From Gaza to Sudan and beyond, millions of childhoods are being impacted by an unprecedented number of emergencies, from violent conflicts to devastating natural disasters.
Your generous gift will help our team deliver lifesaving support to children and families from the moment a crisis strikes to long after an emergency has left the headlines.
When war breaks out or disaster strikes, the chaos and insecurity that follows leaves children in significant danger. During emergencies, children often lose their homes, their schools, and their loved ones. It becomes difficult to access food, clean water, and health care, and many children are left vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
With your ongoing generosity, UNICEF works around the clock to be there for children before, during, and after emergencies, from violent conflict in places like Gaza or Ukraine, or natural disaster like the devastating earthquakes in Myanmar. Our teams are on the ground, delivering lifesaving supplies including therapeutic food, clean water and vaccinations to children and families within 48 hours.
After emergencies fade from the headlines, we continue to be there for every child, rebuilding lives and communities by supporting long-term development programs and advocating for children and young people.
But we can’t do this alone. We urgently need your help today so that we can continue to reach every child in need, no matter what.
213 million
More than 213 million children in 146 countries and territories are estimated to require urgent humanitarian assistance in 2025.
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The number of emergencies UNICEF and our partners responded to in 2024, reaching millions of children in 104 countries with essential services and supplies.
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Help deliver lifesaving supplies to children in emergencies.
How will my donation help children?
Your donation today will help our team deliver vital support, including clean water, therapeutic food, and medical supplies, so that children impacted by conflict and natural disasters have immediate support and a brighter tomorrow. 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.
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Help deliver lifesaving supplies to children in emergencies.