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On 22 September 2018 in Ukraine, Dima Mikhalyov, 15, on his bicycle carrying water in bottles on his handlebars next to a field of antitank barriers on the outskirts of in Bakhmutka in the Donetsk region.

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Where getting water means putting your life on the line

Five years since conflict began in eastern Ukraine, children and their families find just getting water puts them in the firing line.

Oleksiy Dukhovy, a water worker, stands next to his truck that hit an anti-tank mine in a conflict-affected eastern Ukraine, February 2019.

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Workers risk lives restoring water supplies in conflict-affected Donbas

On 21 September 2018 in Ukraine, Sasha Shapovalenko, 9, at home in Bakhmutka in the Donetsk Region.

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Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence – UNICEF

First-of-it's kind sexual education app created by young women in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)

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The birds, the bees, and now ‘Shnet’!

First-of-it's kind sexual education app created by young women in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)

Patrik, who is on the autism spectrum, uses his tablet computer to help with communicating.

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Tablets break down communication barriers for children

Croatia: Ensuring all children can share their thoughts and feelings.

Migrant boys, who arrived in Sicily unaccompanied, pose at the remains of a church in the old town of Naro, Sicily.

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Young migrants revitalize Italian village

They’re often city kids, but they’ve been transferred to a rural village in the middle of Sicily.

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A boy carrying his belongings in a large cloth bag over his shoulder is among people walking on railway tracks to cross from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into Serbia.

Protecting refugee and migrant children

Ina Morhun, 5, and her sister Lyuda, 3, sit on a sofa at their home as their mother Iryna holds baby Vika, 1.5, in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Supporting children caught in conflict in Ukraine

A young child holds a little soft toy in her mouth while an older relative gives her a hug and kiss.

Healthy early childhood development

11-year-old Ajsa is photographed in front of a laptop, with her head in her hands.

Ending violence against children