If You Were Forced to Leave Home, What Would You Remember?
Watch Iraqi and Syrian children, living in refugee camps, speak movingly about what they've lost ... and what they hope for the future.
One Iraqi girl says: "We've lost our memories. Our house, our clothes ... everything is gone."
Currently, UNICEF estimates at least 30 million children worldwide have fled their homes because of conflict and violence.
Being displaced or living as a refugee can threaten a child's health, development and education. It can also affect a child's basic rights to survive and thrive.
Like millions of refugee and displaced children around the world, the lives and futures of millions of other children are in jeopardy, too — even if they live at home with their families.
We have a choice: Invest in the most excluded children now or risk a more divided and unfair world.
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HOW TO HELP
There are many ways to make a difference
War, famine, poverty, natural disasters — threats to the world's children keep coming. But UNICEF won't stop working to keep children healthy and safe.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories — more places than any other children's organization. UNICEF has the world's largest humanitarian warehouse and, when disaster strikes, can get supplies almost anywhere within 72 hours. Constantly innovating, always advocating for a better world for children, UNICEF works to ensure that every child can grow up healthy, educated, protected and respected.
Would you like to help give all children the opportunity to reach their full potential? There are many ways to get involved.
