Most of the families I met are living on less than $1 a day, and some had not eaten for three days. This is what climate change looks like here. -Priyanka Chopra Jonas, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
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. Over 20 million people and at least 10 million children are currently facing severe drought conditions. 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 in Horn of Africa 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.
Right now, it’s a race against the clock to get life-saving therapeutic food into the hands of children on the brink of death. Donate now to save children from dying of hunger.
HoA CRISIS: UNICEF IN ACTION
UNICEF is at the forefront of the humanitarian response in the Horn of Africa providing therapeutic food, clean water and life-saving relief to children. Thanks to the generous support of donors, UNICEF has been able to reach nearly 1.7 million people and 1.2 million children through life-saving interventions in the Horn of Africa.
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.
Unless we act now, millions more children will be pushed to the brink of death.
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas,
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
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.