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Humanitarian
Action for Children
2020
Overview
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OVERVIEW
UNICEF
DECEMBER 2019
Mozambique, 2019
Nilda, 6, receives her education pack. In April,
UNICEF and partners distributed education
packs to learners at 12 Outoboro Primary
School in Beira, which was severely damaged
by Cyclone Idai.
FOREWORD
Humanitarian Action for Children 2020
In conflict and disaster, children suffer first and suffer most.
Today, one in four of the world’s children lives in a conflict or
disaster zone — a fact that should shake each of us to our core.
All of these children face an uncertain future.
Sadly, the number of countries experiencing conflict is at its
highest point since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child in 1989. Nearly nine years of war in the Syrian Arab
Republic have left nearly 5 million children in need and more than
2.5 million children living as refugees outside of the country. More
than four years of conflict in Yemen have created the world’s worst
humanitarian crisis. About 1.2 million children in the Central
African Republic desperately need help after six years of war.
In other ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Nigeria,
Somalia and South Sudan — and many more — children pay
the heaviest price. Around the world, more than 30 million
children have been displaced by conflict. Many of them are
being enslaved, trafficked, abused and exploited. Many more
are living in limbo, without official immigration status or access
to education and health care.
From the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh to the outflow
of families from Central America seeking a safer and more
dignified life, children have been uprooted by conflict and
violence in historic numbers.
Diseases such as Ebola and measles are also re-emerging,
often in conflict zones. They further complicate the
humanitarian response in places where access is more and
more restricted — such as in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, where the current Ebola outbreak is the world’s second
largest and deadliest on record.
At the same time, extreme weather events are creating more
frequent and destructive natural disasters worldwide. More
than half a billion children now live in areas with extremely high
flood occurrence, and almost 160 million are in areas with high
drought severity. Regions like the Sahel, where livelihoods rely
on agriculture, grazing and fishing, are especially vulnerable to
the effects of climate change.
All too often, armed groups exploit the social grievances that
arise under such pressurized conditions. Across West and
Central Africa, violence and insecurity are already robbing
nearly 2 million children — an entire generation — of their right
to education.
Faced with these challenges, UNICEF and partners have
responded to emergencies in 61 countries in 2019. In the first
eight months of the year, we provided humanitarian assistance
to nearly 29 million children – substantially on track to reach the
target of 53 million by 31 December.
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, we worked with
local partners, community and religious leaders, the media
and businesses to bring life-saving information about the
Ebola virus to more than 25 million people at risk. In Yemen,
we provided mental health and psychosocial support to nearly
400,000 children and caregivers facing the horrors of war
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore speaks
with children at a child-friendly space at a camp for
internally displaced persons in Bunia in a joint mission
with Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock
(in rear in blue) in March.
and displacement. In the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
we vaccinated more than 280,000 children to protect them from
measles and avert the spread of this dangerous but preventable
disease. In Mozambique, after two devastating cyclones, we have
improved access to safe water for more than 1.5 million people.
But the challenges persist. UNICEF’s appeal,
Humanitarian
Action for Children 2020,
aims to assist 59 million children in
humanitarian emergencies in the coming year.
As UNICEF works to save young lives in these critical situations,
we also innovate to make a sustained impact. Cost-effective
initiatives such as community-based education in Afghanistan
and radio programming in Burkina Faso, for example, provide
alternative learning opportunities for children when schools are
too dangerous to attend.
In other cases, we provide training for community members,
including teachers, to cope with traumatic events themselves and
nurture children under stress. We have learned from experience
how to identify and train members of affected communities to
provide mental health and psychosocial support services.
Survivors of gender-based violence, and women and girls
at risk, urgently need such support — and they are at the
forefront of humanitarian programming carried out by UNICEF
and partners. Local women’s organizations such as the Somali
Women’s Development Centre, which operates support centres
and a hotline to address gender-based violence in Mogadishu,
play a central role in these efforts.
UNICEF also works to strengthen the links between humanitarian
action and development work. Our presence in many countries
before, during and after emergencies delivers a continuum of
support. The rehabilitation and upgrade of water and sanitation
systems serve vulnerable households in both the immediate
crisis and the longer term, for instance. We also build the
long-term capacity of health ministries and civil society
partners to identify, treat and prevent chronic conditions such
as malnutrition.
Sustainable interventions are important because crises are
not one-time shocks; their impact can last for years. That is
why flexible funding is essential for multi-year planning to
rapidly and equitably reach every child at every stage of a
humanitarian emergency and its aftermath.
Children and young people affected by crises call for concrete
action to protect and promote their rights — today and into
the future. They want to be part of shaping the solutions.
We cannot answer their call without you, our partners.
But with our collective action, we can make a life-changing
difference for children and young people at risk.
Henrietta H. Fore
UNICEF Executive Director
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UNICEF
DECEMBER 2019
FUNDING REQUIRED IN 2020
Humanitarian Action for Children 2020
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
Mozambique
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Total
Europe and Central Asia Region
Regional Office
Refugee and migrant response in Europe*
Ukraine
Total
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
Regional Office
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Children and populations affected by the
migration flows from the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela*
Haiti
Total
Middle East and North Africa Region
Regional Office
Iraq
Libya
State of Palestine
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian refugees*
Yemen
Total
US$
8,751,800
19,500,000
40,721,000
68,972,800
US$
17,200,000
15,800,000
16,500,000
18,811,000
161,237,578
30,021,640
7,625,000
20,547,648
8,000,000
127,033,943
180,481,390
50,119,979
11,026,650
664,404,828
US$
1,923,000
27,323,190
9,834,500
39,080,690
US$
19,500,000
153,247,000
64,566,000
West and Central Africa Region
Regional Office
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
18,586,000
255,899,000
US$
10,400,000
58,854,223
26,258,400
18,402,256
147,111,496
294,800,037
864,114,705
534,982,568
1,954,923,685
Global support
Grand total
39,362,637
4,227,766,450
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo – Ebola
response
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of Congo
Total
US$
18,250,000
96,666,528
48,937,000
58,200,000
51,680,000
262,661,000
125,570,234
51,850,000
13,420,000
59,372,000
145,219,262
12,141,000
943,967,024
South Asia Region
Regional Office
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Total
US$
7,500,000
72,050,000
129,070,000
52,535,786
261,155,786
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.
*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 2020
Humanitarian Action for Children 2020
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 2020.
UNICEF and partners will work towards
the following results in 2020:
NUTRITION
5.1 million children
to be
treated for severe acute
malnutrition
HEALTH
UNICEF PLANS TO ASSIST:
INCLUDING:
95 million people
59 million children
8.5 million children
to be
immunized against measles
WASH
28.4 million people
to
have access to safe water
for drinking, cooking and
personal hygiene
49 MILLION
WOMEN/GIRLS
4 MILLION PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES
30 MILLION
GIRLS
2 MILLION CHILDREN
WITH
DISABILITIES
CHILD PROTECTION
4.5 million children and
caregivers
to have access
to mental health and
psychosocial support
IN:
64 countries
THIS WILL REQUIRE:
US$4.2 billion
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
IN EMERGENCIES
1.4 million children and
women
to have access to
gender-based violence risk
mitigation, prevention or
response interventions
Percentage of total requirements per sector:
20%
WATER, SANITATION AND
HYGIENE (WASH)
EDUCATION
10.2 million children
to have
access to formal or non-formal
education, including early
learning
20%
NUTRITION
27%
EDUCATION
CASH-BASED TRANSFERS
1.7 million people
to be
reached with cash assistance
11%
CHILD PROTECTION
13%
OTHER*
9%
HEALTH
COMMUNICATION FOR
DEVELOPMENT
49 million at-risk/affected
children and adults
to be
engaged through communication
for development/community
engagement
*This includes costs from other sectors/interventions (e.g., social protection, advocacy/communications
and peacebuilding) (4%), regional preparedness, response and technical support (3%), communication for
development (2%), rapid response mechanisms (1%), non-food items (1%), cash transfer assistance (1%),
cluster coordination (<1%) and HIV and AIDS (<1%).
All figures are provisional and subject to change upon finalization of the inter-agency needs and planning documents.
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UNICEF
DECEMBER 2019
CHILDREN IN CRISIS
The map below highlights some of the major crises affecting
children and their families at the end of 2019.
Ukraine
In eastern Ukraine, 3.4 million people,
including 430,000 children, are bearing
the brunt of the five-year, protracted
conflict, with direct threats to their
physical and mental well-being,
and limited access to basic services.
Refugee and migrant situation
in Europe
Between January and early September
2019, 57,000 refugees and migrants
arrived in Europe, one quarter of them
children. Refugee and migrant children
– particularly girls and boys traveling
alone – are vulnerable to abuse and
exploitation, including gender-based
violence.
© UNICEF/UNI211371/PAGETTI
Migration flows from the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela
The unprecedented socio-economic and
political crisis in the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela has left some 7 million
people in need of humanitarian
assistance inside the country. Across
Latin America and the Caribbean,
6.5 million people will need assistance
in 2020, including 1.9 million children.
Central Sahel crisis (Burkina Faso,
Mali and the Niger)
Insecurity and violence in the Central
Sahel have propelled forced displacement
and the humanitarian emergency
to unprecedented levels, leaving
721,000 children under 5 years at risk
of severe acute malnutrition. The past
three years have also witnessed a
six-fold increase in school closures due
to violence. More than 3,000 schools
are closed, affecting 610,000 children
and 15,000 teachers.
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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.
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Syrian Arab Republic and
the sub-region
After eight years of conflict, the scale,
severity and complexity of humanitarian
needs in the Syrian Arab Republic and
neighbouring countries remain extensive.
In the Syrian Arab Republic, nearly
11 million people – more than half of
the population – require humanitarian
assistance. Across the sub-region, there
are 5.6 million registered Syrian refugees,
including over 2.5 million children, living in
Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
*
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Afghanistan
Humanitarian needs driven by armed
conflict, natural disasters and poverty
are on the rise in Afghanistan. In 2020,
9.4 million people – 54 per cent of them
children – will require humanitarian and
protection assistance.
© UNICEF/UN0280717/HASHIMI AFP-SERVICES
Democratic People's Republic
of Korea
The humanitarian situation in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
is characterized by chronic food insecurity
and lack of access to life-saving basic
services, with profound impacts on the
most vulnerable. More than one third
of the population lacks access to safe
drinking water.
© UNICEF/UN0322838/NAZER
Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh
and Myanmar
By September 2019, Cox’s Bazar District
in Bangladesh was hosting over
910,000 Rohingya refugees from
Myanmar, including 730,000 refugees who
have been trapped for over two years.
In Myanmar, children and their families
remain highly vulnerable, with some
905,000 people in need of protection.
Ebola response (Burundi, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda)
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo is the second
largest ever and the first in a conflict zone,
with 3,000 confirmed cases, including
more than 900 children. The risk that the
outbreak will spill over into neighbouring
countries, including Burundi, Rwanda,
South Sudan and Uganda, remains high.
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Yemen
Five years into the conflict, the
humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains
the largest emergency globally,
with more than 24 million people in
need of humanitarian assistance.
Some 3.6 million people are internally
displaced and over 368,000 children
under 5 years are suffering from severe
acute malnutrition.
*
© UNICEF/UNI210751/TOWNSLEY
The order of countries reflects the number of hosted Syrian refugees, in descending order.
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UNICEF
DECEMBER 2019
RESULTS ACHIEVED IN 2019
As of 31 August 2019
The chart below captures some of the key results achieved against targets for children by UNICEF and partners through the first eight
months of 2019. In some contexts, achievements were constrained by limited humanitarian funds (see country funding levels on page
11); inadequate humanitarian access; insecurity; challenging operating environments; limited capacities of implementing partners;
and delayed programme initiation, for a variety of reasons. Despite these challenges, significant results were achieved by leveraging
UNICEF and partners' core and other resources, and implementing cost-effective and innovative interventions. Further reporting on
2019, including country-specific indicators, is available on the respective country web pages on
<www.unicef.org/appeals>
.
© UNICEF/UN0284068/RABEZANDRINY
© UNICEF/UN0229508/NAFTALIN
NUTRITION
HEALTH
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WASH
2.1 MILLION
children treated for severe acute
malnutrition
28.9 MILLION
children vaccinated against
measles
32.2 MILLION
people provided with access to
safe water for drinking, cooking
and personal hygiene
46%
89%
78%
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CHILD PROTECTION
EDUCATION
© UNICEF/UNI213086/PRINSLOO
© UNICEF/UN0312580/FILIPPOV
CASH TRANSFERS
2.6 MILLION
children and caregivers
accessed mental health and
psychosocial support
3.9 MILLION
children accessed formal or
non-formal education, including
early learning
850,000
people provided with cash
assistance
57%
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34%
43%
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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 2019
A girl with the Venezuelan flag painted on her face
smiles during an art therapy activity in one of the
protection centres supported by UNICEF in July.
Activities at the centre are part of the psychosocial
support provided to the most vulnerable children and
adolescents in Barrio Union, Petare, in the outskirts
of Caracas. So far this year, UNICEF has provided
psychosocial support for nearly 10,000 children and
young people affected by the current economic crisis.
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UNICEF
DECEMBER 2019
HUMANITARIAN FUNDING IN 2019
2019 funding overview (US$)
$127.5M
Thematic funding
1
TOP FIVE
Global thematic donors
Netherlands
Swedish Committee*
UK Committee*
Republic of Korea
UNICEF Thailand
$18.6M
$2.4M
$2.2M
$1.7M
$1M
TOP TEN
Donors in 2019
United States
CERF
United Kingdom
European Commission
Germany
Saudi Arabia
Japan
United Arab Emirates
$529.8M
$131.8M
$131.1M
$114.9M
$110.1M
$66.2M
$66M
$56M
$39.9M
$37.7M
$4.13 B
Appeal
$1.58B
Committed
$29.6
M
Global thematic
funding
Funds committed per region (US$ millions)
$16.5 M
EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA
*
Refers to National Committee for UNICEF
$830 M
MIDDLE EAST AND
NORTH AFRICA
$89.5 M
SOUTH ASIA
Canada
$28.6 M
$49.2 M
LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN
EAST ASIA AND
THE PACIFIC
Sweden
$202 M
WEST AND
CENTRAL AFRICA
$321.9 M
EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Conflict remained the main driver of humanitarian needs in 2019,
while extreme weather events, hunger and infectious diseases
drove many people to seek and depend on emergency aid. Millions
of children uprooted from their homes were in desperate need
of protection and humanitarian assistance. Overall, 183.6 million
people required humanitarian support globally during the year,
and more funding than ever was required to help them.
At the start of 2019, UNICEF requested US$3.92 billion through
the Humanitarian Action for Children appeal. By November,
the appeal had reached US$4.13 billion. Escalating insecurity
and limited access to services in countries such as Burkina
Faso, Mali, the Sudan and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
as well as natural disasters, including Cyclone Idai in Eastern
and Southern Africa and drought in Angola, Kenya, Pakistan
and Zimbabwe, contributed to the increasing needs.
International humanitarian assistance from the public and private
sectors rose in 2019, compared with the same period in 2018.
By November, UNICEF had received US$1.58 billion
2
in donor
commitments towards the Humanitarian Action for Children
appeal. In addition, thanks to multi-year funding support,
UNICEF had US$761 million available from the previous year.
Nearly two thirds of the funding received in 2019 came from
the United States of America, the Central Emergency Response
Fund (CERF), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the European Commission and Germany.
1
Despite the generous support of donors, as of November, the
funding shortfall remained significant at 43 per cent. Over half of the
funds received focused on the large-scale, protracted crises in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (including the Ebola outbreak
response), South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, neighbouring
countries hosting Syrian refugees and Yemen. Seventy-two
per cent of all commitments went to support 10 countries, out of
the 47 countries with appeals launched in 2019. Many responses
remained underfunded, including the situations in Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Pakistan, Uganda and the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela – all of which had funding gaps exceeding 70 per cent.
Of the funds received in 2019, US$127.5 million (8 per cent) was
thematic funding for humanitarian responses at the country,
regional and global levels. Global humanitarian thematic funding
– the most flexible funding after regular resources – made up
2 per cent of the total commitments received. Allocations of
global humanitarian thematic funding were used to expand
activities and respond to increasing needs in countries such as
Burkina Faso where displacement rose dramatically, and the
Sudan, where violence and unrest continued to escalate.
These funds also enabled UNICEF to respond to cholera in Haiti;
fill critical gaps in WASH, nutrition and health in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea; and support the health response
and emergency preparedness in the State of Palestine.
UNICEF will continue to adapt and respond to critical
humanitarian needs as they evolve and advocate with partners
for flexible thematic and multi-year funding, which is crucial to
meeting the needs of children everywhere.
2
Figures presented in this narrative are provisional as of 1 November 2019 and
are subject to change.
Provisional funds committed as of 1 November, as per the contribution
agreements against the current appeal year.
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Humanitarian Action for Children: Funding commitments and shortfalls in 2019
(US$ millions)**
APPEAL
FUNDS
0
AMOUNT
COMMITTED
Middle East and North Africa
3
Latin America and the Caribbean
West and Central Africa
Malawi
Burundi
Global support
South Sudan
Madagascar
South Asia
Mauritania
Eritrea
Mozambique
Afghanistan
Somalia
Iraq
Syrian refugees
Central African Republic
Kenya
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Yemen
Angola
Refugees and migrants in Europe
Haiti
Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
Syrian Arab Republic
Sudan
Chad
East Asia and the Pacific
Ethiopia
Niger
Eastern and Southern Africa
State of Palestine
Nigeria
Ukraine
Republic of Congo
Uganda
Libya
Myanmar
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Migration flows in Latin America and the Caribbean
Cameroon
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Burkina Faso
Mali
Pakistan
Europe and Central Asia
$12.5M
$16M
$17.3M
$15.3M
$10M
$37.3M
$179.2M
$8.3M
$7.5M
$10.5M
$14.2M
$63.1M
$50M
$145.3M
$73M
$901.1M
$59M
$28.3M
$19.5M
$535.7M
$14.3M
$29.5M
$24M
$152.2M
$23.7M
$294.8M
$142.2M
$45.8M
$22.4M
$143.5M
$45.9M
$33M
$21.1M
$120.1M
$21.1M
$12.4M
$51.8M
$23.4M
$59.1M
$326.1M
$69.5M
$39.3M
$70.4M
$47.6M
$46.9M
$46.9M
$2.7M
$19M
$14.4M
$13.3M
$9.4M
$6.1M
$22.4M
$102.1M
$4.7M
$4.2M
$5.7M
$7.4M
$32.6M
$24.5M
$66.9M
$33.4M
$401.1M
$25.8M
$12.3M
$8.3M
$214.8M
$5.4M
$11M
$8.8M
$55.4M
$8.4M
$102.8M
$48.6M
$15.3M
$7.5M
$44M
$14.1M
$10M
$6.1M
$35M
$5.6M
$3.1M
$12.7M
$5.5M
$12.8M
$67.2M
$13.6M
$7M
$12.4M
$8.2M
$7.3M
$5.4M
$0M
COMMITMENTS
FUNDING GAP
100
TOP TEN
Thematic donors
German Committee*
Netherlands
US Fund for UNICEF*
Denmark
UK Committee*
$25.1M
$18.6M
$12.2M
$11.4M
$9.3M
$8.6M
$7.2M
$4.1M
$3.6M
$3.3M
152%
90%
77%
61%
61%
60%
57%
57%
56%
54%
52%
52%
49%
46%
Spanish Committee*
Japan Committee*
Norwegian
Committee*
Swedish Committee*
French Committee*
46%
45%
44%
44%
42%
40%
38%
37%
37%
36%
35%
35%
34%
33%
33%
31%
31%
30%
29%
29%
27%
25%
25%
24%
22%
21%
20%
18%
18%
17%
15%
12%
3
TOP TEN DONORS
Multi-year donors***
Canada
Czechia
Denmark
European Commission
Italy
Luxembourg
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Swedish Committee*
*Refers to National Committee
for UNICEF
**Presented figures are provisional as
of 1 November 2019 and are subject
to change. Fund commitments
include global humanitarian thematic
funding allocations made in 2019.
***Multi-year funding is funding
provided for two or more years based
on agreements signed in 2019.
The Middle East and North Africa
regional appeal indicates a surplus
in funding due to the generous
donor support for countries such as
Algeria, Djibouti and Iran, which do
not have individual country appeals.
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OVERVIEW
UNICEF
DECEMBER 2019
GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR UNICEF’S
HUMANITARIAN ACTION
Humanitarian action is at the core of UNICEF’s mandate
to realize the rights of every child. UNICEF’s global
humanitarian architecture – which includes the
organization’s 7 regional offices and 10 headquarters
divisions – supports humanitarian action at the country
level. It enables UNICEF country offices to scale up their
emergency preparedness and response, effectively
deliver humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable,
address children’s rights and protect them from violence,
abuse and exploitation.
UNICEF’s Office of Emergency Programmes coordinates the
organization’s global support, including through a security team
and the 24-hour, 7-day Operations Centre. In 2020,
this support will cost US$71.2 million. UNICEF will cover
45 per cent of this cost through core resources. For 2020,
UNICEF requires US$39.4 million in flexible and multi-year
funding to cover the remaining needs.
• Advocacy on the impact of crises on children was
strengthened, with more than 30 high-level statements
issued at the global and field levels, four statements to the
Security Council Working Group on children and armed
conflict and an intervention by the UNICEF Executive
Director at the Security Council Open Debate on children
and armed conflict.
US$267.6 million
in supplies procured
for countries responding
to emergencies
4
US$54.5 million
5
disbursed
through the
Emergency
Programme Fund
to 22 country
offices and 2 regional offices
Global support in 2019
Five Level 3 emergencies required organization-wide
mobilization, including global resource mobilization, in 2019:
the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, and the protracted crises in
Nigeria, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen.
As of the end of September 2019, investments in UNICEF’s
global support translated into the following achievements:
• The revision of the Core Commitments for Children in
Humanitarian Action (CCCs) was initiated to better reflect
the diversity of humanitarian crises and guide principled,
timely, predictable and efficient humanitarian response,
in line with updated norms and standards.
• UNICEF renewed and expanded partnerships with the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
and the World Food Programme (WFP); continued to
support the implementation of the UNHCR, WFP, Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
and UNICEF Principals statement on cash assistance;
conducted six country case studies on collaboration with
the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies (IFRC); and organized the first global consultation
with humanitarian non-governmental organization
partners since 2012 to improve how we work together
in emergencies.
80 % of
country offices
updated their risk analysis and
preparedness plans
6
1.85 million
affected people
reached
through
U-Report
7
in 12 countries
Surge support
(includes Emergency Response Team, Rapid Response Team and
standby personnel)
137 personnel
completed 263 deployments
IN
37 countries
totalling 26,597 days of support
4
5
6
7
Ninety-five per cent went to Level 2 and Level 3 emergencies.
These are revolving funds disbursed to field offices within 48 hours of a
sudden humanitarian crisis, before donor resources are available, to continue
critical humanitarian actions where funding is delayed.
Three country offices identified as very high-risk received US$1.5 million to
rapidly expand their preparedness levels.
U-Report is a social messaging tool that allows young people and all affected
populations to share feedback and complaints on humanitarian service delivery.
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Emergency Response Team support to the gender response
in Cameroon
The North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon are in acute crisis, with
persistent violence, deteriorating security and increasing protection violations.
Nearly 1.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and 536,000 people
have been displaced.
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Children and women are disproportionately affected.
As part of its global support to the
humanitarian response in Cameroon,
in early 2019, UNICEF deployed an
Emergency Response Team member to
establish a field presence in conflict-affected
regions and to support the integration of
gender into the humanitarian response.
The pilot Rapid Response Mechanism,
which was made possible by flexible funds
received from donors for global support,
was instrumental in shaping a more equitable,
effective and gender-sensitive response.
Key results include:
Over
2,300 women
and
2,600 girls
received menstrual
hygiene support.
Over
5,000 children
(2,400 girls) received
psychosocial support.
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Over
1,500 caregivers
(1,050 women and
450 men) received
infant and young child
feeding counselling.
Half of
Rapid
Response Mechanism
assessment team
members were
women.
Cameroon, 2019
Girl, boys, women and men participate in
a community-based hygiene promotion
activity in South-West Cameroon.
Nearly
19,000 people
(4,000 girls
and 5,800 women) benefited from
community-based sensitization
on nutrition, health and WASH
management.
Global support for the response to Cyclone Idai
in Mozambique
Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall at the port of Beira, Mozambique in March 2019
before moving across the region. Millions of people in Malawi, Mozambique and
Zimbabwe have been affected by what is the worst natural disaster to hit southern
Africa in at least two decades.
UNICEF was the first to reach the affected
areas and immediately planned a response
that aimed to address the most urgent
needs, while strengthening existing systems,
local capacities and resilience. Drawing on
global support, UNICEF was able to deploy
13 personnel from headquarters, regional
offices and standby partners for a period
of three months – before a new office was
established for long-term support.
In all aspects of the response,
UNICEF worked with local actors
to build capacities and support
longer-term recovery:
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Life-saving WASH assistance was
followed by the rehabilitation of
existing water points/systems
and the construction of durable
new infrastructure.
Schools were reconstructed to be
more resilient to future shocks and
students and teachers were trained
on disaster preparedness.
Mozambique, 2019
Outside Beira, Mozambique, a child fills a
jerrycan full of water from a UNICEF tap at
the Mendruzi Resettlement Site for people
displaced by the recent cyclones.
Cholera rapid response teams and
community health workers were
trained to provide care in resettlement
sites and hard-to-reach areas.
Looking ahead
In 2020, UNICEF will continue to ensure that the most
vulnerable people, including women, children and persons with
disabilities, are reached with the support they need during
emergencies. This will include improving accountability to
crisis-affected communities, localizing emergency response
and promoting the centrality of protection. UNICEF will review
its humanitarian action to foster principled humanitarian access
and leadership to maximize equitable coverage and quality
of response in complex emergencies; harness evidence and
learning for principled emergency programmes at all levels;
and roll out the revised CCCs. Training on humanitarian
cash transfers will be rolled out in all regions to strengthen
capacities to scale up cash programmes in the field.
Standby partnerships will be expanded to include more local
actors, and key partnerships will be operationalized to reach
even more children. UNICEF will strengthen humanitarian
coordination to more effectively analyse and prioritize
humanitarian needs. And country offices will be supported to
conduct sharper risk analysis and horizon scanning for better
emergency preparedness.
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As of August 2019.
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UNICEF
DECEMBER 2019
GLOBAL SUPPORT
for UNICEF’s humanitarian action in 2020
Total cost of
global support
in 2020:
US$71.2
million
1
UNICEF’s Office of
Emergency Programmes
coordinates the
organization’s global
support, comprising
three major components:
REGIONAL SUPPORT
US$6.1 million
Europe and Central Asia
East Asia and the Pacific
Eastern and Southern Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
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OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT
US$14.6 million
Communication
Office of the Security
Coordinator and
Operations Centre
(OPSCEN – 24 hours/7 days)
Human resources
I
3
HUMANITARIAN
PROGRAMME SUPPORT
US$50.5 million
Global cluster/sector
coordination
III
Partnerships
IV
Conducted through the headquarters Emergency Unit and three models of deployment.
This includes procurement, warehousing and logistical support.
III
This includes information management.
IV
With United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, civil society and academia.
V
For nutrition, health, WASH, child protection, education, HIV and AIDS and cross-sector priorities.
VI
On the CCCs, equity, protection of civilians, knowledge management, innovation, high-threat environments, humanitarian advocacy and cash-based transfers.
I
II
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Total cost
covered by
UNICEF core
resources:
2020 funding
requirement:
US$31.9
million
US$39.4
million
Delivered by UNICEF's seven regional offices
to
the respective country offices for humanitarian action,
capacity building and technical support.
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
West and Central Africa
Supply and
logistics
II
Finance and
administration
Information and
communications
technology
Resource
mobilization
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Programmatic
support
V
Policy and
guidance
VI
Results-based
management
Mobilizing
global support
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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]
Meritxell Relano
Deputy 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: Yemen, 2019
Children in Aden, Yemen, proudly show off the spots on their
arms, where they were vaccinated during a mobile measles and
rubella vaccination campaign supported by UNICEF in February.
Back cover photo: Afghanistan, 2019
Grade 3 students sit outdoors during their classes at the
Bodyalai Girls' School in Bodyalai village, Kuz Kunar district,
Nangarhar province.
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