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UNICEF - 87 million children under 7 have known nothing but conflict

[caption id="attachment_2265" align="alignleft" width="300"]Kabul kids Mark Knobil (CC BY 2.0)[/caption]

UNICEF: More than 86.7 million children under the age of 7 have spent their entire lives in conflict zones, putting their brain development at risk [...]

" [...] we need to invest more to provide children and caregivers with critical supplies and services including learning materials, psychosocial support, and safe, child-friendly spaces that can help restore a sense of childhood in the midst of conflict.” (UNICEF Chief of Early Child Development Pia Britto)

 

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