild their lives.