“They are like a bleeding wound, and no one sees it,” a schoolteacher said of her pupils, many of whom have fled frontline areas or lost family members in the fighting.
Tag: Children and Childhood
Polio Vaccination Campaign in Gaza Faces Major Hurdles
Starting Sunday, the Israeli military and Hamas will observe brief, staggered pauses in fighting to allow for 640,000 children to be vaccinated, officials said.
Polio Vaccination Campaign in Gaza Faces Major Hurdles
The operation depends on brief pauses in fighting in a war zone where the rule of law has broken down and hundreds of thousands of people are living in temporary shelters.
The War in Gaza Is Making Thousands of Orphans
Extended families, hospital staff and volunteers are stepping in to care for Gaza’s many newly orphaned children, some of whom are injured, traumatized and haunted by memories of their parents.
‘There Is No Childhood in Gaza’
A 9-year-old Palestinian boy lost his mother, father and two siblings in an Israeli airstrike early in the Gaza war. Within months, he, too, was killed.
How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide
Children today face many more extreme weather hazards that can undermine global gains in education.
Ukraine’s Summer Camps Are Altered by War
As the once carefree summers of Ukrainian childhood and young adulthood are forever altered by war, traditional camps have taken on a more patriotic tone.
Moving in Childhood Contributes to Depression, Study Finds
A study of more than a million Danes found that frequent moves in childhood had a bigger effect than poverty on adult mental health risk.
A Children’s Hospital in Ukraine Becomes a Scene of Destruction
Families and patients were not unfamiliar with the sound of missiles flying overhead. But the Russian assault on the hospital marked one of the worst days of violence against civilians in months.
Malaria Vaccine Rollout to Africa Is a Cautionary Tale
After years of delay, millions of malaria vaccines are being supplied to children in Africa. Tens of thousands died waiting.