Since the Sudan conflict erupted in April 2023, and as of 31 March 2025, over 770,000 refugees and almost 150,000 returnees – including over 570,000 children – have fled atrocities into Eastern Chad. This region, already affected by chronic Sahel instability and hosting 400,000 refugees from Darfur since 2003, is overwhelmed.
Be the reason children in Eastern Chad survives this crisis
UNICEF stays for children because of supporters like you. Because when you stay, you’re standing with children in the face of crisis. You’re telling them they aren’t alone, they aren’t forgotten, and that they matter.
Eastern Chad Crisis
Time is running out — children’s lives depend on your action:
Children are hungry, families are losing their homes, and health services are collapsing. In the Sahel region where climate shocks, conflict, and displacement converge, over 500,000 children in Chad face Severe Acute Malnutrition in 2025. Each day, stocks of life-saving nutritional supplies run dangerously low.
A UNICEF worker plays with children at a safe space we set up in Tiné, eastern Chad.
UNICEF is on the ground providing life-saving care — from food and clean water to medical help, protection, and education — so children can be safe, healthy, and have a chance to learn and grow again.
Nahama and her 15-month-old daughter, Fatima, in Tiné, near the border with Sudan.
Since April 2023, nearly 1 million people — including Sudanese refugees and returning Chadians — have fled to Chad to escape the conflict in Sudan. And the crisis isn’t slowing down. In just the last week of April 2025, around 8,600 more Sudanese refugees arrived in Wadi Fira and Ennedi Est, seeking safety from the escalating violence.
Every day, innocent children and their families are caught in cycles of violence, climate shocks, and forced displacement.
Your donation helps deliver essential services to children in one of the world’s most fragile regions.
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Why is your monthly donation crucial?
By becoming a monthly donor, you ensure children in need receive ongoing, vital support. Your monthly gift provides life-saving therapeutic food, urgent medical care, and the essentials they need to grow, learn, and thrive. Your consistent generosity also enables us to respond swiftly to emergencies and deliver long-term care—like education, healthcare, and vaccinations—building a brighter future for these children. Your support creates a safety net that keeps hope alive for those facing unimaginable challenges.
With Africa home to the world’s fastest growing population of children and young people, the time to act is now.
Life-saving therapeutic food
and supplies for malnourished children
Emergency family kit
offering vital supplies and dignity for two families in crisis
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ensuring clean and safe drinking water for countless children and families
School in a box kit
bringing education and hope to 40 children, helping them rebuild their futures even in the aftermath of disaster
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.
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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 [email protected]. We are here to answer any questions or address any concerns you may have.