The Children in Ukraine and How Americans Can Help

The Children in Ukraine and How Americans Can Help

Children are in trouble, and they need our help now. The Russian ground invasion and incessant artillery shelling have already caused the largest forced migration of civilians in Europe since the second WW II. No matter what other critical issues are demanding our attention, we must not forget how much Putin’s brutal war on Russian expansionism is harming Ukraine’s children and – the very future of Ukraine itself.

Ukraine’s children desperately need more than shelter and food

Ukraine’s children desperately need more than shelter and food

I wanted to share my latest op-ed in NBC News Think, about the critical need for ongoing support for Ukrainian children who have been displaced by war. That includes education and the psychosocial support needed to address the long-term and emotional toll of Russia’s deadly war.