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Approximately 4,000 Syrian families live in the Fafin makeshift camp for families displaced from the Afrin district.

Stop Attacks on Children Now

When conflict erupted during protests along the Gaza Border on May 14, killing 60 people — including eight children under age 16 and an 8-month-old baby girl who died of tear gas inhalation — it was the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 Gaza War.

Joyful family members are reunited with their missing children in South Sudan, with help from UNICEF.

UNICEF Reunites Families Torn Apart by Conflict, Poverty and Disaster

Becoming separated from their children is a nightmare scenario for parents. When families are caught in humanitarian crises — natural disasters, armed conflict, emergencies — thousands of children go missing.

Agnes, 16, fought for a month with the Congolese militia. Now she's getting counseling at a UNICEF-supported center for children in Kananga in the Kasaï region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Congolese Militia Groups Are Recruiting Children and Youth for Combat

The growing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has deteriorated rapidly in the past year. Inter-ethnic conflict and clashes between the regular army, militia and armed groups have driven almost 4.5 million people from their homes.