Two years on, the future of Ukraine’s children is at risk
“I just want my father back,” said 9-year-old Eva from western Ukraine’s Lviv Oblast as she worried about him on the frontline of the war in Ukraine.
Two years of unrelenting war in Ukraine has brought unimaginable suffering to tens of millions of Ukrainians, including the country’s 7.5 million children. To date, the conflict has sent over 3.7 million Ukrainians into displacement within
Ukraine and more than 6 million finding refuge in neighbouring European countries.
At the conflict’s onset, World Vision supported Ukraine’s most vulnerable to meet their immediate needs of lifesaving aid, shelter and child protection—bringing our global expertise in humanitarian response to reach the children and their families who need it most.
Now, two years in, with still no end in sight, we shift our response to address the longer-term needs of children and their families as war drags on.
World Vision recently launched the Enhancing Resilient Livelihoods of Crisis-Affected Populations project with the goal of increasing employability and sources of livelihood for the long-term financial resilience of adolescent boys and girls (aged 15-24) and women in Ukraine. The seven-month program, ending on June 30, 2024, aims to help 27,020 Ukrainians better provide for themselves and their families.
World Vision’s work has reached more than 1.6 million people impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine, over half of them are children, women and the most vulnerable. With an estimated 17 million in need, only the concerted efforts of organizations, donors, various partners, agencies and stakeholders can address their needs urgently and consistently.