Eid Al Adha: Bring the Spirit of This Holy Occasion to Children and Families in Need
Eid Al Adha is a time of generosity, reflection and togetherness. This year, it can also be a moment to extend that spirit beyond our homes and reach children and families who need it most.
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In a world shaped by war, conflict, natural disasters and ongoing crises, it is children and their families who bear the heaviest burden. They are forced to flee their homes, face malnutrition, lose loved ones, and endure the destruction of everything familiar. What was once known becomes uncertain.
Amid this hardship, Eid Al Adha arrives each year just in time to bring communities together and reminds us of our shared humanity.
Thinking of supporting UNICEF this Eid? Here are just a few ways your contribution can create a lasting impact on the lives of children and families who need it most.
Giving Khadija the freedom to rebuild her life
The crisis in Sudan has displaced millions of people, forcing families to leave behind their homes, memories, and livelihoods. For many, life as they knew it was lost overnight.
Two years ago, Khadija and her family were forced to flee when fighting intensified. Like many others, they lost access to basic needs such as food and clean water and struggled to survive in displacement.
Through UNICEF’s Humanitarian Cash Transfer programme, which supports conflict-affected households, including women and girls at risk in Khartoum and Al Jazirah states, Khadija was able to rebuild a small source of income. She started a simple business roasting and selling “tasali,” or watermelon seeds and peanuts, which she packages and sells in her community.
“The money has helped us a lot and our lives have changed,” Khadija says. “I no longer need to borrow from people, and I can eat from what I earn.”
Helping Aya and her children survive the hardest moments
The war in Gaza has left deep scars on families. Even during the fragile ceasefire, the impact continues, especially for households led by women who have lost their husbands and now carry full responsibility for their children.
Aya, a mother of nine, is one of them. Before the war, her life was stable. Overnight, everything changed. She was displaced, her husband was killed, and her eight-year-old daughter was injured. One of her children, who has Down syndrome, requires special care that is extremely difficult to access in overcrowded and unsafe conditions.
Through UNICEF cash assistance, Aya has been able to provide food, fruit, meat and clothing for her children, helping them survive some of the harshest moments. Yet her wish remains simple and urgent: safety, medical care for her children, and a home where they can live with dignity.
“I do not want a tent,” Aya says. “I want safety. I want a home for my children.”
How you can help?
This Eid Al Adha, we rely on your support to help deliver life-saving humanitarian assistance, including safe water, cash assistance, ready-to-use therapeutic food, psychosocial support, and more to children and families in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria and many other crisis-affected places around the world.
Your contribution is more than financial support. It is hope. It is dignity. And it is a reminder that even when crises leave the headlines, children are not forgotten.
Stay. Protect. Deliver.
For every child, this Eid and beyond.