Children are being buried before they have a chance to live
The unfolding situation in Gaza is beyond catastrophic. Since the violence escalated in October 2023, children have been killed, injured, and orphaned – on average, 28 children have been killed each day – that’s the equivalent of an entire classroom, every single day.
Now, children are dying of starvation as severe malnutrition spreads rapidly across the Gaza Strip.
Since April this year, the reported number of children who have died from malnutrition has jumped from 52 to 80. Yet, instead of improving access to lifesaving supplies, a new non-UN aid distribution plan has made the situation worse with almost no aid being allowed in, supplies being blocked at the border, and food prices soaring.
UNICEF teams remain on the ground in Gaza providing emergency services across health, nutrition, clean water and child protection. This includes screening and treating children for malnutrition, providing psychosocial support to children and their caregivers, repairing damaged water infrastructure, and getting aid and lifesaving supplies in whenever possible.
The world must not look away as children fight for survival.
Every second, we’re racing to reach children in emergencies with lifesaving care. We can only be there with your help.
From Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, to Syria, Lebanon and beyond, children can’t wait for lifesaving support. With the help of people like you, UNICEF is there before, during, and after emergencies – delivering critical supplies and protection to children who need it most. But the scale of need is unprecedented, with more than 1 in 6 children – or 460 million – caught in brutal conflicts around the world.
UNICEF has helped save more lives than any other organisation around the world. But our work is far from over.
As global funding for humanitarian aid is slashed, millions more children are at extreme risk. Every second counts, every child matters. Please make a tax-deductible gift before 30 June.
Donate to Children in Emergencies
Children can’t wait for lifesaving support. Make your end of financial year tax-deductible donation before 30 June to provide children in emergencies with the essential healthcare, nutrition and clean water they urgently need.
"Our three daily meals now depend on the rice we receive from charity kitchens. Sometimes water is provided by water trucks, but other times there is none. I just wish for this war to end."
In places like Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, conflict is pushing families to the brink. Your support can make a difference.
Right now, a devastating number of emergencies are unfolding around the globe, pushing children and families to the brink as they fight for survival. When war breaks out and disaster strikes, children suffer first and most. They lose their homes, schools, and communities, as well as access to adequate food, clean water, shelter and healthcare, leaving them exposed to malnutrition, disease and unsafe living conditions.
9.6 million
Airstrikes and shelling have destroyed water systems and other vital infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving 9.6 million people, including 1.7 million children, without regular access to clean water.
5 million
The world’s largest child displacement crisis, 5 million children in Sudan have been forced to flee their homes – a staggering average of 10,000 girls and boys displaced every day.
71,000
The number of children under 5 years of age who are estimated to suffer from the most severe and life-threatening form of malnutrition in Gaza in 2025.
As a 100 per cent donor-funded charity, it is only with the generosity of people like you that we can continue to scale up our response for children and families in emergencies. Your tax-deductible gift ensures that we can reach every child in crisis with immediate and long-term support, no matter what.
Donate to Children in Emergencies
Children can’t wait for lifesaving support. Make your end of financial year tax-deductible donation before 30 June to provide children in emergencies with the essential healthcare, nutrition and clean water they urgently need.
How will my donation help children?
Your gift will help our teams on the ground reach more children and families around the world, wherever the need is greatest. From ready-to-use therapeutic food and water purification tablets to lifesaving vaccines, tax-deductible donations like yours could help us provide immediate and long-term assistance to every child, no matter who they are or where they live. Your donation today could:
- Help provide water purification tablets, each able to create up to five litres of clean drinking water.
- Help provide sachets of Plumpy’Nut®, ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to help children recover from malnutrition.
- Help provide vaccines so children’s futures are protected against preventable diseases like polio, tetanus and measles.
With a monthly donation, you can make an even bigger impact by giving children in emergencies the ongoing support needed to rebuild their futures.
- 80¢on average, 80 cents to every dollar spent for the past three years went directly to helping children in need, including long-term programs, emergency response and community education.
- 20¢on average, 14 cents to every dollar spent for the past three years went to essential fundraising costs that helped us generate more impact for children, 6 cents went to admin costs, such as keeping your personal data safe.
How do we use each dollar donated?
