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In war, children suffer most
Over 400 million children live in countries where there is war or other violent conflicts. Often forced to flee their homes in search of safety, many remain displaced for extended periods of time. Some are orphaned or separated from parents and caregivers.
Children are especially vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and trafficking during emergencies and armed conflicts. And as violence against children increases, perpetrators are rarely held accountable for the killing, maiming, sexual violence, abductions and armed recruitment of children, or for attacks on schools and hospitals.
UNICEF helps save and protect child victims of war and violence through evidence-based interventions and response services in more than 140 countries.
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Danylo, 12, stands in the ruins of his family’s home in Novoselivka, on the outskirts of Chernihiv.
Olena, 43, holds her son in an embrace in front of their damaged home, as the two reunite after a month apart (15 April 2022).
Children use notebooks and stationery provided by UNICEF to study at a shelter in the Kharkiv metro.
Wreckage of School Number 21, which had been serving as a civilian shelter and logistics base in Chernihiv, Ukraine (14 April 2022).