United Nations, Dec 8, : UNICEF has launched a record-breaking emergency funding appeal of $9.4 billion to reach more than 327 millions people, including 177million children, who have been affected by humanitarian crises or the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Xinhua news agency, this year’s funding appeal was 31% higher than last year.
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore stated that “millions of children around world are suffering from extreme weather events and climate crisis.”
“As the Covid-19 epidemic approaches its third year, the plight for these children is made worse by faltering economies and growing poverty.It is the children who are already in crisis that are most affected.They require urgent help.”
The appeal includes 2 Billion dollars for UNICEF’s Afghanistan response.13 million Afghan children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.These funds will go to 1 million children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, at a time when the system is in danger of collapse.
UNICEF’s largest single-country appeal ever is for Afghanistan.
UNICEF announced that an additional 933 million dollars will go to the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator.
This global effort aims to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to Covid-19 treatments, vaccines, and tests.
The fund requests $909 million to address the Syrian refugee crisis.Another $334 million is needed for the crisis in Syria.$484 million is needed for response in Yemen.And over $356 million is required for programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UNICEF will need 351 million dollars to save lives in Ethiopia, where 15.6million children are in dire need of humanitarian aid.
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