UNICEF Europe and Central Asia

From across the region

Family

Press release

COVID-19: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year

Fulya Metin

Article

Rowing in the same direction: a story of empathy and service

Fulya Metin, from Bulgaria,  has devoted her life to helping others

Mentorship

Article

“For me it is important to have someone I can rely on"

The ‘Side by side’ mentorship programme connects young refugees and migrants to the support and services they need

Eva Hadzipetrova

Article

Lessons we will learn from this pandemic

UNICEF Young Reporters shed light on the lessons they have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic

UNICEF Ukraine

Press release

Surge in violent attacks during COVID-19 lockdown puts children’s lives at risk in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

UNICEF continues to deliver professional protective supplies to Armenia

Press release

UNICEF delivers professional protective supplies to Armenia

We continue our appeal to the public, donors and the private sector to donate to UNICEF and respond to the crisis

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

our voices

Giving a platform for young people to share their opinions

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