17 year old Joyce has come to the Piliwa health facility to receive a vaccination protecting her against maternal and newborn tetanus.

Friends sometimes ask me why UNICEF – whose mandate is to advocate for the protection of children’s rights – is involved in the climate change debate. The answer is simple: the very future of today’s children and of their children is at stake. Decisions we make now will play a huge role in determining what … Continued

27 year old Eunice Samuel has come to the Piliwa health facility to receive a vaccination protecting her against maternal and newborn tetanus.

It’s in our power to achieve an AIDS-free generation. For everyone. More so than at any time since the epidemic started, we have the tools and experience to put a stop to new HIV infections and keep children and adolescents who are living with HIV alive and healthy. The latest data tell us we’ve made … Continued

22 year old Alice lives with her husband near to Pelewa Town – a rural Maasai community in Kajiado County, Kenya – and their three children.

#FightUnfair On 20 November, which is both Universal Children’s Day and the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), UNICEF will launch the global #FightUnfair campaign to lead voices speaking out about the most egregious and unfair situations facing children today – and commit to doing something about … Continued

24 year old Janet lives with her husband near to Pelewa Town – a rural Maasai community in Kajiado County, Kenya – and their two children.

17 year old Lilian lives with her husband close to her extended family in Pelewa Town, a rural Maasai community in Kajiado County, Kenya, and has a four year old son called Maren.

33 year old Wilfred Muema is the Nursing Officer in charge of Piliwa health facility in Pelewa Town, Kajiado, Kenya.

36 year old Miriam is pregnant with her seventh baby. She lives in Pelewa Town – a rural Maasai community in Kajiado County, Kenya – with her husband and their six children; three boys and three girls.

International celebrity and UNICEF ambassador, Emma Bunton, joins Pampers and UNICEF to reflect on the 10 year-long partnership that has helped protect the lives of tens of millions of women and their babies. An estimated 500,000 newborn lives have been saved and 100 million women and their newborns protected from the deadly disease, maternal and … Continued

As we start to celebrate the lasting progress in tackling poverty around the world for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), we are bringing attention to children, who have been so often missed from poverty debates. Here are 7 facts that galvanize UNICEF and partners to take action to end child … Continued