
Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?: The Power of Helping Children in Crisis
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As the world watches refugee families stream out of Ukraine, there is a renewed urgency to meet the needs of children caught in conflict zones — not just the basics of food and shelter, but also their emotional needs as they experience displacement and worse. How do we provide them the tools to cope with their circumstances? What initiatives are helping to mitigate the trauma? And what will be the cost to all of us if we don’t help?
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