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The MSC Foundation has raised a total of 12 million euros for UNICEF’s global programmes for children. This is a major milestone in the partnership’s 13-year history.

Eight brutal years of conflict have devastated the lives of millions of children in Yemen and left 11 million children in need of one or more forms of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF said today, warning that, without urgent action, millions could face greater risks of being malnourished.

Millions of children are at risk in the face of a potential increase in cholera cases in Malawi and Mozambique in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has ravaged both countries for the second time in less than a month.

One month on from the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes.

The 3.7 million children in affected areas of Syria who survived the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria are facing several growing and potentially catastrophic threats, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned today.

In the autumn of the 2023 election year, 80 young people from different backgrounds will debate a national future topic and present their recommendations to politicians and the public.

The National Council is today debating the future funding of external childcare in Switzerland.

Almost one year since the escalation of the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, a generation of children has experienced 12 months of violence, fear, loss and tragedy.

Seven days after two devastating earthquakes and more than 1,600 aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria – causing widespread destruction and taking the lives of thousands of people.

Thousands of children and families are at risk after two devastating earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria today.