Three years of war have pushed Sudan’s children to the edge.
Over 17 million need humanitarian help right now. Famine is spreading. Schools are bombed. Families are shattered. Children who should be learning, playing and growing are instead fighting to survive.
Over 4,300 children have been killed or maimed. Millions are displaced, hungry, and drinking unsafe water. Every single day without action costs a child their health, their safety, or their life.
You can help change this now with a donation to UNICEF.
Our staff of over 400 people are reaching children now – but they need your help to pull them back from the brink of death. You can help send life-saving food for children today. There is not a minute to lose.
The situation for children like Umran is desperately urgent. Yet even severe acute malnutrition is preventable and treatable. But we have to be quick.
Starving babies like Umran can be saved – but only if we act fast
At just seven months old, Umran should be smiling, playing, laughing. Instead, he lays silent and still in his mother’s arms, weighing barely 5 kilos, his arms as thin as sticks. He cries with hunger, but there is no food.
A health worker measures his arm with a special tape to screen for malnutrition. The tape goes red and confirms the worst fears of Umran’s mother: her son is severely malnourished, in pain, and close to dying.
Thanks to support like yours, Umran was treated at a nutrition centre. And despite the severity of his condition, with ongoing care he will be able to recover.
But countless children just like him won’t make it without urgent help. Every 20 minutes, another child starves to death in Sudan. You can help save them today.
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Amina was sick and starving – until she received life-saving food provided by people like you.
UNICEF can save more children from famine – but we need your help
UNICEF is already reaching children in the most dangerous, hard-to-access areas of Sudan where others cannot. With hundreds of staff on the ground, we deliver life-saving vaccinations, treat severe acute malnutrition, provide safe water, and protect children from harm, even amid ongoing violence.
Our impact is immediate and proven. In just one month, UNICEF helped 386,700 people access primary healthcare, and treated nearly 30,000 children for severe malnutrition. Our committed teams also brought safe water to 3.9 million people.
Thanks to supporters like you, UNICEF even helped stop the spread of cholera after a devastating outbreak, saving thousands of children.
With your support, UNICEF can reach even more hungry, wounded and scared children who are desperately awaiting help. Please send your help today.
DONATE NOWIn 2025 in Sudan, UNICEF provided:
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4.5 million
children and women with access to primary health care services.
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612,000
children with treatment for the most deadly form of malnutrition.
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95%
of all life-saving therapeutic food.
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15 million
people with access to safe drinking water.
Children in Al Fasher are struggling to survive the famine – you can help them.
“This isn’t just therapeutic food, it’s hope in a packet”
UNICEF Ambassador Liam Neeson has seen first-hand the incredible value of the life-saving miracle food our supporters provide for children in Sudan.
“UNICEF’s ability to urgently deliver life-saving support, like medical supplies, therapeutic food, and clean water to any corner of the globe is a testament to their commitment to every child, every day, in any situation, always,” he said.
Thousands of children on the brink of death from famine now in Sudan can be saved with this simple packet of nutrition – but we need your help to supply it. There is no time to lose.
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A miracle food for children
UNICEF supporters are enabling us today to reach thousands of children with ready-to-use therapeutic food, or RUTF. This is a peanut paste packed with vitamins and nutrients that save starving children’s lives. It doesn’t need water (which can be unsafe in crises like Sudan’s), refrigeration or cooking. And it can bring a child back from the brink of death in just weeks.
Time is running out to prevent a catastrophic loss of life
With your help, we can continue supporting these families and reach even more children who are in desperate need.
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€ 0
can help provide vital high-energy biscuits to keep 10 children safe from malnutrition.
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€ 0
can help supply emergency therapeutic food to 15 severely acutely malnourished children.
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€ 0
can provide medicines to treat 30 sick or injured children living through conflict.
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UNICEF teams are racing to find and treat children before it’s too late – but time is running out. With your help, we can reach more children and save them from famine.
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.