Why is it essential to donate for Gaza now?
The ceasefire in Gaza opens an urgent opportunity to save lives.
For months, delivering humanitarian aid was extremely difficult. Even so, every day UNICEF continued supporting children and adolescents with the resources available.
Today, it’s possible to scale up the response and deliver more food, water, medicine, and shelter to support families who have lost everything.
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Together, we’re bringing hope and healing to Gaza’s children
Essential supplies
More food, medicine, blankets, and tents are urgently needed – UNICEF is delivering them by truck into Gaza.
Hospitals
Hospitals need to operate with much greater capacity. Right now, more than 80% of Gaza’s health facilities are damaged or destroyed.
Vaccines and safe water
Children need to catch up on their vaccinations and immunizations, and have access to more safe water and sanitation to prevent disease.
Child protection
We identify and support children separated from their families, providing psychosocial care, family reunification, and safe spaces for their recovery.
Nutrition to survive and grow
We have carried out over 500,000 nutrition assessments, treated children with severe acute malnutrition, and provided essential supplements to pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent undernutrition.
Education in emergencies
We set up tents and temporary learning spaces so that thousands of children can continue their education, even while displaced.
Famine is now one of the greatest threats to children in Gaza
All children under the age of 5 are at risk of acute malnutrition. They urgently need nutritional treatment to survive.
Your donation today is vital because:
- It helps sustain humanitarian assistance in Gaza: food, water, shelter, vaccines, and first aid kits.
- It supports our teams who remain inside Gaza, providing every possible form of support to affected children and families.
Every minute counts. Help us save lives now.
Immediate priorities
Vaccination: 100,000 children have lost access to essential vaccines. Every dose we manage to deliver can prevent deadly diseases.
Neonatal care: The number of beds for newborns has been cut in half. We urgently need to expand intensive care units so that every baby has a chance to live.
Maternal and child health: Over 11,000 pregnant women need safe medical care, and thousands of newborns depend on our ability to reach them in time.
Child malnutrition: We have screened more than 506,000 children; 19,000 are already receiving treatment for acute malnutrition. Each day without adequate food puts more lives at risk.
Maternal nutrition: 147,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers need support to feed themselves and their babies. More than a thousand are already receiving treatment for malnutrition.
Restoring mobility: Among the 4,700 recorded amputations, one-third are children. Rehabilitation and assistive devices can help them regain independence and dignity.
Scaling up the humanitarian response
UNICEF and its partners are responding with a total of 1,300 trucks loaded with essential supplies – including food, water, sanitation (WASH), health, education, and psychosocial support for children and families in urgent need. Another 700 trucks are ready to follow.
UNICEF’s additional efforts:
- Maintain and increase water production in the south, expand it in the north, and strengthen distribution and household-level storage.
- Raise awareness among children and caregivers about the risks of explosive devices and family separation, while expanding psychosocial support activities.
- Support families on the move to prevent separation and continue the family reunification programme launched last year.
WHY DONATE MONTHLY?
The continuity of services is essential
We are very grateful for any and all donations we receive. However, monthly donations are what allow us to continue our long-term programmes to help the most vulnerable children, as well as being our greatest help in emergencies, as they guarantee quick action to save lives.
Your monthly support means we can plan ahead, deliver consistent care, and bring hope to children in Gaza, the wider State of Palestine, and around the world – even in the most difficult places.
Every gift, no matter the size, creates lasting change. Together, we can give children the protection, opportunities, and future they deserve.
Got questions? We've got answers:
Donating online through our UNICEF official websites is just as safe as any other online payment.
We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to protect your information and ensure that your donation is secure. Your card and personal data will be safe and secure.
UNICEF does not have access to your bank card details, we will only have access to the contact details you provide in the donation form: name, surname, e-mail and phone number.
You can securely make a one-time and/or a monthly donation, on this page, by clicking on the donation buttons. Please select the donation amount that you want to give, then continue with the next steps to finish your donation.
No donation is too small, and any donation can help save children's lives.
You choose for how long you wish to donate: monthly or only once. In order to contribute to a fundamental change in the lives of vulnerable children, the longer you choose to get involved, the more powerful your donation will be. Vulnerable children’s lives can improve if you are a part of and contribute to the work that we are doing, and to the solutions that we are providing. By donating, you become an active part of the solution and change process.
A monthly donation is a recurring gift of your chosen amount — and it creates even greater impact. By giving every month, you're helping vulnerable children not just once, but every single day.
Your ongoing support allows us to plan ahead, lower operational costs, and reach even more children in need with life-saving care. The support and generosity of monthly donors play a vital role in sustaining UNICEF’s work — ensuring we can respond swiftly and consistently wherever children need us most.
Your donation supports UNICEF programmes for children in greatest need, wherever the need is most urgent.
UNICEF encourages monthly donations to help us deliver sustainable, long-term solutions for children both in the region and globally.
Yes, you will receive an automatic "Thank You" email which can be used as a receipt for your donation.
We don’t currently have offline fundraisers collecting donations for UNICEF.
If you are approached by anyone claiming to be UNICEF, do not give any personal details or transfer funds.
You can support our efforts in helping vulnerable children by donating online on this webpage and other official UNICEF pages.
Please do not share any sensitive/banking card information with any individuals who may ask you for this type of information, either online or offline.
UNICEF does not offer sponsorship of individual children. Instead, your donation goes to help many more of the most vulnerable children. This may include public health emergencies, quality education, ending child poverty, protection against violence and providing safe, clean water.
You can reach out to us by sending an email to [email protected]. We are here to answer any questions or address any concerns you may have.