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UNICEF earmarks $450 million for front-line regions

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UNICEF earmarks $450 million for front-line regions
Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk met with UNICEF chief Ted Chaiban in Kyiv. (Cabinet of Ministers)

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) plans to allocate $450 million to support front-line communities, officials announced on Nov. 25.

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk met with UNICEF chief Ted Chaiban in Kyiv to discuss support programs for families near the front lines.

Projects include setting up bomb shelters, restoring water supply, and supporting sustainability centers.

In Kharkiv oblast, UNICEF is helping to implement projects to create six such community centers in Chuguyiv, Balakliya, Pisochyn, Kegichiv, Krasnograd, and Valkiv.

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Lance Luo (Li P. Luo) is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. Previously, he worked at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Hromadske Television in Kyiv. He also spent three years in finance and strategy consulting. Mr. Luo graduated from the University of Southern California and serves as an arbitrator at FINRA.

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