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Cesty Initiative

03 November 2023

UNICEF and the US Embassy in the Czech Republic announce new initiative to support young refugees with employment that empowers

The Cesty Initiative aims to ensure all vulnerable refugee youth are on a path of continued skills building, with a goal of reaching 1,500 youth in the first year

Twenty-year-old Alina poses in front of UNICEF sign

New online platform offers networking and learning

u-platform.by is the only youth platform in Belarus that brings together training, volunteering, fighting online bullying and more

На пути к мечте

Forward to dream

In Uzbekistan UNICEF Skills4Girls programme equips women and girls with much-needed digital skills

Yana stands in front of the Blue Dot in Košice.

13 February 2023

Missing my home, helping those who lost it

Originally from Ukraine, Yana moved to Slovakia four years ago to study social work. Now, she works in a Blue Dot to support who was forced to flee the war.

Kira, 12, and her Scout Leader take a selfie at the Baltic Jamboree in the Czech Republic.

21 September 2022

Giving my Scout promise miles away from home

Kira, 12, was forced to leave Ukraine in February and find safety in Lithuania. Through the UAct project, Kira met a familiar face at the Baltic Jamboree.

Paloma Escudero, UNICEF Director of Global Communication and Advocacy, Marixie Mercado, UNICEF Emergency Response Team Senior Communication Adviser, Rashed Mustafa, UNICEF Refugee Response Coordinator in Poland, and other UNICEF staff members, along with volunteers for the Polish Scouts, pose for a selfie while visiting the Blue Dot centre for refugees from Ukraine at the train station in Krakow.

UNICEF Youth in Europe Bulletin

A glimpse of what UNICEF is doing with and for young people in response to the war in Ukraine.

Files available for download (5)

Bulletin No. 1, August 2022 (PDF, 7 MB)

Bulletin No. 2, October 2022 (PDF, 7 MB)

Bulletin No. 3, December 2022 (PDF, 8 MB)

Bulletin No. 4, June 2023 (PDF, 4 MB)

Bulletin No. 5, July 2023 (PDF, 6 MB)

UPSHIFT participants Croatia

20 January 2022

Children speak up

UNICEF supports child and adolescent participation in national action planning processes in Phase III of the European Child Guarantee

Andrii Kyrkach

07 September 2021

Meet Ukraine’s young environmental superhero

Like any good hero, Andrii has his own team and an important mission – to make the air in his hometown cleaner.

UNICEF launched U-Report, a new tool to empower youth to share their opinion on matters they care about.

UNICEF launched U-Report, a new tool to empower youth to share their opinion on matters they care about

U-Report is a social platform through which young people can express their opinions and be positive agents of change in their communities

A boy with a mask is working on computer.

The Prilike programme has helped Igor decide what he wants

A secondary school graduate from Bar is participating in a programme that offers teenagers training and support in choosing their future profession