stories from the frontline

Planting seeds to thrive

World Children's Day

UNICEF calls for investment in world’s first child-focused climate risk financing solution

Water from above

Dignity for children with disabilities 

Responding immediately to floods in Afghanistan

Ever heard of RUTF?

Against all odds

UNICEF Ambassador

4 things you need to know about water and famine

Through the eyes of a frontline hero

Back to school amongst the floods

The Kickathon 2022

Tongan Emergency: $800,000 raised for children and families

Me Mōhio Ō Mōtika, Know your Rights!

Culturally inclusive books boosting literacy

No Wi-Fi? No Worries!

Celebrating fathers around the world

Have you had water yet?

War in Ukraine has left nearly 1,000 children killed or injured

5 ways UNICEF donors are helping Ukrainian children

Millions more children to benefit from malaria vaccine as UNICEF secures supply

Girls in Afghanistan: One year on

Depriving girls of secondary education translates to a loss of at least US$500 million for Afghan economy in last 12 months

Delivering hope when children need it the most

New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030

Actor Karl Urban takes on a new role, advocating for children’s safety

Picking up the pieces and looking forward in Afghanistan

Two new friends – one from Ukraine, the other from Moldova – are united by music

So far in 2022: How donors have helped children around the world

Children across the Pacific to receive lifesaving vaccines

Bouncing back from the war in Ukraine

A safe space in a world of turmoil

Two siblings from Ukraine find safety in Moldova

Letting kids be kids again

A look back at how our amazing donors have supported Tonga over the last 6 months

Afghanistan Earthquake: Thousands of children at risk and in need of emergency aid

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

Responding to drought in Garissa County

New appointment

Life-saving water in the Garowe desert lands

Kickathon event

Innocenti Report Card 17

Online learning helps Ukraine’s children stay in school

World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children - UNICEF

Rachel Petero (nee Taka) appointed UNICEF Aotearoa Heamana Tuarua Deputy Board Chair

Ukraine's youths help families find their way

Karl Urban appointed as new UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand Ambassador

“The events of the night are still haunting them today.”

Ukrainian mother: “Every child is our child”

Two million refugee children flee war in Ukraine in search of safety across borders

Dan Carter launches the DC10 Fund in partnership with UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand

Jefferies donation to UNICEF Aotearoa for Tonga has long-term impact

Passionate proponent of sustainable development Amanda Ellis joins UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand’s Board

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine

UNICEF provides support to all public school teachers in Afghanistan for 2 months

Recovering from the volcanic eruption and tsunami in the Pacific Island nation of Tonga

Parwana’s recovery from severe acute malnutrition.

Tonga Update 19/01/22

Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami

UNICEF ready to support families and children in the aftermath of volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga

Polio survivor making a difference in vaccination coverage in Herat

Statement by Alice Akunga, UNICEF Afghanistan Representative a.i., on the death of eight children due to detonation of explosive remnant

Rising health risks for children across Afghanistan as disruption to health and nutrition services continues and winter sets in – UNICEF

2021 in Review: A year to be proud of

Preparing children to be future leaders

COVID-19 ‘biggest global crisis for children in our 75-year history’ – UNICEF

UNICEF launches US$9.4 billion emergency funding appeal for children affected by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19

Vaccines: A history of success and hope for the future

Pacific Island children to access three new life-saving vaccines through Rotary-UNICEF partnership

Collateral in a Pandemic

Girls increasingly at risk of child marriage in Afghanistan

A race we can all win

Urgent action needed now to ensure sufficient COVID vaccine syringe supply to meet 2022 vaccination targets

UNICEF India welcomes one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in India

Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting began

House-to-house polio vaccination set to recommence across Afghanistan in November

Vietnam ravaged by Delta highlights 'global failure' of vaccine roll-out

Global Handwashing Day

The kite-flying girl from Kabul

Mental health – it’s time to change the narrative

Poor mental health in children and young people cannot be ignored – UNICEF

EU Humanitarian Airbridge helps deliver 32 tonnes of UNICEF humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan

Just how far can kindness travel?

UNICEF Executive Director remarks at the virtual Ministerial-Event on safeguarding the achievements of 20 years of international engagement in Afghanistan

Schoolchildren worldwide have lost 1.8 trillion hours and counting of in-person learning due to COVID-19 lockdowns, says UNICEF

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on unaccompanied and separated children evacuated from Afghanistan

No distance too far, no location too remote, no one out of reach

Afghanistan ‘a child protection crisis in a country already one of the worst places on earth to be a child’

We cannot abandon the children of Afghanistan in their time of need

Dan Carter appointed as UNICEF Aotearoa New Zealand Ambassador 

Delivering for Afghanistan’s children

Remarks on the situation in Yemen

Amidst Kabul airport blockage, WHO and UNICEF call for assistance to deliver critical health supplies to AfghanistanAmidst Kabul airport blockage, WHO and UNICEF call for assistance to deliver critical health supplies to Afghanistan

One billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF

Bybit partners with UNICEF

At least 27 children killed and 136 injured in past 72 hours as violence escalates in Afghanistan - UNICEF

One year after the Beirut explosions