UNICEF is reaching children like 2-year-old Mostafa with urgent support now
12 million children are running out of time
In Afghanistan, the clock is ticking for 12 million children caught in a downward spiral of disaster. Today the humanitarian crisis – one of the world’s worst – has reached breaking point.
Years of war, economic crisis and back-to-back earthquakes have left families with nothing. Right now, 3.7 million children are facing acute malnutrition, their bodies too weak to fight off the surge of measles and pneumonia sweeping through displaced camps.
Unsafe water and damaged health facilities are fuelling the deadly outbreaks. In 2025, hundreds of thousands of children were struck by measles, acute watery diarrhoea and pneumonia. Without clean water and basic healthcare, these preventable diseases become killers.
Children are sleeping in the open, drinking contaminated water, and going days without food.
Our teams are on the ground right now, delivering life-saving food, safe water and emergency medical care. But we need your help. Children cannot wait for tomorrow. Please, donate now to help save lives.
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11-year-old Sajed lost his mother and sister during the earthquake. Now he and his father have nowhere to live.
How you can help
“My mother and one of my sisters were killed during the earthquake. Our house is destroyed we have nowhere to live.”
11-year-old Sajed managed to survive a deadly earthquake last year – but his mum and sister were both killed. Now, with his home destroyed, he has nowhere safe to sleep. He is scared, traumatized, and needs support now. Families like his in Afghanistan were already struggling for survival on a daily basis. They already didn’t have enough food and water, or access to health care. Now they’ve lost their loved ones, homes and the few possessions they had.
UNICEF is on the ground now, just as we have been for over 60 years. We have been consistently delivering health care, clean water, and protection. Over 25 UNICEF-supported health facilities are providing critical services and a fleet of 47 ambulances is operating around the clock. We have already distributed over 5,000 family hygiene kits and 40,000 jerry cans for safe water.
UNICEF also builds resilience, rehabilitating water systems, schools and health services, so Afghan communities not only survive this disaster but can recover to build a better future. But we can only do this with your support. You can send life-saving help today for children who have lost their homes and loved ones.
UNICEF is sending over 1,800 hygiene kits to the worst hit areas now.
Your donation can save children’s lives
Right now the needs in Afghanistan are immense. We can’t reach every child in need without your help. Thousands of children’s futures are hanging by a thread.
A donation to UNICEF today can make a life-saving difference to children:
- €100 can provide 6 tarpaulins for families in urgent need of emergency shelter.
- €150 can provide 3 first-aid emergency kits to help injured children and families in need of urgent medical care.
- €250 can help supply enough clean drinking water to keep 50 families safe.
Please help children struggling to survive by donating now.
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Every moment matters in this crisis. Donate now and help save children's lives.
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.