Together, we can make a difference to the lives of children across this diverse and vibrant region. Your support can bring hope, and a brighter future to countless children.
Join the movement and be a champion for children!
West and Central Africa is home to 12% of the world’s children yet this region bears a disproportionate share of the global burden of key child rights deprivations.
Children now account for almost half of all Africa’s population, and by 2055 Africa will be home to one billion children. By the end of the century, it is projected that Africa will be home to nearly half of the world's children.
Globally West and Central Africa accounts for:
31%
deaths in under-5 children
42%
of maternal deaths
19%
of stunted children
>50%
of under 5s not reaching their full development
2nd
highest HIV burden globally
33%
out-of-school children and adolescents
Highest
ranking region of adolescents neither studying, in training or working
46 million
adolescent girls and boys are without any hygiene facilities and services
Your Donation Matters
First Foods: Re-imagining nutrition
Through the "First Foods" initiative, UNICEF aims to create transformational change to enable access to the most needed nutritious and diverse foods for every young child in every context.
Sahel Crisis: Putting this emergency on the map
The Sahel is children's crisis. Help meet humanitarian needs in this region, as well as lessening the impact of insecurity and environmental hazards on increasingly vulnerable children in neighboring Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Togo.
Giving children everywhere an identity
Join us on our new initiative as we link birth registration with health services. For just $2, one child can be registered and given a legal identity, the cornerstone of other rights. Your contribution will help break down the wall between the seen and the unseen, the heard and the unheard, the counted and the uncounted.
Together let's take action for children in West and Central Africa!
Got Questions? We've Got Answers.
For the moment, we don’t have offline fundraisers that are collecting donations for UNICEF. You can support our efforts in helping vulnerable children by donating online on this webpage.
As UNICEF, we will never reach out to private individuals via personal messages on Facebook, Instagram, or other channels.
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.
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 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 of the change process.
A monthly donation is a recurring gift amount that you choose to send each month, and it is even more impactful, as this means that you'll be helping children every single day.
Your monthly gift will also enable us to plan effectively in our upcoming work, reduce costs and most importantly, reach even more children in need. The support and generosity of monthly donors contribute significantly to UNICEF's efforts to help vulnerable children.
Your donation is used to support UNICEF's programmes for children in need in West and Central Africa.
UNICEF encourages monthly donations to help us deliver sustainable, long-term solutions for children both in the region and globally.
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.
Yes, you will receive an automatic "Thank You" email which can be used as a receipt for your donation.
Currently, your donation will be used to support UNICEF’s work in the region, which may include First Foods, the Sahel crises, and birth registrations initiatives.
For more information or any questions, contact us at wcarodonations@unicef.org. We are here to answer any questions or address any concerns you may have.