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Shemar, a twelve-year-old from East Baltimore, is good at math, and Karen Ngosso, his fourth-grade math teacher, at Abbottston Elementary School, is one reason why. “I would try to pump him up and tell him, ‘You’re a good student,’ ” she said. But she knew that he didn’t get enough sleep, and he was...

For children growing up in eastern Ukraine, danger is never far away Yulia Silina documents the stories of Sasha and Sofie while examining the impact of war on the lives of children in Ukraine. https://www.unicef.org/stories/children-growing-eastern-ukraine-danger-never-far-away

Lack of sex education fuels teen pregnancies in Ukraine Veronika Nikitina documents the story of Anastasia Naumenko, a 13-year-old expecting mother, while addressing the limited sex education in Ukraine. https://www.kyivpost.com/lifestyle/people/journalism-of-tolerance/lack-sex-education-fuels-teen...

On Children's Day, United Nations Childrens’ Fund and Cosmopolitan Magazine document the childhood of Ukrainian celebrities. https://www.unicef.org/ukraine/en/stories/right-happiness

In this article, Maxim Tucker gathers the stories of a variety of stakeholders- a former orphan, an ombudsman, a social worker, and a current orphan- to illustrate the current situation of Ukraine’s orphanages. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-s-unwanted-orphans/

Madelyn Urabe summarizes the factors that contribute to prejudice against children with Down Syndrome in Ukraine while documenting the stories of these children. https://www.thenewshouse.com/off-campus/american-charity-supports-ukraine-disabled-children/

Children as a Tool: How Russia Militarizes Kids in the Donbas and Crimea Iryna Matviyishyn documents how “patriotic education” shapes and exploits the lives of children in Donbas and Crimea. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/children-as-a-tool-how-russia-militarizes-kids-in-the...