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Ukraine’s delegation of more than 50 students recently headlined an impressive collection of students from around the world at the 2024 International Genius Olympiad in Rochester, New York.

More than 22,000 children in Ukraine have been injured, killed or kidnapped since the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, according a nonprofit group working in the country. The findings by the Ukraine Children’s Action Project (UCAP) outlining the impact of the war on the country’s future generation come as the Financial Times reported how […]

More than two years after Russia’s invasion in 2022, the educational situation in Ukraine remains fractured. One month after the invasion, more than half of the country’s children were displaced and by January 2023, 5.3 million Ukrainian children were struggling to access education. Children who can access schooling are often struggling with mental health issues […]

The Pediatric Expert Exchange Program (PEEP), part of the Ukraine Children’s Action Project (UCAP), engaged doctors from Saint Nicolaus Children’s Hospital (SNH) in Lviv, Ukraine, to exchange expertise, share support, and bolster specialty pediatric services.

The world is just weeks away from marking a grim anniversary. It was Feb. 24, 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops and multiple armored divisions streamed across Ukraine’s northern, eastern and southern borders, while coordinated missile strikes were launched against military targets in Kyiv and other major cities across the country.

In the history of war, civilians rarely get a pass, and children are inevitably in harm’s way. So, what can we do to improve or manage the consequences for children drawn into a hot war?

If it seems like much of the planet is engulfed in violent conflicts, it’s because that actually is a fairly accurate description of where things stand globally right now. And it isn’t just about the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East that are dominating international media and political attention. Raging violence continues — with […]

The Ukraine Children’s Action Project, co-founded by pediatrician Dr. Irwin Redlener, is persevering in its quest to provide access to mental-health services, healthcare and education for children scarred by the ongoing war in the country: “The scale of this is massive.”

Dr. Irwin Redlener’s latest dispatch after recently returning from the 5th visit to war-torn Ukraine with Karen Redlener. This time joined by legendary singer/social activist Joan Baez.

Nine-time Grammy winner, U.S. folk and country singer Joan Baez has visited Ukraine and shared her impressions of the trip. Baez arrived in Ukraine together with U.S. pediatrician and public activist Dr. Irwin Redlener and his wife Karen Redlener, who is a co-founder of the Ukraine Children’s Action Project.

It is increasingly difficult to determine how many Ukrainian children have been killed, injured or severely traumatized by Russia’s brutality since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The latest formal reports from United Nations agencies suggest that some 500 children have been killed and more than 800 severely injured as collateral casualties of the war.

Focusing on school has been a challenge lately for 7-year-old Varvara Sydorska, given all the distractions. Like the fact that her first-grade teacher is more than 600 miles away, leading class through flickering images on a smartphone. Or the frequent wail of air raid sirens that sends Varvara and her mom dashing off to a nearby bomb […]

From their south-facing balcony overlooking the northern end of Central Park, Irwin and Karen Redlener watch children, gleeful and carefree, running, jumping, and climbing on one of the park’s 21 colorful well-equipped playgrounds. But since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago..

The now year-long violent slog of war in Ukraine has taken an enormous toll on the country. And there is no end an in sight to the fighting. No one questions the fact that stopping the Russian aggression and ending the killing is Ukraine’s – and the world’s- top priority.

While the immediate priorities of food, acute health care and protection will be taken care of, too many children are stressed, grieving and disoriented.