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Humanitarian
Action for Children
2018
Overview
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OVERVIEW
UNICEF
JANUARY 2018
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Iraq, 2017
Students at Al-Ansar school in Baghdad
with educational supplies provided
as part of UNICEF's Back to School
campaign. Students also received math,
science and recreation kits.
FOREWORD
Humanitarian Action for Children 2018
This past year has been devastating for children.
Today, one in every four children in the world is living in a country
affected by conflict or disaster. Nearly 50 million children have
been uprooted from their homes due to violence, poverty or
natural disasters.
These facts expose an alarming reality: that the impact of
humanitarian crisis on children has reached catastrophic
proportions.
In so many places, violent conflict is driving humanitarian need
to critical levels. In 2017, conflicts that have endured for years—
such as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Nigeria,
South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen, among other
countries—continued to deepen in complexity and impact.
For the children affected by these conflicts, daily life is a
nightmare. This past year, these children not only faced the
constant threat of violence; many were also uprooted from their
homes, went hungry, and fell ill with life-threatening diseases as
health, water and sanitation services and infrastructure collapsed
around them.
In Bangladesh, for example, renewed violence in Myanmar led
to a massive influx of Rohingya, many of whom were children,
in August 2017. The sheer magnitude of the refugee population
left temporary settlements overstretched, with poor hygiene
and sanitation conditions giving rise to outbreaks of water-borne
diseases.
The year also saw an unprecedented number of cholera
outbreaks, particularly in conflict-affected countries such as
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, north-east Nigeria,
Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. In many cases, violent clashes
and the collapse of public services led to the breakdown of water
and sanitation systems, which fuelled the spread of cholera
through affected communities and generated an emergency
within an emergency.
What drives our work at UNICEF is the knowledge that behind
every one of these emergencies… behind every inconceivable
statistic… and behind every harrowing story of violence,
displacement and hunger… is a child. A child who should be
in school but isn’t because their school has been damaged or
destroyed. A child who is alone and afraid because they have
become separated from their loved ones. A child who is dying of
cholera—a completely preventable disease.
And whether that child is a migrant, a refugee or internally
displaced—a child is a child—and every child should be protected;
should be able to stay with their family; and should have the
chance to go to school. No matter what.
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Ethiopia 2017
In August, Temesgen,
5 months, smiles during a
breastfeeding celebration
event at Debri health
centre in Tigray Region.
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At UNICEF, we have made it a fundamental aspect of our work
to confront the complex and unique needs of each and every
child whose life has been upended by a humanitarian crisis.
Humanitarian Action for Children 2018
underscores this effort. It
describes the results we achieved with partners on the ground in
2017; the strategies that we will use to tackle the challenges of
2018; and the donor support so essential to our ability to respond.
You’ll read about UNICEF’s responses in countries such as
Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, where the combined
impacts of conflict, displacement, drought, water scarcity and
fragile infrastructure raised the risk of famine in 2017 and put
nearly 1.4 million children at imminent risk of starvation. In
each of these countries, UNICEF and partners were on the
ground delivering aid even before the full-scale threat of famine
developed.
For example, in Somalia, donors stepped forward early, enabling
a massive scale up in services and sustained assistance. As of
November 2017, UNICEF and partners were able to treat over
220,000 severely malnourished children and reach nearly 1.8
million people affected by drought with temporary access to safe
water and control further outbreaks of cholera and other water-
borne diseases.
And even where the needs are most urgent, UNICEF looks to
implement humanitarian interventions that advance development
and have long-term impacts. In West Mosul, Iraq, UNICEF
invested in repairing and rebuilding damaged water infrastructure
and in so doing was able to both meet immediate water needs
and help establish a more sustainable system that will serve local
communities for years to come.
The results highlighted above and the achievements described
throughout this appeal were made possible by the incredible
support of our donors. As we continue to respond to more
complex humanitarian situations, many of which are characterized
by challenging operating environments and diminished
humanitarian access, your support is what makes the difference,
and your flexible resources are what allow us to respond quickly
in a crisis and allocate resources to where they are needed most.
It is thanks to your generosity that we are able to help every child
affected by crisis return to school, reunite with their families,
avoid preventable diseases and get the nutrients and clean water
they need to survive childhood and grow into healthy adults.
We know that by continuing to work together, we can give every
child we reach a better chance – not just at surviving today, but at
prospering well into the future.
Omar Abdi
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director
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UNICEF
JANUARY 2018
FUNDING REQUIRED IN 2018
Humanitarian Action for Children 2018
East Asia and the Pacific Region
Regional Office
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Myanmar
Total
Eastern and Southern Africa Region
Regional Office
Angola
Burundi
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Somalia
South Sudan
Uganda
Total
Europe and Central Asia Region
Regional Office
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe
Ukraine
Total
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
Regional Office
Haiti
Total
Middle East and North Africa Region
Regional Office
Djibouti
Iraq
Libya
State of Palestine
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian refugees and other affected populations
in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
Yemen
Total
US$
6,312,000
16,500,000
31,780,000
54,592,000
US$
20,844,000
14,660,000
26,000,000
14,000,000
111,810,939
34,235,000
23,750,000
154,932,574
183,309,871
66,119,117
649,661,501
US$
3,110,400
33,144,000
23,599,000
59,853,400
US$
10,565,000
30,000,000
40,565,000
US$
2,000,000
1,461,300
101,151,160
20,161,000
25,805,400
96,544,326
335,341,920
951,797,002
337,422,650
1,871,684,758
Global support
Grand total
54,815,841
3,638,392,250
South Asia Region
Regional Office
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Total
West and Central Africa Region
Regional Office
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of Congo
Total
US$
25,868,190
32,800,000
144,600,000
203,268,190
US$
13,250,000
31,057,000
25,461,000
56,500,000
54,191,505
268,121,004
36,775,000
19,131,000
42,721,051
149,000,000
7,744,000
703,951,560
This map is stylized and not to scale.
It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or area or the
delimitation of any frontiers. The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control
agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet
been agreed upon by the Parties. The final boundary between the Sudan and
South Sudan has not yet been determined.
Electronic users can click on each name to go to that office's online content.
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2018
PLANNED RESULTS IN 2018
The information below summarizes the global requirements for UNICEF humanitarian programmes, the total number of
people and children to be reached, and the planned results in
Humanitarian Action for Children 2018.
TO ASSIST:
INCLUDING:
IN:
GRAND TOTAL:
US$3.6 billion
82 million
people
18%
48 million
children
11%
4%
51 countries
Percentage* of total requirements per sector:
NUTRITION
CHILD
PROTECTION
OTHER**
2%
REGIONAL
TECHNICAL SUPPORT,
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS AND
RESPONSE
1%
12%
25%
EDUCATION
2%
SOCIAL
PROTECTION/
CASH TRANSFERS
RAPID
RESPONSE
MECHANISMS
21%
WATER, SANITATION
AND HYGIENE (WASH)
HEALTH
<1%
2%
CLUSTER
COORDINATION***
NON-FOOD ITEMS
* Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. The HIV and AIDS funding requirement is 0.1 per cent of the total requirement and because of rounding does not feature
in this overview.
** Includes costs from the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe; early recovery and livelihoods in the Syrian Arab Republic; youth/adolescents and Palestinians in the
response to Syrian refuges; and Communication for Development activities for key life-saving behaviours and practices in Bangladesh, Burundi, Madagascar and Yemen.
*** Cluster coordination costs are above 0.5 per cent and cover only those where separated in budgets. In many appeals, coordination costs are included in sectoral budgets.
UNICEF and partners will work toward the following results in 2018:
NUTRITION
4.2 million
children
to
be treated for
severe acute
malnutrition
(SAM)
HEALTH
10 million
children
to
be immunized
against
measles
WASH
35.7 million
people
to
have access
to safe water
for drinking,
cooking and
personal
hygiene
EDUCATION
8.9 million
children
to
have access
to formal
and non-
formal basic
education
CHILD
PROTECTION
3.9 million
children
to
have access to
psychosocial
support
HIV AND
AIDS
231,400
people
to
have access
to information,
testing and
treatment
CASH-BASED
TRANSFERS
1.8 million
people
to
be reached
with cash
assistance
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UNICEF
JANUARY 2018
CHILDREN IN CRISIS
The map below highlights the global humanitarian situation at the
end of 2017 and some of the major crises affecting children and
their families.
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe
In 2017, 164,000 refugees and
migrants, including 29,000 children,
entered Europe, joining the 1.4 million
people who arrived in 2015-2016 and
the 3.6 million people already hosted
in Turkey. Children on the move face a
range of protection risks, including lack
of access to services, detention and
family separation.
Caribbean hurricanes
response
Hurricane Irma, the most
powerful hurricane ever
recorded over the Atlantic,
followed by Hurricane Maria,
left more than 1.4 million
people—over a quarter of
them children—in need of
humanitarian assistance in
Cuba, Haiti and the Eastern
Caribbean islands. Haiti is also
facing an ongoing cholera
outbreak, with more than
11,600 cases and 130 deaths
reported in 2017.
Arrows represent the movement of people
to neighbouring countries due to conflict.
This map is stylized and not to scale.
It does not reflect a position by UNICEF
on the legal status of any country or area
or the delimitation of any frontiers. The
dotted line represents approximately the
Line of Control agreed upon by India and
Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and
Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by
the Parties. The final boundary between
the Sudan and South Sudan has not yet
been determined.
Nigeria and the Lake Chad basin
More than 17 million people
in Cameroon, Chad, the Niger
and Nigeria are affected by the
ongoing conflict across the Lake
Chad basin region. In north-east
Nigeria, where violence and
conflict-related displacement
have increased dramatically, an
estimated 400,000 children are
suffering from SAM.
Chronic under-funded emergencies
Chronic, under-funded emergencies
continue to take a significant toll
on children. In the Central African
Republic, 1.3 million children are
affected by the complex humanitarian
and protection crisis, which has been
ongoing since 2012. Six years into
the armed conflict in Mali, 165,000
children are at risk of SAM.
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Syrian Arab Republic and the
sub-region
Seven years into the conflict in the
Syrian Arab Republic, more than
6 million people are internally displaced
and more than 5 million Syrians,
including 2.5 million children, are
living as refugees in Turkey, Lebanon,
Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
Iraq
In Iraq, nearly 9 million
people, including more than
4 million children, require
humanitarian assistance, and
5 million people are in critical
need of access to safe water.
Of the 3 million people who
remain internally displaced,
nearly half are children.
Rohingya crisis
In the second half of 2017,
escalating violence in
Rakhine State, Myanmar,
led more than 655,000
Rohingya refugees to cross
the border into Bangladesh.
An estimated 58 per cent of
the new arrivals are children.
The new influx brings the
total number of Rohingya and
affected local communities
in Bangladesh in need of
humanitarian assistance to
1.2 million.
Yemen
In one of the world’s most
complex humanitarian crises,
almost the entire population
of Yemen—22 million
people—including more than
11 million children, require
humanitarian assistance.
Recent outbreaks of acute
watery diarrhoea and cholera
have been exacerbated by the
collapse of public systems,
and some 16 million people
lack access to safe water.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
A surge in violent conflict and
inter-communal tensions in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
has forced more than 1.7 million
people to flee their homes, including
1.4 million people in the Kasai region
alone. Across the country, over 2
million children are suffering from
SAM, which represents 12 per cent
of the global caseload.
Horn of Africa
The more than 17 million
people affected by severe
drought in Ethiopia,
Kenya and Somalia are at
heightened risk of disease
outbreaks, and some
700,000 children across the
three countries are severely
malnourished.
South Sudan
Four years into the conflict in
South Sudan, more than
4 million children are affected
and facing famine, disease,
forced recruitment and
lack of access to schooling.
These vulnerabilities
are compounded by the
worsening economic
conditions and limited access
to food and fuel.
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JANUARY 2018
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Yemen, 2017
In February, a child who is being treated
for SAM, has her mid-upper arm
circumference measured by a medical
practitioner in Bani Al Harith, Sana'a.
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RESULTS ACHIEVED IN 2017
Humanitarian Action for Children 2018
The chart below captures some of the key results achieved against targets for children by UNICEF and partners
through the first 10 months of 2017. In some contexts, achievements were constrained by limited resources,
including across sectors; inadequate humanitarian access; insecurity; and challenging operating environments. See
country funding levels on page 11. Further reporting on 2017, including country-specific indicators, is available on
the respective country web pages on
<www.unicef.org/appeals>.
NUTRITION
HEALTH
WASH
CHILD
PROTECTION
EDUCATION
2.5
MILLION
children treated
for severe acute
malnutrition
13.6
MILLION
children
vaccinated
against measles
29.9
people provided
access to safe
water for drinking,
cooking and
personal hygiene
MILLION
2.8
MILLION
children
accessed
psychosocial
support
5.5
MILLION
children
accessed formal
or non-formal
basic education
70%
85%
81%
79%
58%
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JANUARY 2018
HUMANITARIAN FUNDING IN 2017
An extraordinary combination of crises continued to test the ability
of UNICEF and its partners to respond to growing needs. While the
funding received in 2017 was consistent with the previous year,
given the extraordinary number of affected children, resources
fell short.
1
In January, UNICEF appealed for US$3.36 billion to help 81 million
people, including 48 million children, in 48 countries. By the end of
2017, the appeal rose to US$3.79 billion to assist 136 million people,
including 60 million children. The increases were mainly due to new
refugee and internal displacement crises in Bangladesh and the Kasai
Region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; famines/risk of
famine in north-east Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan; famine and
cholera outbreaks in Yemen; devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean;
and floods in Nepal. Nearly two thirds of the total appeal funded
seven Level 3 emergency responses.
2
As of 10 December 2017, the
Humanitarian Action for Children appeal was 65 per cent funded.
1
which US$1.72 billion
3
represented commitments made in 2017 and
US$755 million from previous years. Thematic humanitarian funding
reached US$144.1 million, or 9 per cent of overall commitments
(nearly US$25 million more than in 2016), while global thematic
funding – one of UNICEF’s most flexible resources – stood at
2 per cent, a 0.5 per cent increase from 2016.
Despite this generosity, funding was insufficient to meet the needs.
More than half of total available funds went to the responses
in South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Syrian refugees in
neighbouring countries and Yemen, while only 2 per cent covered
nine emergencies: Angola, Burundian refugees, the Caribbean
hurricanes, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti,
Eritrea, Libya, Mali and Nepal. Needs often went unmet for large-
scale, protracted crises such as in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, with 32 per cent of funding secured. For 2018, UNICEF will
continue to appeal for more flexible, timely and longer-term funding
to save and protect the lives of the most vulnerable children and
The 2017 results were achieved thanks to the generous contributions
their families.
of donors. Funding for the 2017 appeal reached US$2.48 billion, of
1
2
Figures presented in this narrative are provisional as of 10 December 2017, and are subject to change.
Level 3 emergencies in 2017: the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Iraq, north-east Nigeria, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and neighboring countries and Yemen.
3
The public sector provided most of UNICEF’s humanitarian resources, amounting to US$1.57 billion, with
US$155.8 million coming from the private sector.
Figure 1. Top 10 sources of humanitarian funds, 2017 (US$ millions)*
Government of the United States
Government of the United Kingdom
Government of Germany
European Commission
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
Government of Japan
Government of Norway
Country-based Pooled Funds
Government of Sweden
UNICEF USA
US$553.1
US$199.5
US$181.7
US$157.1
US$108.6
US$72.1
US$48.5
US$46.7
US$38.5
US$34.4
0
50
100
150
200
250
*Funding of the top 10 sources represents US$1.44 billion - 84 per cent
of the total funding committed in 2017.
UNICEF's top donor, the Government of the United States committed
over US$145 million more in 2017 compared with the previous year. In
addition, of the top 10 donors, the following increased their commit-
ments this year: the European Commission, pooled funds managed by
the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (CERF
and Country-based Pooled Funds combined), the Government of Norway
and the Government of Sweden.
Presented figures are provisional as of 10 December 2017 and are
subject to change.
US$ millions
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
Figure 2. Top 10 donors – thematic humanitarian funds, 2017 (US$ millions)
German Committee for UNICEF
UNICEF USA
Government of the Netherlands
United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF
Government of Denmark
Japan Committee for UNICEF
Spanish Committee for UNICEF
Swedish Committee for UNICEF
French Committee for UNICEF
Finnish Committee for UNICEF
US$26.3
US$20.3
US$18.5
US$13.2
US$8.9
US$7.8
US$6.9
US$6.8
US$4.4
US$3.8
0
5
10
Note: Total thematic funding amounted to US$144.1 million, which
represented 9 per cent of the total US$1.72 billion 2017 funding commit-
ments, while global thematic funding reached US$28.2 million, or 2 per
cent. Twelve donors committed global thematic funding in 2017. The top
five were: the Government of the Netherlands, the Swedish Committee
for UNICEF, the Government of the Republic of Korea, UNICEF USA and
the Government of Denmark.
Presented figures are provisional as of 10 December 2017 and subject
to change.
US$ millions
15
20
25
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Figure 3: Humanitarian Action for Children: Funding commitments
from donors and shortfalls in 2017 (US$ millions)*
FUNDS
COMMITTED
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
Afghanistan
West and Central Africa Regional Office
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office
Somalia
Global support**
Iraq
Bangladesh Rohingya response
South Sudan
Kenya
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Niger
State of Palestine
Nigeria
Syrian refugees
(Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey)
Yemen
Middle East and North Africa Regional Office
Caribbean hurricanes
Syrian Arab Republic
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe
Ethiopia
Chad
Sudan
Ukraine
Libya
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Haiti
Burundian refugees
Uganda
Burundi
Djibouti
Zika global response
Myanmar
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Regional Office for South Asia
Angola
Mali
Southern Africa (El Niño)
Eritrea
Nepal
Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
Office
$11.2M
$26.8M
$31.2M
$15.4M
$4.4M
$125.2M
$31.6M
$103.0M
$48.6M
$108.9M
$24.2M
$7.9M
$17.8M
$11.5M
$67.4M
$477.0M
$151.6M
$1.6M
$9.3M
$153.3M
$18.5M
$56.1M
$23.5M
$37.4M
$11.1M
$5.0M
$17.3M
$7.6M
$12.7M
$2.7M
$13.5M
$4.5M
$0.4M
$7.3M
$5.8M
$37.8M
$9.2M
$3.9M
$6.5M
$15.8M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$0.5M
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%
86
%
79
%
76
%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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60
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0
COMMITMENTS
FUNDING GAP
100
Figure 4: Funding overview for top
10 Humanitarian Action for Children
appeals, by total requirements
28%
$1B
26%
45%
39%
$355M
18%
43%
Syrian refugees
(Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon and Turkey)
Syrian Arab Republic
6%
44%
$339M
12%
45%
34%
$181M
60%
Yemen
South Sudan
21%
10%
23%
$177M
69%
67%
$165M
10%
Somalia
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
10%
33%
26%
$161M
64%
$147M
21%
Nigeria
46%
Iraq
34%
51%
$136M
25%
Ethiopia
41%
$97M
10%
Sudan
39%
2017 funds committed by donors
Available funds from previous years
Funding gap
* Presented figures are provisional as of 10 December 2017
and are subject to change.
** In 2017, US$10.9 million was allocated from the
Humanitarian Action for Children - global support to 13
country offices and all regional offices to support their time-
critical humanitarian operations. These allocations are also
included in the funding levels of the country- and region-
specific Humanitarian Action for Children appeals.
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JANUARY 2018
GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR UNICEF’S
HUMANITARIAN ACTION
Humanitarian action is fundamental to realizing the rights of
every child and therefore central to UNICEF’s mandate. UNICEF
is working to deliver a faster, more effective and principled
humanitarian response, in line with its Core Commitments for
Children in Humanitarian Action and the UNICEF Strategic Plan
2018–2021.
Country-level humanitarian action is supported by UNICEF’s seven
regional offices and 10 headquarters divisions. This involves
facilitating inter-agency coordination and partnerships; contributing
to strategic response plans; leading/co-leading global clusters for
five sectors; facilitating policy guidance and strategic dialogue;
mobilizing human and financial resources; and monitoring and
reporting on humanitarian results. UNICEF’s global support is
coordinated by the Office of Emergency Programmes, including a
security team and the 24-hour, 7-day Operations Centre. In 2018,
the cost of this support is estimated at US$54.8 million,
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1.5 per
cent of UNICEF’s overall appeal.
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The Emergency Programme Fund – a revolving fund disbursed
to field offices within 48 hours of a sudden humanitarian crisis,
before donor resources are available and to underfunded
emergencies – distributed US$73.7 million to 20 country
offices and three regional offices in 2017.
As part of the Health Emergencies Preparedness Initiative,
UNICEF has developed cross-sectoral guidance and resources
for 31 priority diseases, which were selected for their potential
for becoming epidemics/pandemics and impacting children.
These resources supported UNICEF’s responses to the 2017
outbreaks of Ebola, Marburg and the plague in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Madagascar, respectively.
UNICEF’s Emergency Preparedness Platform – a system for
enhancing the organization’s early warning and preparedness
– was rolled out to 40 country offices in 2017. The platform
will aid country offices in analysing risks, undertaking self-
assessments, and identifying high-return actions that will
enhance preparedness at the country level.
Under the auspices of the Communicating with Disaster
Affected Communities Network, UNICEF and partners
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established the Communication and Community Engagement
Initiative. The Initiative aims to organize a collective service for
a more systematic and coordinated approach to community
engagement with affected people.
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Global support to the field in 2017
Seven major emergencies required organization-wide mobilization
in 2017: the protracted conflicts in Iraq, north-east Nigeria, South
Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and neighbouring countries and
Yemen; and the emerging crises in Bangladesh and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
Investments in UNICEF’s global support translated into the
following achievements in 2017:
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Looking ahead
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UNICEF will focus on improving access for principled humanitarian
response to the most vulnerable children in complex environments.
Supplies procured for countries with Level 2 and Level 3
UNICEF’s standard procedures for Level 1, Level 2 and Level
emergencies totalled US$909.3 million in 2017.
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3 emergencies will be revised, with emphasis on enhancing
UNICEF’s Emergency Response Team – comprising 14 staff
operational partnerships with first-line responders for more
with specialized skills in emergency coordination, programming
effective response, community engagement and accountability
and operations – undertook 58 missions to 17 countries, four
to affected populations. The mainstreaming of risk analysis
regional offices and four headquarters locations, totalling 2,001
and emergency preparedness will continue throughout the
days in 2017. Of these missions, 14 (totalling 86 days) were for
organization, in line with inter-agency efforts and the launch of
the provision and/or receipt of capacity building/training.
the new Emergency Preparedness Platform in 2018. In addition
Standby partners continue to represent a significant source
to strengthening humanitarian advocacy, a coordinated approach
of capacity. UNICEF deployed 166 personnel to country
to emergency cash transfers will be further elaborated through
offices in 2017 through agreements with 30 standby partner
tools, guidelines and strategic partnerships. Humanitarian learning
organizations. Fifty-five per cent of these deployments
packages will be rolled out to enhance staff capacity for principled
supported Level 2 and Level 3 emergencies.
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humanitarian action in complex, high-threat environments, for
In 2017, UNICEF’s global cluster rapid response teams
preparedness and for emergency cash transfers.
supported 24 countries, including seven Level 3 emergencies,
through 79 missions totalling more than 3,122 days.
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The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the International Federation of the
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
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5
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This does not include additional requirements laid out in the regional chapters of
Humanitarian Action for
Children 2018.
This is an estimate based on preliminary figures as of November 2017.
As of 31 December 2017; excludes deployments to headquarters locations.
Includes missions undertaken by UNICEF’s Global Cluster Coordination Unit.
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Dominica, 2017
On 28 September 2017, Djani Zadi, UNICEF Supply Chain
Specialist, receives a first shipment of temporary school tents
for children affected by Hurricane Maria at the port of Roseau,
capital of Dominica.
Nigeria, 2017
Workers carry boxes of relief supplies at the UNICEF storage
facility in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, on 29 July 2017.
South Sudan, 2017
Abdallah Abdelrassoul, UNICEF WASH specialist, unloads WASH
supplies from a resupply aircraft during a Rapid Response Mission
to the village of Aburoc, South Sudan, on 11 May 2017.
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Bangladesh, 2017
Students look at an inflatable globe, which was among the School-in-a-Box supplies provided to a new transitional learning
centre near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in October 2017.
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HUMANITARIAN ACTION FOR CHILDREN 2018
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UNICEF
JANUARY 2018
Afghanistan
GLOBAL SUPPORT
for UNICEF’s humanitarian action in 2018
Angola
Bangladesh
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
COUNTRY
LEVEL
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Haiti
Iraq
Kenya
Libya
Europe and Central Asia
East Asia and the Pacific
Communication
Office of the
Security
Coordinator and
Operations Centre
(OPSCEN)
Eastern and Southern Africa
REGIONAL
SUPPORT
Latin America and the Caribbean
Global cluster coordination
• Field support
• Information management
Human resources
• Headquarters Emergency Unit
• Coordinating three models of
deployment (internal, external
and standby
OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT
Partnerships
• Inter-agency
• Transformative Agenda
• Non-governmental
organizations, civil society,
academia
• Integrated presences
Total cost
of global
support in 2018:
Total cost
covered by
core resources:
Programmatic support
• Nutrition, health, WASH,
child protection, education,
HIV and AIDS
• Communication for
Development, early childhood
development, disabilities
• Resilience
• National capacity development
• Disaster risk reduction/
preparedness
• Peacebuilding
HUMANITARIAN
PROGRAMME
SUPPORT
US$54.8
million
US$25.4
million
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US$3.6
BILLION
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Myanmar
Niger
Nigeria
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe
Republic of Congo
Somalia
South Sudan
State of Palestine
Sudan
Syrian refugees and other affected populations in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
Syrian Arab Republic
Uganda
Ukraine
Yemen
US$4.9
MILLION
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
West and Central Africa
Information and
communications
technology
Resource mobilization
US$12.8
MILLION
Supply and logistics
• Copenhagen and regional hubs
• Procurement
• Warehousing
• Logistical support
Finance and
administration
Mobilize global support
• Systems and procedures
• Technical support
Results-based management
• Needs assessment
• Performance monitoring
• Evaluation
US$37
MILLION
Policy and guidance
• Core Commitments for Children
• Equity (including gender)
• Protection of civilians (including
children and armed conflict)
• Knowledge management
• Innovation
• High-threat environments
• Humanitarian advocacy
• Cash-based transfers
Total cost
covered by
other resources:
Funding gap:
US$18.7
million
US$10.7
million
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Further information on UNICEF’s
humanitarian action can be obtained from:
Manuel Fontaine
Director
Office of Emergency Programmes
UNICEF New York
Tel: +1 212 326 7163
Email: [email protected]
Sikander Khan
Director
Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes
UNICEF Geneva
Tel: +41 22 909 5601
Email: [email protected]
Carla Haddad Mardini
Director
Public Partnerships Division (PPD)
UNICEF New York
Tel: +1 212 326 7160
Email: [email protected]
Cover photo: Bangladesh, 2017
A boy drinks water from a hand pump at the makeshift Balukhali
refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in October 2017.
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Democratic Republic of the
Congo, 2017
Children carry water collected
from a source built by UNICEF
in Tshibambula, a village in the
Kasai Region of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
© UNICEF/UN073246/DUBOURTHOUMIEU