Donate to Gaza Appeal
for Children in Crisis
Donate to help us reach children and families in Gaza
Despite the ceasefire agreement on 11 October, children are still being killed and injured in ongoing violence. Much of Gaza is now rubble, and families are still facing restrictions to access aid. Over half a million people in Gaza are at risk.
Heavy rain and cold weather increase the likelihood of hypothermia and respiratory infections, putting pressure on the immune systems of children suffering from malnutrition. In fact, every child under 5 in Gaza is malnourished, with more than 55,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition – a condition that didn’t exist in Gaza before this crisis started. Children need life-saving treatment now.
Children across Gaza need warm clothes and blankets to survive the cold winter months. At a time when every layer counts, we continue to deliver materials to protect children from the cold, including:
- Winter clothes
- Blankets
- Shelter
This winter, we aim to reach every child under ten in Gaza with warm clothing, but we need your support.
Help keep children safe and warm in Gaza
For months, the aid allowed into Gaza by Israel is barely a trickle of what’s needed and required by international humanitarian law. We must have open access to aid, using every possible entry point, to reach children and families.
You can help deliver a set of winter clothes for a child for £39. This could help protect a child from the cold weather as communities attempt to rebuild their lives.
Support our work for children in Gaza with a donation today.
Is aid getting into Gaza?
Essential services have been destroyed. 2.1 million people, including 1 million children, have lost access to shelter, clean water, and healthcare. The situation is critical.
With humanitarian access finally opening up, our three-month response is focused on urgent life-saving support and restoring essential services to help communities begin to rebuild.
Over the next 3 months we are carrying out support in these key areas:
- Winter materials
- Nutrition
- Water and Sanitation
- Education
- Child protection
- Social protection
To do this, we must ensure full and safe humanitarian access for all supplies and services through all entry points. We need ongoing respect for international humanitarian law, a lasting ceasefire, and urgent funding to deliver at scale — children’s lives depend on it.
How to donate to our appeal for 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. Any Gift Aid claimed on donations made to this appeal will support UNICEF’s 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: 03/12/2025
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.
