Last night was a sleepless one for most people in Kathmandu after Nepal earthquake. It was for me. Sleep does not come easily when the earth shakes violently every now and then. Sometimes it starts with a gentle rocking, followed by the strange noises that homes make when an earthquake rolls in. At other times, … Continued

The powerful earthquake that struck northwest of Kathmandu on Saturday has left more than 3,000 confirmed dead. An estimated 2.8 million children have been affected, including nearly 1 million who are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Efforts to help survivors are underway. The earthquake has caused tremendous suffering; relief efforts intensify At least 940,000 … Continued

  Unicef Nepal’s Rupa Joshi updates on Kathmandu after this weekend’s devastating earthquake: “The shake was like nothing I have experienced in my 57 years. It was strong and it shook for a long time. Many old monuments, including famous temples and stupas have come down because of the earthquake. Many people fear Kathmandu will have very … Continued

It’s been one year since Boko Haram captured 276 girls from their school in Borno, north-east Nigeria. Since then, more than 1.2 million people have been forced to fleed their homes to escape the violence. Children have seen things that no child should ever see. These are three of their stories. Ahmid (15): “I ran … Continued

One year ago, 276 girls were abducted from their school in Chikbo by Boko Haram, a terrorist group in Northern Nigeria. UNICEF Ireland work experience student, Siofra Richardson, reflects on the first anniversary of #BringBackOurGirls and the impact it’s had on children. UNICEF’s recent report, Missing Childhoods, revealed that more than 800,000 children have had … Continued

iham (right) and her friends go through a Unicef leaflet about psychosocial support and mine risk education. Photo: Unicef/Yemen 2015/Al-Asaadi After decades of underdevelopment, political instability, and local conflicts children in Yemen face an extremely challenging humanitarian situation. An upsurge of violence in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, has put more children than ever in danger. For 13-year-old … Continued

  This week marks one year since the tragic event when 276 girls were kidnapped from their school in Borno, north-east Nigeria. Since then, scores of other girls and boys have gone missing – abducted, recruited by armed groups or forced to flee. Children have seen their loved ones killed and watched as their homes … Continued

  “To survive war requires intelligence and I want you to use that intelligence now for your future” – author & former child soldier, Ishmael Beah After the UNICEF-negotiated release of over 500 children in South Sudan in mid-January 2015, scores of children were seized by armed men from a village in the north of … Continued

It started as just another day of boys’ play. ‘I was with my friends at a quarry that is used as a shooting range; it was seven of us. We’ve played there many times before’, recalls Maksim* somberly, lying in a hospital bed in his native Donetsk city. ‘We spotted a cluster bomb that was … Continued

“There’s not only the loss of possessions, a home or the lives of family members…there’s the trauma of insecurity, the sense that they don’t have any safety. They wonder: Will we wake up in the morning?” – Mia Farrow, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador speaking on her fourth visit to Central African Republic An estimated 535,000 people … Continued

Meet Assia, 10, one of 423,000 people who has fled Central African Republic to escape escalating violence. Now living at a returnee site in Chad with her grandmother, what Assia misses most about her old life is her sister: “My sister lives in another town and it has been a long time since I have … Continued