Ceasefire provides a fragile opportunity to deliver urgent supplies to children in immense need.
After two years of relentless bombardment, deprivation, and unimaginable loss, the situation in Gaza is catastrophic. Since the violence escalated in October 2023, nearly 20,000 children have been killed, with tens of thousands more injured, many with life-changing injuries.
Even with the ceasefire, the humanitarian crisis continues, and the needs of children are immense. Children are still dying of starvation as famine remains a deadly threat with severe malnutrition continuing to spread across the Gaza Strip. Many families continue to face severe hardship after multiple displacements, lack of access to healthcare services, and widespread destruction of homes and vital infrastructure.
The road to recovery will be long and complex, but this ceasefire offers a fragile yet vital opportunity to reach children and families with lifesaving aid. UNICEF is on the ground, scaling up our response to deliver nutrition, medicine, clean water, warm clothing, and shelter to those in need – but we urgently need your help to reach more children and families.
The world must not look away as children in Gaza struggle to survive. Please donate today to support UNICEF’s ongoing during this critical moment of hope and rebuilding.
Children of Gaza Crisis
The ceasefire brings a glimmer of hope for children in Gaza, but the needs remain urgent and overwhelming. Help us scale up our response.
How is UNICEF responding in Gaza?
Despite all the challenges, UNICEF continues to remain in Gaza throughout this crisis – standing by children and families when they need us most. And we’ll stay, helping them recover and rebuild for as long as it takes.
UNICEF and our partners are providing immediate lifesaving support, including:
- Screening and treating children for malnutrition
- Providing access to clean water
- Reuniting children with their families and providing mental health support
- Immunising children against preventable diseases
- Delivering essential items such as hygiene kits, winter clothes and sanitary items
- Providing temporary learning spaces
During the last ceasefire, our teams delivered lifesaving supplies, with UNICEF and our partners even delivering aid door-to-door, reaching malnourished children and pregnant women in their place of refuge.
Your support could help turn this moment of hope into real change for children in Gaza. Please help us scale up our response.
How will my donation help children in Gaza?
Even in the face of an escalating crisis, UNICEF continues to deliver for every child, no matter what.
- $100 could provide 16,667 water purification tablets, each able to create up to 5 litres of clean drinking water.
- $135 could provide 252 sachets of lifesaving therapeutic food that could help treat two children with severe malnutrition.
- $500 could help provide close to 1,380 vaccine doses, ensuring that children’s futures are protected against preventable but dangerous diseases.
- 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?
Your gift will support children impacted by this emergency, and crisis around the world. If you choose to donate monthly or should we receive more funds than is needed for this emergency, your gift will support UNICEF's work where the need is greatest. Find out more about our financial management in our annual report.
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Is UNICEF helping children in Israel?
No matter where they live, a child is a child. UNICEF is calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, and for the immediate, safe, and unconditional release of all abducted children, and the prevention and end to any grave violations against children, including killing and injuring children.
In high-income countries like Israel, governments generally have adequate capacity and resources to respond to emergencies. In these countries, UNICEF programs are not required unless requested by the Government, which Israel has not requested.
This UNICEF Australia appeal is specifically for children in Gaza where UNICEF has teams and programs.
Our work to protect and advocate for all children across Israel, Gaza and the West Bank will continue. Every single child, no matter who or where they are, must be protected.
To learn more about the work we do in Israel, please visit: https://www.unicef.org.il/en/faq/
Top image: Palestinian families displaced multiple times throughout Gaza. Photo credit: © UNICEF/UNI863977/El Baba
Fundraising image: An 11-year-old boy's home in Gaza City was partially damaged during recent airstrikes. Photo credit: © UNICEF/UNI448937/Ajjour
Philanthropy image: A 14-year-old boy carries mattresses and blankets on his head while his family follows him to an emergency shelter in the Gaza Strip. Photo credit: © UNICEF/UNI448940/El Baba