Ibrahim is just 8 months old, but he is acutely malnourished and each day is a fight to stay alive. His health is failing when he should be playing, learning and growing. Malnutrition has stripped him of all his energy, leaving his body weak, frail and vulnerable to disease and sickness. Thanks to the support of donors like you, Ibrahim is receiving treatment, but millions more children need urgent help.
Soaring food prices across the world – made worse by the war in Ukraine – and three failed consecutive rainy seasons have forced families across Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia to leave everything behind in search of food and water. Families cannot cope with higher food prices, their livestock are dying off, and their incomes are drying up. They have nowhere left to turn.
Right now it is a race against the clock to get life-saving therapeutic food into the hands of children, like Ibrahim, on the brink of death.
Please donate now, and help save children from dying of hunger.
Why a monthly donation?
Monthly donations mean you are making an impact in children's lives, every day, and gives UNICEF the resources to plan ahead, prepare and take actions to mitigate the impact of crises as they develop.
The worldwide malnutrition crisis is currently putting 8 million children under 5 at risk of dying from hunger. Thanks to monthly donations, UNICEF is working to scale up its efforts to provide for maternal and child nutrition, invest in early detection of children affected by severe wasting and distribute ready-to-use therapeutic food in 15 countries around the world and avert an explosion of child deaths.
With a monthly donation, you can help UNICEF reach more children
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How your donation will help
UNICEF is on the ground in the Horn of Africa providing therapeutic food, clean water and life-saving relief to children. We risk an explosion of deaths, with millions of children facing starvation and every donation makes a difference.
- Your donation helps UNICEF deliver life-saving food, safe drinking water, urgent medical treatment and intensive nutrition services for children in critical need.
- Your donation also helps UNICEF provide vaccines and other health and nutrition items across the country, reaching children and families in remote areas.
- UNICEF is working with partners to help build long-term resilience in communities to help them recover and prepare for future disasters. Your donation also helps our efforts to ensure resilience for future disaster and crisis.