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Highlights
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In February, UNICEF and partners provided mental health and psychosocial support to 117,678 girls, boys and women, including 4,046 children with disabilities, for a total of 169,906 people reached this year. Support was provided through schools, community centres, mobile teams, over the phone and online, among other platforms.
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So far this winter season, UNICEF has provided warm winter clothes to 74,862 children including 36,452 girls, as well as providing cash for winterization for 15,961 children from 5,218 households.
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UNICEF delivered 1,395 refrigerators for vaccine storage to 1,020 health facilities in 23 regions. Meanwhile, 19,908 children and parents benefitted from consultations on vaccination, provided by the Ministry of Health-UNICEF National Hotline on Vaccination and Infant Feeding.
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UNICEF and the Ministry of Education and Science distributed 53,590 large-print textbooks for children with visual impairments as well as audio support for English Language textbooks for 2,208 students with visual impairments. This includes 828 children in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, allowing them to continue their studies remotely.
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In 2024, UNICEF has ensured continuous access to safe water and sanitation services for 691,496 people through repairs, and rehabilitation of WASH networks and the provision of supplies and equipment to water utilities. WASH supplies have been provided to 1,139,796 people.
Situation in Numbers
2.9 million Children in need inside Ukraine (Humanitarian Needs Overview 2023)
14.6 million People in need inside Ukraine (Humanitarian Response Plan 2024)
3.7 million Internally displaced people (IOM, Displacement Tracking Matrix, December 2023)
752,000 Children targeted by UNICEF in Ukraine 2024 (UNICEF HAC 2024)
Funding Overview and Partnerships
For 2024, UNICEF has US$211.1 million available for its response inside Ukraine (Pillar 1) under its Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal of $450 million. This includes US$196.1 million carried over from 2023 and US$14.9 million received in 2024. The HAC was developed in line with the Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2024, which targets 8.5 million of the 14.6 million people in need. Targets and funding requirements are currently under review to align with the final HRP and current situation. Generous contributions have been received from the private sector, including individuals, corporations and foundations, with new funds from Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Citibank Ukraine and Trafigura Foundation through the UNICEF family of National Committees. Funding has also been received from the people and Governments of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, the European Union, France, Japan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Philippines, Romania, Spain, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the pooled Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.
UNICEF works with the Government of Ukraine, United Nations agencies, civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other humanitarian partners. Close cooperation is ensured with key stakeholders (Ministries of Foreign Affairs; Social Policy; Education and Science; Youth and Sports; Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development; and Health), mayors in several cities and the Ombudsperson’s Office. UNICEF has established partnerships in concerned municipalities and will continue to expand them. UNICEF engages with 106 government, civil society and service provider partners to respond to the critical needs of children and families across Ukraine.
While US$211.1 million has been made available in 2024, 46 per cent has been utilized to meet critical needs in the first two months of the year. These generous funds have provided critical lifesaving supplies and services for the most affected children in frontline areas such as Sumska, Dnipropetrovska, Donetska, Kharkivska, Khersonska, Mykolaivska and Zaporizka Regions affected by intensified strikes since start of the year. Funding is also being invested in the construction, supplies, capacity building and other programming required to meet the needs of children and their families, which will be converted to results throughout the year. Without continued support, UNICEF will not be able to maintain critical support to vulnerable children and their families in the coming year, nor respond to new needs arising from the changing conflict dynamics.
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs
Children in Ukraine have now lived through two years of destruction and displacement, violence, separation from family members and friends, loss of loved ones and disrupted schooling, health care and social services. Children living along the frontline have spent between 3,000 and 5,000 hours – equivalent to four to seven months – in underground shelters. According to survey data, half of 13- to 15-year-olds have trouble sleeping, and 1 in 5 has intrusive thoughts and flashbacks. Threequarters of children and young people aged 14 to 34 recently reported needing emotional or psychological support.
Attacks continued along the frontline in February from Sumska Region in the north to Khersonska Region in the south. Communities in Kupiansk (Kharkivska), Robotyne (Zaporizka), Orlovka (Donetska) and Chasiv Yar (Donetska) were particularly affected. Air strikes impacted communities across the country in February, with a two-month-old boy killed in a strike on a hotel in Zolochiv (Kharkivska); five people killed when strikes hit apartments in Kyiv on 7 February ; seven people including three children killed in Kharkiv City on 10 February ; and three civilians killed in a strike on a maternity ward in Selydove Town (Donetska) on 13 February . Hundreds of thousands of people lost power and heating in attacks leading up to and on 15 February, which affected homes, schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure.