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Additionally, in recent days, UNICEF has relaunched its so-called “Blue Dot” service in Moldova, Romania, Belarus and Poland, to provide key assistance for families on the road. It provides information to refugees, ensures the identification and protection of unaccompanied children and, if possible, their reunification with their families.
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Due to a lack of services and infrastructure, more and more children do not have access to basic vaccinations, so in December 2021, polio epidemic struck again in Ukraine. A disease that has already been eradicated everywhere in the world through immunization programs except in Afghanistan and Pakistan. UNICEF aims to support the health and safety of children even in the face of an armed conflict.
28 February 2022, Kyiv – A woman tries to collect her things left intact in her apartment after a bomb attack hit the residential building.
25 February 2022, Koshytsa street, outskirts of Kyiv– A woman and her child leave the bombed area.
28 February 2022 – Nurses taking care of newborn babies in the basement of hospitals.
Refugees at the Polish-Ukrainian border. Families had to leave everything behind.
The temperature is approaching zero at the end of February. A little girl is wrapped in a blanket waiting with her mother to board an evacuation train from Lviv to Poland.
27 February 2022 – Seven-year-old David was accompanied by his grandmother to cross the Romanian border. The little boy’s grandmother then returned to Ukraine to her husband, who was unable to leave the country.
Refugees from Ukraine at the eastern border of Poland.
24 February 2022 – Alexander is calming his little boy in Kyiv subway where the family has sought refuge from the bombings.
The basement of a five-story building used as a shelter in Novotoshkivska, eastern Ukraine. In the past 8 years, children in eastern Ukraine have often been forced to seek refuge in the basements of their houses. /2019/
Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 750 educational institutions have been destroyed. UNICEF is constantly helping to rebuild schools, kindergartens, and water supply centers. / 2021 /
Aleksey, 14 years old. He lost three fingers when he picked up an explosive device from the ground because he didn’t know what it was. UNICEF, among its educational programs, provides special training for children on how to recognize dangerous weapon remnants. / 2017 /
Sasha is 9 years old and lives in Bakhmutka, Donetsk region, near the front line. The windows of their home have long been covered to protect them from shattering in the event of a bomb attack. The family uses the cellar of the house next door as shelter. /2018/
15-year-old Illia was severely impaired in sight when a bomb hit their house. The teenage boy was standing in the kitchen, recalling, “The explosion happened in a split second. All I can remember is my ears ringing and I saw nothing but the yellow fire and some of the shards around me.” / 2021 /
9-year-old Afina was only two years old when the bombings began. She has been living under constant stress ever since and has developed severe diabetes for she needs insulin treatment that the family can’t always afford. / 2021 /
Dairy is 2 years old, living with his family 2 miles from the front line, where the fighting is the most intense. The little boy can’t go to kindergarten because it’s no longer available in the area. / 2020 /
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26 February 2022– A UNICEF staff member is inspecting work in a temporary refugee camp on the Moldovan-Ukrainian border.
26 February 2022 – UNICEF delivered 4 tons of basic hygiene products to Ukraine, including diapers, wipes, cleaning products.
Two nurses unpack UNICEF medical supplies at Kostyantynivka Hospital in eastern Ukraine. /2020/
A UNICEF employee assembles boxes full of relief supplies in one of our central warehouses. As the conflict escalates, it is becoming increasingly difficult to deliver supplies to the ground, therefore sourcing also takes place locally and we search for alternative routes. /2020/
8-year-old Dasha and her 6-year-old sister Katia collect in cans the amount of water their family needs in Pavlovil, Eastern Ukraine, where UNICEF has been helping families to access water since 2019. During armed attacks, water supply systems are often the targets of bombings. /2020/
6-year-old Bohdan and 8-year-old Damir received education supplies from UNICEF. Since 2020, our organization has been stepping up its efforts to support the education of children living near the front line. /2020/
UNICEF has been active in Ukraine since 1997. It still has relief supplies in the country and further shipments are ongoing. The conflict, which has lasted for almost 8 years, also threatens the physical and mental health of children. In 2021, UNICEF and its partners provided mental support to 70,000 children living in areas affected by armed conflict. As the events of 2022 escalate, the number of women and children forced to flee may increase significantly.
