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Burundi

Not going to school is Jean’s greatest fear

March 23 2022 - 8-year-old Jean does not want to miss out on education like some children in his neighbourhood. Every day, on his way to school, he sees children his age, sometimes younger, forced to work in unsafe conditions to contribute to their family’s income.

Ukraine

Safe, but feeling worse

March 10 2022 - Alina Bobko is a social worker who worked with young people from SOS Children's Villages Ukraine in the Kyiv region. On the tenth day of the war, Alina was forced to flee her country. Although now safe, Alina, like many Ukrainian refugees, struggles with survivor’s guilt.

Ukraine

I want everyone to know that we are in hell

March 8 2022 - Darya Kasyanova has been the national programme development director of SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine for five and a half years. Darya speaks of the harrowing situation in Ukraine and the efforts to evacuate as many children as possible.

Interview

One woman for another – this is how change is going to come

March 6 2022 - Punam Thapa, 23, is a Nepali care leaver and a member of the International Youth Coalition. She recently graduated from medical school. In this interview, Punam talks about the situation of women in her country and the impact of gender inequality on the mental health of girls.

Ukraine

The children are very scared

March 4 2022 - Oksana has been a psychologist at SOS Children’s Village Brovary for many years. Since 16-February-2022, Oksana has been working directly with the foster families who remained in the SOS Children’s Village Brovary, and remotely with the foster families who relocated to Truskavets, western Ukraine.

Press release

Millions of children in Ukraine risk growing up without the care they need

March 4 2022 - Children and families in Ukraine face unimaginable fear and destruction. Childhoods are abruptly disrupted. Families are torn apart. Parents face unbearable choices. Millions of children risk growing up without the care they need, now more than ever.