Children’s voices and opinions should contribute to shaping #EndChildPoverty policies and decisions that affect them.

Save the Children in Ukraine’s Kateryna Lytvynenko shares the voices of young people from Ukraine’s Mykolayiv with the EU 👇

#IAm20Million

Children are protected under international humanitarian law.

📍Kharkiv Region
📍Donetsk Region
📍Odesa Region
... all of #Ukraine

In the last 24 hours, several children were killed in another wave of attacks.

This is unacceptable.

Children are #NotATarget !

Article 12 #UNCRC : every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them... Daryna and Liza talking about choices in Education for adolescents in #Ukraine in podcast “Friend Zone” supported by Save the Children in Ukraine li.sten.to/friendzona-3

UKRAINE: A 13-year-old boy was among 3 people killed in #Kostintynivka as a bomb destroyed an apartment block. 'We see an alarming increase in explosives use in populated areas in #Ukraine . Children are suffering. This must stop' Sonia Khush, Country Director for Save the Children in Ukraine

Irina's 8-year-old daughter, Maria, lives in #Zaporizhzhia , just 40km from the front line, so the child has to study online. To fill the gap in education and lack of communication with peers, Maria attends the Digital Learning Center, supported by the MFA Finland 🇫🇮 MFA Finland

Familiar routes, playgrounds, or football fields - no place is safe following hostilities. #Ukraine 's territory is one of the most heavily mine-contaminated in the world. With our partners, we conduct #MineAwareness sessions in the affected regions so children stay safe 🫂

The ongoing war in #Ukraine 🇺🇦 is impacting the mental health of children & educators. Children are socially isolated & constantly fearing for their safety. To date, 1.2m people need humanitarian support.

Read how the Education Cluster is responding⬇️: bit.ly/4aweRK3

Sessions with our child protection teams in #Chernivtsi give children sence of security an additional opportunity to make friends, which is especially important for internally displaced children 🫂

In two months of 2024 the #UkraineEducationCluster partners improved access to education for 323,000 boys 👨‍🎓and girls 👩‍🎓 in #Ukraine️ . More details below ⬇️

Sonia Khush Save the Children International Country Director for #Ukraine visited #Kramatorsk - an area not far from the frontline that has been regularly hit by missiles and, as a result, houses have been damaged. Her report:

🦄 Meet Olesia from #Zaporizhzhia , who attends our Digital Learning Centre and dreams of a unicorn and new friends!

Amid online studies, our DLCs offer a haven for making friends, catching up on studies, and enjoying creative workshops or board games.

#UKRAINE : 4 children reportedly injured as an airstrike hits residential buildings in #Kharkiv mid-day.

‘Children cannot feel safe any place any time as their homes keep being hit with explosive munitions. This must not be tolerated,' said Sonia Khush, Save the Children in Ukraine

👋🏻 Friends, games, and psychosocial support! We open our Child-Friendly Spaces where children and families need them. Eight-year-old Taia enjoys visiting our CFS in #Dnipro , which operates with the support of the European Union 🇪🇺

EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 EU Humanitarian Aid | European Neighbourhood 🇪🇺

Children must have access to clean drinking water! Our team has reached over 1.3 million people in #Ukraine in two years by delivering:
🚰 equipment for water utilities
💧water for affected communities
🧼sanitation and hygiene items

#SPOKESPERSONALERT : #UKRAINE No power in #Kharkiv after overnight attacks with many cities facing emergency power cuts.

'Education and healthcare are at risk - attacks on energy infrastructure may lead to power outages in key sectors like we saw in 2022’ Sonia Khush, Save the Children in Ukraine

📢 Today in #Ukraine , children woke up to sirens and shelling. In #Kyiv , 3000+ kids sought shelter in metro stations to escape a missile attack, resulting in 13 reported injuries including one child, according to local authorities. Civilians are not a targets❗️

📢 Our team is working on-site to help the affected in #Mykolaiv , Ukraine, where more than 60 houses were damaged, one person was reportedly killed and six were injured, including two children. We are distributing hygiene kits and other essential items

Study, but make it fun! That is how Zirochka (Little Star) kindergarten students in Ivano-Frankivsk, #Ukraine , learn geometric shapes. With our support, 150 students have better facilities, tech equipment, and psychosocial programs. Every child deserves a peaceful childhood! 🫂

Ukrainian organizations are leading efforts to ensure 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬’ 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞.

🎥 This week, some 400 organizations supporting people impacted by the war came together in Kyiv.