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UNICEF report says Myanmar conflict has displaced nearly 1.3 million children by end of 2024

Writer's picture: Saw Kyaw OoSaw Kyaw Oo

About 3.5 million people have been displaced by the conflict in Myanmar by the end of 2024, with nearly 40% of them—roughly 1.3 million— are children, according to a report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on December 5.

In 2025, 19.9 million people, including 6.4 million children, will need humanitarian aid, according to a the UNICEF report.

Nearly 920,000 children are out of school and lack access to education, according to the report.A statement released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in December 2024, said that children across Myanmar have increasingly fewer opportunities to access safe education.

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