Thank you for standing with us
Your monthly donations made a very real difference last year! Monthly donations are at the core of UNICEF’s impact. The importance of this steady resource means that UNICEF is there even before an emergency strikes, and when the unthinkable happens. In 2022, conflict, climate crises and the ongoing effects of COVID-19 created historic challenges. Thank you for being there for children and their families. Scroll for a special video message and updates about your impact as a monthly donor.
IN 2022,
MONTHLY DONORS HELPED US...
WATER
NUTRITION
EDUCATION
HEALTH
PROTECTION
Your monthly donations in 2022 helped defend the right to a childhood in more than 190 countries and territories.
Meet some of the children you helped UNICEF reach last year.
See Your Impact
Markar's story
In November, 6-year-old Markar and his mother were able to smile at the Kharkiv medical hospital, thanks to the UNICEF-provided power generators and crucial supplies that enabled Markar to receive critical care and rehabilitation. Shelling during the war in Ukraine has cut power to hospitals, and forced medically fragile patients to shelter for hours at a time in hospital basements.
In 2022, your monthly donations helped UNICEF deliver life-saving equipment like obstetrical kits and portable incubators for infants, provide safe water and build equipped bomb shelters at more than 50 children’s hospitals and perinatal centres across Ukraine.
Fredlyne's story
Smiling six-month-old Fredlyne enjoyed hanging around on the weigh scale before receiving vaccines at a mobile outreach clinic in Troirac village, supported by UNICEF. With help from monthly donors, UNICEF continues to stay in Haiti, where the triple threat of violence, malnutrition and cholera is affecting children and families—many of whom were displaced by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in August 2021.
Access to healthcare and immunization is critical, and so is malnutrition prevention. Children with severe acute malnutrition are more vulnerable to cholera, and they are at least three times more at risk of dying from the disease. During the 2022 cholera outbreak, UNICEF also delivered tents for cholera treatment centres, provided safe water and sanitation, and anticipated reaching 1.44 million people with information about cholera prevention in 2022.
Sadaf's story
Eleven-year-old Sadaf feels very fortunate to attend the UNICEF-supported Fatah Girls School in Herat, Afghanistan. UNICEF has installed toilets, rehabilitated sanitation facilities, and supported menstrual hygiene education. “Before learning about menstruation, I thought it was really shameful. But since we’ve been educated about it, I now know it’s normal,” Sadaf says.
Before the washroom facilities were installed, many girls would skip class because they were worried about bleeding through their clothes. Around the world, your monthly support made it possible for more girls to attend school last year.
Aicha's story
“I am a child, not a bride.” In the drought-stricken Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia, UNICEF is working to ensure that young girls like Aicha, 11, are not forced into marriage as households face water scarcity and poverty.
Monthly donors support this critical outreach.