Ukraine’s Invisible Children: The Urgency of Care Reform

Amanda Brydon, Rebecca Smith, Nolan Quigley, Marie Raverdeau

Coverage of the conflict in Ukraine has been a stark reminder of the pace and extent to which war turns lives upside down. The terrifying experience of conflict sees people turning to loved ones and places that are familiar and comforting. Children are no different.

And yet, even before the war in Ukraine started on 24 February, for over 100,000 Ukrainian children the familiar wasn’t a family environment, but an institution.