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School Girls Hugging on Playground

Ukrainian Refugee Children Start Over at a School in Romania

Teachers fleeing violence in Ukraine have set up a school in Romania for newly arriving Ukrainian students, with support from UNICEF.

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A Rohingya refugee sits with two friends from the local Bangladeshi community — beneficiaries of a UNICEF program building social cohesion..

For UNICEF, Helping Child Refugees Is a Global Mission

Ukraine’s refugee crisis is but one of many examples of how forced displacement is endangering the health, safety and future well-being of children.

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Oleksandr plays with his 3-year-old son, Leonard, in Kmelnytskyi oblast, Ukraine on April 30, 2022. The family fled their apartment in Irpin soon after fighting began.

A Father's Day Thank-You

Around the world, nurturing dads are working hard — sometimes in desperate circumstances — to help their children get a good start in life.

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The outbreak of the war forced 16-year-old Oleksandra and her mother, grandmother and little sister to flee their hometown of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.

Through Her Eyes: A Ukrainian Teenager's Video Diary

From bomb shelters in Zaporizhzhia to refugee life in Poland, 16-year-old Oleksandra's video diary offers a first-person look at life in wartime.

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The war in Ukraine has made refugees of mothers and children who have their homes on their way to Poland.

How to Help Refugee and Displaced Children Around the World

UNICEF works around the world to address the refugee crisis and protect every child on the move.

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Vika, 8, from Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine, works on her homework in her relatives' house in Cherkasy oblast.

100 Days of War in Ukraine: Children on the Front Lines

Stories of children whose lives have been turned upside down by war in Ukraine.

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11-year-old Yana, who lost two legs during a missile attack at Kramatorsk railway station, recovers at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine.

100 Days of War in Ukraine

UNICEF reports on the devastating consequences for children and the impact of its ongoing emergency response.
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Artem, 9, from the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, stands on the steps of the car park where families have been sheltering from air attacks and shelling.

War in Ukraine Highlights Danger Explosive Weapons Pose to Children

UNICEF is increasing explosive ordnance risk education and advocating for the global eradication of indiscriminate weapons.
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Artwork by children from Ukraine on display at the Baicoi Center in Prahova County, Romania, a facility that reopened its doors to care for over two dozen refugee children with special needs.

A Welcome in Romania for Ukrainian Children with Disabilities

UNICEF is on the ground, working with partners to provide emergency humanitarian services for children and families devastated by the war in Ukraine.

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