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A young refugee girl in a pink fur-lined jacket stands in front of a building.

Refugee children in crisis, are you aware of the challenges they face?

A young refugee girl in a pink fur-lined jacket stands in front of a building.
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By Henna Deol

Refugee children in crisis, are you aware of the challenges they face?

My volunteer work over the past year has allowed me to work with refugee children from 21 countries worldwide as an academic and personal mentor at a shelter in London. Through this I have seen firsthand the challenges children and young people face when they are forced to flee their homes. 1. Mental Health: “I don’t feel so good.”… Read more →←
A mother, father and four children sit on the floor in a caravan.

Children of Za’atari refugee camp, five years on

A mother, father and four children sit on the floor in a caravan.
Children in emergencies

By Toby Fricker

Story also available in: Français العربية Español

Children of Za’atari refugee camp, five years on

“I was a little girl when I came from Syria, I was 11 years old and just thinking about toys; now I have grown up,” says Omaima, as the 16 year old reflects on her time in Za’atari, nearly one third of her life. “I used to think that when I got to the camp it would be like a picnic, like a garden to play with my friends. Then I… Read more →←
A woman with a blue arm band checks a baby for malnutrition

Running from death in Raqqa

A woman with a blue arm band checks a baby for malnutrition
Children in emergencies

By Dr Rajia Sharhan

Story also available in: العربية

Running from death in Raqqa

Escaping the fighting in Raqqa involves perilous journeys to reach safety. Mothers, fathers and children must be able to dodge the snipers and landmines along the way, then spend weeks running from farm to farm, sleeping in the open before they arrive at a camp where they can at least get access to basic services again. Those who are… Read more →←
A group of colorfully dressed girls and boys jump rope.

Children on the move

A group of colorfully dressed girls and boys jump rope.
Children in emergencies

By Anthony Lake

Children on the move

Around the world today, there is a growing global ‘movement’ of children and adolescents – but not the kind of movement that generates many ‘likes’ on social media. It is a movement made up of 50 million children on the move. More than half of them have been forcibly displaced by conflict. Some are escaping violence and… Read more →←
A young man stands, looking out a window.

Thwarted dreams and hidden talents

A young man stands, looking out a window.
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By UNICEF Connect

Thwarted dreams and hidden talents

Ousmane is 18 years old. He left his home in Guinea to try his luck with the desert crossing to Libya with dreams of getting to Italy by boat. Along the way, he faced hunger, beatings, and bandits. I lost my parents when I was 10 years old. When I lost my parents, my close family let me down, that’s why I decided to leave. After a… Read more →←
A group of people in a classroom.

Write 2 Unite: A digital intercultural dialogue

A group of people in a classroom.
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By Mischa Liatowitsch

Write 2 Unite: A digital intercultural dialogue

In 2015, the migrant and refugee crisis shook the world. Public discourse on the topic has remained charged ever since. Refugee host countries seem divided. Discussions remain emotional and binary – two camps, two stances on the issue: #RefugeesWelcome or #RefugeesGoHome. There is little room for constructive debate – everyone talks,… Read more →←
Sajad applies for asylum.

“I’d be a superhero…” Sajad Al-Faraji: after Iraq

Sajad applies for asylum.
Children in emergencies

By Ashley Gilbertson

“I’d be a superhero…” Sajad Al-Faraji: after Iraq

Presevo, Serbia, November 2015   “I don’t have any hope, I was born without hope,” says Sajad Al-Faraji, a 15-year-old boy traveling from Basra, Iraq. Sajad is with his older sister, younger brother and his mother on his way to a train station that’s exclusively serving refugees in southern Serbia. I’m on assignment for… Read more →←

Remember them all: A portrait of Aya

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By Ben Schumaker

Story also available in: 中文

Remember them all: A portrait of Aya

Our small nonprofit, the Memory Project, has been organizing high school art students to create portraits for children in vulnerable situations for a dozen years. The Memory Project gathers photos of children and sends them to art students in US high schools who study the photos to create drawings and paintings which are then delivered,… Read more →←

A Syrian refugee is the first student in three generations

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By Atif Khurshid

Story also available in: العربية

A Syrian refugee is the first student in three generations

Last week I was welcomed by Sidra’s family into their home in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Her family fled the conflict in Syria in late 2013. Sidra lives with her parents, grandparents, two uncles and their families, one aunt, and six siblings. The three-room house is unfinished, with unpainted walls, no locks and only one… Read more →←
A close up of a girl singing with her eyes closed.

The sun rises from the rubble: Syrian children’s journey of hope

A close up of a girl singing with her eyes closed.
Children in emergencies

By Yasmine Saker

Story also available in: العربية Español

The sun rises from the rubble: Syrian children’s journey of hope

“Mother, this area has a nice echo…” said 10 year-old Ansam when she reached a destroyed town in rural Damascus that serves as the shocking backdrop of our music video marking six years of a horrifying conflict in Syria. I first met Ansam when she walked onto the stage of the Damascus Opera house last December, with so much… Read more →←
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