UNICEF Europe and Central Asia

From across the region

Refugee and migrant boys walk past abandoned ships in in Pozzallo, Sicily, in 2016.

Statement

Saving children stranded on the Mediterranean must be prioritized over politics

Nazerke, age 5, poses for a portrait at kindergarten 'Bopezhan' in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan, on 13 March 2018.

Page

Our goals for children

Ensuring every child in the Region is thriving, learning, protected and participating.

Dilnaz Kamalova and Dana Yerlanova in front of Google Headquarters.

Article

A dream come true: the tale of the teenage startup

Ground-breaking health app created by Kazakh teens is among the top-20 projects at Google Science Fair 2019

Ranko Magovčević is a 16-year-old student from Podgorica, Montenegro

Blog post

To see and to be seen

How the world of media helped me find my professional calling

Member of Team Dono presenting their mobile app - a learning platform adapted to the needs of people with disabilities.

Photo Essay

Youth-led solutions for a sustainable future in Tajikistan

UPSHIFT forum highlights how investing in skills development can drive innovation

Desperate to escape poverty in Nigeria, 17 year old "Joy" made the deadly journey to Italy by sea in the hopes of a better life. A trafficker lured her with the promise of a job, but once “Joy” arrived to Italy she was forced into prostitution to pay her smuggler.

Video

"This is not the life I want for myself"

A teen migrant trafficked and forced into prostitution

Our work

Omar (17), front, with his fellow housemates on the balcony at the reception centre where they stay in the small village of Naro, in Sicily, Italy

Protecting refugee and migrant children

Sonia, 14 remembers the teachers helping to her calm down.

Supporting children caught in conflict in Ukraine

A young child receives polio vaccine at the Kizil Oy Village Primary Health Clinic in Zomin district in Jizzakh region.

Ensuring all children receive life-saving vaccines

On 17 May 2018 in Belarus, three-year-old Agatha laughs with her mother, Ekaterina, at home in Minsk, the capital.

Ending institutionalization and keeping families together