( CNN ) -- The horrors of war are best illustrated in the drawings . In one sketch , a child details a helicopter and warplane firing over a tank shooting a missile . Underneath , men fire guns at each other as a stick figure lies on the ground nearby . The Syrian civil war has taken a massive psychological and physical toll on the most innocent of victims -- the children . More than 2 million Syrian children have been afflicted by trauma , malnutrition or disease , the aid group Save the Children said in a report Wednesday . The fighting has left one in three kids with injuries . And it has decimated vaccination programs across the country , with about two-thirds of children in northern Syria without protection against preventable diseases . U.N. : Number of Syrian refugees escalating at rapid rate . Nowhere to hide . With more than 3 million buildings pummeled by attacks , children and parents across the country are running out of places to take cover . About 80,000 Syrians are now sleeping in caves , parks or barns , Save the Children said . Those slightly more fortunate pack into overcrowded apartments or homes with other families . But with the front lines of war shifting daily , no dwelling is spared from the bombings . `` Most of the houses were being hit . We had to stay in one room , all of us . The other rooms were being hit , '' 12-year-old Yasmine told the agency . `` The shelling was constant . ... I knew we could not move from that one room . There were 13 of us ... crammed into one room . We did not leave that room for two weeks . '' When her father finally ventured out , Yasmine 's life changed forever . `` I watched my father leave , and watched as my father was shot outside our home , '' the girl said . `` I started to cry , I was so sad . We were living a normal life , we had enough food . Now , we depend on others . Everything changed for me that day . '' Prince Charles visits Syrian refugee camp . Traumatized by grief . Yasmine 's ordeal is just one of countless stories of children struggling with the killings of family members . A new study from Bahcesehir University in Turkey found three in every four Syrian children interviewed had lost a loved one because of the fighting , Save the Children said . `` I do n't think there is a single child untouched by this war , '' a resident named Safa said . `` Everyone has seen death . Everyone has lost someone . '' Used as pawns . They 're too young to fight , too young to fire a weapon . But that does n't mean they 've been spared from the front lines . `` Children are increasingly being put directly in harm 's way as they are being recruited by armed groups and forces , '' Save the Children said . `` There have even been reports that children as young as eight have been used as human shields . '' A recent U.N. report echoes this finding , saying government and rebel forces have recruited boys as young as 12 . No school to go to . Ten-year-old Noura said she loved going to school . But like thousands of students , now there is no school to attend . `` I stopped going to school when the shelling started . It was n't safe , '' Noura told the aid group . `` I feel sad that my school was burned because my school reminds me of my friends . '' More than 2,000 schools across the country have been damaged , with many more turned into emergency shelters , the group said . Any way out . Save the Children called for the U.N. Security Council to unite on a plan that will bring an end to the civil war . But two years of U.N. diplomacy , negotiations and chronic stalemates at the Security Council have so far failed to produce an effective solution in Syria . Earlier this year , Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announced a plan to resolve the conflict , which included national dialogue and a new constitution that would be put up for a public referendum . But there 's a major caveat : Al-Assad said he refuses to deal with `` terrorists , '' a term the government often uses to describe the opposition seeking to end 42 years of al-Assad family rule . Similarly , opposition members have said they will not work directly with al-Assad 's `` criminal '' government , nor will they accept any solution that does n't involve the president 's departure . `` We do n't know who is right and who is wrong , but I know we civilians are paying the price , '' a mother named Hiba said . `` I just wanted to keep my children safe . If I die , it is fine ... but not my children . ''
Save the Children : Kids as young as 8 are reportedly used as human shields . Score: 6 A 12-year-old describes watching her father get shot outside her home . `` I stopped going to school when the shelling started . It was n't safe , '' a child says .