Aer Lingus’ UNICEF Ambassadors travel to India
An Aer Lingus cabin crew team of UNICEF Ambassadors recently traveled to India to see the work the organisation is doing for children. The 2018 representatives of the Change for…
The Difference Emergency Food Can Make for Children in Syria
By the end of 2017, there were 2.9 million people living in hard-to-reach areas in Syria, including besieged areas. The situation facing people like those in East Ghouta right now…
Seven Years of War – Seven Children’s Stories
A seven-year-old in Syria has never known a day without war. Millions of Syrian children have grown up facing the violence on a daily basis. After seven years of…
UNICEF’s response in East Ghouta
Total number of children in need in Syria - 6 Million Number of children living in hard to reach areas - Nearly 1.5 million Number of people under siege in East Ghouta - 393,00 (Half of them…
UNICEF’s blank statement on Syria
UNICEF has taken the unusual step of issuing a blank statement in the aftermath of the latest violence in Syria. The blank statement has been sent to all media outlets.…
Atica’s road to recovery
How a kind sister and some theraputic food and medicine saved one little girls life
80% of teens hold themselves responsible for their safety online
UNICEF Ireland polled 400 Irish teens for Safer Internet Day in early February, the results were surprising. Answering anonymously, almost half admitted lying about their age online in order…
1 in 4 children live in conflict or disaster zones
UNICEF has launched an appeal for $3.6 billion to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to 48 million children living through conflict, natural disasters and other emergencies in 51 countries around the…
Ambassador Joe Canning speaks to Late Late Show about seven years of war in Syria
UNICEF Ireland Joe Canning travelled to Syria at the end of 2017, to see the impact of seven years of war on children there. Canning was deeply affected by what…
Surviving Winter in Syria
The coming winter is the latest threat to Syrian children. Freezing temperatures, snow and heavy rain will make life a struggle for children who have been forced from their homes.…
Winter: a desperate struggle for children in Syria
Conflict has changed every part of Syria over the past six years, including winter. Any happy memories of snow filled streets and fields are now gone. Forced to flee their…
Rankin & Bastille collaborate on powerful child refugee video
“I am a child, not a threat” Renowned photographer and director Rankin has joined forces with UNICEF to create a short film highlighting the plight of children uprooted by…