Russia-Ukraine conflict forces over 4 million children into poverty: UNICEF

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The UN agency UNICEF has revealed that the economic crisis due to Russia-Ukraine conflict has thrown more than 4 million children into poverty across eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Important facts

• In an official statement, UNICEF said that children are bearing the biggest burden of the economic crisis caused by the Ukraine war.

• Conflict and rising inflation have pushed an additional 4 million children into poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a 19 percent increase since 2021.

• UNICEF has concluded this from a study of data from 22 countries.

• Russians and Ukrainian children have been the most affected since Russia's attack on Ukraine in February this year.

• On the other hand, the World Food Program estimates that around 19 million Afghans face food insecurity.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

• It was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946.

• Poland’s physician Ludwik Rauschmann was instrumental in the formation of UNICEF.

• The main purpose of establishing it was to provide food and health services in case of emergency to children and mothers in countries devastated by World War II.