What assistance UNICEF provides to families from Ukraine

Almost a year after the conflict escalated in Ukraine, an entire generation of children has endured 12 months of violence, fear, loss and tragedy. There is no aspect of children's lives that has not been affected by the conflict. Children die, get injured, they are forced to leave their homes, they miss out on their most important education, and they are deprived of the benefits of a safe and secure life.

UNICEF and its partners continue to work in Ukraine and in the neighboring countries hosting Ukrainian refugees, including Belarus. Children and families get humanitarian aid, access to child protection services, water supply and sanitation, health care, nutrition, education, and other services.

Over the past year, thanks to the partner support, UNICEF Ukraine and UNICEF in other countries hosting Ukrainian families with children:

• provided educational materials for 1.8 million children;
• enrolled over 2.5 million children in formal and non-formal education;
• provided psychological and psychosocial support to 4.6 million children and their caregivers;
• provided access to safe water for 5.6 million people;
• provided medical services to 5.4 million people;
• provided multipurpose cash aid to 27,700 families in Ukraine and in refugee-hosting countries.

UNICEF Belarus has been providing humanitarian and targeted cash aid to refugee families with children from Ukraine, psychosocial support through safe spaces for children, access to education, information and referrals to available services.

Since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, UNICEF Belarus has been working closely with its national and private sector partners to expand social protection, education and health services.

Thanks to this work:

• Over 425 families with children, including 712 children, received targeted cash aid;
• Over 1,990 people, including 1,174 children, received humanitarian aid (hygiene kits);
• 2,610 children and their parents received psychosocial support;
• Over 185,000 people were informed about support services.

Together with our partners, we have launched 12 safe space rooms for children where families can get psychological and psychosocial support.

In Brest, the RAZAM information focal point was launched at the state border crossing, as well as at the bus station in the city, where families can find out about available medical services and psychological support, how to register in Belarus or apply for protection, where to get free legal or psychological counseling and other services provided by the Belarusian state agencies. The information focal point will also serve as a safe space for children to warm up, relax, play and just be children at a time when everything around is changing so rapidly.