30 April 2024

Armenia Appeal

Humanitarian Action is at the core of UNICEF’s mandate to realize the rights of every child. This edition of  Humanitarian Action for Children  – UNICEF’s annual humanitarian fundraising appeal – describes the ongoing crises affecting children in Armenia; the strategies that we are using to respond to these situations; and the donor support that…, Appeal highlights, Between 24 September 2023 and 31 March 2024, the Government of Armenia registered 115,243 ethnic Armenian refugees, including an estimated 36,000 children who fled due an escalation of hostilities. They joined around 26,700 people displaced during the 2020 conflict.  Given continuing humanitarian needs of affected children and families uprooted…, Key planned targets for 2023-2024, Child protection icon 35,000 children/caregivers accessing community-based mental health and psychosocial support Education icon 25,000 children accessing formal or non-formal education, including early learning Social inclusion icon 11,500 households reached with UNICEF-funded humanitarian cash transfers (including for social protetion and other…, Funding requirements for 2023-2024, Country needs and strategy, Humanitarian needs Humanitarian needs, Between 24 September 2023 and 31 March 2024, the Government of Armenia registered 115,243 ethnic Armenian refugees, including an estimated 36,000 children, who fled their home communities in the months preceding and then following an escalation of hostilities in late September 2023. Nearly 75 percent of this population live in Yerevan and…, UNICEF's strategy UNICEF’s strategy, Under the leadership of the Government of Armenia and in close collaboration with other humanitarian partners, UNICEF is committed to enhancing existing systems to address critical gaps and ensure sustained humanitarian services to cover ongoing needs of refugee children, their caregivers, and vulnerable children in host communities, abiding by…, Programme targets, Find out more about UNICEF's work, October 2023, 2024 Revision 1 (April 2024) www.unicef.org/appeals HumanitarianAction for Children ArmeniaHIGHLIGHTS Between 24 September 2023 and 31 March 2024, the Government of Armenia registered 115,243 ethnic Armenian refugees, including an estimated 36,000 children1 who fled due an escalation of hostilities. They joined around 26,700 people2 displaced…
12 December 2023

Kenya Appeal

Humanitarian Action is at the core of UNICEF’s mandate to realize the rights of every child. This edition of  Humanitarian Action for Children  – UNICEF’s annual humanitarian fundraising appeal – describes the ongoing crises affecting children in Kenya; the strategies that we are using to respond to these situations; and the donor support that is…, Appeal highlights, The number of food-insecure people in Kenya was approximately 2.8 million as of July 2023, down from 4.4 million people in February 2023 due to hydrological recovery from the drought. However, the number of children aged 6–59 months requiring treatment for wasting had only decreased slightly, from 970,214 in February to 945,610 in July, because of…, Key planned targets, Health icon 320,980 children and women accessing primary health care Nutrition icon 162,596 children with severe wasting admitted for treatment Child protection icon 109,497 children/caregivers accessing community-based mental health and psychosocial support Wash icon 349,990 people accessing a sufficient quantity and quality of water, Funding requirements for 2024, Country needs and strategy, Humanitarian needs Humanitarian needs, The severe drought in the Horn of Africa from 2020 to 2023 has hindered access to food, income and safe water in Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. Approximately 90 per cent of open water sources in Kenya had dried up by March 2023. The March to May (MAM) rains brought hydrological recovery, with open water sources recharging up to 70–100 per cent…, UNICEF's strategy UNICEF’s strategy, Working closely with county governments and implementing partners, UNICEF will support community-led life-saving and protection interventions by employing social mobilization approaches. Implementation of integrated health and nutrition outreach to the most affected communities will improve access to basic health services to children and women.…, Programme targets, Find out more about UNICEF's work, December 2023, 2024 www.unicef.org/appeals/kenya HumanitarianAction for Children KenyaHIGHLIGHTS The number of food-insecure people in Kenya was approximately 2.8 million1 as of July 2023, down from 4.4 million people in February 2023 due to hydrological recovery from the drought. However, the number of children aged 659 months requiring treatment for wasting…