Full house: Barrie woman opens home to refugee family of 13

'I never once thought about how we were going to feed them, or about money. I always felt it would work out,' says Barrie woman who welcomed family of 13 refugees

They fled Ukraine to protect their children. Now these mothers are returning home

Refugees continue to arrive at Zaporizhzhya refugee centre

Cars packed full of women, children, prized pets and hastily gathered belongings piled in every free corner, continue to arrive at the refugee centre in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhya.

Children of War

Kids in Ukraine are paying the price for a conflict they didn't create

Ukraine Today: Orphanage staff struggles to cope with Ukrainian children traumatized by war

Hundreds of orphans from Donetsk have been evacuated and placed in the care of staff at this summer camp in eastern Ukraine. Staff says they need bigger workforce and supplies at the orphanage

In Ukraine, UNICEF tries to put children’s life 'back to balance,' says Rudi Luchmann

Rudi Luchmann, deputy representative of the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF), gives an interview to the Kyiv Post in his office of Kyiv, on July 29

Helping orphaned children, Crimean refugees and the army

Over the past year Pat and Len have began to help the army and even given refuge to a couple, Bob from Britain and his Ukrainian wife Tatiyana, when they fled Crimea after Russia annexation

In eastern Ukraine, mobile psychologists bring relief to children

The children who came out of Debaltseve’s bomb shelters had changed. “We thought they wouldn’t recover for a long time – if ever,” says Zoya Ovcharenko, headmistress of the town’s only operating kindergarten

Ukrainian Refugees, Lost and in Limbo

Over a million people have been forced to flee their homes because of the war in Ukraine. Many of these internally displaced people have struggled to find a new life

An Embroidered dreams: Social project for Ukrainian children with disabilities

Children with disabilities and their families, all internally displaced persons from eastern Ukraine, attended the event