Media Releases

Sydney, 16 May 2012 – Ewan McGregor has launched a video campaign for UNICEF calling on Australians to support the children at great risk of malnutrition across the Sahel.

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Sydney, 11 May 2012 – Carrie Bickmore has been announced as a UNICEF ambassador, adding to her roles as television presenter of Channel 10’s The Project and mother to son Oliver.
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Millions of children risk being pushed back into poverty as the Australian Government has failed its promise to the world’s poor, says UNICEF Australia. Read more...

Sydney, 7 May 2012 - He’s reaching 2.5 million Australians every night and now Joel Madden is calling on those Australians to give their mum measles this Mother’s Day. Read more...

SYDNEY, 3 May 2012 – Australia’s newest voters are strongly supportive of the Australian government increasing its aid spending a new survey from UNICEF Australia has shown.
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SYDNEY, 2 MAY 2012 – 2012 Australian of the year  and UNICEF Ambassador Geoffrey Rush, has joined with other Australian entertainment, business and international aid luminaries to reinforce the call to keep the Gillard Governments commitment to Australian aid. Read more...

SYDNEY, 30 April 2012 – Pregnant with her third child, Erica Packer, is asking her children to give her measles this Mother’s Day to help protect mums and babies all over the world.
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SYDNEY, 30 April 2012 – Australian of the Year, Geoffrey Rush, has one request this Mother’s Day – he’s calling on all Australians to give your mum measles. Read more...

Sydney, 29 April 2011- A coalition of Australia’s leading children and youth focused organisations welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement of the establishment of a National Children’s Commissioner. Read more...

Sydney, Friday 27 April, 2012- UTS law student, Janani Muhunthan has been selected to join the Child Rights Taskforce in Geneva as their Youth Reporter in June 2012.

“I grew up in Zimbabwe and Papua New Guinea where I saw many voiceless children experience human rights abuses due to poor protection and awareness”, said Ms Muhunthan.
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Sydney/Kenya, 11 April 2012 – The massive humanitarian response in the Horn of Africa in 2011 reversed the spread of famine and saved tens of thousands of children’s lives. However the outlook is still worrisome, threatening the gains achieved to date, according to a new UNICEF report.
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SYDNEY, 5 April 2012 – UNICEF has launched an emergency response following severe floods that have caused several deaths and damaged homes, roads, hospitals, schools and crops.

Over 12,000 people, including 3,000 children, are staying in 127 evacuation centres, the majority of which are schools.  These centres are without electricity or water and have limited sanitation facilities.
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HARARE, ZIMBABWE, 2 April 2012 – The impact of Australia’s aid to Zimbabwe will be investigated in a mission starting today and involving representatives from UNICEF and AusAID.
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SYDNEY, 22 March 2012 – Girl Guides Australia, well-known for their annual biscuit drive, have this year added a second fundraising initiative to their year, partnering with UNICEF to launch the annual Girl Guide card competition. Read more...

SYDNEY / AMMAN, 23 March 2012 — As the impact of the ongoing crisis in Syria ripples across the region, UNICEF has unveiled plans to address the urgent health, educational and other needs of tens of thousands of Syrian children being sheltered in surrounding countries.
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Dakar / Sydney, 22 March 2012 - UNICEF is warning that there is little time left to stave off a disaster facing more than a million children aged below five in the Sahel region of Africa.  The dry, ‘lean’ season in the eight affected countries is imminent. For UNICEF, this will be marked by rising numbers of children in feeding centres who will need lifesaving treatment. Read more...

SYDNEY, 29 February 2012- This week, an important international child rights treaty is launched in Geneva for national governments to sign and ratify. The Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes a procedure for children to complain about the violation  of their rights by national governments. Read more...

SYDNEY, 28 February 2012 – Cities are failing hundreds of millions of children, leaving them virtually invisible and excluded from vital services, according to a new UNICEF report looking at urban poverty. Child well-being averages are masking the widespread disparities that exist in cities for children’s rate of survival, nutritional status and education access. Read more...

Sydney, 20 February 2012 –UNICEF is calling for an urgent increase in funds to avert the current malnutrition crisis becoming a catastrophe across the Sahel. Read more...

Sydney, 20 February 2012- Sydney FC has joined global football giants Barcelona and Manchester United in a partnership with UNICEF. The Sky Blues are set to work alongside UNICEF Australia to help improve child rights in the ever-expanding Asia Pacific Region.
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UNICEF is one of the world's most respected charities. Our mission is to protect and advance the rights of children everywhere. Our supporters are of paramount importance to us and we strive for the highest standards of accountability and transparency as we work to achieve this goal. 
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SYDNEY, 27 January 2012 – A UNICEF report on emergency response for 2012 says less countries are in need of humanitarian assistance than a year ago, but that certain disaster hotspots continue to affect millions around the world. Read more...

SYDNEY, 22nd December 2011 - Nearly 40 of Australia’s leading national children and youth support organisations are today celebrating the release of an NGO Positions Paper on the role and functions of a National Children’s Commissioner. Read more...

21 December 2011 – UNICEF is today delivering water and sanitation supplies to assist in the provision of clean water and sanitation facilities for 15,000 families affected by the devastating floods in southern Philippines. Read more...

SYDNEY, 19 December 2011 - More than 108,000 people including 42,000 children are in urgent need of assistance according to UNICEF Australia’s Chief Executive Dr Norman Gillespie, following the extreme impact of Tropical Storm Washi. Read more...

SYDNEY, 15 December 2011 - P&G, the company behind some of Australia’s most well known brands including Vicks, Gillette and Olay, has been recognised by UNICEF for its Vicks Road to Relief initiative, a landmark campaign which has delivered over 4.5 million measles vaccinations to children in developing countries over the last two years. Read more...

Naff: naf (slang) adj inferior, worthless, lacking taste or style, vulgar.

SYDNEY, 14 December 2011 – Roy and HG, Tara Moss and Jimmy Barnes are forsaking the shocking socks, prissy perfume and knitted neckties for Christmas this year, and asking loved ones for a gift from UNICEF that will do some good. Read more...

SYDNEY, 13 December  2011- Although offering more opportunities for education and information than at any time in history, the Internet has also amplified the scale and potential of threats to children, says a new report from UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre. Read more...

SYDNEY, December 4, 2011 - Leading Australian children’s advocates The St Vincent de Paul Society, Save the Children and UNICEF have welcomed the commitment by the Australian Labor Party to appoint a National Children’s Commissioner. Read more...

30 November 2011, Sydney – As the number of HIV/AIDS infections slows through education, increase in services and treatment, the world is on the brink of the first HIV free generation according to new research.
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SYDNEY, 30 November 2011- There’s only one thing Socceroos hero and UNICEF Ambassador Tim Cahill wants for his birthday on December 6 – for you to buy him a football. Read more...

Sydney, 28 November 2011 - As Foreign Minister The Hon Kevin Rudd MP heads to South Korea to attend a conference on aid effectiveness, Save the Children and UNICEF urge more international action on aid reform to help save thousands more children lives in the developing world. Read more...

Naff: naf (slang) adj inferior, worthless, lacking taste or style, vulgar.

SYDNEY, 21 November 2011-  Stop! Don’t reach for the socks, soaps nor satin boxers this Christmas. UNICEF Australia is encouraging all Australians to “Say No To Naff” and instead give a gift that will make a real difference for children in need. Read more...

SYDNEY, 14 November 2011 – Children are already suffering because of climate change and will continue to be amongst the most affected by, new UNICEF research confirms. Read more...

Thursday 3 November 2011 – This morning (AEDT) William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made a special visit to the UNICEF global supply centre in Copenhagen to help maintain the world’s attention on the humanitarian crisis in East Africa, which has left more than 320,000 children so severely malnourished that they are at imminent risk of death unless they get urgent help. Read more...

SYDNEY, 2 November 2011 - William and Catherine, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be making a special visit to UNICEF’s Emergency Supply Centre in Copenhagen this afternoon, to help put the global spotlight back onto the humanitarian crisis in East Africa.
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Perth, Western Australia, 29 October 2011- UNICEF Australia welcomes the $50 million commitment to eradicate polio by Prime Minister Julia Gillard today at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Read more...

SYDNEY, 26 October 2011 – His books cover everything from bums, warts and bellyflops to refugees and Nazi Poland, and now popular children’s author Morris Gleitzman is drawing on his storytelling talents to help Aussie kids learn about the challenges of growing up in Timor-Leste.
 
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SYDNEY, 24 October 2011- On World Polio Day, UNICEF Australia is calling on the Commonwealth countries to redouble efforts to terminate polio. Read more...

Canberra Wednesday 19 October 2011 – After welcoming her first child into the world earlier this year, and being appointed UNICEF Australia’s Patron for Breastfeeding, television presenter and bestselling author Tara Moss will begin her official duties tomorrow (9am, Thurs Oct 20) when she opens the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s International Conference in Canberra.
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SYDNEY, 14 October 2011 – UNICEF joins hundreds of millions of people across the globe tomorrow in celebrating the 4th annual Global Handwashing Day, emphasizing the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective, simple, and affordable way to prevent disease. Read more...

SYDNEY, 10 October 2011 – For the first time in five years, Australia will come before the UN tonight (AEDT) to shine a spotlight on our Government’s commitment to Australian children. Read more...

SYDNEY, 15 September 2011 – Starting tomorrow, restaurateurs in Sydney and Melbourne will be appealing to diners to make a small contribution when they order bread, to support families affected by the East Africa food crisis. Read more...

SYDNEY, 15 September 2011 - UNICEF welcomes the international progress that is still being made on saving children’s lives as the number of preventable deaths for children under 5 has reduced by 1000 per day in the last year alone. Read more...

NAIROBI, Kenya, 13 September 2011 – UNICEF and its partners are striving to reach children and their families affected by famine and drought in southern Somalia with the start of a food voucher and cash transfer programme. Read more...

SYDNEY, 12 September 2011 – Up to 2.5 million children have been affected by severe monsoon floods in southern Pakistan – and with many still recovering from the worst floods in the country’s history just a year ago, UNICEF says more help must reach them fast before the situation worsens.
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SYDNEY, 31 August 2011 – UNICEF Australia welcomes the decision of the High Court of Australia in upholding the international obligations Australia has to unaccompanied minors who arrive in Australia seeking asylum. Read more...

SYDNEY, 22 August 2011 – UNICEF and partners are working to deliver measles vaccinations to all 2.5 million children aged between six months and 15 years in famine affected Somalia. Read more...

SYDNEY, 17 August 2011 – Girl Guides across NSW and ACT are using artistic endeavours to this month help raise awareness for UNICEF and the Millennium Development Goals. Read more...

SYDNEY, 15 August 2011- UNICEF has rushed specific cholera treatment to combat the outbreak of the disease that has taken the lives of 181 people in Somalia.

Dr Norman Gillespie Chief Executive of UNICEF Australia said, “the outbreak of cholera further complicates our response efforts in assisting the 3.7 million people in Somalia who are in urgent need of aid. Read more...

SYDNEY, 8 August 2011- Australian icon and theatre, television and film actress, Jacki Weaver, has launched a video campaign for UNICEF, calling on all Australians to support children affected by drought and famine in East Africa.
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SYDNEY, 5 August 2011- UNICEF Australia has questioned the commitment of the Australian Government to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the wake of the reported departure of 19 newly arrived asylum seeking children. Read more...

Nairobi, 3 August 2011 -  Three new areas in southern Somalia have deteriorated into a famine situation. These are parts of Middle Shabelle region, the Afgooye Corridor settlements home to roughly 400,000 displaced people since 2007 and parts of Mogadishu which are hosting displaced populations. This follows a declaration of famine in two regions of south Bakool and Lower Shabelle two weeks ago.
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SYDNEY, 2 August 2011 - UNICEF is sending a strong message today to not send donations of infant formula, bottles and teats and other powdered or liquid milk and milk products to the millions of children in East Africa who are in need of urgent nutrition support.
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SYDNEY, 26 July 2011 - As the escalating crisis in East Africa unfolds, UNICEF is calling for an urgent increase in funds to avert the current crisis becoming a catastrophe. Read more...

SYDNEY, 20 July 2011 – All of South Somalia’s 3.7 million people are being affected by the current crisis, as the humanitarian situation in East Africa intensifies and an official famine is declared. Read more...

SYDNEY, 20 July 2011 – UNICEF welcomes the announcement by the Australian government today of an additional $30 million to the rapidly escalating crises in East Africa. Read more...

NAIROBI, Kenya, 17 July 2011 – UNICEF has called for an immediate expansion of assistance across the Horn of Africa’s drought affected communities, to address the dire needs of more than two million children, of whom half a million are at imminent risk of dying. Read more...

SYDNEY, 15 July 2011- UNICEF has begun airlifting emergency nutrition supplies and water equipment to Baidoa in southern Somalia as new figures show half a million children in Somalia are suffering from malnutrition. Read more...

SYDNEY, 14 July 2011- UNICEF Australia today launched an urgent appeal to support emergency relief efforts in East Africa as drought and escalating food prices leave 10 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Read more...

A year on from the Pakistan floods, ABC Local Radio's Jon Faine will travel to some of the country’s worst hit areas to report on the ongoing impact of the international relief effort. Read more...

SYDNEY, 8 July 2011 –The world’s poorest children are being left behind despite overall progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the UN MDG report says. Read more...

SYDNEY, 6 July 2011- UNICEF Australia welcomes the findings of the Independent Review on Aid Effectiveness, which has announced a commitment to better consolidation and a more efficient and effective Australian aid program.  Read more...

SYDNEY, 6 July 2011– Gross inadequacies remain in Australia’s commitment to its children, despite recommendations made five years ago for improvement, according to a report to be launched on Wednesday in Canberra.

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SYDNEY, 20 June 2011- UNICEF Australia welcome the achievement by Immigration Minister Bowen in meeting his commitment to move a majority  of families and unaccompanied minors into community care by June 30, 2011. Read more...

SYDNEY, 23 June 2011 - UNICEF Australia and the Cluster Munition Coalition (Australia) are today calling on the Australian government to strengthen legislation to see Australia comply with the spirit of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Read more...

Sydney, 13 June 2011 - The generosity and commitment of the donors at today’s GAVI replenishment conference will benefit the lives of millions of the poorest and most vulnerable children around the world, UNICEF said today. Read more...

SYDNEY, 6 June 2011 – Socceroo superhero Tim Cahill will launch his new role as UNICEF Day for Change Ambassador at War Memorial Playing Fields at Northbridge from 10am to 12pm today. Tim will kick off the UNICEF Day for Change Challenge, and oversee a soccer lesson with students from 10 Sydney schools.  Read more...

SYDNEY, 3 June 2011 - UNICEF Australia is calling on the government to respect its legal, moral and ethical obligations following the Immigration Minster’s sudden announcement to deport unaccompanied minors who arrive in Australia seeking asylum as part of the Malaysia solution. Read more...

SYDNEY, 17 May 2011 - UNICEF Australia has welcomed The Wiggles’ bid for Princess Beatrice’s Royal Wedding headwear, a bold move to bring the hat down under.  

The Wiggles, UNICEF Australia Ambassadors, are currently touring the United Kingdom (9 May – 5th June) and couldn’t resist placing a bid to add this unique hat to their costume collection. Read more...

CANBERRA, 10 May 2011- The Australian Government’s commitment to meeting its aid projections and refocusing on aid fundamentals – core poverty alleviation programs - was welcomed tonight by UNICEF as an opportunity to build on the momentum gained over the last decade in the battle against poverty. Read more...

SYDNEY , Monday 9 May, 2011 - UNICEF Australia today called on the Australian Government to meet its commitments on aid as further improvements in educational enrolments illustrate the impact aid is having on the world’s poorest.
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SYDNEY, 5 May 2011- Forgotten Mother’s Day?! It’s not too late to turn this mistake into a gift for mum that will save children’s lives.

UNICEF Ambassador Jimmy Barnes is leading by example.  “I’ve made some mistakes in my life, but these days I never forget my mum on Mother’s Day”, he says.
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SYDNEY, 18 April 2011 - UNICEF Australia is today launching its range of Inspired Gifts just in time for Easter and Mother’s Day.  From water pumps to footballs, vaccinations to school books, Inspired Gifts are life-saving and life-changing field items used in the 155 countries where UNICEF works to help children survive and thrive. Read more...

SYDNEY, 8 April, 2011- As an aid ship with supplies from the World Food Program, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF arrived in Misrata yesterday containing hundreds of tons of food and medical supplies, UNICEF Australia reemphasised its deep concern at the continuing hostilities in Libya and their impact upon children. Read more...

SYDNEY, March 25, 2011- UNICEF Australia today restated the importance of maintaining Australia’s commitment to the Australian aid program in order to maintain the momentum attained in the battle against poverty over the last two decades. Read more...

SYDNEY, 18 March 2011- UNICEF Australia launched an appeal today to support the people of Japan devastated by the recent earthquake and consequent tsunami. Read more...

SYDNEY, 10 March 2011- UNICEF staff on the ground in Tunisia and Egypt have seen the numbers of families and children crossing the border from Libya rise in the last two days. Read more...

SYDNEY, 8 March 2011: UNICEF, with UN Agencies and aid partners, has launched a Regional Flash Appeal for US$160 million to respond to the escalating Libyan crisis that has already seen more than 203,756 people flee the country. Read more...

SYDNEY, 7 March 2010 - UNICEF is launching its annual Humanitarian Action for Children Report 2011 today, requesting $1.4 billion in its annual appeal to donors. Pakistan is the major priority in 2011, with the report estimating that AU$292 million dollars is needed to respond effectively to the flood crisis in Pakistan.  Haiti, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo make up the top five priorities for UNCEF’s global humanitarian work in 2011 Read more...

SYDNEY, 1 March 2011 – Over two million children around the world are practising their sums for the world’s largest online maths competition today.

World Maths Day will see over 320,000 Australian children participate in this online contest while raising money for their schools and UNICEF education projects in Viet Nam and Mozambique. Read more...

SYDNEY, 26 February 2011 - UNICEF’s flagship report on The State of the World’s Children 2011 recommends the need to invest more in the world’s adolescents (young people 10 – 18 years).  A failure to do so risks losing the massive momentum gained over the last decade in health and education outcomes for children under ten. Read more...

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SYDNEY, 8 February - UNICEF Australia has serious reservations about the Coalition’s planned cuts to Australia’s aidand its consequent impact on education outcomes to the poorest children in Indonesia. Read more...

SYDNEY, February 8, 2011 - UNICEF Australia has said cutting aid would threaten to send millions of people back into extreme poverty. Read more...

Port Vila, Vanuatu 25 January, 2011 – An estimated 16,000 people, almost half of them children on the islands of Tanna and Erramango in Vanuatu’s Tafea Province face immediate hunger and lack of safe water following a tropical cyclone that destroyed food crops and damaged water sources. Read more...

SYDNEY, January 14, 2011 -  UNICEF Australia offers its sympathy to the people in Queensland and NSW affected by the current flooding.

Dr Norman Gillespie, Chief Executive of UNICEF Australia said “We offer our heartfelt condolences to all those affected by the devastating floods and wish for an effective and speedy recovery”. Read more...

SYDNEY, 7 January 2011 –One year after the devastating January 12 earthquake shook their fragile lives, Haiti’s 4 million children continue to suffer from inequitable access to clean water, sanitation, healthcare, and education services and protection against disease, exploitation, and sanitary conditions, UNICEF said today. 
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SYDNEY, 24 December 2010 -This Christmas Australians are expected to spend an estimated $438 per household on gifts - placing us among the most generous in the world when it comes to spending on Christmas. Yet, in an age of unprecedented affluence in Australia a growing gap has emerged between Australians and the 1 billion people who live on less than $2 per day. Read more...

SYDNEY, 17 December 2010 – On the 20th anniversary of Australia’s ratification of the UN chid rights convention, the country’s peak children’s NGO coalition is seeking submissions to examine the state of child wellbeing. Read more...

CANBERRA, 7 December 2010- Australia is joining the fight to help Haiti combat one of the most severe outbreaks of cholera seen in the last century.

More than 1700 people have died from the disease since the Haiti Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of cholera on 21 October, with more than 34,000 cases reported.
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CANBERRA, 3 December 2010- The Government today marked International Day for Persons with Disabilities with the release of its first report on AusAID's work overseas to improve the lives of people with disability.
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SYDNEY, 3 December 2010 - The latest research from UNICEF on child well being in rich countries shows the growing gap between Australia and other rich nations  in looking after our most vulnerable  children. Read more...

SYDNEY, 30 November 2010 – The world is coming closer to seeing an AIDS-free generation as the international community steps up efforts to provide universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, and social protection, according to a new UNICEF report.

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SYDNEY, 22 November 2010 – He may be one of the world’s most famous footballers, but as David Beckham prepares for his imminent trip to Australia with Football Club LA Galaxy, he is speaking out in another role, as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation. Read more...

SYDNEY, 18 November 2010 - A new UNICEF report shows changing attitudes to FGM across Africa are ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting(FGM/C). Read more...

Sydney, Australia.  16 November, 2010 - UNICEF Australia today warmly welcomed the commencement of an independent review of the Australian aid program announced by Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd overnight. Read more...

Sydney, Australia.  16 November, 2010 – Australia’s peak children’s NGO coalition is calling for submissions on how Australia is faring on its commitment to the United Nation’s convention on the rights of the child. Read more...

During this Christmas season 1 euro from every soft toy bought at IKEA stores worldwide will support children’s projects to help realise every child’s right to a quality education. Read more...

UNICEF is rushing to ensure adequate emergency supplies in preparation for a severe tropical storm, as it works with UN and NGO partners to support the Government of Haiti’s response to the recent cholera outbreak. Read more...

Following this week’s double natural disasters caused by an earthquake in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province and the volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java, UNICEF is working closely with Government of Indonesia partners to provide emergency assistance for children. Read more...

57,000 school students across Australia have united for children in Mozambique as part of this year’s UNICEF Day for Change. Read more...

UNICEF, alongside the Ministry of Health, DINEPA and NGO partners, is working to increase its capacity to respond to the cholera outbreak in the Artibonite Department north of Port-au-Prince. Read more...

UNICEF and its partners are working with urgency on the ground, responding to a recent outbreak of cholera in Haiti’s rural-central region of Artibonite. Read more...

For the third annual Global Handwashing Day, more than 200 million schoolchildren, parents, teachers, celebrities and government officials around the world will lather up, but at the end of the day, they aim to have more than just clean hands. Read more...

Top Australian business men and women swap their suits for soccer shorts next Friday to raise funds for vulnerable children around the world at UNICEF’s annual six-a-side soccer tournament. Read more...

CANBERRA, 5 October 2010- A giant child rights flag will be displayed on the lawn of Canberra’s Parliament House on 10 October as Girl Guides Australia and UNICEF join forces to celebrate International Year of Youth and the 21st Anniversary of the Convention of Rights of the Child. Read more...

SYDNEY, 29 September 2010 - A new report, Towards Universal Access  from UNICEF, UNAIDS and the WHO on the global efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS suggest significant progress has been made but huge challenges lie ahead. Read more...

23 September 2010 - On a visit to India, IKEA CEO Mikael Ohlsson met communities at UNICEF supported projects to promote children’s rights. IKEA Social Initiative supports UNICEF’s work in India to prevent child labour and to improve child survival with the long-term goal of contributing to the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals. Read more...

Australia is committed to saving the lives of women and children in developing countries who die needlessly from pregnancy and childbirth related complications and common childhood illnesses. Read more...

Sydney, 22 September 2010 – UNICEF today issued a report on the flooding emergency in Pakistan stating over 10 million children are affected by the crisis in the largest scale disaster of our life time. Read more...

CANBERRA, 17 September 2010 - Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd today announced a further $40 million in Australian Government aid to Pakistan. Read more...

SYDNEY, 16 September 2010 – The number of children dying before their fifth birthday has fallen by 12,000 deaths per day since 1990, according to new figures from UNICEF published in the Lancet today. Read more...

SYDNEY, 10 September 2010- UNICEF has increased its response to the survivors of the Pakistan flood crisis with more than 2.5 million people now accessing clean water every day and a further million people are accessing food,  and thousands of female health workers are delivering urgent assistance. Read more...

SYDNEY, 7 September 2010 - Millions more lives can be saved if more investment is placed on the most disadvantaged children and communities, according to a new UNICEF study released today. Such an approach would also address the widening disparities that are accompanying progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world’s blueprint to ending poverty. Read more...

SYDNEY, 29 August 2010 - As we reach the one month anniversary of the commencement of the flooding in Pakistan, the Australian public has donated more than $3 million to UNICEF Australia support the people in Pakistan who are in such need. Read more...

SYDNEY, 26 August 2010 – UNICEF has extended its water and sanitation program in Pakistan to reach 1.9 million people daily with safe drinking water. In addition, UNICEF and partners are reaching more than one million people affected by the floods with emergency food supplies. Read more...

SYDNEY, 19 August 2010 – Today, on World Humanitarian Day we remember the 278 people across the world who have payed the ultimate price in the course of improving the lives of the most vulnerable in our world. UNICEF has released a public awareness film drawing attention to the scope of work undertaken by aid workers around the world. The video comes as research shows the number of humanitarian workers killed in action has tripled in the past 10 years.

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SYDNEY, 18 August 2010 – Aid workers delivering life giving assistance on the ground in Pakistan are in desperate need of more resources said UNICEF Australia today.

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17 August, 2010 - Over recent days the flood disaster in Pakistan has worsened. The Pakistan Government now estimates that more than a third of Pakistan is being directly impacted on by the floods. Up to 20 million people have been adversely affected and over 750,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed.  Dehydration and water borne diseases such as Cholera are of increasing concern. Read more...

SYDNEY, 12 August 2010 – UNICEF Australia has seen a 200 per cent increase in donations over night as Australians become more aware of the severity of the flooding that is terrorising villages and provinces throughout Pakistan. Read more...

SYDNEY, 11 August 2010 - Pakistan's deadly floods have now affected over 14 million people - 6 million children - and with the monsoonal rains likely to continue for another month, concerns are esclating for the welfare of the already huge numbers of people in need of humanitarian aid.

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SYDNEY, 4 August 2010 - UNICEF is sending in life-saving supplies to the millions of people hit by severe flooding in several provinces in northern Pakistan. The devastating floods are said to be the worst in the region for 80 years and have affected an estimated 3.2 million people including 1.4 million children. Read more...

SYDNEY, 03 August 2010 - UNICEF Australia today launched an urgent appeal to support emergency relief efforts in north-west Pakistan as severe flooding in the region has left more than three million people in need of emergency assistance. Read more...

SYDNEY, 2 August 2010 – One of the world’s leading child rights and relief organisations is launching a confronting new advertising campaign in a bid to break down ‘compassion fatigue’ in Australia towards global poverty.

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SYDNEY, 22 July 2010 – A new TV drama made by MTV and backed by UNICEF is reaching millions of young audiences in Africa with messaging on the importance of HIV testing and debasing the stigma associated with HIV. Read more...

SYDNEY, 12 July 2010 – Six months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, UNICEF continues to provide assistance to the 3 million people who were affected by the devastating quake, yet the challenges to meet the needs of more than 800,000 affected children and their families remain daunting.

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SYDNEY, 5 July 2010 – UNICEF Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Norman Gillespie as UNICEF Australia's new Chief Executive, following the departure of Carolyn Hardy to take up a new post with UNICEF in Geneva. Read more...

SYDNEY, 18 June 2010 – Eleven years old Aya and Fatima are close schoolmates and friends at Al Rabab primary school for girls in Kidhur district of Muthana governorate in southern Iraq. Their school’s water facilities and toilets were in such terrible condition that their quality of education was seriously affected.

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SYDNEY, 10 June 2010 – On the eve of the World Day against Child Labour, UNICEF and IKEA are marking ten years of a ground-breaking partnership to protect children’s rights and prevent child labour. The US$190 million (AU$229 million) partnership impacts the lives of an estimated 100 million children in over 30 countries, making IKEA UNICEF’s largest corporate donor.

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PRETORIA, 1 June 2010 – With 10 days to go till the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, UNICEF today launched a comprehensive campaign aimed at enhancing child protection and helping to ensure children’s safety as they enjoy the global football spectacular either in their own communities or on visits to any of four free FIFA Fan Fests where the children’s organisation has established Child-friendly Spaces.

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SYDNEY, 25 MAY 2010 – Failure by world leaders to deliver on their promise of education for every child could cost developing countries up to $70 billion per year in lost economic growth, campaigners and leading names in football warned today.
 
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MANOKWARI, 24 May 2010 – Government leaders in West Papua and representatives from Australia and UNICEF on Tuesday vowed to work together in a new partnership to improve the quality of primary education.

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Sydney, 6 April 2010 - A new partnership between the Government of Indonesia, Australia and UNICEF will today be signed to improve the quality of primary education in Indonesia’s easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua. Read more...

SYDNEY, 24 March 2010- In a bold move to avert another cholera outbreak, the Australian Government has allocated US$ 8 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to improve the provision of safe water and sanitation across Zimbabwe. Read more...