(CNN) -- Yousef is two years old and lives in a refugee camp in Iraq. Her mother tells comedian and UNICEF ambassador Eddie Izzard that she wants to return to her country, but will not jeopardize her children's safety. With every day that passes in their life as a refugee, she fears that they are losing another day of their childhood. Yousef (not his real name) is two years old and lives in a shack that once sheltered animals. He arrived in Northern Iraq from Syria a few months ago. In Syria he lived in a nice home, in a nice area - full of middle-class comforts. But planes began to whirr through the skies and bombs began to fall in his region. The power supply diminished and the police disappeared.
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Two-year-old Yousef fled to Northern Iraq from Syria with his mother and sister for their safety
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They moved into a large settlement of improvised homes, near Dohuk
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Eddie Izzard says three quarters of refugees do not live in formalized camps
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"The needs in these communities are dire," writes Izzard
She fears her son and daughter will forget @placeholder and they are growing up without the education, basic services and protection they deserve.