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Stories of children and families

Back to the classroom: how teachers help children learn

A shelter renovated with UNICEF’s support has helped to resume face-to-face learning

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Water for a New Beginning: UNICEF Restores Water Networks

UNICEF is supporting the restoration of water supply systems and helping ensure access to water, including for families forced to leave their homes

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She Drives Changes

How girl-led initiatives are transforming communities across Ukraine

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From Dream to Profession: The Story of an 18-Year-Old Hairdr

Despite stereotypes that hairdressing is a women’s industry, it has become a profession for Andrii.

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«I will be big, I will learn everything»

UNICEF and partners work with Roma communities in Zakarpattia to strengthen children’s access to education, healthcare, safe water and social support.

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A safer place to learn

How the kindergarten with a new shelter is operating in Zaporizhzhia

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A City Where the Music Has Stopped

How studying at a music school supports the mental health of children on the front line

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Volunteering: a new way to learn and make a difference

How students and educators are coming together in School Volunteering Clubs to make a difference

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Blogs

Lack of Childcare Holds Back Women’s Economic Opportunities

A survey looks into the impact of motherhood and fatherhood on social life and careers

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Women’s participation is essential to tackling water crisis

Blog for World Water Day

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Childhood is time-bound. We must act now

UNICEF Representative to Ukraine, Munir Mammadzade, calls for action to ensure that children and young people’s futures are not shaped by war

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The sounds of learning in Sumy

The ring of the first bell is a sound of hope for children in Sumy and across Ukraine.

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The ability to communicate without barriers

One of UNICEF’s priorities is to support an educational environment where every child has the opportunity to thrive.

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The water we leave behind

Securing Ukraine’s Climate resilient future

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Surviving and recovering from the reality of war in Sumy

In a city scarred by blasts, children and families cling to hope as they rebuild their lives amid ongoing war.

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Near Ukraine frontline, childhood on the edge

Toby Fricker reflects on the stark changes in a Ukrainian city five years since his last visit

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Latest stories

04 November 2026

Back to the classroom: how teachers help children learn

A shelter renovated with UNICEF’s support has helped to resume face-to-face learning
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29 October 2026

Water for a New Beginning: UNICEF Restores Water Networks

UNICEF is supporting the restoration of water supply systems and helping ensure access to water, including for families forced to leave their homes
Read now
28 October 2026

She Drives Changes

How girl-led initiatives are transforming communities across Ukraine
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26 October 2026

From Dream to Profession: The Story of an 18-Year-Old Hairdr

Despite stereotypes that hairdressing is a women’s industry, it has become a profession for Andrii.
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20 October 2026

«I will be big, I will learn everything»

UNICEF and partners work with Roma communities in Zakarpattia to strengthen children’s access to education, healthcare, safe water and social support.
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29 September 2026

A safer place to learn

How the kindergarten with a new shelter is operating in Zaporizhzhia
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22 September 2026

A City Where the Music Has Stopped

How studying at a music school supports the mental health of children on the front line
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17 September 2026

Volunteering: a new way to learn and make a difference

How students and educators are coming together in School Volunteering Clubs to make a difference
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15 September 2026

When health and lives depend on electricity

When Kyiv resident Halyna’s newborn son Sasha fell ill during the winter of 2026, his treatment had to be planned around the electricity schedule.
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14 September 2026

When home feels safe again: A family’s return to hope

In April 2026 the five‑storey block where Olena lives with her two sons — 15‑year‑old Nazar and nine‑year‑old Myron was damaged.
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10 September 2026

Learning doesn’t stop for air raid alerts

Kryvyi Rih schools return to in-person learning thanks to shelters
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09 September 2026

“I would really love to join Ukraine’s national cycling team

How a youth cycling club in Kharkiv region is protecting childhood and keeping children’s dreams alive amid war
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