The appeal aims to respond to the child population affected by multiple conflicts, climate shocks, displacement and health crises, the entity said in a statement.

“The magnitude of children’s humanitarian needs is at a historically high level, and more children are affected every day,” said the head of UNICEF, Catherine Russell, regarding the announcement.

According to estimates by the Children’s Fund, at least 213 million are in an acute context of unpredictable and unstable humanitarian emergencies, an extremely high figure in the opinion of the executive director.

In this context, donor funding is essential to ensure that the response is timely, effective and sufficient.

“Unicef’s mandate is to reach each of these children with the essential services and supplies they need, and to ensure that their rights are protected and respected -a mandate that has guided our work for the past 78 years,” Russell added.

The appeal hopes to provide primary health care to 56.9 million children and women, along with 20.6 million children and caregivers accessing community-based psychosocial and mental health support.

At the same time, it will enable 34 million children aged six to 59 months to undergo wasting tests, 24 million children to access formal or non-formal education and another 55.3 million people to receive sufficient quantity and quality of water.

For the coming year 2025, the main funding needs are Afghanistan, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Palestine and Lebanon.

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