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Ukrainian children on Friday began their second school year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, forcing classes online and in underground bomb shelters in several parts of the country. More than 1,300 Ukrainian schools were destroyed over the past 18 months, but the dangers will not stop Ukrainian children from…

An atmosphere of joy mixed with sorrow sets the tone for the start of the new school year in Ukraine

An increasing number of children in France are left to sleep in the streets, warns Unicef France in a yearly report that shows nearly 2,000 children were sleeping rough at the start of this school year, a nearly 20 percent increase from last year.

As violence and displacement worsens in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s children are facing the worst cholera outbreak since 2017.

Dozens of countries and institutions pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan rebuild from last summer's floods. But most of the pledges are for project loans still in the planning stages.

The United Nations children’s agency is warning that a year on from Pakistan's catastrophic floods, millions of children still need humanitarian assistance and access to essential services

The U.N. is spending over 20 times more money than usual on fuel for generators to keep millions of vaccines in Niger from spoiling due to incessant power cuts

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COLOMBO: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar pitched for a nutrient-rich diet and quality education for children during his school visits in Sri Lanka where he also teamed up with people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis.

Senior U.N. officials say the conflict in Sudan has left 24 million people — half the country’s population — in need of food and other assistance

A WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA paper titled ‘Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth progress report 2023’, observed that India’s share of the total maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths was about 17%. Both newborns and women are extremely vulnerable in the hours and days after birth and therefore…