UNICEF

08/30/2026

In Gaza, Hala, 10, is struggling to get what every child has a right to: food, water and safety.

Forced to flee Beit Lahia with her family, Hala now lives in a tent at Gaza’s Fishermen’s Port. Her days are spent waiting for drinking water and searching for food.

At night, she stays inside her tent. The sound of navy boats is close.

“They keep shooting at us,” she says.

Protecting children’s rights is everyone’s responsibility.

Help amplify Hala’s voice by sharing her story - part of an illustrated series highlighting the devastating impact of war on children’s rights.

08/30/2026

Sonika, 13, and her family were marking the death anniversary of her oldest brother at home when the flash floods in Nepal struck.

Swipe to read her family’s harrowing experiences.

UNICEF has mobilized mental health and psychosocial support teams for affected families like Sonika’s.

With partners, UNICEF is distributing essential supplies like hygiene kits and will dispatch medical tents, bed nets, newborn kits and therapeutic food for children with acute malnutrition.

Join us to support the children of Nepal. Donate now: https://unicef.link/45W6Ca7

08/29/2026

In Nigeria, seven-month-old Abdulrahman now has a birth certificate.

Together with partners and local communities, UNICEF is helping to strengthen birth registration systems and expand access, so more families can register their children and obtain official proof of identity.

“Now I understand what it means, and I am happy my son has a birth certificate,” says Abdulrahman’s mother, Abba.

, an identity.

08/29/2026

These are the horrifying images Samir, 21, captured from his phone as he escaped the flash floods in his hometown in Nepal.

Samir is now safe with his little brother and mother, but uncertainty looms large for thousands of children and families like theirs.

UNICEF is surging life-saving support to keep children safe from disease, malnutrition, violence and exploitation – risks that increase after a disaster.

UNICEF is also working with partners to deliver emergency cash assistance to families.

We can do more with your support. Donate now for the children of Nepal: https://unicef.link/45W6Ca7

08/28/2026

At least four children have been reported killed and many others injured in the Gaza Strip over the past five days.

Attacks have also destroyed a warehouse containing nutrition supplies and severely damaged a UNICEF-supported water facility, further undermining access to the essential services that children and families rely on.

The children reported killed include two boys, aged two and four years, in separate strikes: a 10-year-old girl hit by ground fire while inside her tent, and a 16-year-old boy who died from serious injuries sustained in a previous strike.

On 25 August, three children aged eight, ten and seventeen were reported hit by live ammunition fire and two 11-year-olds by shrapnel following strikes, suffering life-changing injuries.

On the same day, a warehouse containing more than US$770,000 worth of UNICEF nutrition supplies was destroyed by a nearby strike. The vital nutrition supplies were intended to support more than 40,500 vulnerable children, aged between 6 and 23 months, as well as 4,900 pregnant and breastfeeding women.

On August 24, a UNICEF-supported water well and desalination facility in the Deir Al Balah area was also severely damaged by a nearby strike. More than 4,000 people, including around 2,000 children, rely on safe drinking water from the facility. UNICEF and partners are providing emergency water trucking to affected families to help maintain access to safe water while the facility is unable to operate.

“Beyond the loss of life, the destruction of vital supplies and damage to essential services continue to deepen the suffering of children and families already struggling to survive." - UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط و شمال إفريقيا Regional Director, Edouard Beigbeder.

UNICEF calls for full respect for international humanitarian and human rights law, including the protection of children’s lives and rights, for civilian infrastructure and essential services critical to children’s survival and wellbeing to be safeguarded, and for rapid, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access.

08/28/2026

Hospitals in Afghanistan are overwhelmed as child malnutrition surges across the country.

“Across Afghanistan, 3,7 million children are currently suffering from wasting – they are acutely malnourished, including around 1 million with life-threatening severe acute malnutrition.” - UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale. UNICEF Afghanistan

“It’s a crisis which disproportionally affects the youngest and most vulnerable: nearly 40% of children admitted to hospital with severe wasting and medical complications are babies under six months old. Children under two account for 83% of severe acute malnutrition cases.

We are already seeing immense pressure on hospitals: since the beginning of the year more than half a million children were admitted for high-risk moderate wasting and severe wasting.

In parts of southern Afghanistan, some hospitals are now seeing three or four severely malnourished children for every available bed.”

For more details, UNICEF’s response and urgent needs for children, visit https://unicef.link/4hTmh1g

08/28/2026

The lives of at least 17,000 children in Nepal have been drastically changed by the flash floods.

Their homes, schools, roads - all destroyed.

About 10,000 children now require urgent support to continue their education.

UNICEF is on the ground, facilitating life-saving assistance. Learn how and donate to support children affected: https://unicef.link/45W6Ca7

08/28/2026

Imagine getting your first period while displaced from your home and in harsh living conditions.

That was the reality for 13-year-old Magda in Sudan. Frightened, confused and ashamed, she didn’t know where to turn.

But her brother, Mubarak, was there for her.

Through a UNICEF-supported adolescents’ club, Mubarak had learned about menstrual hygiene management, including how to make reusable sanitary pads from locally available materials. When Magda needed support, those lessons became life-changing.

This is how Mubarak is reaching more adolescents by sharing knowledge and skills to help girls manage their periods with dignity, confidence and care.

Mubarak helps his sister overcome menstruation challenges in displacement

08/28/2026

Two months after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, nine-year-old Derwimar shares what she misses the most: home, her room and school.

Now living in a temporary camp with her family and Panchito, her parrot, Derwimar sees her old home - damaged by the earthquake - anytime she steps out.

She spends a lot of time with her family and Panchito is a big part of her life. She feeds him and makes sure that dogs and cats stay away while he sleeps. “He only lets me hold him,” she says. She dreams of becoming a veterinarian.

UNICEF is supporting the camp and working with partners to expand access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

UNICEF is staying to help deliver essential needs for children. Join us to give children our sustained attention and support. Donate now: https://unicef.link/4eGa38H

08/27/2026

At least 17,000 children have been impacted by the devastating flash floods that tore through Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts in Nepal on 26 August.

So far, an estimated 332 people have died – including at least 14 children - and hundreds are still missing. The numbers are expected to rise as search operations continue.

The flash floods have also:

- swept away or cut off entire communities, with roads, bridges, hydropower facilities, water systems and telecommunications networks badly damaged, leaving affected areas largely inaccessible and hampering the delivery of life-saving aid.
- damaged health facilities, preventing children from accessing healthcare when they need it most
- destroyed and damaged 38 schools, with dozens more schools located close to riverbanks in the affected areas at risk.

With partners, UNICEF is scaling up life-saving support across health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), education, child protection and social protection.

Emergency hygiene kits for thousands of households are already reaching those in need.

In the coming days, pre-positioned supplies will be dispatched to the hardest-hit communities, including medical tents, bed nets and newborn kits, and therapeutic food for children with acute malnutrition.

“With the death toll still rising, we know this tragedy is far from over. Children who have survived the floods now face heightened risks of disease, malnutrition, violence and exploitation. UNICEF is on the ground and scaling up support, but we urgently need more resources to reach every child in need.” - Alice Akunga, UNICEF Representative to Nepal. UNICEF Nepal

Donate to support children in Nepal: https://unicef.link/45W6Ca7