{"id":5058,"date":"2023-07-14T07:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T07:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/leadership\/a-look-at-unicefs-impact-in-ukraine-after-500-days-of-war\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T07:04:28","slug":"a-look-at-unicefs-impact-in-ukraine-after-500-days-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=5058","title":{"rendered":"A Look At UNICEF\u2019s Impact In Ukraine After 500 Days Of War"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNICEF is expanding efforts to support the government on an inclusive, child-centered and sustainable recovery. A look at the results of emergency response efforts to date.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Results of UNICEF\u2019s emergency response in and around Ukraine<\/h2>\n

Ukraine\u2019s children and their families have endured 500 days of forced displacement, unthinkable loss and relentless violence. At least 535 children have been killed and at least 1,095 children injured since the war escalated in February 2022.<\/p>\n

UNICEF is inside Ukraine and in refugee-hosting countries working with partners to meet urgent needs while also supporting system strengthening and recovery efforts \u2014 always putting children first.<\/p>\n

Inside Ukraine, UNICEF teams are on the ground to provide, sustain and expand critical services in health care and immunization, nutrition, education, water and sanitation, and mental health and psychosocial support.<\/p>\n

With funding from donors, working alongside partners, UNICEF has reached millions of people in need inside the country.<\/p>\n

UNICEF also continues to work with governments and local authorities and partners in refugee-hosting countries to help strengthen their education, health and protection systems \u2014 not just to benefit Ukrainian refugee children but also vulnerable, marginalized children in the host communities.<\/p>\n

Essential health care, safe water, education<\/h2>\n

So many of Ukraine’s kindergartens, schools, hospitals and critical water and energy systems have been damaged or destroyed by shelling, cutting off children’s access to education and health care and putting lives at risk.<\/p>\n

Half of all children in Ukraine are struggling to learn, remotely or through a mix of online and in-person classes. Hundreds of thousands of the country\u2019s preschool-age children have yet to set foot inside a classroom.<\/p>\n

Since February 2022, UNICEF has:<\/p>\n