News and stories

Read the latest news from War Child and the stories of the children and families we support around the world.

Sama smiling with her face between her hands.

Sama's Story

Sama is six years old and from Syria.

Raina standing in front of a temporary home in Syria.

Rania's Story

Rania, a 38-year-old mother of eight, endured immense psychological and social pressures due to Syria’s ongoing crises and devastating earthquakes.

The siblings at a refugee camp in South Sudan.

Nyakuma and Ajou

Siblings Nyakuma and Ajou are from South Sudan, read their story.

Mother and daughter, World Refugee Day.

World Refugee Day 2023

Famous faces come together to support World Refugee Day with new Bella Freud t-shirt for War Child.

Bring Them Home campaign hero image.

Bring Them Home campaign 2023

Celebrities and international security experts join call for British families to be brought home from unlawful detention in Syria.

Daniela and her baby Andriy in Ukraine, 2023.

Daniela's Story

Meet Daniela, aged 35, she was living in northeast Ukraine before the war started. Now, she lives in the Refugee Accommodation Centre in western Ukraine with two of her four children.

Galina aged 8 in Moldova posing against a wooden door

Galina's Story

Meet Galina, aged 8, from Ukraine. Due to the war, she had to flee her home country to live in Moldova.

Alina holding her daughter Alla

Alina's Story

Meet Alina. She was born in Ukraine and lived there her whole life. But now she lives in a Refugee Accommodation Centre in Moldova with her three children.