Donate to Gaza Appeal
for Children in Crisis
Donate to help us reach children and families in Gaza
Across Gaza, children are being starved to death. Families are risking their lives to find food. The IPC and UN agencies have declared that “the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza”.
Every child under the age of 5 is at risk of acute malnutrition — a condition that didn’t exist in Gaza just 20 months ago.
The violence must stop. Life-saving food, nutrition, water and medicine must be allowed into Gaza.
We cannot let this continue.
Time is running out. All barriers to aid must be removed.
Children must not be left to starve
Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is watching it happen.
You can help us deliver life-saving food for children in Gaza with just £10 a month. That’s enough to supply a week’s worth of therapeutic food for a child, giving them a real chance of survival.
Support our work for children in Gaza with a donation today.
Is aid getting into Gaza?
Since the collapse of the ceasefire in March, children and families are struggling to survive Israel’s blockade of aid. We have never stopped delivering.
As of July 27, Israel has announced humanitarian pauses, allowing aid to pass through.
In July alone, we have managed to deliver 147 trucks inside Gaza with essential supplies, including:
- Nutrition supplies
- Baby food
- Milk
- High-energy biscuits
There are 3.1 million people in need across Gaza and the West Bank. Our supplies are not enough to meet the enormous demand for relief. We rely on the opening of humanitarian corridors to reach children and families and the help of the international community to support these efforts — children’s lives depend on it.
We are focusing on 6 key services in Gaza
- Safe water: We are working to enable and repair systems to provide safe water for 1.5 million people, including 600,000 children.
- Treatment for malnutrition: With our current stock, we can treat malnutrition for 2-3 months.
- Reuniting children with their families: In addition to reuniting children with their families, we are also supporting 7,200 children with mental health services.
- Vaccines: We are securing vaccines to protect children against preventable diseases, including measles, polio and diphtheria.
- Access to learning: Through temporary learning spaces, we are reaching 16,000 children with learning initiatives.
- Cash transfers: Through cash transfers, we are helping over 150,000 people meet their needs.
How to donate to Gaza
One of the best ways to donate to Gaza and the wider State of Palestine is through a monthly direct debit.
A monthly donation enables us to provide continuous support to children when they need it most, through vital food, access to healthcare and a safe space. Children should not have to live in fear of hunger or conflict. Your donation can help protect children in Gaza.
However you choose to donate, you will be helping to make a difference to the lives of children.
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: 29/07/2025
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.
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.
