January 2010: Before the massive 12 January earthquake, Haiti was already facing a critical humanitarian crisis that denied many of its children - who are almost half of the country's 10 million citizens - the right to survive and thrive. Then the quake hit, killing an estimated 112,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless.
June 2012: Decades of conflict, deep poverty and recurrent drought continue to devastate Somalia's children.
July 2011: Over a million people have fled ongoing conflict in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and nearly 250,000 are internally displaced.
January 2011: Despite global support after the January 2010 earthquake, continued dislocation and new crises are challenging recovery.
January 2010: The 12 January earthquake killed an estimated 112,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless, many of them children.
January 2009: UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action Report 2009 appeals for funds for children and woman affected by emergencies worldwide.
December 2008: Children continue to suffer amid renewed fighting in North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
February 2008: UNICEF’s annual Humanitarian Action Report appeals for funds for children and woman affected by emergencies worldwide.
February 2007: The Krishnamurthy sisters are still recovering from the death of their mother in the 26 December 2004 tsunami.
July 2006: UNICEF continues to support Government recovery efforts more than a month after the 27 May earthquake.
February 2006: More than 8 million people face starvation and disease in drought-stricken East Africa and the Horn.
June 2005: Six months later, children and their families continue to recover from the loss of loved ones and the destruction of their worlds.
June 2005: UNICEF supports health & nutrition services for children and women in camps hosting some 1.8 million people.
March 2005: Ninety days after the tsunami, UNICEF merges child-focused relief with long-term rehabilitation.
March 2005: UNICEF helps to provide shelter, education, special protection and other basic services to Darfur's displaced people.
January 2012: UNICEF’s 2012 Humanitarian Action for Children report appeals for support for vulnerable children affected by emergencies.
May 2011: As Côte d’Ivoire’s post-election conflict ends, lingering instability and ruined health systems continue to exact a toll on children.
January 2011: Six months after record flooding devastated Pakistan – affecting 20 million people – the country struggles to recover.
September 2010: More than 8 million children are among the 18 million people affected by Pakistan’s worst flood crisis in living memory.
February 2010: Each year UNICEF and partners respond to over 200 emergencies worldwide.
May 2009: Over 2 million people are fleeing conflict in Pakistan, amounting to the largest and fastest-growing displacement crisis in recent years.
January 2009: 410 children have been killed and 1,855 injured since the start of the Israeli military incursion into the Gaza Strip.
May 2008: Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar’s south-west coast, killing an estimated 100,000 people and leaving 1.5 million more struggling to survive.
November 2007: Two 9-year-old girls in the hard-hit Barisal District work to ensure their families’ recovery.
December 2006: Two years after the tsunami, much has been rebuilt, but children's recovery from the trauma is far from complete.
February 2006: Children in Somalia have already survived war, hunger, floods and forced dislocation.
June 2005: Nine-year-old Sufrisa survived the December 2004 tsunami that devastated Indonesia’s Aceh Province. This is her story.
June 2005: UNICEF helps to provide safe water and sanitation facilities, as well as hygiene education, for camp residents.
April 2005: The 28 March 2005 earthquake off Indonesia’s western Sumatra Island follows the devastating December 2004 tsunami.
March 2005: Through art, children express their fears and sorrows caused by the December 2004 tsunami.
February 2005: Recovery begins in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, the area which bore the brunt of the tsunami disaster.