“The polio virus hit Saber and left
him paralysed. We did not vaccinate
him since we were refugees.”
Saber, 10, is from Sarach Naghlo, a small village in Afghanistan. He contracted polio as a toddler as is now paralysed.
“We were refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Saber was only two-years-old,” his father Mohammed says.
“The polio virus hit Saber and left him paralysed. We did not vaccinate him since we were refugees.”
This story is all too common in conflict-struck countries like Afghanistan, Syria and South Sudan.
That’s why UNICEF is determined to vaccinate every child, no matter where they live.
With your help, we can keep children alive in situations they are powerless to stop.