What We Do
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UNICEF in Ukraine
UNICEF works across 190 countries and territories to reach the children and young people who are most at risk and most in need. We work to save their lives. To protect their rights. To keep them safe from harm. To give them a childhood in which they are protected, healthy, and educated. To give them a fair chance to fulfil their potential, so that someday, they can build a better world.
UNICEF is the world’s leading voice for – and with – children. In all we do, we work to engage and empower young people to have a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) opened its office in Kyiv in 1997. Over the years, UNICEF has supported the Government of Ukraine in developing health, water and sanitation, education and protection programmes for children.
UNICEF has been providing life-saving support to children and families affected by the war in Ukraine. UNICEF works to fulfill the core commitments for children in humanitarian action, including access to education, psychosocial support, water and sanitation, mine risk education, maternal and child health.
In response to the war, UNICEF launched a large-scale Spilno Programme across Ukraine as an integrated humanitarian support programme for families with children. UNICEF works with Government, local authorities, non-governmental organizations, volunteers, and the private sector to develop and run Spilno Programme activities – Spilno means “together” in Ukrainian – providing social services and protection to children and their families.
UNICEF Ukraine Programs
A large-scale Spilno Programme across Ukraine as an integrated humanitarian support programme for families with children
A large-scale Spilno Programme across Ukraine as an integrated humanitarian support programme for families with children
Convention on the Rights of the Child
In 1989, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – an international agreement on childhood.
It’s become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives around the world.
But still not every child gets to enjoy a full childhood. Still, too many childhoods are cut short.
It is up to our generation to demand that leaders from government, business and communities fulfil their commitments and take action for child rights now, once and for all. They must commit to making sure every child, has every right.