At
#UNICEF
Canada we're defending the right to childhood. Together we can give every child, everywhere, the chance to be a kid. French account:
@UNICEFCanada_FR
Today, on
#NationalDayofTruthandReconcilation
, we are reminded of the devastating legacy of the Canadian Indian Residential School System.
It’s a day to reflect and learn as we walk toward reconciliation.
#NDTR
Super Typhoon
#Yagi
, the strongest storm in
#Vietnam
in 30 years, made landfall early September, leaving a catastrophic trail of storm damage, flash floods & landslides.
UNICEF & partners are responding to the emergency by delivering life-saving essentials to those affected.
Baby Walaa smiles as her mother Rokaya holds her while waiting for a medical checkup at a UNICEF-supported clinic in Al-Hasakeh city,
#Syria
.
Across Syria, UNICEF invests in essential services for children facing severe acute malnutrition.
#ForEveryChild
, Nutrition
With escalating hostilities in south
#Lebanon
, more than 110,000 people are internally displaced, 35% of whom are children. UNICEF is working around the clock to meet displaced families' most immediate needs, providing urgent humanitarian aid.
Learn more:
As violence continues in
#Haiti
, watch how UNICEF-supported child-friendly spaces provide children with a safe environment to play, learn, and participate in group activities amidst the ongoing hostilities.
A chance to learn
#ForEveryChild
.
UNICEF urgently calls for an immediate de-escalation in Lebanon & beyond as a rise in hostilities puts children at risk of death, injury & fear. Read UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's statement on the increase in attacks in
#Lebanon
&
#Israel
:
"My country has become a battlefield"
Day by day, Loudine, 11, sees
#Haiti
’s security getting worse.
Through poetry, she shares her vision for a more peaceful future.
Today, on
#PeaceDay2024
& every day, we must work to create a happier & more peaceful world
#ForEveryChild
.
[1/2] Canada is expanding our efforts to eradicate polio with the help of incredible partners. 🇨🇦🌍
With
@rotary
, we announced additional support to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), working with partners like
@UNICEF
and
@WHO
to ensure no child is left behind.
#UNICEFThanks
@CanadaDev
for $151 million in new funding that will support health workers around the world to eradicate
#polio
.
Canada’s support is vital to help
#EndPolio
and protect children around the world from the deadly disease.
This photo of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, handed to me by relatives I met today in Israel underscores the pain that families are suffering due to the ongoing war. Hostages must be released, there must be a sustained ceasefire and the suffering of all children and families must end now.
How are children in
#Gaza
being vaccinated against polio amid the conflict?
UNICEF, together with its partners, embarked on an emergency
#polio
vaccination campaign.
Here are three important things you need to know about it👇🏼
It's been three years since girls in
#Afghanistan
were banned from attending secondary school, depriving around 1.5 million girls of their right to pursue
#education
.
UNICEF will never stop advocating
#ForEveryChild
's right to
#education
, including
#girls
.
6-month-old Baraa enjoys ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) at his home in Blue Nile state,
#Sudan
. A single packet of RUTF can help a child suffering from
#malnutrition
gain up to two pounds per week.
Buy a Survival Gift to help nourish children suffering from malnutrition 👇🏽
Students are
#BackToSchool
: now the Federal Parliament is back from summer recess.
Vital bills addressing issues like marketing to children, school food programs, and online harms await action.
We call on
@OurCommons
&
@SenateCA
to get these bills across the finish lines.
UNICEF & partners in
#Yemen
have vaccinated 1.3 million children for
#polio
in 3 days!
It is
#HumanlyPossible
to
#EndPolio
.
By investing in vaccines through partners like
@Gavi
,
#Canada
can strengthen its global health leadership & protect children from deadly diseases.
Typhoon
#Yagi
, the fourth cyclone to hit Southeast Asia this year, made landfall in Northern
#Vietnam
on September 7th, affecting hundreds of thousands of people, including children.
UNICEF & its partners are on the ground, providing urgent aid to children in the affected areas.
"At 16 years of age, I've observed and experienced enough to understand that
#ClimateChange
is not a faraway issue; it's our present situation."
@UNICEFCanada
Youth Advocate Zaran shares how climate change affects Canadian youth & what they can do about it:
A healthy 8-month-old Diba smiles in his mother’s lap in
#DRCongo
.
Thanks to UNICEF-supported services, Diba’s mother, Tusabe, introduced a diverse and nutritious diet in addition to breastfeeding, giving Diba the healthy start he deserves.
#ForEveryChild
, Nutrition
As children prepare for their first year & first day at school across several countries in the Middle East, at least 45,000 six-year-old children in
#Gaza
are deprived of this right. Most have been displaced from their homes & are facing a daily battle for survival.
Learn more👇🏽