Every Child
Nourished
Every day, UNICEF workers brave war zones, disasters and disease to deliver lifesaving support. This includes preventing, detecting and treating malnutrition. Every year, hundreds of millions of children, adolescents and women receive nutrition services from UNICEF.
Kids need UNICEF more than ever:
- Poverty, conflicts and climate change impacts have magnified malnutrition crises around the world.
- Food crises in Sudan and South Sudan, Gaza, Afghanistan and Yemen have sent severe acute malnutrition rates soaring among children — endangering millions of young lives.
- Poor-quality diets are one of the greatest obstacles to child survival and healthy development; stakes are highest in the first two years of life, when malnutrition can irreversibly harm a child’s rapidly growing body and brain.
- Wasting, or low weight for height, carries a higher risk of infection or death if not treated properly; stunting, or low height for age, prevents children from reaching their full growth potential.
Meet Razaqah Ahmed Ahmed Haroon Haban, a community health worker in Yemen
Why donate to UNICEF? It's a smart way to make your money go further for children:
- UNICEF is a leader in the fight against child malnutrition: When emergencies strike, UNICEF reaches acutely malnourished children with lifesaving treatment, and spearheads the work needed to improve nutrition and prevent more children from becoming malnourished.
- UNICEF prioritizes prevention: UNICEF improves children's food environments, promotes recommended breastfeeding practices, supports age-appropriate foods and complementary feeding practices, and supports the use of micronutrients for children who are vulnerable to malnutrition.
- UNICEF tackles the root causes of the problems children face: UNICEF backs nutrition programs in over 130 countries with the support of 700 nutrition experts.
- UNICEF encourages best practices: Exclusive breastfeeding has increased by 37 percent since 2000, helping to build babies’ immunity, give them the key nutrients they need to grow and thrive and reduce their risk of malnutrition later in life.
- UNICEF is adaptable: Applying a community-based approach to malnutrition prevention, detection, treatment and care, UNICEF has been able to reach hundreds of millions of children with services every year.
- UNICEF gets results: Every year, millions of children with severe acute malnutrition recover after receiving treatment with UNICEF's support.
Meet UNICEF Workers Helping Kids Around The World
UNICEF: saving and changing lives
At 14 months old, Adut was suffering from severe acute malnutrition — leaving her quiet, listless and weak, and putting her life at risk. Today, Adut is a different child thanks to her parents getting her the help she needed — care from trained healthcare workers and treatment with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food.
