• UNICEF- supports health, nutrition, HIV prevention, education, safe drinking water, sanitation and protection for children

• Medecins Sans Frontieres /Doctors Without Borders- MSF runs a range of activities in Ukraine working with local volunteers, organizations, health care professionals and authorities to help people travel to health care facilities and access prescribed medications.

• International Committee of the Red Cross- This Switzerland-based organization is aiming to help people affected by the conflict and support the work of the Red Cross.

• Save the Children- Save the Children, based in London, helps deliver lifesaving aid to vulnerable children around the world.

• Voices of Children- The Ukrainian organization’s Charitable Foundation helps provide psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by the armed conflict, according to its website. Voices of Children’s efforts of support for kids include art therapy, video storytelling, providing mobile psychologists and even individual help for families.

• Sunflower of Peace-The nonprofit organization is raising money to prepare first aid medical tactical backpacks for paramedics and doctors on the front line. Each backpack is designed for groups of 5-20 people and includes an array of first aid supplies.

General Resources

• Explaining the News to Our Kids (Common Sense Media)

• Grief  (Sesame Workshop)

• Helping Children Cope After a Traumatic Event (Child Mind Institute)

• Helping Children With Tragic Events in The News  (PBS Kids for Parents)

• Managing the Stress of Children after a Crisis (Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University)

• Multilingual Trauma Resources (Child Mind Institute)

• Promoting Compassion and Acceptance in Crisis (National Association of School Psychologists)

• Traumatic Experiences (Sesame Workshop)

• Trauma Resources for Families (American Academy of Pediatrics)

• Coping Tips for Traumatic Events and Disasters (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

• Displacement and Resettlement (Sesame Workshop)

• Building Resilience to Indirect Exposure to Terror (American Psychological Association)

• How to Talk to Your Children About Conflict and War (UNICEF’s guide offers eight tips to support and comfort your children)

• Helping Children Cope With Terrorism - Tips for Families and Educators (National Association of School Psychologists)

• Honesty, reassurance: How to talk to kids about Ukraine (Associated Press through Child Mind Institute)

• How to Limit Graphic Social Media Images from the Israel-Hamas War (The Washington Post)

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network (Provides resources that can be filtered by topic, keyword, and audience with a focus on how adults can identify traumatic responses in young people and how to  support them)

• Resilience in a time of war: Tips for parents and day care providers of preschool children (The American Psychological Association)

• Resilience in a time of war: Tips for parents and teachers of elementary school children (The American Psychological Association)

• Resilience in a time of war: Tips for parents and teachers of middle school children (The American Psychological Association)

• Resilience in a time of war: Tips for parents and teachers of teens (The American Psychological Association)

• Handle with Care: Supporting Young People During Crises: Learning for Justice offers recommendations and resources to help guide conversations with young people and to manage  potential subsequent actions and reactions. 

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network: provides resources that can be filtered by topic, keyword, and audience with a focus on how adults can identify traumatic responses in young people and how to  support them.

Teaching Resources for Educators

• Teaching Controversial Issues: A Framework for Reflective Practice

• Classroom Deliberations 

• Conducting a Civil Conversation in the Classroom

• Facilitating Dialogue with Compassion