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A young man, in a white hooded shirt speaking into a megaphone in a town square.

Teens: Together we are louder, together we are heard

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My name is Yana Panfilova. I am from Ukraine, and I was born with HIV, on 20 October 1997. Now I am a founder of Teenergizer, an organization for teenagers (including those who are HIV-positive), but during my childhood, I thought I would die. Neither my friends nor civil society in Ukraine knew much about HIV at the time. For the… Read more →←
A father and his two sons, one in his dad's arms

Being a ‘Super Dad’ when life is turned upside down

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“I have three kids whom I have to put on their feet; I want them to live happily and to prosper in their future,” Andrii, 35, tells me. It’s a goal that most parents share, but for Andrii one that became a lot tougher when Ukraine’s conflict escalated in mid-2014. “Our children were frightened a lot; they kept hiding under the… Read more →←
A girl holding her hands onut on which is written"get tested".

If people believe in me, then I can do anything

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HIV has never stood in the way of 18-year-old Yana Panfilova. In fact, it’s only driven her forward. “It inspired me and encouraged me to do more as an activist,” she says. “If people believe in me then I can do anything.” Yana has spent the last eight years campaigning in her native Ukraine to raise awareness in a country with… Read more →←
A displaced child lines up with her parents to receive UNICEF hygiene supplies at the humanitarian aid distribution centre in Svyatohirsk.

Children suffer as fighting breaks water supply

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In my home country, Pakistan, the lack of access to safe drinking water is a constant problem in rural areas. However, when I came to Ukraine, I was really surprised to discover that in this country, too, some people have to cope with no drinking water for months at a time. Ukraine has rich natural water resources, and a water supply… Read more →←
Mariya with Liliya and Alina.

The most vulnerable children are the most affected

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We turn the camera off because Mariya*, a recent arrival from the Ukrainian conflict zone, is weeping. She insists she wants to speak with us, but describing what she and her family have been through is overwhelming. It has been four weeks since they fled fighting in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. Months of fighting, heavy… Read more →←

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