UNICEF Ireland
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UNICEF Ireland 🇺🇳🇮🇪
Championing children’s rights across Ireland and the globe. 🌍
We advocate, innovate, and fundraise to ensure every child has a fair chance in life.
#ForEveryChild | Learn more: unicef.ie
Championing children’s rights across Ireland and the globe. 🌍
We advocate, innovate, and fundraise to ensure every child has a fair chance in life.
#ForEveryChild | Learn more: unicef.ie
Liam Neeson said we must “never write off young people” as he met former gang members, child soldiers and babies battling illness on a visit to South Sudan.
The UNICEF Ambassador saw how poverty threatens children’s futures and how UNICEF supporters are helping them overcome it.
The UNICEF Ambassador saw how poverty threatens children’s futures and how UNICEF supporters are helping them overcome it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Liam Neeson said we must “never write off young people” as he met former gang members, child soldiers and babies battling illness on a visit to South Sudan.
The UNICEF Ambassador saw how poverty threatens children’s futures and how UNICEF supporters are helping them overcome it.
The UNICEF Ambassador saw how poverty threatens children’s futures and how UNICEF supporters are helping them overcome it.
This young girl lives in a flimsy tent in Turkey after a 2024 earthquake destroyed her home.
Yet when a photographer approached her, a huge smile lit up her face. 😊
💙 Even in the hardest moments, children find reasons to smile.
With your support, we’re helping protect them.
Yet when a photographer approached her, a huge smile lit up her face. 😊
💙 Even in the hardest moments, children find reasons to smile.
With your support, we’re helping protect them.
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This young girl lives in a flimsy tent in Turkey after a 2024 earthquake destroyed her home.
Yet when a photographer approached her, a huge smile lit up her face. 😊
💙 Even in the hardest moments, children find reasons to smile.
With your support, we’re helping protect them.
Yet when a photographer approached her, a huge smile lit up her face. 😊
💙 Even in the hardest moments, children find reasons to smile.
With your support, we’re helping protect them.
UNICEF ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Bangladesh recently, where he called on the international community to protect children in some of the world’s largest refugee camps.
👉 Read more: www.unicef.ie/pr-news/orla...
👉 Read more: www.unicef.ie/pr-news/orla...
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
UNICEF ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Bangladesh recently, where he called on the international community to protect children in some of the world’s largest refugee camps.
👉 Read more: www.unicef.ie/pr-news/orla...
👉 Read more: www.unicef.ie/pr-news/orla...
Since October UNICEF has delivered 9,849 pallets of aid to Gaza.
But the situation is deteriorating rapidly.
UNICEF Ireland is calling on the Irish Government, EU partners, and international community to press for the removal of all restrictions on aid.
👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/mpwn9rz4
But the situation is deteriorating rapidly.
UNICEF Ireland is calling on the Irish Government, EU partners, and international community to press for the removal of all restrictions on aid.
👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/mpwn9rz4
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Since October UNICEF has delivered 9,849 pallets of aid to Gaza.
But the situation is deteriorating rapidly.
UNICEF Ireland is calling on the Irish Government, EU partners, and international community to press for the removal of all restrictions on aid.
👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/mpwn9rz4
But the situation is deteriorating rapidly.
UNICEF Ireland is calling on the Irish Government, EU partners, and international community to press for the removal of all restrictions on aid.
👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/mpwn9rz4
UNICEF sends cash directly to families in Gaza, bypassing restrictions that can make physical aid hard to deliver.
It complements the life-saving work our teams do on the ground for children, including delivering vital aid 📦
None of this is possible without people like you 💙
It complements the life-saving work our teams do on the ground for children, including delivering vital aid 📦
None of this is possible without people like you 💙
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
UNICEF sends cash directly to families in Gaza, bypassing restrictions that can make physical aid hard to deliver.
It complements the life-saving work our teams do on the ground for children, including delivering vital aid 📦
None of this is possible without people like you 💙
It complements the life-saving work our teams do on the ground for children, including delivering vital aid 📦
None of this is possible without people like you 💙
The Government of Ireland has announced an additional €6 million in humanitarian aid to support people in Gaza - including €2 million for UNICEF’s work for children and families.
UNICEF Ireland welcomes the pledge - children in Gaza need our support now more than ever.
UNICEF Ireland welcomes the pledge - children in Gaza need our support now more than ever.
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Government of Ireland has announced an additional €6 million in humanitarian aid to support people in Gaza - including €2 million for UNICEF’s work for children and families.
UNICEF Ireland welcomes the pledge - children in Gaza need our support now more than ever.
UNICEF Ireland welcomes the pledge - children in Gaza need our support now more than ever.
Speaking from Gaza, UNICEF’s James Elder told RTÉ Morning Ireland that children are smiling as they now hope for a better future.
But the destruction is immense and children are still starving.
He said funds are now needed for Palestinians as they try to rebuild.
But the destruction is immense and children are still starving.
He said funds are now needed for Palestinians as they try to rebuild.
October 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Speaking from Gaza, UNICEF’s James Elder told RTÉ Morning Ireland that children are smiling as they now hope for a better future.
But the destruction is immense and children are still starving.
He said funds are now needed for Palestinians as they try to rebuild.
But the destruction is immense and children are still starving.
He said funds are now needed for Palestinians as they try to rebuild.
For more than 700 days, children in Gaza have been killed, maimed, and displaced in a devastating war that is an affront to our shared humanity.
Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of Gaza continue.
The world cannot, and must not, allow this to go on.
Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of Gaza continue.
The world cannot, and must not, allow this to go on.
October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For more than 700 days, children in Gaza have been killed, maimed, and displaced in a devastating war that is an affront to our shared humanity.
Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of Gaza continue.
The world cannot, and must not, allow this to go on.
Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of Gaza continue.
The world cannot, and must not, allow this to go on.
Reposted by UNICEF Ireland
It’s been two years since the horrific attacks on children and communities in Israel by Hamas and other armed groups.
Killing, maiming and abducting children are grave violations of their rights.
Every child, everywhere, has the right to safety, care and protection.
Killing, maiming and abducting children are grave violations of their rights.
Every child, everywhere, has the right to safety, care and protection.
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It’s been two years since the horrific attacks on children and communities in Israel by Hamas and other armed groups.
Killing, maiming and abducting children are grave violations of their rights.
Every child, everywhere, has the right to safety, care and protection.
Killing, maiming and abducting children are grave violations of their rights.
Every child, everywhere, has the right to safety, care and protection.
The world failed Jana.
A little girl forced to endure so much pain because of deliberate decisions to restrict the entry of food into Gaza.
UNICEF is getting aid into Gaza now. But it is not enough. Much more is needed.
Above all, children need a ceasefire now.
A little girl forced to endure so much pain because of deliberate decisions to restrict the entry of food into Gaza.
UNICEF is getting aid into Gaza now. But it is not enough. Much more is needed.
Above all, children need a ceasefire now.
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The world failed Jana.
A little girl forced to endure so much pain because of deliberate decisions to restrict the entry of food into Gaza.
UNICEF is getting aid into Gaza now. But it is not enough. Much more is needed.
Above all, children need a ceasefire now.
A little girl forced to endure so much pain because of deliberate decisions to restrict the entry of food into Gaza.
UNICEF is getting aid into Gaza now. But it is not enough. Much more is needed.
Above all, children need a ceasefire now.
📚 How do we keep girls in school?
By transforming their learning spaces.
💧 In Mozambique, new hygiene facilities meant girls no longer missed class.
🎒 At a school in Nepal, enrolment doubled in a year with safe, play-based classrooms.
UNICEF is there - all thanks to you. 💙
By transforming their learning spaces.
💧 In Mozambique, new hygiene facilities meant girls no longer missed class.
🎒 At a school in Nepal, enrolment doubled in a year with safe, play-based classrooms.
UNICEF is there - all thanks to you. 💙
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📚 How do we keep girls in school?
By transforming their learning spaces.
💧 In Mozambique, new hygiene facilities meant girls no longer missed class.
🎒 At a school in Nepal, enrolment doubled in a year with safe, play-based classrooms.
UNICEF is there - all thanks to you. 💙
By transforming their learning spaces.
💧 In Mozambique, new hygiene facilities meant girls no longer missed class.
🎒 At a school in Nepal, enrolment doubled in a year with safe, play-based classrooms.
UNICEF is there - all thanks to you. 💙
When explosions first shook his hometown in Ukraine, Yury (7), who has Down’s syndrome, was terrified by the sirens. 🚨
Everything changed when he joined a UNICEF project that helps children cope with anxiety through games. 🎲
Now, Yury has a safe place to learn and play. 📚💙
Everything changed when he joined a UNICEF project that helps children cope with anxiety through games. 🎲
Now, Yury has a safe place to learn and play. 📚💙
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
When explosions first shook his hometown in Ukraine, Yury (7), who has Down’s syndrome, was terrified by the sirens. 🚨
Everything changed when he joined a UNICEF project that helps children cope with anxiety through games. 🎲
Now, Yury has a safe place to learn and play. 📚💙
Everything changed when he joined a UNICEF project that helps children cope with anxiety through games. 🎲
Now, Yury has a safe place to learn and play. 📚💙
Bhí Aibhlín O’Leary ó UNICEF Éireann i gcomhrá le @NearFM faoi thionchar tubaisteach an chogaidh i nGaza ar na páistí.
Mhínigh Aibhlín na héilimh atá ag UNICEF chun páistí a chosaint, dlí daonnúil idirnáisiúnta a urramú agus deireadh a chur leis an bhforéigean.
youtu.be/AqzPiJRxbcM
Mhínigh Aibhlín na héilimh atá ag UNICEF chun páistí a chosaint, dlí daonnúil idirnáisiúnta a urramú agus deireadh a chur leis an bhforéigean.
youtu.be/AqzPiJRxbcM
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September 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Bhí Aibhlín O’Leary ó UNICEF Éireann i gcomhrá le @NearFM faoi thionchar tubaisteach an chogaidh i nGaza ar na páistí.
Mhínigh Aibhlín na héilimh atá ag UNICEF chun páistí a chosaint, dlí daonnúil idirnáisiúnta a urramú agus deireadh a chur leis an bhforéigean.
youtu.be/AqzPiJRxbcM
Mhínigh Aibhlín na héilimh atá ag UNICEF chun páistí a chosaint, dlí daonnúil idirnáisiúnta a urramú agus deireadh a chur leis an bhforéigean.
youtu.be/AqzPiJRxbcM
🚨 Education crisis 🚨
Global funding cuts could leave 6 million more children out of school by 2026, a UNICEF analysis has found.
Urgent action is needed now to protect education - because everyone does better when children can learn.
Read more: www.unicef.ie/2025/09/03/g...
Global funding cuts could leave 6 million more children out of school by 2026, a UNICEF analysis has found.
Urgent action is needed now to protect education - because everyone does better when children can learn.
Read more: www.unicef.ie/2025/09/03/g...
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 Education crisis 🚨
Global funding cuts could leave 6 million more children out of school by 2026, a UNICEF analysis has found.
Urgent action is needed now to protect education - because everyone does better when children can learn.
Read more: www.unicef.ie/2025/09/03/g...
Global funding cuts could leave 6 million more children out of school by 2026, a UNICEF analysis has found.
Urgent action is needed now to protect education - because everyone does better when children can learn.
Read more: www.unicef.ie/2025/09/03/g...
📚 Want to make your classroom a more inclusive, respectful, rights-based space this year?
Then download UNICEF Ireland’s free Child Rights Calendar 2025–26.
unicef.ie/rightscalendar
🏫 Let’s make this year one of rights in action. 🌍
#BackToSchool
Then download UNICEF Ireland’s free Child Rights Calendar 2025–26.
unicef.ie/rightscalendar
🏫 Let’s make this year one of rights in action. 🌍
#BackToSchool
September 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📚 Want to make your classroom a more inclusive, respectful, rights-based space this year?
Then download UNICEF Ireland’s free Child Rights Calendar 2025–26.
unicef.ie/rightscalendar
🏫 Let’s make this year one of rights in action. 🌍
#BackToSchool
Then download UNICEF Ireland’s free Child Rights Calendar 2025–26.
unicef.ie/rightscalendar
🏫 Let’s make this year one of rights in action. 🌍
#BackToSchool
Thousands of children are at risk after a devastating earthquake hit Afghanistan.
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and the devastation caused by this disaster.
Our teams are on the ground now, prioritizing life-saving interventions for children and families.
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and the devastation caused by this disaster.
Our teams are on the ground now, prioritizing life-saving interventions for children and families.
September 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thousands of children are at risk after a devastating earthquake hit Afghanistan.
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and the devastation caused by this disaster.
Our teams are on the ground now, prioritizing life-saving interventions for children and families.
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and the devastation caused by this disaster.
Our teams are on the ground now, prioritizing life-saving interventions for children and families.
Once again, the lives of children in Ukraine have been cut short.
Once again, families face a lifetime of mourning.
And once again, injured children must now embark on a long journey to recovery.
Attacks must end. The sanctity of children’s lives must be protected.
Once again, families face a lifetime of mourning.
And once again, injured children must now embark on a long journey to recovery.
Attacks must end. The sanctity of children’s lives must be protected.
August 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Once again, the lives of children in Ukraine have been cut short.
Once again, families face a lifetime of mourning.
And once again, injured children must now embark on a long journey to recovery.
Attacks must end. The sanctity of children’s lives must be protected.
Once again, families face a lifetime of mourning.
And once again, injured children must now embark on a long journey to recovery.
Attacks must end. The sanctity of children’s lives must be protected.
Famine in Gaza!
Right now, a food crisis of staggering proportions is devastating an already exhausted population.
Over 500,000 people are trapped in famine and are facing widespread starvation. Their suffering is beyond comprehension.
Please visit unicef.ie to donate and send life-saving food.
Right now, a food crisis of staggering proportions is devastating an already exhausted population.
Over 500,000 people are trapped in famine and are facing widespread starvation. Their suffering is beyond comprehension.
Please visit unicef.ie to donate and send life-saving food.
August 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Famine in Gaza!
Right now, a food crisis of staggering proportions is devastating an already exhausted population.
Over 500,000 people are trapped in famine and are facing widespread starvation. Their suffering is beyond comprehension.
Please visit unicef.ie to donate and send life-saving food.
Right now, a food crisis of staggering proportions is devastating an already exhausted population.
Over 500,000 people are trapped in famine and are facing widespread starvation. Their suffering is beyond comprehension.
Please visit unicef.ie to donate and send life-saving food.
One year ago, the world urged leaders to end the killing of humanitarian workers.
They listened, then looked away.
2024 became the deadliest year on record; 2025 is on track to be worse.
This #WorldHumanitarianDay, join UNICEF in demanding humanitarian workers are protected.
They listened, then looked away.
2024 became the deadliest year on record; 2025 is on track to be worse.
This #WorldHumanitarianDay, join UNICEF in demanding humanitarian workers are protected.
August 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One year ago, the world urged leaders to end the killing of humanitarian workers.
They listened, then looked away.
2024 became the deadliest year on record; 2025 is on track to be worse.
This #WorldHumanitarianDay, join UNICEF in demanding humanitarian workers are protected.
They listened, then looked away.
2024 became the deadliest year on record; 2025 is on track to be worse.
This #WorldHumanitarianDay, join UNICEF in demanding humanitarian workers are protected.
In March, a devastating earthquake shook Myanmar.
Thanks to UNICEF supporters, lives are being rebuilt:
💙 Aung Moe (24) – received a wheelchair after a spinal injury
🧡 Thinn Thant (8) – got crutches & dreams of becoming a doctor
💛 May (27) – finally has a wheelchair to help with her cerebral palsy
Thanks to UNICEF supporters, lives are being rebuilt:
💙 Aung Moe (24) – received a wheelchair after a spinal injury
🧡 Thinn Thant (8) – got crutches & dreams of becoming a doctor
💛 May (27) – finally has a wheelchair to help with her cerebral palsy
August 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In March, a devastating earthquake shook Myanmar.
Thanks to UNICEF supporters, lives are being rebuilt:
💙 Aung Moe (24) – received a wheelchair after a spinal injury
🧡 Thinn Thant (8) – got crutches & dreams of becoming a doctor
💛 May (27) – finally has a wheelchair to help with her cerebral palsy
Thanks to UNICEF supporters, lives are being rebuilt:
💙 Aung Moe (24) – received a wheelchair after a spinal injury
🧡 Thinn Thant (8) – got crutches & dreams of becoming a doctor
💛 May (27) – finally has a wheelchair to help with her cerebral palsy
🌍 From the Amazon to remote Indigenous communities in Australia and the Pacific, UNICEF partners with Indigenous peoples to protect children's rights.
We support:
• Bilingual education.
• Rural villages.
• Child health.
• Youth leadership & Indigenous-led advocacy.
We support:
• Bilingual education.
• Rural villages.
• Child health.
• Youth leadership & Indigenous-led advocacy.
August 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🌍 From the Amazon to remote Indigenous communities in Australia and the Pacific, UNICEF partners with Indigenous peoples to protect children's rights.
We support:
• Bilingual education.
• Rural villages.
• Child health.
• Youth leadership & Indigenous-led advocacy.
We support:
• Bilingual education.
• Rural villages.
• Child health.
• Youth leadership & Indigenous-led advocacy.
How much do you know about breastfeeding? 🤱
Test your knowledge and discover why it matters - for every child, everywhere.
👇 Take the quiz and find out!
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
Test your knowledge and discover why it matters - for every child, everywhere.
👇 Take the quiz and find out!
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
August 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How much do you know about breastfeeding? 🤱
Test your knowledge and discover why it matters - for every child, everywhere.
👇 Take the quiz and find out!
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
Test your knowledge and discover why it matters - for every child, everywhere.
👇 Take the quiz and find out!
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
Today marks the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week.
🤱 Breastmilk is safe, nutritious and packed with antibodies that protect children.
But for every child to benefit, we need strong investments.
This week, let’s raise our voices to ensure breastfeeding is supported.
🤱 Breastmilk is safe, nutritious and packed with antibodies that protect children.
But for every child to benefit, we need strong investments.
This week, let’s raise our voices to ensure breastfeeding is supported.
August 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Today marks the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week.
🤱 Breastmilk is safe, nutritious and packed with antibodies that protect children.
But for every child to benefit, we need strong investments.
This week, let’s raise our voices to ensure breastfeeding is supported.
🤱 Breastmilk is safe, nutritious and packed with antibodies that protect children.
But for every child to benefit, we need strong investments.
This week, let’s raise our voices to ensure breastfeeding is supported.
At just 11, Amena lost both her parents and her school to floods in Afghanistan.
But Afghan girls are strong. Her school was rebuilt, and so was her hope. 💙
“Now the school is rebuilt I feel happy again,” she says. “I want to learn and become a teacher in the future.”
But Afghan girls are strong. Her school was rebuilt, and so was her hope. 💙
“Now the school is rebuilt I feel happy again,” she says. “I want to learn and become a teacher in the future.”
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
At just 11, Amena lost both her parents and her school to floods in Afghanistan.
But Afghan girls are strong. Her school was rebuilt, and so was her hope. 💙
“Now the school is rebuilt I feel happy again,” she says. “I want to learn and become a teacher in the future.”
But Afghan girls are strong. Her school was rebuilt, and so was her hope. 💙
“Now the school is rebuilt I feel happy again,” she says. “I want to learn and become a teacher in the future.”
Reem walked for hours with her children to reach a non-UN distribution point in Gaza, hoping to bring back food for her family.
She never made it home.
On 3 June, she was shot dead by a sniper.
No mother should be killed trying to feed her family.
#gaza
She never made it home.
On 3 June, she was shot dead by a sniper.
No mother should be killed trying to feed her family.
#gaza
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reem walked for hours with her children to reach a non-UN distribution point in Gaza, hoping to bring back food for her family.
She never made it home.
On 3 June, she was shot dead by a sniper.
No mother should be killed trying to feed her family.
#gaza
She never made it home.
On 3 June, she was shot dead by a sniper.
No mother should be killed trying to feed her family.
#gaza