Horn of Africa Faces Most Severe Drought in More Than Two Generations - UNICEF: EastAfrica
To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you."We need a global effort to mobilize resources urgently to reduce further devastating and irreversible damage to children in the Horn of Africa", continued the senior UNICEF official.
This year, the UN agency and its partners reached nearly two million children and women with essential healthcare services; vaccinated against measles almost two million between the ages of six months and 15 years; and provided safe water for drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene to over 2.7 million people.
UNICEF's 2023 emergency appeal of $759 million to support children and their families will require timely and flexible funding, especially surrounding education, water and sanitation, and child protection - all of which were severely underfunded this year. An additional $690 million is required to support long-term investments for children and their families to recover and adapt to climate change.
"As governments and people across the world prepare to welcome a New Year, we urge the international community to commit to responding now for what might hit the Horn of Africa next year, and in the years to come", Ms. van de Wiel appealed.Read the
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