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UNICEF emergency relief for children around the world

When every minute counts, your help can make all the difference. Within the first 72 hours after reports of an earthquake, war or famine, UNICEF is there on the ground helping children. Your donation makes this possible – fast, tangible, effective.

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When every minute counts, your help can make all the difference. Within the first 72 hours after reports of an earthquake, war or famine, UNICEF is there on the ground helping children. Your donation makes this possible – fast, tangible, effective.

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  • Earthquakes, floods, droughts and wars often affect children who are already living in great poverty. Sometimes, hundreds of thousands of children lose everything they have in just moments. In any emergency, UNICEF is one of the first organizations on the ground delivering vital supplies, ensuring children are protected and, working to return them to normality as quickly as possible.

Getting lifesaving aid where it’s most urgently needed requires precise planning.

UNICEF operates the world’s biggest humanitarian supply and logistics center, headquartered in Copenhagen. This center distributes emergency supplies throughout the world to support children and families in need. 

These emergency supplies include water purification tablets, high-calorie peanut paste to combat acute malnutrition, and first aid kits for medical emergencies. These supplies are procured in order to provide needs-based and targeted on-site support. UNICEF supplies more than 5,000 different items that serve the needs of children everywhere in the world. 

Water purification tablets

Wasserreinigungstabletten

Diseases such as diarrhea spread quickly in densely populated areas in particular, such as refugee camps and emergency shelters. Safe drinking water and hygiene are therefore crucial for the survival of such families. Water purification tablets are an essential part of UNICEF’s emergency response. Each tablet makes four to five liters of drinkable water.

Peanut paste

Plumpy Nut - Ernährungspräparat

In the aftermath of wars and long periods of drought, children are very badly affected by malnutrition. Not only do they not get enough to eat, but the food also lacks lifesaving nutrients, making them vulnerable to infections and developmental disorders. UNICEF helps children suffering from acute malnutrition by distributing nutritious peanut paste that is high in vitamins and minerals. This supplementary food strengthens their immune systems and promotes weight gain.

First-Aid-Kit

Erste-Hilfe-Kit von UNICEF mit der wichtigsten Grundausstattung wie Pflaster, Seife oder Verbandsklammern und -klebeband.

The first aid kits provide health workers with basic supplies to help in emergency situations: plaster, gauze, soap, dressings, gloves, aspirin, iodine solution and eye ointment. UNICEF makes sure that wounded and ill children receive help quickly, even under difficult conditions.

To provide some insight into the work done by UNICEF’s Supply Division, the video shows the daily process of procuring and distributing emergency supplies that are tailored to address problems specific to the place of delivery. True to its motto “Never give up,” UNICEF makes sure that help is provided where it is most urgently needed.

In 2024, thanks to your support, UNICEF was able to provide

million
9.7
children with access to education
million
17.4
people with safe water for drinking and personal hygiene
million
12.6
children and caregivers with community-based mental health and psychosocial support

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