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Too many windows

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Chloe Sydney is a Reports Officer in UNICEF South Sudan. She joined UNICEF one month ago, but has been working in South Sudan since February 2016. On 8 July 2016, fighting broke out in South Sudan’s capital, keeping the entire town in fear until a ceasefire was signed on Monday 11th. While hiding in her apartment, Chloe kept a diary… Read more →←
Five boys crammed into a car trunk.

What would you do to escape ISIS and the Taliban?

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I recently met five boys who, as part of their journey out of Afghanistan, crammed into the trunk of a compact car. I encountered them at a refugee camp in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and travelled with them as they made their way deeper into Europe. On assignment for UNICEF, I was documenting the experience of children and… Read more →←
A group of children in front of a tent.

Reaching isolated children on Sinjar Mountain

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Fifteen year-old Falah is playing an animated game of foosball in an unlikely place – a tent atop Sinjar Mountain, Iraq, 1,400 metres above the city he fled when militants attacked last year. Over the thwack of the ball ricocheting around the small wooden pitch, he tells me about his life in limbo. “I’ve been here for one year and… Read more →←
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A return to the Old City of Homs

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It had been four years since I last visited Homs. I arrived with mixed feelings about being in my hometown; the familiarity of the place was overcome by the new faces and features of the city. The small grocery store at the corner near my grandparents’ house had closed down. Checkpoints were erected at every turn. Faces were lined with… Read more →←
A young woman reads a book

In Ukraine, helping young minds to thrive again

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The soldiers at the fifth military checkpoint of the morning wave us on. We finally enter Hranitne. The village lies sandwiched between the Ukrainian military on one side and armed groups of the Donetsk de-facto authorities, across a small bridge. This is the frontline of Ukraine’s eastern conflict and it’s 16-year-old Dasha’s… Read more →←

The Syrian conflict and Europe’s refugee crisis in numbers

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Violence. Loss. Displacement. 5 years into the Syrian crisis, the lives of millions of children and families have been devastated by the brutal conflict. Thousands have lost their lives and countless more have been injured. Millions have been forced to flee their homes in a country now left in ruins and over 422,000 people are currently… Read more →←
A teacher walks home from a temporary learning space at the end of the school day, in the Dar es Salam camp.

Finding a new family in a refugee camp in Chad

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Dar es Salam camp in Chad is home to more than 7,000 refugees from Nigeria. Each person here has fled horror and violence in their home country. Recently, I met two residents of the camp: 10-year-old Ibrahim and 38-year-old Adamu Yahaya, whose courage and resilience exemplifies that of so many of the people here. In Nigeria, Ibrahim has… Read more →←
Naham and her daughter Manar.

“We had to leave Syria so that my children could have a life”

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There are many stories at the reception centre for refugees and migrants in Gevgelija, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Every girl and boy, every man and woman who passes through this place has one. There are stories of war and hardship. Of bombed out schools and homes. Stories with many villains and very few heroes. Yet the… Read more →←
UNICEF staff visit a health center where children were being vaccinated against preventable diseases for the first time in 2015.

Vaccinating children across Yemen

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I have been part of vaccination campaigns in some tough places, but nothing can prepare you for the devastation in Yemen. A brutal conflict that escalated in March is ravaging the country and I have come to support our team here. It is early morning as we head out to a UNICEF-supported health centre in Sana’a. You can see the fear in… Read more →←

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