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.
Right now, it’s a race against the clock to get life-saving therapeutic food into the hands of children, like Ibrahim, on the brink of death. Donate now to save children from dying of hunger.
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.
Children face a ‘perfect storm’ for famine to set in if we don’t act now. Millions could lose their lives and die from hunger if we don’t get life-saving food into their hands quick enough.
Your help can mean the difference between life and death
UNICEF is working against the clock to treat severely malnourished children across the region. But so many more children, like Ibrahim, are fighting for their lives.
Help send life-saving therapeutic food to children on the brink of starvation. This therapeutic food can literally mean the difference between life and death for a child and save their life in a matter of weeks.
How your donation will help
UNICEF and partners are 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 and 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 helps our efforts to ensure resilience for future drought and water emergencies.