According to the UN agency’s executive director, “there are more children in need of humanitarian aid today than at any time in recent history.” The situation has worsened this year due to the war in Ukraine, food insecurity or outbreaks of cholera and measles.
UNICEF plans to help some 110 million boys and girls in 155 countries around the world by 2023, a task for which the UN agency for children has more than 10 billion dollarsas announced.
“Today, more children are in need of humanitarian assistance than at any other time in recent history,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement. She warned of the “deadly mix of crises” – conflict, disease and malnutrition – facing children. .
This situation has deteriorated in the course of 2022, among other things due to the war in Ukrainegrowing food insecuritythe destructive floods in Pakistan or outbreaks of cholera and measles in different regions.
Crises and conflicts have driven nearly 37 million children from their homes around the world, a level not seen since World War II.
As part of the humanitarian plan, UNICEF aims to treat 8.2 million children against malnutrition, vaccinate 28 million children, provide 63.7 million people with access to drinking water or educate 25.7 million minors.
The crises that, according to the agency, require more investment Afghanistan ($1.65 billion), Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees (1,058 million), Syrian refugees (867 million), the Democratic Republic Congo (862 million) and Ethiopia (674 million).
A total of $10.3 billion is being requested from donors to fund the agency’s humanitarian programs through 2023.
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