Children and families affected by Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Children living through the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have not given up on their dreams and futures. It is our collective responsibility to respond.
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The conflict escalation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh left a devastating impact on thousands of Armenian children, resulting in the displacement of around 90,000 people from Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020. Many families had to start from scratch as they fled to Armenia with just basic necessities. From the first week of the conflict escalation, UNICEF was there working with partners to support children and families from Nagorno-Karabakh and in the host communities of Armenia with various types of assistance.
In 2020-2021, UNICEF reached over 30,000 children, adolescents and young people affected by the conflict delivering school bags and supplies, winterization and nutritious food packages, COVID-19 prevention and hygiene kits. Together with partners, UNICEF made sure that children and women have access to healthcare through mobile clinics and provided much needed mental health and psychosocial support through individual and group therapies, as well as basic life-saving skills training for adolescents. As children’s education was disrupted, UNICEF worked with partners to deliver online and face to face supplementing classes, supported schools with new furniture and renovation of WASH facilities to be able to enroll new students, as well as opened temporary early learning corners in shelter areas.
As children continue to deal with the consequences of the conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic, our work is not done. In 2022, our efforts continue in ensuring affected children get access to basic social services, including cash and in-kind support to their families, child protection services, mental health and psychosocial support, and improvement of the learning environment.
