Please support UNICEF's emergency appeals by raising funds today. Our Emergency Fundraising Pack has everything you need to organise a collection or event.  Order one by calling our Helpdesk on 0844 801 2414, or download fundraising materials here and begin fundraising straight away.

Children's Emergency Fund Appeal

In Niger, West Africa, crop failure and drought together with big increases of the prices of many stable foods, has meant that half the country's popultion face food shortages. 

In Kyrgyzstan, people fleeing the fighting that has erupted from ethnic clashes are desperatley short of food and medical care for the injured.

And as drought grips the Horn of Africa, it is the children who are most vunerable and at risk.

Funds are urgently needed to provide life-saving supplies such as health kits, food and shelter to populations in need.

Haiti Earthquake Children's Appeal

On the evening of 12 January, a devastating earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter scale rocked the Caribbean nation of Haiti. It was centered about 14 miles south-west of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, thousands of children were killed or injured.

Our supporters responded so generously to help those made vulnerable by the earthquake, but funds are still urgently needed to provide safe water, temporary shelter systems, essential medical supplies and other services to protect children’s rights. Find out more information here.

Download the latest infosheet here.

See our photo gallery of Haiti fundraisers here.

Emergency fundraising pack

Call us on 0844 801 2414 and we will send you an Emergency Fundraising pack containing:

• Information about the appeals
• Emergency poster (download)
• Collection tin/bucket wraps (download label)
• Emergency Fundraising Ideas Sheet (download)
• Information on how to send your money to UNICEF (download)

You can also download resources here.

Fundraising ideas

You can support our emergency appeals in really simple ways that will make an immediate difference to the thousands of children affected.

For instance, Charlie Simpson, aged 7, completed a sponsored bike ride round his local park, raising over £200,000 for children in Haiti. You can donate to Charlie's fundraising page here.

Raise funds:

• Your fundraising pack comes complete with a collection tin so you can easily collect loose change. Alternatively, download our collection wraps and stick them on your own buckets!
• Other simple fundraising ideas include a dress down day at work or a sponsored silence. For more fundraising ideas, please download our fundraising ideas sheet

Raise awareness

UNICEF needs as many people as possible to get involved and you can help us to spread the message.

• Download our emergency poster and display it in your office, school or community centre to encourage support UNICEF's emergency appeals.
• Promote our emergencies by emailing your friends about UNICEF’s role and how they can support our work.  You can direct them to our emergency pages to donate online today. Simply cut and paste the link into an email to as many people as possible and ask them to please send it on!

However you choose to help, please act now.

NB. If the funds raised exceed UNICEF’s funding requirement for this specific emergency, donations will go towards UNICEF’s general emergency fund.

General Fundraising

Some events take longer to plan. However, the funds raised from such events can be used for children across the world to ensure that all children have access to health and education, and are protected from adverse circumstances.

For more information and ideas about how to get involved complete the event form, giving us as much detail as possible, and return it to the address at the bottom of the form. We will  send you a fundraising pack which gives you more ideas and also important information about legal matters that you should bear in mind. You can also order a full fundraising pack from the Helpdesk, see above.

Thank you from UNICEF.