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The actor visited school children in classrooms around three
kilometers from the front line of the conflict which started
over two years ago. In Ukraine, nearly 600,000 children are in
urgent need of aid and 230,000 have been forced to leave their
homes.
One in five schools and kindergartens in the region has been
damaged and destroyed - and that's left 300,000 children in
immediate need of assistance to continue their education.
Bloom's visit came as it was announced that nearly a quarter of
the world's school aged children - some 462 million - now live
in countries affected by crisis and war. The "Pirates of the
Caribbean" star said the amount of humanitarian aid given
internationally to education is insufficient.
Bloom also visited a damaged building now being used as a bomb
shelter and met school children who are receiving counseling
from UNICEF-supported psychologists, to help them recover from
the traumas they have faced during the conflict.
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