UNICEF Europe and Central Asia

From across the region

Ten-year-old Artem Metiolkin gazes sadly out of a shattered window

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Children living on the frontline in eastern Ukraine

Providing children affected by conflict with a safe place to learn

A girl in the capital city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan eats street food

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World failing to provide children with a healthy life

As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health

Bulgaria

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The power of compassion and persistence

How organizations and advocates use the law to help refugee children in Bulgaria find a future

Legal expert Paolo Torsello answering to UASC questions wih the U-Report on the Move team during the live chat

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Using social media to reach young refugees with legal advice

In Italy UNICEF teams up with volunteer lawyers to help young migrants navigate a complex system

Didina and her children

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Turning every “no” into a “yes” to protect children

The stories of two mothers: Adina and Didina

Protective equipment is loaded on a truck at UNICEF’s global supply hub

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UNICEF appeals for US$42.3 mln to support Covid-19 outbreak

The initial funding will strengthen response and preparedness efforts in high-risk countries

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