Children across Lebanon are facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis.
Since early March, escalating hostilities across parts of the Middle East have intensified violence in and around Lebanon, sharply increasing risks for children. Airstrikes and cross‑border attacks have forced families to flee, disrupted essential services, and placed children in immediate danger. For many, daily life is now shaped by fear, uncertainty, and loss.
More than 170 children have reportedly been killed with many more injured, and now over 1.1 million people are internally displaced. Many are sheltering in public schools and overcrowded spaces, often without reliable access to water, food, heating, or sanitation. Widespread school closures have also cut children off from education, removing a vital source of stability and routine at a time of crisis.
This escalation has compounded an already fragile situation. Even before the latest attacks, children in Lebanon were growing up amid overlapping crises; economic collapse, poverty, food insecurity and weakened public services. Years of political uncertainty have placed immense pressure on families, leaving children’s safety, wellbeing and access to basic needs under growing threat.
UNICEF and our partners are rapidly expanding emergency support to meet the needs of children and families. But we need your help to do more. Donate today.
How is UNICEF responding in Lebanon?
UNICEF is on the ground working alongside our partners to urgently scale up support to children and families affected by escalating violence and displacement, wherever they are. But the need is urgent and growing.
Only with the support of people like you we can provide:
- Safe drinking water and sanitation for families on the move
- Lifesaving nutrition, healthcare and vaccinations babies and children
- Psychosocial and child protection services to help children cope with trauma
- Education support, including learning materials, so children can continue some studies, even while displaced
How will my donation help children in Lebanon?
At a time of growing need, your support helps UNICEF continue delivering for every child, no matter what.
- $90 could help provide over 18,800 water purification tablets, each able to create up to five litres of clean drinking water.
- $190 could help provide 378 sachets of Plumpy’Nut®, a therapeutic paste, enough for lifesaving treatment for three children with severe malnutrition.
- $310 could help provide hygiene and dignity kits for five families, each packed with emergency supplies including soap, water containers, cleaning products and reusable menstrual products.
- 78¢on average, 78 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.
- 22¢on average, 15 cents to every dollar spent for the past three years went to essential fundraising costs that helped us generate more impact for children, 7 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.
When war breaks out or disaster strikes, you can make a difference.
UNICEF is on the ground, providing urgent assistance to children and their families. But we can’t do it alone. We need your help to always be there. No matter what.