UNICEF Malaysia Annual Report 2025
Your commitment continues to inspire everything we do for every child.
In 2025, you made it possible for UNICEF to work alongside children, families, communities and partners across Malaysia to advance and protect every child’s rights.
Beyond Malaysia, your support provided life-saving aid, protection and recovery for children affected by conflict, floods, earthquakes and the growing impacts of climate change.
You created moments of peace, hope and joy for children and their families. You are a true Wira untuk Kanak-kanak.
Your commitment continues to inspire everything we do for every child. 💙
Image description: A day of play, joy and shared hope at UNICEF Malaysia’s World Children’s Day in Taman Jaya. A beautiful reminder of what’s possible when we come together to protect every child’s right to survive, learn and thrive. #JanjiKita
for every child,
a Wira like you
We raised an incredible RM101.1 million in 2025, thanks to the generosity of our donors in Malaysia. Every ringgit represents someone like you choosing to stand with children. We take that responsibility seriously and carefully monitor how the money is spent.
This is more than a number. It is lives changed, futures protected and children given the chance to grow, learn and dream safely.
Thank you for being such an important part of this story. 💙
Advancing child rights,
delivering results
In 2025, UNICEF leveraged Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship and preparations for the Convention on the Rights of the Child dialogue to advance child rights at scale.
With your support, UNICEF helped drive important policy changes, strengthened national commitments for children, and made sure young people’s voices were heard on climate action and digital safety.
Children shaping regional policy
UNICEF was proud to bring together 100 youth delegates at the ASEAN Children and Youth Climate Summit. Their strong voices shaped the Langkawi Declaration on Climate and Environment — a declaration now being put into action by environment ministers across ASEAN.
At the ASEAN ICT Forum on Child Online Protection, governments, civil society, industry and young people came together to confront growing online risks, including the impact of AI on children’s safety.
Strengthening accountability for children
The #JanjiKita campaign helped spark nationwide awareness on children’s rights. UNICEF brought young people together to share their opinions in Parlimen Malaysia and also in Geneva with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Together, these efforts helped shape policies — strengthening education, digital safety, and making sure every child is protected and supported nationwide.
Every child included,
every child thriving
In 2025, your generosity helped children grow, learn and belong. Together with the Government of Malaysia and partners, you helped ensure no child is left behind.
ASUH KL
With your support, UNICEF launched Malaysia’s first cash-plus nutrition programme with the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), backed by the Ministry of Finance under Belanjawan 2025.
- 650 children under five and pregnant mothers in low-cost housing enrolled in ASUH KL
- Each receive RM150 monthly, making nutritious food more affordable and giving families the freedom to choose what suits their needs
- Families receive nutrition coaching and community support
Future Skills for All (FS4A)
You helped the Ministry of Education (MOE), UNICEF and partners expand FS4A to include children with disabilities in government schools.
- 240 teachers from 130 schools trained in innovative learning strategies to meet the need of all children
- More than 10,000 children with disabilities accessed inclusive, quality learning
- Since 2020, FS4A has reached 59,000 students and teachers across 3,600 schools
Watch this video to see how FS4A opened a new world of learning for Husna.
Children at the heart
of climate action
Because of you, children are better prepared for climate and disaster risks. UNICEF worked with the Government and civil society to strengthen children’s resilience nationwide.
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) – #BencanaReady
Together with MOE and the National Disaster Management Agency, UNICEF strengthened school-based disaster readiness.
- Nationwide training of trainers completed
- Teacher guides and student learning modules distributed
- 45,000 students in high-risk areas reached
Watch video to hear Liew’s story from Rantau Panjang, Kelantan.
Inclusive preparedness – COPE Banjir
UNICEF partnered with Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris to expand inclusive disaster risk education nationwide.
- Inclusive flood preparedness education piloted in 14 schools for children with disabilities
- Learning materials in Braille and sign language developed for blind and deaf students aged 6 to 12
Iskandar Malaysia Eco-Life Challenge
UNICEF partnered with the Iskandar Regional Development Authority to empower 100,000 primary school students as climate leaders in low-carbon practices.
- Students reduced 4.11 million kg of CO₂ emissions — equivalent to planting 263,723 trees
- Schools saved over RM7.1 million through reduced electricity and water use
Every child safe,
everywhere
In 2025, your generosity strengthened child protection systems for every child. Together, we protected children at home, online and in schools.
Ending bullying in schools
UNICEF partnered with MOE and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Women, Children and Community Development to address bullying in schools.
- Malaysia’s first Parliamentary Townhall on Bullying with Children convened in conjunction with World Children’s Day
- 109 students from 44 schools shared lived experiences and solutions with MPs
- Their voices shaped a Parliamentary Report that informed the Anti-Bullying Bill, tabled in December 2025
Safeguarding children offline and online
Your commitment to children’s safety helped us strengthen national protection systems and empowered young people to stay safe online.
- The Special Guidelines for Handling Child Sexual Abuse Cases was revised with the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department
- Co-created with 46 young people, the #TakeCtrl digital campaign on sexual extortion reached 1.13 million young people online with information on staying safe and seeking help
UNICEF Malaysia’s results for children are only possible because of supporters like you. Continue this impact by donating today to reach more children in Malaysia and around the world.
UNICEF
in emergencies
In times of conflict and disaster, children are hit the hardest. When homes, schools and health services are disrupted, children face greater risks to their health, safety and future. With your support, UNICEF is able to reach children and families with life-saving care and protection when they need it most.
Answering the call for children in Myanmar
When the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck on 28 March 2025, more than 3,600 people were killed and over 5,000 injured. Many children who had already endured years of conflict and displacement faced another wave of loss, trauma and fear as homes, schools and health facilities collapsed around them.
In the midst of uncertainty, your kindness provided:
- Access to safe water through purification supplies and emergency water points for over 600,000 people
- Essential healthcare for more than 120,000 people, including over 28,000 children
- Mental health and psychosocial support for nearly 24,000 people, including over 20,000 children
- Emergency cash assistance for over 44,000 people to help meet children’s basic needs
See the impact of the earthquake and the urgent needs of children and families.
Giving children in Gaza a lifeline
For two long years, children in Gaza have been living through a crisis no child should endure. More than 64,000 children have reportedly been killed or injured, while homes, schools and hospitals have been destroyed. Because of supporters like you, help is still reaching children in this crisis of unimaginable scale.
Through UNICEF and our partners, families are receiving essential life-saving support:
- Over 150,000 winter kits and blankets reached newborns, children and mothers in hospitals and health centres
- More than 68,000 young children screened for malnutrition and connected to care
- Safe water for over 1.7 million people, including more than 550,000 children
- Learning support for over 115,000 students, including more than 60,000 girls
Hear directly from the field about the scale of needs facing children and families in Gaza.
Every minute counts in an emergency. Your gift ensures children receive rapid, life-saving support when it matters most.
Business stepping up
for children
In 2025, corporate partners played a vital role in helping children and families access urgent relief, build resilience and thrive through long-term programmes.
SC Johnson supported emergency relief for children affected by the Myanmar earthquake
U Mobile supported disaster preparedness through the #BencanaReady campaign
Marriott Worldwide Business Council in Malaysia supported climate programmes for children and young people
MOG supported nutrition and education programmes for children
We are grateful for the commitment of our corporate partners to children’s wellbeing. Join us in building a better future for children by learning more about partnership opportunities on our corporate page.
Global results
achieved in 2025
Thanks to your generosity and solidarity with supporters around the world, real progress was possible in 2025. Your support helped turn today’s challenges into meaningful opportunities and ensured that more children, no matter where they live, had the chance to survive, grow and thrive.
5.7 million children vaccinated against measles
2.8 million children with severe wasting admitted for treatment
21.1 million people accessing a sufficient quantity and quality of water for drinking and domestic needs
6.9 million children accessing formal or non-formal education, including early learning
4.6 million children, adolescents, and caregivers accessing community-based mental health and psychosocial support
2.5 million women, girls, and boys accessing gender-based violence risk mitigation, prevention, and/or response interventions
9.2 million people with safe and accessible channels to report sexual exploitation and abuse by personnel who provide assistance to affected populations
792,668 households reached with UNICEF-funded humanitarian cash transfers
In 2026, millions of children continue to face conflict, disasters, hunger, and displacement. We aim to reach more than 73 million vulnerable children and their families with clean water, nutrition, healthcare, education, and protection.
The needs are urgent and every gift makes a real difference for a child in crisis.
With gratitude,
from all of us
Dear Wira untuk Kanak-kanak,
From kampungs to city streets across Malaysia, your support has lifted children up. Because of your generosity, real change has taken root: together, we have modelled innovative projects in communities, advanced policies that put children first, and generated clear evidence to guide decisions for a brighter future.
Thanks to you, children in Malaysia are thriving, feeling safer and included — and your solidarity has reached children facing crises around the world. We are humbled by your trust and proud of all we have accomplished together.
Looking ahead, we remain committed to championing child rights with compassion, collaboration, and persistence — until every child can grow up hopeful, healthy, and protected.
With regards,
Robert Gass
UNICEF Representative to Malaysia and Special Representative to Brunei Darussalam