UNICEF launched a $9.9 billion funding appeal on Wednesday to reach 109 million children across 146 countries among them Lebanon, with lifesaving aid in 2025.
The funds will be utilized in UNICEF’s humanitarian response to multiple conflicts, climate shocks, displacement, and health crises expected next year, the statement said.
The top five appeals by funding requirements for 2025 are for Afghanistan ($1,188,778,304), Sudan ($840,000,000), Democratic Republic of the Congo ($804,295,490), Palestine ($716,540,000) and Lebanon ($658,200,000).
Around the world, 213 million children are at the sharp end of unpredictable and volatile humanitarian emergencies, UNICEF said. With 109 million children targeted by the organization for humanitarian assistance in 2025, donor funding is critical to ensure the response is timely, effective, and sufficient, it added.
The statement noted that “as part of its Humanitarian Action for Children, which sets out the agency’s 2025 appeal, UNICEF plans to reach:
-56.9 million children and women accessing primary healthcare in UNICEF-supported facilities
-34 million children 6-59 months screened for wasting
-20.6 million children, adolescents and caregivers accessing community-based mental health and psychosocial support
-11.1 million women, girls and boys accessing gender-based violence risk mitigation, prevention, and/or response interventions
-24 million children accessing formal or non-formal education, including early learning
-55.3 million people accessing a sufficient quantity and quality of water
The statement pointed out that “last year, donors contributed more than 50% of UNICEF’s thematic humanitarian funding to just four emergencies – Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Syria, and Ukraine – a fraction of the 412 emergencies UNICEF responded to in 107 countries. Meanwhile, humanitarian operations in countries like Burkina Faso, Lebanon, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and Myanmar are the most severely underfunded.”
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