UNICEF warns of the devastating toll of war for all children in UkraineKYIV/NEW YORK, 21 February 2025 – One in five children in Ukraine has reported losing a close relative or friend since the escalation of war three years ago, according to survey data released today by UNICEF.“For far too long, death and destruction have remained a constant in the lives of children in Ukraine,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “This level of violence causes immense fear and suffering...
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FebLuba and Romchik are part of a new wave of Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Since February 2024, more than 6.8 million refugees have left Ukraine—that’s more than 15% of the country’s population and more than the populations of Chicago and Los Angeles combined.Nearly a million of them remain in Poland. While many arrived in 2022 at the start of the renewed conflict, the need for aid continues.“Every day we receive people from Ukraine asking for help. They are desperate, in...
Thank you, Claire [Doole, moderator] and welcome everybody. Friends and colleagues, we are here as the humanitarian movement to launch the Global Humanitarian Overview for 2025 – my first time as Emergency Relief Coordinator.I want to start today by recognizing your extraordinary work this year. In 2024, you reached 116 million people with our humanitarian support and solidarity. And you did this in the face of overwhelming odds – because you know better than me that we are overstretched, underfunded,...
