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For more than 21 months, since October 2023, the lives of children in Gaza have been relentlessly punctuated by destruction and death. 17,000 children have reportedly been killed, that's 28 per day for almost two years, and 33,000 injured. Meanwhile, every child in Gaza has been exposed to ongoing trauma, displacement and deprived of the essentials, including food, water, and healthcare.
Right now, 1.7 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance to survive.
For 11 weeks from mid-March, a blockade halted humanitarian aid access to Gaza. In that time, malnutrition rates have soared, food prices have sky-rocketed up to 700% and the threat of famine looms large. Access to healthcare has dropped significantly, with none of the 38 hospitals in Gaza fully operational, and only 2,000 hospital beds left for over 2 million people.
Almost 2 million people have been displaced from their homes in Gaza and the West Bank.
95 per cent of schools in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, creating an education crisis for 658,000 children who've been out of school for nearly two years.
Despite the challenging security situation and limited humanitarian access, UNICEF staff and partners remain present on the ground in Gaza. Our teams won't give up on reaching the children who need us most.
The support and supplies we're providing includes therapeutic food and infant formula, vitamin A supplements, hygiene kits, hygiene promotion, training health workers, water trucking, fuel to keep critical services running, soap, jerrycans, tarpaulins, mental health and psychosocial support, educational support and humanitarian cash transfers.
But we can’t do it alone - we need your help today.
Please support children in Gaza by making a life-saving donation today.
How Can My Donation Make A Difference?
Whilst humanitarian access is difficult, we can't just forget about children in Gaza.
Since mid-May, authorities have permitted a small number of UN supplies to enter Gaza. An average of 30 UN trucks per day have been able to deliver aid at designated crossings - this includes UNICEF nutrition products, water treatment supplies and vaccines. However, it's nowhere near enough.
Children continue to need our support and with your help UNICEF is taking any and all opportunities to reach them. Your donation today will help bring hope, and practical supplies and services to those most in need.
A donation of $42 could provide vaccines to protect 56 children against deadly measles.
A donation of $54 could provide 105 packets of ready-to-use therapeutic food to treat kids suffering from malnutrition.
A donation of $102 could provide 20 collapsible water containers and 5,600 water purification tablets to protect kids from waterborne diseases.
A donation of $119 could provide 1,000 polio vaccines and 2x vaccine carriers to protect kids against this deadly disease.
A donation of $150 could provide two families with emergency water and sanitation kits.
A donation of $247 could provide a School-in-a-box Kit with learning materials for 40 displaced children to continue their education.
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Sisters, 4-year-old Maria, front, and 9-year-old Dalia, pose for a photograph at their family's makeshift tent in a shelter for internally displaced persons in Rafah, southern Gaza.
How's UNICEF responding in Gaza?
Since the beginning of 2025, UNICEF has reached more than 2 million people with humanitarian supplies and support.
We've provided safe drinking water to 2 million people; critical water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) supplies to 910,745 people and priary health-care for 427,735 women and children.
We've provided mental health and psychosocial support services to over 194,000 children, adolescents and caregivers in Gaza. More than 133,000 kids have received learning materials and support to continue their schooling. And we've delivered humanitarian cash assistance to 380,000 people.
UNICEF continues to call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire that will protect kids from further harm and allow the desperately needed aid into Gaza.
We were on the ground in Gaza long before this crisis escalated more than 21 months ago, and we continue to deliver for kids in the most challenging of humanitarian situations. We will never give up on children in Gaza.
On 19 January 2025, trucks loaded with water, hygiene kits, and nutrition items enter the Gaza Strip in the State of Palestine, via Kerem Shalom crossing point.
Other ways you can donate
If you'd like to donate over the phone, call our friendly team on 0800 243 575.
If you'd like to donate direct to our bank account, please use account 01-0505-0463764-00 and the code 'gaza-ws'.
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Disclaimer:
In the event that funds raised exceed UNICEF's funding requirements, the appeal no longer needs funding, or the decision is made to close this appeal, your one-off or ongoing monthly donation will go to our Greatest Need Appeal. Where possible we will communicate this with you, however in some circumstances this might not be possible.
Your life-saving monthly donations will support this appeal for a period of twelve months. After that they will go into our Greatest Need Fund to save and protect kids worldwide.
UPDATED: 30th July, 2025
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Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the MENA Region, Edouard Beigbeder
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the attacks in Gaza
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