Donate to our Gaza Appeal
for Children in Crisis
Donate to help us reach more children and families in Gaza
Airstrikes in Gaza, which resumed on 18 March, have plunged children and families back into terror. We urge all parties to end the violence and reinstate the ceasefire immediately.
1.7 million children need humanitarian aid
60% of people killed in Gaza since October 2023 are women and children. Children and families are facing repeat displacement, widespread violence, hunger and disease. The risk of famine is growing.
Nearly 71,000 children under the age of five are expected to become acutely malnourished over the next 11 months (April 2025-April 2026). In addition, nearly 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women also require treatment for acute malnutrition during this period.
We must continue to reach even more children with life-saving aid. With our partners, we have scaled up our response to meet the enormous need for humanitarian aid.
There are no safe spaces in Gaza.
Support our work for children in Gaza with a donation today.
How to donate to Gaza
Your donation will help us support children in Gaza and the wider State of Palestine. One of the best ways to donate to Palestine and support our work is through a monthly direct debit.
For example, you can help to alleviate the devastating effects of malnutrition with just £10 a month. This could provide a week’s worth of life-saving therapeutic food for a child.
Alternatively, you can opt for a one-off donation if you wish. £39 could provide a family with an emergency water and hygiene kit.
Whatever you choose to donate, you will help to make a difference in the lives of children in Gaza.
What are children experiencing in the State of Palestine?
Palestinian children are deprived of the most basic essential supplies and services.
- The deterioration of the water and sanitation situation has increased the risk of waterborne disease.
- Thousands of children have been cut off from treatment for moderate and severe acute malnutrition, putting them at risk of death.
- In the West Bank, 40,000 people are displaced, severely impacting families’ daily lives, safety, access to healthcare and other essential services.
- Over 95% of schools (778) in Gaza have sustained damage, cutting children off from places to learn and play.
- Newborns are currently unable to access essential lifesaving care due to the major impact on medical facilities in Gaza.
These conditions are intolerable. They pose long-term threats to the quality of life for children and their families. Please donate to support Palestine and help children in Gaza today.
How are we helping children in Gaza?
Between March and April 2025, we managed to:
- Screen more than 85,000 children for acute malnutrition, admitting affected children to treatment programs.
- Reach 23,700 children with ready-to-use complementary foods and preventive supplements.
- Support 200,000 people with multi-purpose cash transfers.
- Enable 1.5 million to access safe water through water trucking, system repairs, fuel for desalination plants and more.
Unfortunately, this only meets a tiny proportion of the need. As conditions worsen and supplies quickly run out, we need your donations to help us support Palestine and reach more children.
FAQs
The ceasefire must be reinstated and sustained, all hostages must be released and reunited with their families. In addition, international humanitarian law must be respected, including allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza immediately.
In addition, we are calling for:
- Prioritisation of children both now and in the process of recovery and reconstruction.
- Meaningful responses to the conflict in Gaza must include trauma-informed child-centred services and development.
- Lasting political solution to the crisis, so that children in Palestine and Israel can grow up in peace and free from the shadow of violence.
We are an impartial, non-political humanitarian organisation.
While we continue to report on and advocate for the protection of all children in both Gaza and Israel, our humanitarian response is driven by the need for aid in Palestine.
Before the renewed violence between October 2023 and March 2025, one million children needed humanitarian aid in Gaza and the West Bank. In high-income countries such as Israel, the State usually provides the supplies and services for children that we undertake or support in lower-income countries.
There is a National Committee for UNICEF in Israel – the Israeli Fund for UNICEF – that works to promote and raise awareness of children’s rights in Israel and to raise funds for our work across the world. You can find out more about its work here.
Alongside our partners, we have moved hundreds of trucks into Gaza with critical emergency supplies such as:
- Hygiene kits
- Nutritional food
- Baby nappies
- Winter clothes
- Water containers
Right now, we are making sure that life-saving supplies of therapeutic food, clean water, medical kits, and fuel are in place. We have these ready to go, so that as soon as aid is allowed to enter, we can step up our work with our partners in Gaza to repair and resume critical services for children and families.
If you’re in the UK and would prefer to donate to Gaza by phone, you can call our dedicated donation line: 0300 330 5699.
You can send in your cheque, made payable to UNICEF UK, to the Donations Team, UNICEF UK, 1 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London E20 1HZ. Please include a covering letter with your name and address details.
If you would prefer to make a single one-off Gaza donation, you can select this option in the donation form on this page or over the phone.
One of the simplest ways to donate to Palestine is by monthly direct debit. Please donate today to support Palestine and help improve the lives of children. As little as £5 per month can provide 1,786 water purification tablets to purify water.
How will your Gaza donation be used?
For the first 3 months, your monthly Gaza donation will go towards funding our work to support children in Gaza and the wider State of Palestine. After that, donations will go to support our work around the world.
In the unlikely event that the funds raised exceed what’s needed for the Gaza emergency appeal, or if funds cannot viably be directed to this appeal, we will direct funds to support our work to help keep children safe and healthy around the world. Find out more about how and where to donate to Palestine.
Last updated: 02/05/2025
