UNICEF in action

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In Idlib, Syria, 9-year-old Rafat sets off for a learning center supported by UNICEF with funding from Education Cannot Wait.

A New Hope and New Vision for 9-Year-Old Rafat in Syria

With funding from Education Cannot Wait, a boy with a vision impairment is getting an education in Syria.
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A UNICEF Youth Advocate Looks Forward to UNGA 77

A UNICEF Youth Advocate attending the United Nations General Assembly shares the issues he is most looking forward to discussing.
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On Aug. 31, 2022 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, left, and Nina Sorokopud, Chief of Communication for UNICEF Ukraine, visit School #25, which has been heavily damaged since the escalation of the war.

Getting Ukraine's Children Back to Learning Is a UNICEF Priority

Thousands of Ukraine's schools have been damaged or destroyed in the war. UNICEF is helping children return to class safely. [VIDEO]

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Seven-year-old Emilia, from Irpin, Ukraine, wore flowers in her hair on the first day of school at Januscz Korczak School #12 in Krakow, Poland on Sept. 1, 2022.

Ukrainian Refugees Head Back to School in Poland

Cut off from the lives they once knew, refugees from Ukraine need the comfort and stability of a welcoming school community now more than ever.

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Importance of educating girls.

VIDEO: 10 Reasons to Educate Girls

UNICEF works closely with governments and other partners to clear the barriers that stand in girls' way, to keep them in school and help them thrive.

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Importance of educating girls.

10 Reasons to Educate Girls

UNICEF works closely with governments and other partners to clear the barriers that stand in girls' way, to keep them in school and help them thrive.

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Lyuda stands amid the rubble of her school in Horenka, a small village in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. The building was heavily damaged by shelling.

Amid the Horrors of War, Ukraine's Children Yearn for School

After six months of war, thousands of schools in Ukraine remain inaccessible to children — some damaged or destroyed, others used in the conflict.

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Children sit at desks in a classroom of their school in the village of Olyzarivka, Ukraine.

Support the Children of Ukraine

UNICEF is on the ground helping the families and children fleeing Ukraine and those who have remained inside the country.
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A girls-only session for Rohingya refugee girls in a UNICEF learning center in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Quality and Equality: Education for Rohingya Refugee Girls

How UNICEF is helping make education more inclusive in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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