Education disrupted
Eighteen months of war preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left children across Ukraine struggling to learn as they face a fourth year of disruption to their education. Only a third of schoolchildren in Ukraine are fully learning in-person. Two thirds are struggling to learn online or through a mixture of online and in person classes. Three…, Attacks on schools have been sustained since the escalation of war, Horenka, a small village in the Kyiv region, became part of the front line in February 2022 and was heavily damaged by shelling. Today, the shattered building is a reminder of some of the most violent weeks of the war, when children had to separate from their families, grab the essentials and flee to safer places. 12-year-old Masha, 13-year-old…, The continuing need for humanitarian assistance, Countries across the region are responding to the crisis. UNICEF has supported the reconstruction of kindergartens, including the installation of bomb shelters – a requirement for school openings. In Oleksandriya, UNICEF has created a bomb shelter for students to use during the school day in the event the sirens go off. Thanks to much needed…