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Humanitarian
Action for Children
2019
Overview
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OVERVIEW
UNICEF
JANUARY 2019
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South Sudan, 2018
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore
(right) speaks with a young South Sudanese
woman who received supplies during a
distribution at a UNICEF WASH site.
FOREWORD
Humanitarian Action for Children 2019
Violence against children takes many sinister forms. In homes,
schools, communities and online around the world, it manifests
itself in debilitating physical and emotional abuse. In humanitarian
emergencies – especially those driven by relentless armed
conflicts – violence can result in death, serious injury and lasting
trauma. An insidious sort of violence also affects children when
humanitarian emergencies deprive them of health, nutrition,
water and sanitation, education and other basic needs.
Even for children who are not directly targeted, armed conflict
creates a pervasive, overwhelming atmosphere of violence.
When children grow up in conflict, their physical scars are easy
to see. Their mental scars are hidden and take longer to heal.
Toxic stress from experiencing or witnessing traumatic events
can have a devastating impact on children’s learning, behaviour,
and emotional and social development. And the longer a violent
conflict lasts, the deeper its impact will be.
Each year, UNICEF’s humanitarian programmes provide millions
of children in conflicts and other emergencies with a range of life-
saving services. Protecting children from violence is an integral
part of those programmes.
In this context, child protection means keeping girls safe by
building sanitation facilities that are gender-segregated, well-
lit and secure. It means working to ensure that a child’s daily
journey to and from school is safe. It means helping girls stay in
school, where they are less likely to be forced into early marriage
or suffer other violations.
Besides protecting children from harm wherever and whenever
we can, it is equally important to help them cope with the
shattering effects of violence. That means setting up child-
friendly spaces and emergency education initiatives to restore
children’s sense of stability and normalcy. And it means
identifying and training psychosocial support staff to work with
children every day through structured play, art and sports.
Humanitarian Action for Children 2019
underscores the urgency
of protecting children in crisis from all such threats to their lives,
well-being and dignity.
The most persistent dangers confront hundreds of millions of
children who live in areas afflicted by protracted conflicts. More
countries are embroiled in internal and international fighting now
than at any time in the past 30 years. And every conflict comes
with terrible consequences for children, who are always among
the most vulnerable.
In the worst cases, children are at risk of immediate harm from
targeted and indiscriminate attacks, as well as abuses such as
sexual and gender-based violence, abduction and recruitment into
armed forces and groups. If we fail to stop these violations – and
if perpetuators are not held accountable for committing them –
children will grow up seeing violence as normal, acceptable, even
inevitable.
Violence against children must never become ‘the new normal’.
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Afghanistan, 2018
Young students attend class at a
UNICEF-supported school in Jalalabad
that accommodates children from
displaced and returning families.
In 2018, UNICEF and partners reached more than 3.1 million
children and caregivers with mental health and psychosocial
support. In Bangladesh – as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya
people sought refuge from violence in neighbouring Myanmar –
we provided such support to nearly 160,000 children. In South
Sudan, we have reunited nearly 6,000 children with their families
since conflict broke out five years ago, displacing millions. We
have also helped thousands of girls and boys reintegrate into
their families and societies after they were released from armed
forces and groups.
These are just a few examples of UNICEF’s work with children
affected by conflict. But every child’s life is precious. Every
intervention, large or small, can make a difference. That is true
whether the child is in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic,
Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Libya, Mali,
Somalia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen or any country torn
apart by conflict.
Still, reaching children in crisis poses ever more challenges.
With humanitarian access diminishing in many of the world’s
most volatile regions, it is critical that all parties give UNICEF and
partners the space we need to protect children and provide them
with essential services.
Increasingly, we team up with local organizations and the
private sector to strengthen the systems that deliver services to
children and families before, during and after emergencies. Our
emergency programmes seek to bridge humanitarian action and
development work. Our goal is to both meet children’s immediate
needs and improve their lives well into the future.
But we must depend on our donors’ generosity to make children
and young people safer today and better off tomorrow. In 2018,
the humanitarian community was able to raise less than half of
the funds needed to deliver our emergency programmes for
children worldwide. In 2019, we are relying on you – our resource
partners – to meet UNICEF’s humanitarian funding target of
US$3.9 billion.
Nothing could be more fitting in a year that marks the 30th
anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
At UNICEF, we have seen first-hand how children’s safety,
mental health and physical well-being are vital to their overall
development. With your support, we can send a powerful
message to the world: that all children must be protected, and
every child has the right to survive and thrive – especially in the
face of violent conflict and harrowing crisis.
Henrietta H. Fore
UNICEF Executive Director
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HUMANITARIAN ACTION FOR CHILDREN 2019
OVERVIEW
UNICEF
JANUARY 2019
FUNDING REQUIRED IN 2019
Humanitarian Action for Children 2019
East Asia and the Pacific Region
Regional Office
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Myanmar
Total
Eastern and Southern Africa Region
Regional Office
Angola
Burundi
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Somalia
South Sudan
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Total
Europe and Central Asia Region
Regional Office
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe*
Ukraine
Total
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
Regional Office
Children on the move – Venezuela crisis*
Haiti
Total
Middle East and North Africa Region
Regional Office
Iraq
Libya
State of Palestine
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian refugees*
Yemen
Total
US$
22,377,197
19,500,000
59,114,779
100,991,976
US$
33,000,000
9,920,000
10,000,000
14,243,000
124,093,133
5,558,000
8,150,000
145,325,618
179,230,500
51,764,731
7,000,000
588,284,982
South Asia Region
US$
2,713,000
27,503,082
21,067,799
51,283,881
Regional Office
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Total
West and Central Africa Region
Regional Office
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
US$
12,500,000
72,987,777
23,437,976
21,057,222
122,510,235
319,823,351
903,976,371
542,317,307
2,018,610,239
Global support
Grand total
65,968,719
3,924,814,334
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of Congo
Total
US$
7,500,000
50,000,000
152,509,303
25,375,497
235,384,800
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.
US$
16,000,000
69,493,902
23,950,000
109,443,902
US$
17,250,000
36,370,000
39,330,695
59,000,000
45,829,429
326,108,294
41,978,700
10,510,000
45,941,086
120,100,000
12,427,631
754,845,835
* Multiple countries included in the appeal.
Electronic users can click on each name to go to that office's online content.
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PLANNED RESULTS IN 2019
Humanitarian Action for Children 2019
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 2019
.
UNICEF and partners will work towards
the following results in 2019:
NUTRITION
4.2 million children
to be
treated for severe acute
malnutrition (SAM)
GRAND TOTAL:
TO ASSIST:
HEALTH
10.3 million children
to be
immunized against measles
US$3.9 billion
73 million people
WASH
42.8 million people
to
have access to safe water
for drinking, cooking and
personal hygiene
INCLUDING:
IN:
41 million children
Percentage of total requirements per sector:
59 countries
CHILD PROTECTION
4 million children and
caregivers
to have access to
psychosocial support
CHILD PROTECTION
10%
HEALTH
10%
29%
EDUCATION
10.1 million children
to
have access to formal and
non-formal basic education,
including early learning
EDUCATION
OTHER*
13%
CASH-BASED TRANSFERS
1.9 million people
to be
reached with cash
assistance
NUTRITION
18%
20%
WATER, SANITATION
AND HYGIENE (WASH)
NON-FOOD ITEMS
1.4 million people
to
receive household items,
winter clothing and/or shelter
* Includes costs from other sectors/interventions (4%), regional technical support, emergency preparedness
and response (2%), cash transfer assistance (2%), non-food items (2%), communication for development (1%),
rapid response mechanism (<1%) and cluster coordination (<1%).
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UNICEF
JANUARY 2019
CHILDREN IN CRISIS
The map below highlights the global humanitarian situation at the
end of 2018 and some of the major crises affecting children and
their families.
Ukraine
Some 500,000 children
affected by conflict in
eastern Ukraine are in
urgent need of protection
and humanitarian
assistance, including access
to clean drinking water,
safe learning environments,
quality health care and
psychosocial support.
Libya
Protracted conflict, political
instability, deteriorating
public services and a
dysfunctional economy have
affected nearly 1.6 million
Libyans. An estimated
823,000 people, including
241,000 children, require
humanitarian assistance.
Venezuela crisis
Countries in Latin America
and the Caribbean are hosting
at least 2.4 million Venezuelan
refugees and migrants.
The high and unpredictable
migration flows are stretching
the capacities of host
countries and increasing
demands on already limited
services and structures in
host communities.
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.
Lake Chad Basin (Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, the Niger and Nigeria)
Nearly 21 million people in Cameroon, the Central
African Republic, Chad, the Niger and Nigeria
are affected by ongoing conflicts. In Nigeria,
displacement increased in 2018, with an average
of 4,000 individuals – mainly women and children
– newly displaced every week. In Cameroon,
almost half a million people are internally displaced
and vulnerabilities continue to deepen. In the
Central African Republic, 1.5 million children – two
out of every three children in the country – will
require humanitarian assistance in 2019.
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Syrian Arab Republic and the
sub-region
Nearly eight years after the start of the conflict
in the Syrian Arab Republic, some 13.1 million
people require humanitarian assistance, including
5.6 million children, 493,000 of whom are living
in hard-to-reach areas. More than 2.5 million
Syrian children are living as refugees in Egypt,
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, where demand
for basic services such as health and education
continues to outstrip the capacity of institutions
and infrastructure to respond.
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, an estimated
3.8 million children will need
protection and humanitarian
assistance in 2019 due to
increased violence, natural
disasters, including drought,
and the harsh winter, which
will further undermine
access to critical basic
services.
Rohingya crisis in
Bangladesh and Myanmar
Since August 2017, more
than 730,000 Rohingya,
including 400,000 children,
have fled violence in
Myanmar and settled in Cox’s
Bazar District, Bangladesh. In
Myanmar, 600,000 Rohingya
continue to face significant
challenges, including lack
of freedom of movement,
discrimination and limited
access to basic services.
Yemen
The conflict-driven
humanitarian crisis in Yemen
has been described as the
largest emergency in the
world, with more than 22
million people in need of
humanitarian assistance. An
estimated 12 million Yemenis,
including 2 million children,
will require food assistance
in 2019.
Democratic Republic of the
Congo
The Democratic Republic of the
Congo is facing a significant
escalation of violence and armed
conflict. Some 12.8 million people
are at risk of food insecurity and
acute malnutrition, representing a
30 per cent increase since 2017.
Children infected with Ebola
remain in need of appropriate
assistance.
South Sudan
Despite the signing of a peace
agreement, the humanitarian
situation remains dire in South
Sudan, with continued violence,
including gender-based violence,
severe food and nutrition insecurity,
economic upheaval and disease
outbreaks. More than 4.5 million
people have been uprooted from
their homes, 6 million people require
WASH services and 2.2 million
children are out of school.
Ethiopia
Some 2.8 million people,
including 1.5 million children,
are displaced in Ethiopia, and
the number of affected people
is expected to continue to
increase. The peace agreement
signed with Eritrea led to
more than 14,000 new arrivals
between 12 September and 20
October and a continued influx
is expected for 2019.
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UNICEF
JANUARY 2019
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Jordan, 2018
Children attend learning support
services in one of UNICEF’s 13
child-friendly Makani (or ‘My Space’)
centres in Za’atari refugee camp.
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RESULTS ACHIEVED IN 2018
Humanitarian Action for Children 2019
The graphic below captures some of the key results achieved against targets for children by UNICEF and partners
through the first 10 months of 2018. 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 2018, including country-specific indicators, is
available on the respective country web pages on
<www.unicef.org/appeals>.
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NUTRITION
HEALTH
WASH
2.6
MILLION
children treated
for severe acute
malnutrition
4.7
MILLION
59%
children vaccinated
against measles
35.3
MILLION
53%
people provided with
access to safe water
for drinking, cooking
and personal hygiene
97%
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© UNICEF/UN0198367/NJIOKIKTJIEN
© UNICEF/UN0177798/ERGEN
CHILD PROTECTION
EDUCATION
CASH TRANSFERS
3.1
MILLION
children and
caregivers accessed
psychosocial support
5.9
MILLION
79%
children accessed
formal or non-formal
education, including
early learning
1.1
MILLION
69%
people provided
with cash assistance
72%
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JANUARY 2019
HUMANITARIAN FUNDING IN 2018
2018 funding overview (US$)
TOP FIVE
TOP TEN
1
Global thematic donors
Donors in 2018
United States
United Kingdom
OCHA
3
CERF
$483.6M
$189.8M
$151.5M
$125.6M
$3.8 B
$1.8 B
$30.6
M
Global thematic funding
Netherlands
Swedish Committee*
$20.5M
$3.4M
$2.6M
$1.7M
$0.7M
$126
M
Thematic funding
UK Committee*
Republic of Korea
US Fund for UNICEF
$1.85
B
Committed
$3.81
B
Appeal
European Commission
$120.5M
Germany
Kuwait
$90.8M
$61.6M
$59.3M
$57.5M
$42.9M
*
Refers to National Committee for UNICEF
Funds committed per region (US$ millions)
Japan
Canada
$1,055.6 M
MIDDLE EAST AND
NORTH AFRICA
$22.7 M
EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA
Netherlands
$103.4 M
SOUTH ASIA
$32.5 M
LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN
$39.2 M
EAST ASIA AND
THE PACIFIC
$275.6 M
WEST AND
CENTRAL AFRICA
$285.3 M
EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN AFRICA
In 2018, conflicts, natural disasters, epidemics and other crises
continued to undermine development gains and block the path
towards sustainable development. UNICEF began the year by
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requesting US$3.6 billion. By December, the appeal had reached
US$3.8 billion – UNICEF’s largest ever funding request for
humanitarian action. The increase was triggered by new natural
disasters, the regional migration crisis in Latin America and the
Caribbean and the deteriorating situations in conflict-affected and
fragile contexts such as Afghanistan, Mali, the Sudan, the Syrian
Arab Republic and Yemen. As of 10 December 2018, funding for
the appeal had reached US$1.85 billion
2
(49 per cent funded).
In addition, UNICEF had approximately US$919 million available
from the previous year. The majority of the funding received – 63
per cent – came from the following donors: the United States
of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA),
3
the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the
European Commission and Germany.
Humanitarian funding levels remained insufficient compared to
needs over the course of the year and focused on a few large and
protracted crises such as those in the Democratic Republic of the
1
2
Congo, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and neighbouring
countries and Yemen. These four emergencies accounted
for 60 per cent of all funding received. Overall, 78 per cent of
funding went to 10 emergency appeals, while the remaining 33
appeals received a total combined portion of only 22 per cent. In
contrast, the five most underfunded emergencies (proportional
to needs) were Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar and
Uganda. Combined, the funding received for these emergencies
accounted for 2 per cent of total funding received in 2018.
In 2018, thematic funding reached US$126.1 million – 7 per cent
of the funding committed. Of the total committed, 2 per cent was
global humanitarian thematic funding (GHTF), the most flexible
funding available. While it represented a relatively low percentage,
GHTF still allowed UNICEF to make strategic and timely allocations
to country offices that were most in need, particularly those lacking
donor support and visibility. For example, in Papua New Guinea,
GHTF was used to provide immediate life-saving assistance, while
in Afghanistan, the Sudan and countries affected by the Venezuelan
migrant crisis, GHTF was used to scale up crucial programmes.
UNICEF will continue to strengthen partnerships and explore new
and innovative solutions to attract flexible resources. This will
be essential to addressing humanitarian needs, strengthening
the linkages between humanitarian and development efforts and
protecting the lives and well-being of children everywhere.
Figures presented in this narrative are provisional as of 10 December 2018, and are subject to change.
Provisional funds committed as of 10 December, as per the contribution agreements against the current
appeal year.
3
Pass through contribution from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Humanitarian Action for Children: Funding commitments and shortfalls in 2018
(US$ millions)**
APPEAL
FUNDS
AMOUNT
COMMITTED
Middle East and North Africa
Djibouti
Yemen
Iraq
Latin America and the Caribbean
Global support
Indonesia
Eritrea
Niger
State of Palestine
Mauritania
South Sudan
Somalia
Bangladesh
Eastern and Southern Africa
Central African Republic
Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian refugees
Ethiopia
Libya
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe
West and Central Africa
Sudan
East Asia and the Pacific
Republic of Congo
Afghanistan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chad
South Asia
Nigeria
Mali
Ukraine
Myanmar
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Haiti
Kenya
Cameroon
Uganda
Angola
Madagascar
Europe and Central Asia
Office
$2.0M
$1.5M
$424.0M
$101.2M
$37.4M
$54.8M
$26.6M
$14.0M
$42.7M
$25.8M
$19.1M
$183.3M
$154.9M
$149.8M
$20.8M
$56.5M
$319.8M
$951.8M
$123.8M
$20.2M
$34.2M
$13.3M
$115.1M
$20.0M
$7.7M
$38.8M
$268.1M
$53.9M
$25.9M
$142.5M
$43.8M
$23.6M
$31.8M
$36.1M
$26.0M
$16.5M
$30.0M
$34.2M
$25.5M
$66.1M
$13.2M
$13.5M
$3.1M
$4.4M
$1.6M
$305.4M
$69.3M
$24.9M
$35.6M
$16.6M
$8.7M
$25.9M
$14.1M
$10.4M
$98.9M
$82.2M
$79.5M
$10.5M
$27.8M
$157.0M
$448.6M
$54.2M
$8.8M
$14.9M
$5.4M
$46.6M
$7.8M
$3.0M
$14.8M
$101.5M
$20.0M
$9.3M
$51.0M
$15.5M
$7.5M
$9.8M
$11.0M
$7.9M
$5.0M
$7.6M
$8.5M
$5.1M
$11.1M
$2.2M
$2.1M
$0.25M
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0
COMMITMENTS
FUNDING GAP
100
218
%
111
%
TOP TEN
Thematic donors
Netherlands
German Committee*
Denmark
US Fund for UNICEF
Japan Committee*
UK Committee*
Swedish Committee*
Norwegian Committee*
French Committee*
Dutch Committee*
$20.5M
$19.2M
$14.5M
$11.3M
$9.1M
$7.9M
$6.1M
$6.0M
$4.6M
$3.3 M
TOP FIVE
Multi-year donors***
Public donors
Kuwait
Denmark
United Kingdom
European Commission
Republic of Korea
Private donors
German Committee*
US Fund for UNICEF
Japan Committee*
Swedish Committee*
Norwegian Committee*
*
Refers to National Committee for
UNICEF
** Presented figures are provisional
as of 10 December 2018 and are
subject to change.
*** Multi-year funding is funding
provided for two or more years based
on agreements signed in 2018.
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UNICEF
JANUARY 2019
GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR UNICEF’S
HUMANITARIAN ACTION
Humanitarian action is central to UNICEF’s mandate and realizing
the rights of every child. UNICEF responds to more than 300
humanitarian situations every year. As such, we are working to
deliver principled humanitarian response more systematically,
in line with the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian
Action and the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021.
Country-level humanitarian action is supported by a global
architecture made up of UNICEF’s 7 regional offices and
10 headquarters divisions. These offices provide the core
infrastructure to support field preparedness and response to save
lives, protect rights, reduce vulnerabilities to disasters and conflicts,
support global and country coordination mechanisms and promote
humanitarian partnerships. 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 2019, the cost of this
support will reach US$66 million,
4
1.7 per cent of UNICEF’s overall
2019 humanitarian appeal.
missions totalling more than 3,518 days.
7
•
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 – disbursed US$66.7 million to 28 country offices
and two regional offices in 2018.
8
UNICEF rolled out the Security Framework of Accountability to
enable UNICEF to deliver on its humanitarian mandate.
UNICEF’s Emergency Preparedness Platform – a system for
enhancing the organization’s early warning and preparedness
– was rolled out globally in early 2018. By mid-year, all country
offices had approved their preparedness plans in the system.
An organization-wide strategy for scaling up accountability
to affected populations (AAP) was endorsed in 2018.
The strategy aims to systematically integrate AAP into all
UNICEF programmes. UNICEF also continued to support the
Communication and Community Engagement Initiative with
partners to promote a collective approach to AAP in countries.
•
•
•
Global support to the field in 2018
Six major emergencies required organization-wide mobilization in
2018: the refugee crisis in Bangladesh and the protracted crises in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northeast Nigeria, South
Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and neighbouring countries and
Yemen.
Looking ahead
As conflicts and disasters continue to have devastating
consequences for children, UNICEF will focus on initiatives that
improve the quality of its humanitarian response generally, and
particularly in high-threat contexts. This includes investing in
country office preparedness through better risk analysis and the
Investments in UNICEF’s global support translated into the
identification of high-return actions; strengthening the normative
following achievements in 2018:
frameworks around humanitarian access and simplified operating
procedures for Level 2 and Level 3 emergencies; updating the Core
• A total of US$347 million in supplies were procured for
Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action to reflect new
countries responding to emergencies, including US$318.4
realities; better coordinating field support for countries preparing
million for the seven Level 2 and Level 3 emergencies.
5
for, planning and responding to crises; scaling up humanitarian
• UNICEF’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) expanded from
14 to 22 staff with specialized skills in emergency coordination, cash transfer programmes by establishing systems, building
capacities and generating evidence; expanding engagement with
programming, operations, gender, accountability to affected
populations and humanitarian cash transfers. In 2018, the ERT affected populations; ensuring that our preparedness and response
are relevant through improved benchmarking, better evidence
undertook 77 missions to 39 countries and 2 regional offices,
and inter-agency collaboration; and strengthening humanitarian
totalling 2,557 days. Forty-five per cent of these missions
leadership at the country level through learning and capacity
(1,475 days) supported preparedness and response to Level 2
building initiatives. In addition to expanding and developing
and Level 3 crises.
new partnerships at the global level to more effectively address
• UNICEF deployed 83 standby partner personnel to country
humanitarian challenges, UNICEF will also continue to invest in its
offices through agreements with 30 standby partner
cluster leadership role through advocacy, field support, normative
organizations. Forty-nine per cent of these deployments
guidance, evidence generation and capacity building at the country
supported responses to Level 2 and Level 3 emergencies.
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level.
• UNICEF’s global cluster rapid response teams supported 28
countries, including four Level 3 emergencies, through 80
4
This is an estimate. It does not include additional requirements laid out in the regional chapters of
Humanitarian Action for Children 2019.
5
This is an estimate based on preliminary figures as of November 2018.
6
As of 29 December 2018; excludes deployments to headquarters locations.
7
8
Includes missions undertaken by UNICEF’s Global Cluster Coordination Unit.
As of 31 December 2018.
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Global support results in 2018
G
LOBAL SUPPORT FOR THE
E
BOLA RESPONSE IN
THE
D
EMOCRATIC
R
EPUBLIC OF THE
C
ONGO
The year 2018 saw the largest Ebola outbreak in the history of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the first outbreak of the disease
in a conflict setting. As of 10 December 2018, over 500 cases of Ebola
have been reported, with 250 deaths. Children and women have been
disproportionately affected.
Through the Health Emergencies Preparedness Initiative, UNICEF public
health experts joined the integrated multi-agency response, serving in both
leadership and operational roles. Overall, UNICEF:
•
Facilitated population acceptance and the effectiveness of the
response by reaching over 6 million people through interpersonal
communication and community engagement, including with
community leaders and anthropologists;
Provided sanitation and hygiene services to over 380 health
facilities and 400 schools as part of infection prevention and control,
contributing to the reduction of transmission in the health system;
Provided psychosocial support as part of identifying and following
up on case contacts, preparing families for safe and dignified burials,
facilitating admission of patients to Ebola treatment centres and
reaching over 4,700 contact families with psychosocial and material
assistance;
Provided psychosocial and nutritional care to 421 infected children
admitted to Ebola treatment centres and over 400 orphans and
separated children; and
Deployed supplies valued at US$3 million to operationalize the multi-
sectoral response.
US$347 million
SUPPLIES PROCURED FOR EMERGENCIES
US$66.7 million
DISBURSED FROM THE UNICEF EMERGENCY
PROGRAMME FUND TO 30 OFFICES
•
•
Surge support
(includes Emergency Response Team, Rapid
Response Team and standby personnel)
•
•
129 standby and surge
PERSONNEL DEPLOYED
56 countries
BENEFITED FROM STANDBY
AND/OR SURGE SUPPORT
240 deployments
THROUGH STANDBY/SURGE
TOTALLING 20,518 DAYS
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018
Students wash their hands at a handwashing point before entering their
classroom. UNICEF installed the facility to help contain the Ebola outbreak.
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HUMANITARIAN ACTION FOR CHILDREN 2019
OVERVIEW
UNICEF
JANUARY 2019
Afghanistan
Angola
GLOBAL SUPPORT
for UNICEF’s humanitarian action in 2019
Bangladesh
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
COUNTRY
LEVEL
Children on the move – Venezuela crisis
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Haiti
Iraq
Kenya
Libya
Madagascar
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
Human resources
• Headquarters Emergency Unit
• Coordinating three models of
deployment (internal, external
and standby
OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT
Global cluster coordination
• Field support
• Information management
Partnerships
• Inter-agency
• Transformative Agenda
• Non-governmental
organizations, civil society
and academia
• Integrated presences
Programmatic support
• Nutrition, health, WASH,
child protection, education,
HIV and AIDS
• Communication for
development, early childhood
development and disabilities
• Resilience
• National capacity development
• Disaster risk reduction/
preparedness
• Peacebuilding
HUMANITARIAN
PROGRAMME
SUPPORT
Total cost
of global
support in 2019:
Total cost
covered by
core resources:
US$66
million
US$28.7
million
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US$3.9
BILLION
Myanmar
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe
Republic of Congo
Somalia
South Sudan
State of Palestine
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian refugees
Uganda
Ukraine
Yemen
Zimbabwe
US$4.4
MILLION
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
West and Central Africa
Information and
communications
technology
Resource mobilization
Supply and logistics
• Copenhagen and regional hubs
• Procurement
• Warehousing
• Logistical support
Finance and
administration
US$13.4
MILLION
Mobilize global support
• Systems and procedures
• Technical support
Results-based management
• Needs assessment
• Performance monitoring
• Evaluation
US$48.1
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$2.7
million
US$34.6
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: Mali, 2018
Children playing at the early childhood development centre in
Barouéli village, Ségou Region.
Back cover photo: Indonesia, 2018
A family displaced by the September tsunami participates in
activities at a temporary learning space supported by UNICEF.
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