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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. [VIDEO]
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Toddler Standing on a Cinder Block

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.
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Adult and Child Observing Fire

At the Ukrainian Border, Families Search for Safety and Shelter

UNICEF is working with UNHCR and local partners to set up an expanding network of Blue Dot support hubs for refugees fleeing Ukraine.
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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

As war unfolds all around them, new and expectant mothers in Ukraine are in desperate need of health services. UNICEF is there to help. [VIDEO]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Murat Sahin, UNICEF's Representative in Ukraine, left inspects medical and other emergency supplies shipped from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen upon arrival 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.
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