More than 2 attacks a day on Ukraine health facilities; 6.5 million now internally displaced

As the total forced to flee their homes in Ukraine rises above 10 million, attacks on healthcare facilities there due to Russia’s continuing bombardment are averaging more than two per day, the UN warned on Monday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2022/03/1114342
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Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line

Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line

08 Dec 2023

Amid ongoing bombardment in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies and humanitarian partners continue to provide desperately needed food, water, healthcare and other services to the more than two million people living there. 

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Ukraine: UNESCO’s response to children’s education needs

30 Mar 2022

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled the country - two million of them, are children. As the UN agency mandated to coordinate and lead on global education, UNESCO is carefully mapping exactly how host countries are supporting and providing education, to help keep young Ukrainian refugees on track - their lives totally upended in a matter of weeks.

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Ukraine invasion: Needs keep growing with cities facing ‘fatal shortages’; breakthrough as UN convoy reaches Sumy

18 Mar 2022

After a missile attack near the airport in Lviv in western Ukraine early on Friday, UN humanitarians warned that the situation across the country remains dire, as Russia’s military invasion continues.