Children in Conflict
Thousands of children have been abducted by armed groups in Nigeria. UNICEF helps freed children get their lives back.
Twice victims, girls who break free from an armed group's oppression can find themselves pariahs with no support upon their release.
After the militia that forced Mohamed Sidibay to kill or be killed let him go at age 10, he had no home, family or food. He did have UNICEF.
Tens of thousands of children are being recruited and used in armed conflicts around the world. UNICEF is working to bring them home.
UNICEF is calling on world leaders to protect the lives and futures of children growing up in countries affected by armed conflict.
Aleksey, 14, was maimed by a grenade in Ukraine. Sixth graders in Lyons, NY held a walkathon to raise money to send him to summer camp.
In conflict zones around the world, no method of warfare has been off limits, no matter how deadly for children. Enough is enough.
As the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo deepens, UNICEF is helping children and teens rebuild their lives.
UNICEF and partners are supporting the newly released children with medical care, counseling, education and job training.
Armed conflict has driven more than 800,000 young people from their homes in one of the world's worst displacement crises for children.
After nearly four years of volatile conflict, the scars of war run deep on eastern Ukraine's youngest citizens.
As a child in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah lost everything. UNICEF helped give him back a future.
Girls and boys in northeast Nigeria are being strapped to explosives and sent to carry out deadly attacks on civilians.
UNICEF issues an urgent appeal: stop this war, scale-up humanitarian aid.
Through UNICEF-supported programs, children like Fanta can try to reclaim lost childhoods.
With UNICEF assistance, 23 primary schools have re-opened in the past few weeks alone.
Six months ago, 85,000 people fled the city as battles raged. Today, kids are studying again in Fallujah's schools.
More than 100,000 children living under threat of Boko Haram are back in school with UNICEF's help.
Providing a safe place for kids to learn and play is one way UNICEF works to help children at risk.
UPDATE: 40,000 people have been displaced within and from the area. Half of them are children.
As a child in Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah lost everything. UNICEF helped give him back a future.
A convoy carrying UNICEF aid reaches the city in the largest distribution to date.
Four young children were killed by a mortar on their way to school. And this comes two days after another hit a school, killing five kids.
UNICEF Syria's Mirna Yacoub rode with the inter-agency convoy delivering desperately-needed humanitarian aid.
Medical staff in Aleppo are trying to save the lives of children in unimaginable circumstances.
Thousands of Nigerian children face severe malnutrition. Help UNICEF provide the nutrition they need.
UNICEF deplores the senseless bombings. Nothing justifies attacks on children.
In the space of hours, three hospitals are attacked, killing children and medical personnel.
The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador urges help for children whose educations have been interrupted.
UNICEF's representative in Yemen, Julien Harneis, tells what it's like to help children in the war-torn country.
Julien Harneis, UNICEF Yemen, warns that continuous bombardment and fighting are exposing children to violence, disease and deprivation.
Learn how UNICEF is working to protect children in Yemen that are under fire. Donate today to support children affected by the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
2015 has not been kind to the children of eastern Ukraine. The region’s children face a growing humanitarian crisis.
Water is a precious resource in Gaza. UNICEF's Chief of Field Office Pernille Ironside explains.
Conflict delayed the start of the school year, but Palestinian children are now back to learning.
The conflict that began on July 8 has had a huge impact on children.
More than 237,000 people have taken shelter in U.N.-run schools.
Hundreds of children have been killed, and thousands more have been injured.
More than 100 schools are damaged in the recent escalation of violence.
Children are bearing the brunt of the worsening violence in Gaza and Israel.
UNICEF Country Representative Akhil Iyer provides an inside look into UNICEF's work in Afghanistan.
An inside look into UNICEF's work in Afghanistan—one of the world's most dangerous places.
6,000 more are still trapped in the conflict.
