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Millions of young lives at risk due to humanitarian funding shortfall: UNICEF

10/23/2019

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New York, Oct 23 (Canadian-Media): “Substantial” shortfalls in humanitarian funding are placing the lives of millions of children in areas affected by conflict and disaster at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
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Women who fled violence and in the Central African Republic queue with their children to receive treatment at a UNICEF-supported clinic. Image Credit: UNICEF/Bindra
With 2019 almost over, the agency reported that it has still only received just over half of the $4 billion it needs this year, to provide life-saving health, education, nutrition and protection programmes for 41 million children in nearly 60 countries worldwide.

Millions of vulnerable children are suffering the grievous consequences of increasingly complex humanitarian crises. Without additional resources, these children will not go to school, be vaccinated, receive adequate nutrition or be protected from violence and abuse.

— Henrietta H. Fore (@unicefchief) October 22, 2019
​“Millions of vulnerable children around the world are suffering the grievous consequences of increasingly complex humanitarian crises”, said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore.
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“Without additional resources, these children will not go to school, be vaccinated, receive adequate nutrition, or be protected from violence and abuse. While we continue to appeal for an end to conflicts and better readiness to emergencies, we need additional donor support to help us meet children’s most basic needs.”


Emergencies in Pakistan, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Venezuela currently have the largest funding gaps, but the agency’s ability to respond in Syria and neighbouring countries - as well as in Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Bangladesh - also remains significantly underfunded.

UNICEF said the consequences will be “dire” if the shortfalls persist through the end of the year.

For example, the agency requires $61 million to provide essential services in communities in the DRC that have long suffered from humanitarian and security crises.

At the same time, these areas are currently facing an Ebola outbreak and UNICEF is working to create an environment that is conducive to effectively respond to the disease.

Meanwhile, as war continues across many parts of Syria, 460,000 child refugees could miss out on education due to a $249 million funding gap for UNICEF programs in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. Ms. Fore, the UNICEF Executive Director, appealed for a surge in support: “During my time on the ground in countries under crisis – countries like DRC, Mozambique, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen – I’ve seen firsthand the power of humanitarian funding to change the lives of vulnerable children for the better,” she said.

“With increased support, together we can reach even more of the children who need us most.”
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