To help children... UNICEF calls for $9.3 billion

ARK News… The United Nations Child Protection Agency (UNICEF) has called for donations amounting to $9.3 billion to help more than 93 million affected children around the world in 2024.

In a statement, today, December 13, 2023, the organization’s president, Catherine Russell, said: “Millions of children are still suffering from humanitarian crises that are becoming more complex and widespread, leading to a greater depletion of our resources,” at a time when all humanitarian workers are struggling to fund the growing needs around the world. the world.

Russell pointed to children's rights to integrated care and support, saying: “Children must have continuous access to basic services, whether in health, drinking water, hygiene or education,” adding: “Therefore, UNICEF calls for $9.3 billion to help at least 93.7 million children in 155 countries next year.”

The goal of the donations called for by UNICEF is to help Afghanistan with about 1.5 billion, Syrian refugees, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in addition to Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees.

Through these donations, UNICEF aims to vaccinate 17.3 million children against measles, treat 7.6 million children suffering from acute malnutrition, provide education for 19.3 million children, drinking water for 52.4 million, and even provide psychological support for 26.7 million. Child and teenager.

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