After two years of unimaginable suffering, the long-awaited ceasefire is a historic opportunity. It enables UNICEF to scale up its work and reach even more children with life-saving assistance. Hundreds of trucks loaded with vital supplies – including food and therapeutic milk to treat severely malnourished children – are ready and now making their way into the Gaza Strip.
Since 22 August 2025, famine has been officially confirmed in Gaza. More than 500.000 people, most of them children, are living in conditions of extreme hunger.
Catastrophic hunger in Gaza
UNICEF’s life-saving action in the Gaza Strip
Thanks to the ceasefire, UNICEF can now intensify its efforts to protect children from famine:
- Reinforced mobile teams: rapidly identifying children suffering from acute malnutrition and providing immediate treatment, with additional teams deployed to reach more families.
- Therapeutic foods: peanut paste, therapeutic milk and micronutrients, which we are now rushing into the Gaza Strip to treat malnourished children.
- Support for mothers and babies: nutritional supplements and fortified biscuits to help pregnant and breastfeeding women and safeguard babies’ health.
- Continuity of care: ensuring that children already in treatment can continue without interruption, and guiding families to where help is available.
Why donate to UNICEF?
UNICEF plays a crucial role in the fight against famine in Gaza. As the cluster lead agency in the nutrition sector, we coordinate the work of many partners and strengthen the emergency response to save lives. Thanks to your support, we can provide life-saving care to protect the most vulnerable children.
UNICEF has never stopped helping the children of Gaza. Now, the ceasefire allows us to go further and faster – and it is urgent, because famine is already threatening the lives of thousands of children.
Together, let us turn this opportunity into lives saved. Act now to fight hunger!
