How your donations are helping children
As of February 2025, together with local partners, we've helped more than 4.6 million people - including more than 1.8 million children - in Ukraine and the region over the last three years.
This is only possible because of people like you: since 24th February 2022, you raised an astonishing £445 million through the DEC Ukraine Appeal.
Here's what we've done with some of that money so far...
In Ukraine
As of February 2025, our team in Ukraine has reached over 3.8 million children. Through your incredible support and our 25 partners we’ve been able to:
- support over 300,000 children with education support
- provide over 470,000 people with cash assistance
- provided 2.6 million people with water, sanitation, and hygiene support (WASH)
- distribute temporary shelter and essential items to 415,000 people
- provide mental health and child protection support to over 349,000 people
For more information on our impact in Ukraine, read our latest report.
Meet our child psychologists
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Our work with refugees from Ukraine
In poland
Around 985,000 refugees from Ukraine have fled to Poland.
In Poland, we have been supporting children and families who were forced to flee their homes in Ukraine.
How your donations are helping children
As of February 2025, we have reached over 420,000 people, including over 125,000 children by:
- providing education activities, including Polish language classes and summer schools to help Ukrainian children integrate and catch-up on missed learning
- Setting up child protection and mental health programmes such as art therapy and individual support for vulnerable children
- Giving cash to families so they can afford rent and other essentials
See the camps in full swing
In romania
Romania has been a key transit country for families fleeing conflict in Ukraine. By the end of December 2024, more than 6.8 million people had crossed into Romania since February 2022, with more than 175,400 people remaining in the country today.
How your donations are helping children
As of February 2025, we have reached over 367,000 people, including over 184,600 children by:
- Running eight Counselling Hubs where families can access local services, childcare and support for their children from trained professionals
- Supporting education programmes through Romanian language classes and summer camps
- Providing cash assistance to families so they can afford the essentials
Inside our child friendly spaces
The situation now
It’s been more than three years of full-scale war in Ukraine. Three years since millions of children’s lives have been torn apart and changed forever.
Children have seen their homes, playgrounds and schools bombed. They’ve lost loved ones to the violence or been separated from family members while being forced to flee.
Today, 1.9 million children in Ukraine need support to overcome the horrifying impacts of this war. Many carry emotional scars that run deep. For many children in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, who have already lived through ten years of conflict, they have known nothing but war.
Thousands of children and families are still being forced underground to bunkers, as violence and shelling continues.
And - as in any crisis - children without caregivers or guardians in Ukraine are at increased risk of abuse, exploitation, trafficking and neglect.
Become a monthly donor
By becoming a monthly donor, you can ensure that our teams reach children all over the world, all year round.
Guaranteed income means we can plan long term solutions for children - like providing ongoing mental health support, or supporting them through our education work.
It also means you will remain close to the work we do and your unique impact through regular updates from us!
Becoming a monthly donor is the best gift you can give a child.
