Millions of children are at risk globally – you can help UNICEF save them

Thanks to incredible supporters like you, UNICEF is able to reach millions of children every year with life-saving, life-changing support.

Across more than 190 countries, UNICEF is saving and uplifting lives, even in the hardest-to-reach places, where children are struggling simply to survive.

And all of this is possible because of the kindness of people like you.

Your support can provide a child with their first safe sip of water.

It can deliver urgently needed food at the right moment.

And above all, it can give children the chance to grow — instead of struggle.

What may feel simple to us can mean survival, dignity, and a future for a child in need. And it is our supporters who make that possible, year after year, for almost 80 years.

Yet there are still so many children at urgent risk. Millions remain in desperate need every day – close to starvation, dying from their injuries, or suffering from painful, preventable diseases.

The task before us is immense.

But at UNICEF, we know we can continue to reach the world’s most vulnerable children – because we can rely on people like you.

Keeping baby Elvis safe in the DRC

3-month-old Elvis rests happily in his mother Odette’s arms, a moment of quiet peace amid the turmoil in Goma, DR Congo.

Earlier in 2025, escalating violence cut off supply lines, leaving health centres facing critical vaccine shortages. For mothers like Odette, the threat of disease loomed large. But thanks to our supporters, UNICEF was able to secure and deliver the vaccines needed to restart routine vaccinations.

For Odette, a teacher, this access means everything. She balances her classroom duties with her children’s health.

“The vaccines he’s receiving protect him against several diseases, including measles, polio, meningitis and tuberculosis,” she said.

Because UNICEF was there, Odette can look at her son and say, “I have no fears.” She added: “I do everything I can to ensure all my children are vaccinated because the health benefits are so important.”

When you support UNICEF, you ensure that even in conflict, children like Elvis are never left unprotected.

How your support can help children today

Actor and UNICEF ambassador Liam Neeson has seen first-hand the amazing work UNICEF supporters like you have enabled.

“Investing in children so they are healthy, safe and learning makes societies stronger, healthier, more stable and peaceful,” he said. “Children shouldn’t have to fend for themselves. We either stand with them now or watch their future slip away.”

When you stand with UNICEF, you ensure children receive the urgent help they need.

• €50 can provide 10 displaced children thermal blankets this cold winter.
• €75 can supply clean water to protect 12 children from preventable waterborne diseases.
• €150 can prove lifesaving therapeutic food to treat 15 children for severe malnutrition.

When you give, you do something incredible. You don’t just save children’s lives – you help make them safer, happier, and filled with hope.

Please donate today and help us protect children in emergencies.