Stories About Our Mission

Maksym, 7, and his family escaped from Mariupol in March 2022 after weeks of terror and bombardment.
Escape From Mariupol
Fleeing air strikes and artillery fire in Mariupol, 7-year-old Maksym and his family left home in a broken car.
A child refugee stands outside one of the tents at the UNICEF Blue Dot support center in Serit, Romania.
See What a UNICEF 'Blue Dot' Refugee Support Center Looks Like
A virtual tour of the Blue Dot center in Serit, Romania, one of 26 being set up to aid children and families fleeing war in Ukraine. [VIDEO]
A child refugee from Ukraine stands in line with her mother at the border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova at Palanca on March 24, 2022.
More Than Half of Ukraine's Children Displaced by War
One month into a brutal war, Ukraine's children are traumatized and in desperate need of assistance. UNICEF is there to help.
Waleed Al-Ahdal, 25, holds his youngest daughter, 2-year-old Ghosoon, outside the family's current home in a camp for internally displaced families in Yemen's Marib governorate.
In Yemen, Each Ramadan Is Harder Than the Last
UNICEF helps struggling families make ends meet in war-torn Yemen. [VIDEO]
Anastasia, a refugee from Ukraine, works as a volunteer translator at a UNICEF Blue Dot center in Siret, Romania, helping other newly arrived refugees.
A Volunteer Translator Helps Fellow Refugees From Ukraine
More than 3.7 million people from Ukraine — including 1.8 million children — have become refugees since Feb. 24. [VIDEO]
Louise, 16, a STEM student and activist in Salvador, Brazil.
5 Tips for Dealing With Uncertainty in Times of War
Feeling fearful, sad, angry or anxious about current events? Voices of Youth offers some ideas on how to cope.
On March 4, 2022, an exhausted mother and her child rest for a moment in Berdyszcze, Poland, after crossing the border from Ukraine.
At the Ukrainian Border, Families Search for Safety and Shelter
Families fleeing a devastating war fear for the future as violence in Ukraine escalates.
Yuliya holds her newborn baby, Vera, born in the basement of Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center amid shelling in March 2022.
Born Into War: Keeping Mothers and Babies Alive in Ukraine
Amid constant shelling, medical staff in Kyiv are delivering babies in basements. UNICEF is providing urgently needed supplies.
A woman holds a child in the courtyard of a school sheltering families displaced by violence in Hasakah city, northeast Syria.
War in Syria: Children Still Suffering Profound Impacts
UNICEF's humanitarian response in and around Syria reflects deep, devastating effects of over a decade of violence and rights violations.
Ramyah, who was injured by war shrapnel, awaits treatment at a UNICEF-supported prosthetics center in Aden, Yemen on Oct. 14, 2021.
At Least 10,200 Children Killed or Injured in Yemen Since 2015
Wherever there is war — whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Syria or Ukraine — it is children who suffer first and suffer the most.
Murat Sahin, UNICEF's Representative in Ukraine, left, inspects emergency supplies arriving in Lviv on March 5, 2022.
UNICEF Gets Supplies to Children and Families Inside Ukraine
Medicine, midwifery kits and other lifesaving supplies have reached Lviv. More emergency supplies are on the way.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell is greeted by students at a UNICEF-supported community-based school in Kandahar’s Dand district.
Stories of Suffering, Stories of Hope: A Reflection
For her first field trip as UNICEF's Executive Director, Catherine Russell went to Pakistan and Afghanistan. A personal account.

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