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From across the region

On 20 February 2014 in Turkey, a Syrian girl refugee receives a dose of oral polio vaccine, in Osmaniye Province.

Press release

UNICEF launches #VaccinesWork campaign to inspire support for vaccines

Andrometa team: Danche, Dario, Aleksandra, Matej and Amra, from North Macedonia, one of the five winners of the Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge.

Blog post

Bright young minds have what it takes to change the world

Young people from North Macedonia get global recognition for an innovative idea to help bullying victims

Press release

Rita Ora surprises 400 children and young people at UNICEF event in native Kosovo

May 2018 Village of Shamut, Lori region, Armenia. Children in preschool. This alternative preschool is developed and established by UNICEF Armenia, ensuring early learning for children in small communities.

Article

In Armenia, ‘Pre-school has brought back hope’

A new model for early learning

Liubomyr Pauk, 8, held the hand of his brother, Bohdan 6, as Bohdan received his MMR vaccination from a mobile brigade of healthcare professionals on 26 February 2019 in the office of a school nurse at Mykolaiv Gymnasium, Lviv region, Western Ukraine.

Article

Fighting a measles outbreak in Ukraine

A vaccination drive is underway to protect children from the deadly outbreak

Osama, 12, at the Moria Refugee Reception and Identification Centre, Lesvos, Greece.

Video Essay

Osama’s Journey from Yemen to Greece

A 12-year-old boy who escaped conflict searches for safety and opportunity

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Our work

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