UNICEF Mozambique Emergency Appeal
The situation for children in Mozambique continues to deteriorate, exacerbated by multiple simultaneous and overlapping crises.
Highlights
The situation for children in Mozambique continues to deteriorate, exacerbated by multiple simultaneous and overlapping crises: drought, cyclones, conflict in the north, disease outbreaks, displacement, political unrest, and the after-effects of the 2022 fiscal shock. In consequence, 4.8 million people, including 3.4 million children, need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2025.
Climate shocks are taking a relentless toll on the people of Mozambique: Even before the arrival in March 2025 of Cyclone Jude, which impacted an estimated 483,463 people, almost three quarters of a million Mozambicans were suffering from the impacts of Cyclones Chido and Dikeledi, which destroyed or damaged over 150,000 homes, 471 schools1 and 100 health facilities. El Niño conditions have severely impacted local crop yields, leaving 4.9 million people in a state of food insecurity2. This, combined with inadequate sanitation and hygiene, has left children particularly susceptible to malnutrition and disease and deprived children of safe classrooms to continue their learning. And now, cholera is once again on the rise.
Funding for humanitarian action is in steep decline. UNICEF has a proven history of delivering results for children in crisis in Mozambique, through inclusive and gender-sensitive assistance that reaches the hardest-to-reach and most vulnerable children and families. But without sustained support for responses to crises facing children in Mozambique, the futures of a generation are at risk.
Vulnerable children will be left without access to services and will become increasingly exposed to health and protection risks, including illness, malnutrition, death, violence, and displacement. Without continued support for humanitarian action in Mozambique, UNICEF will be unable to provide support for children and families in need.
