The deadly Ebola outbreak is spreading fast – children need your help now.
With no approved vaccine or treatment, this strain of Ebola is spreading rapidly through communities already ravaged by years of war, hunger and disease.
Families can escape bombs and hide from bullets – but they cannot outrun a virus.
Over 200 people have already died. Every minute matters to save lives. UNICEF teams are on the ground now responding to the Ebola emergency, but they need your support today to provide life-saving aid such as clean water and essential hygiene kits. Please send you support while we still have the chance to stop the spread.
Justine, 3, with her mum.
Children barely survived conflict and cholera – now Ebola threatens everything
The DRC was already facing catastrophe before Ebola arrived. Over 7 million people had been forced from their homes by relentless conflict.
Children like three-year-old Justine were already fighting for their lives from diseases like cholera. Her mother Neema came home to find her pale, dehydrated, and barely conscious. Community health workers got Justine to a clinic in time. She barley survived.
Now thousands of other children like Justine are threated by a similar but even crueller disease. There is no approved drug for this Ebola strain. No vaccine. It is spreading through volatile, hard-to-reach areas where fear and misinformation travel faster than medical teams.
Without trusted community engagement and rapid response, children who could be saved will not be. Our health teams need to reach them with safe water, sanitation, hygiene and other aid before it’s too late.
Your support today is crucial. Please, help protect children and families affected by Ebola.
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You can help UNICEF support Ebola treatment centres.
On the ground and reaching children – with your help
UNICEF has worked alongside DRC’s children for over 60 years, enabled by our ongoing, long-term supporters like you. That’s why when this emergency hit, we could immediately start action.
We’ve already deployed nearly 50 tonnes of protective supplies and aid, such as disinfectants, soaps, PPE and water purification tablets. UNICEF has also mobilised a rapid response team and over 2,000 community health workers are on the ground right now.
But the scale of this crisis is outpacing our resources. Hard-to-reach communities remain exposed. Frontline workers need more supplies.
UNICEF know how to respond – we’ve done it before across the world, combating viruses and disease with incredible results. What we cannot do is reach and protect the thousands of children who need us without your support.
Please give today. Every donation helps UNICEF provide urgent aid for children affected by Ebola. Your donation can save lives.
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A monthly donation now can help protect children everywhere from disease.
Other ways to donate
You can make a donation by phone by calling 01 878 3000, from Monday to Friday between 9:00 – 5:30pm.
You can send your donation by post to Freepost; UNICEF Ireland, 33 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin D01 R283.
In the unlikely event that the funds raised exceed UNICEF’s funding requirements for this appeal, your donation will be directed to where the need is greatest.