"The war takes childhood from our children." Elena Zelenskaya signed a bilateral memorandum with UNICEF

Zelenskaya and UNICEF will work to return access to education to Ukrainian children (photo: OP: OP), the first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenskaya signed a memorandum on mutual understanding with the representation of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine.

The first lady reported that cooperation with UNICEF lasted before the war, but after a full -scale invasion, it was decided to combine efforts and focus them to make children and young people, especially vulnerable groups, at least felt the harmful effects of war. Zelenskaya explained what areas of cooperation would be and stressed that they would work to restore access to education to Ukrainian children and improve their physical health, nutrition and social and emotional development.

Also, the cooperation will introduce a national mental health and psychosocial support program to fight the injuries that cause war. “One of the important areas of our work will be information - we must constantly tell the world how the war takes away childhood from our children. We will emphasize the international community that Russia regularly violates the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.