UNICEF Ireland launches emergency Ukraine appeal as escalating conflict poses immediate and growing threat to children

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PRESS RELEASE UNICEF Ireland launches emergency Ukraine appeal as escalating conflict poses immediate and growing threat to children As hundreds of thousands of people flee their homes, UNICEF is working across Ukraine to scale up life-saving programmes for children UNICEF spokespeople are available for interview including personnel on the ground in the region  Download multimedia … Continued

UNICEF Ireland warns of deepening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as country’s 7.5 million children at immediate threat

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PRESS RELEASE  UNICEF Ireland warns of deepening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as country’s 7.5 million children at immediate threat Amid intensifying conflict, UNICEF is working across Ukraine to scale up life-saving programmes for children Peter Power, Executive Director, is available for interview DUBLIN, 24 February 2022 –  UNICEF Ireland is deeply concerned about the deteriorating … Continued

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine

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PRESS RELEASE Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 24 February 2022 – “UNICEF is deeply concerned that intensifying hostilities in Ukraine pose an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. Heavy weapons fire along the line of contact has already damaged … Continued

PRESS RELEASE: Children in eastern Ukraine must have access to safe education and childhood – UNICEF

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PRESS RELEASE Children in eastern Ukraine must have access to safe education and childhood – UNICEF UNICEF spokespersons in Ukraine are available for interview  KYIV/DUBLIN, 18 February 2022 – Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years. More than 750 schools have been damaged … Continued

Children in Ukraine need urgent help to overcome trauma

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KYIV/GENEVA, 7 April 2017 – More than 200,000 children – or 1 in 4 – in the two regions most severely affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine require urgent and sustained psychosocial support to address the trauma of living through more than three years of violence. Access broadcast quality photos and video here: … Continued

Thousands of children out of school after classrooms hit by heavy shelling in eastern Ukraine

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Kyiv/Geneva, 6 February 2017 – Thousands of children have been forced out of school in eastern Ukraine due to last week’s surge in fighting. At least five schools and two kindergartens have been damaged by heavy shelling and 11 other schools have had to close, according to humanitarian organisations supporting the emergency education response in … Continued

Heavy fighting in ukraine leaves thousands of children cold, thirsty and out of school – unicef

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DUBLIN/KYIV/GENEVA – Following intense fighting over the last two days around the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, more than 17,000 people – including 2,500 children – are facing freezing weather without any heating, electricity or water. Six schools and four kindergartens have also closed in the area due to the violence, putting education on hold and children … Continued

#EmergencyLessons is about educating children in conflict and disaster

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DUBLIN / BRUSSELS / NEW YORK, 16 May 2016 – An astronaut, actors, TV personalities, a Snapchat superstar and a professional basketball player are among those supporting #EmergencyLessons, a European Union and UNICEF project launching today that highlights the importance of education for children affected by emergencies.   Ireland is one of seven countries leading … Continued

Orlando Bloom visits Ukraine to highlight education in emergencies

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DUBLIN/ KYIV 4 May 2016 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has travelled to conflict-hit eastern Ukraine to raise awareness of the global education crisis facing children in humanitarian emergencies. Orlando Bloom visited classrooms hit by shells just three kilometres from the frontline of the conflict that broke out more than two years ago. Approximately … Continued

Cold threatens some 700,000 children in eastern Ukraine this winter

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GENEVA/KYIV, 16 November 2015 – The lives of some 700,000 children and the wider population are at risk if repairs to the water network in Ukraine’s conflict-affected regions are not urgently made, warns UNICEF. Central heating systems in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts rely on water, but conflict related damage to pipelines and infrastructure, … Continued

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