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5 Tips for Dealing with Uncertainty in Times of War

This article is adapted from a blog post published by Voices of Youth, a global communication platform created by UNICEF where kids can communicate and collaborate around issues that matter to them. 1...

Svitlana and her son Petro, who has a severe form of autism, at the UNICEF-supported Start Center for displaced children with special needs and their families in Lviv, Ukraine.

Protecting Children With Special Needs From War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has been extra tough on children with special needs and their families. For Petro, who has a severe form of autism, the constant shelling and his family's sudden departure from his...

Haiti's Winning the Fight Against Cholera

Water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives implemented to fight cholera in Haiti are working: No new cases have been reported in three years.

At the Ukrainian Border, Families Search for Safety and Shelter

Donate Now It has taken Yulia, a mother of two from Ukraine, seven days to reach the Polish border. The shells were still exploding behind her, raining down shrapnel, as she fled the city of Kharkiv...

A mother holds her newborn baby, born in the basement of Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center amid shelling in March 2022.

Born Into War: Keeping Mothers And Babies Alive In Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine — Yuliya gently rocks her newborn baby in the dank basement of a medical center in Kyiv. Vera is only days old, but her life is already in danger. “We’re sitting here in the basement. We...

A child's drawing promoting peace hangs on the wall of an empty school in eastern Ukraine on February 10, 2022.

What Kids Want Congress to Know

Only one-third of America's children feel included in the political process. UNICEF USA is working to change that.

In Clarendon Hills, Illinois, the Giving Girls, a group of second-graders, show off some of the homemade bracelets they made to raise money to support UNICEF's work to help children caught up in the war in Ukraine.

Youth Host Fundraisers to Help Children Affected by War in Ukraine

Children and young people across the U.S. are raising money and awareness to support children and families caught up in the war in Ukraine.

UNICEF-supported children and families displaced by violence sheltering at the Waleed Nofal school in Hasakah city, northeast Syria photographed on Jan. 27, 2022.

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.