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Children in Mazhar District, Raymah Governorate, Yemen, get health care services provided by a UNICEF-supported mobile clinic.

After 8 Years of War, 11M Children in Yemen Need Humanitarian Aid

Almost a decade of conflict has devastated the lives of millions of children in Yemen. UNICEF and partners are providing humanitarian aid. [VIDEO]
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A young mother sits with her 2-month-old son and 22-month-old daughter Marie, who is being treated for severe acute malnutrition, outside their room at the UNICEF-supported nutrition center at Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguiéta, northern Benin.

UNICEF: 10M Children in Extreme Jeopardy in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

UNICEF explains the urgent and growing humanitarian needs in the central Sahel region of Africa as problems spill into neighboring countries.
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On Aug. 31, 2022 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, left, and Nina Sorokopud, Chief of Communication for UNICEF Ukraine, visit School #25, which has been heavily damaged since the escalation of the war.

Getting Ukraine's Children Back to Learning Is a UNICEF Priority

Thousands of Ukraine's schools have been damaged or destroyed in the war. UNICEF is helping children return to class safely. [VIDEO]
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Lyuda stands amid the rubble of her school in Horenka, a small village in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. The building was heavily damaged by shelling.

Amid the Horrors of War, Ukraine's Children Yearn for School

After six months of war, thousands of schools in Ukraine remain inaccessible to children — some damaged or destroyed, others used in the conflict.
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Children sit at desks in a classroom of their school in the village of Olyzarivka, Ukraine.

Support the Children of Ukraine

UNICEF is on the ground helping the families and children fleeing Ukraine and those who have remained inside the country.
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In Dessie town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, Rania Dagash, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, left, met baby Rahima and her mother, Amina, who adopted her after finding her abandoned as a newborn.

Amid Conflict in Ethiopia, Proof of the Enduring Power of Mothers

Signs of hope and the unshakeable strength and kindness of mothers in Ethiopia's Amhara region.
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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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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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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.
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