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On 9 February 2023 in Lattakia Governorate, northwestern Syrian Arab Republic, a child sleeps beneath a blanket in a temporary shelter in Al-Mansory Mosque in the old city of Jableh district.
Press release
16 February 2023
One week on from devastating earthquakes, millions of children remain in need of urgent humanitarian assistance
4.6 million children are living in affected areas in Türkiye, with another 2.5 million children affected in Syria
Paula Ondi (front) raises her hand during class at Yosiba Elementary School (SD Inpres Yosiba) in Simporo, Papua Province, Indonesia, on 15 June 2021.
Remarks
07 June 2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at 2022 Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction
Document
12 March 2019
Let’s learn to prevent disasters!
This booklet aims to provide the educational community and children with an innovative and interactive tool for risk management.

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Let’s learn to prevent disasters! (PDF, 4 MB)
Children participate in a DRR summer camp in Shifang, Sichuan Province in July, 2017.
Article
13 July 2018
Disaster Risk Reduction
Summer camp explores a participatory and engaging approach for disaster risk education
Making Disaster Risk Education Fun
Video
03 July 2018
Making Disaster Risk Education Fun
180 children joined disaster risk education summer camps in Sichuan Province, China.
Press release
08 July 2016
El Niño is over but its impact on children is set to worsen as disease, malnutrition continue to spread
In Eastern and Southern Africa alone, 26.5 million children are in need of aid
Girls tend the school garden at the Catholic primary school in the village of Busamana, about 30 km from the town of Gisenyi, in Western Province.
Press release
26 November 2015
Children will bear the brunt of climate change - UNICEF
More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence 160 million live in high drought severity areas
Press release
28 July 2015
Three months on from first Nepal quake, children still at risk
UNICEF provides $15 million in cash transfers to most vulnerable families
Press release
09 July 2015
Children's lives at serious risk if DPR Korea drought continues, UNICEF warns
Neena (5) surveys the wreckage of her home, which was destroyed by the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Blog post
18 March 2015
Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Reduction: what's at stake for children at Sendai?