UNICEF’s pre-packed kits
Rapidly assembled, shipped and distributed for every child and family in need.
UNICEF’s pre-packed kits play a critical role in delivering health essentials, as well as water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), protection and education supplies for children and families in low-resource contexts and amid humanitarian emergencies and crises.
Using globally sourced supplies, these kits are rapidly assembled in UNICEF warehouses, dispatched and distributed to address urgent needs in areas where local market solutions may not be immediately available or accessible.
Education and protection
UNICEF education and protection kits
The Adolescent Kit is designed to support adolescents aged 10–18 years, especially those who are affected by conflict and crises. Each kit consists of guidance, tools, activities and supplies for up to 50 adolescents, aimed at promoting positive outcomes in psychosocial well-being, life skills and active engagement in their communities.
Designed to help young children continue to develop their skills in emergencies and crises, the ECD Kit is a “treasure box” filled with materials and ideas for learning and fun, like puzzles and games, puppets and art supplies.
The Recreation Kit is created to help children and adolescents aged 7–18 years continue to play and develop their skills in contexts of conflict and disaster. It contains a set of board games and various sports equipment.
The School-in-a-Box is a portable classroom packed in a metal box. Each kit contains essential school supplies and education materials for 40 students, ensuring children can continue learning in emergencies or low-resource settings.
Health
UNICEF health kits
Supplying essential medicines and medical equipment, the IEHK is designed to meet the initial primary healthcare needs of 10,000 people affected by emergencies for three months. With custom modules that can be added to serve more specific needs, it is ideal for rapid deployment and prepositioning as part of emergency response preparedness.
The Midwifery Kit and Obstetric surgical Kit are designed for trained health personnel, such as midwives, physicians and nurses, to facilitate childbirth deliveries.
The Midwifery Kit can serve an average of 50 normal deliveries. It contains medical equipment, medicines and disposable materials like gloves and syringes.
The Obstetric Surgical Kit is capable of handling up to 100 deliveries, including 50 complicated labours and caesarean sections. It includes surgical instruments and basic sterilization and resuscitation equipment. Like the Midwifery Kit, the Obstetric Surgical Kit consists of different modules containing drugs, equipment and renewable materials.
Created for use in the acute phase of an emergency, the NBKs contain medicines, consumables and equipment for trained health personnel, such as midwives, nurses and doctors, to aid in the prevention and treatment of newborn infections, resuscitation and the care of preterm newborns with complication. The kits can be adapted to serve a population of 30,000 at the clinic level and 150,000 people at a specialized medical facility for three months. Additionally, the kits can be adapted for community use, distributed to pregnant women or community health workers.
WASH
UNICEF water, hygiene and sanitation kits
The AWD kits, combining the Community Care Kit and the Periphery Kit, facilitate early detection and quick response to cholera or acute watery diarrhoea cases. With essentials like water purification tablets, soap, zinc and oral rehydration salts, the Community Care Kit provides affected or at-risk communities with the means to treat water and ensure rehydration of 100 people suffering of mild and moderate cases of diarrhoea.
The Periphery Kit, composed of modules for drugs, renewable supplies, equipment and logistics, is designed for the treatment of 100 patients at a cholera treatment unit or a health centre.
One of the first to be deployed in a sudden-onset emergency, the WASH and Dignity Kit is vital to meet the basic needs of children and their families, ensuring clean water, accessible sanitation facilities, and good hygiene practices. The kit includes supplies, like buckets, soap and menstrual hygiene items and multi-purpose cloths and pads.