UNICEF workers brave war zones, treacherous terrain, disasters and disease to make the world safe for kids.
Kids need UNICEF now more than ever:
- Globally, malnutrition is linked to nearly half the deaths of children under age 5
- About 149 million children under five suffer from stunting and chronic malnutrition
- In 2018, 12.8 million people were at risk of food insecurity and acute malnutrition, a 30 percent increase over 2017
- Conflict and economic shocks have created a food crisis in Yemen. Only 15 percent of children eat the minimum acceptable diet they need to survive, grow and develop; 360,000 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, a potentially deadly but treatable condition
- It’s not just children who are malnourished. Pregnant women who aren't getting adequate nutrition may give birth to underweight babies who experience developmental delays
- UNICEF promotes exclusive breastfeeding, a practice that could save the lives of an estimated 800,000 children under 5
- It is projected that undernutrition will reduce Gross Domestic Product by up to 11 percent in Africa and Asia
Meet Jacqueline Tchebemou, a doctor and mother who works at the Central African Republic’s only pediatric hospital to treat severely malnourished children.
Why donate to UNICEF? It's a smart way to make your money go further for children:
- When emergencies strike, UNICEF spearheads the work to provide nutrition to children who need it most
- Last year, 82% of the 4.1 million children UNICEF treated for severe acute malnutrition recovered
- UNICEF procures between 75 and 80 percent of the world’s Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, a nutrient-packed nut paste that brings severely malnourished children back to good health
- Breast milk protects babies from disease and malnutrition. UNICEF nutrition counseling has helped raise the number of South Sudanese babies 5 months and under to 74 percent
- In 2018, UNICEF provided 200 million packets of micronutrient powders (MNPs) to safeguard children's health and development
Meet the UNICEF workers helping kids around the world
UNICEF: saving and changing lives
Meet Gift. He lives in South Sudan, where hunger is a daily reality for families. Roughly 860,000 children under 5 are estimated to be acutely malnourished — 259,000 kids severely so
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