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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of families around the world. Across virtually every key measure of childhood , progress has gone backward in the 12 months since the pandemic was declared, leaving children confronting a devastating and distorted new normal. The past year has seen an increase in children who have been left hungry,…

UNICEF relies on Funding to UNICEF voluntary contributions to uphold our mission of reaching every child. UNICEF seeks adequate and quality resources to support effective preparedness and timely response to humanitarian and protection needs, particularly of the most vulnerable populations. UNICEF thematic contributions are pooled, flexible multi-…, Why Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding is important, With Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding (GHTF), UNICEF and partners are able to:, Top resource partners to GHTF, 2024, As of 26 March 2024 Ranking  Name of Partner  Total US$  1 Private sector fundraising by UNICEF country offices             932,209 2 Swedish Committee for UNICEF  576,466 3 United States Fund for UNICEF  401,281 4 Dutch Committee for UNICEF  305,466 5 United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF 285,171 6 Canadian Committee for UNICE 184,638 7 French …, Top resource partners to GHTF, 2023, As of 31 December 2023 Ranking  Name of Partner  Total US$  1  German Federal Foreign Office  31,996,394  2  Kingdom of the Netherlands  18,619,934  3  Private sector fundraising by UNICEF country offices  11,878,506  4  Sweden  11,050,795  5  United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF  9,007,964  6  Dutch Committee for UNICEF  3,624,667  7  United…, Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2024, As of 26 March 2024 Destination  Total US$  Sudan  2,120,000 Afghanistan 2,110,464 Democratic Republic of the Congo  2,053,028 Myanmar 1,500,000 Ethiopia 1,350,000 Nigeria 1,300,000 Bangladesh 1,250,000 South Sudan  1,200,000 State of Palestine  1,120,000 Lebanon   1,120,000 Pakistan  1,000,000 Haiti  1,000,000 Burkina Faso 980,000 Somalia 805,643…, GHTF Impact for Children: Examples from 2023 , In 2023, flexible allocations from the Global Humanitarian Thematic Fund allowed country offices to ensure a robust response across multiple sectors, including nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); child protection and health.  Türkiye A child's hand drawing a giraffe on paper UNICEF/UN0825154/Haşim Kiliç After the immediate systemwide…, South Sudan, A woman have her arms wrap around her son. UNICEF/South Sudan/2023 In the context of severe child protection needs, limited services, and an 88 per cent funding gap, GHTF allowed the South Sudan country office to deploy trained social workers and quickly set up Child-Friendly Spaces at a remote border locations where more than 134,000 women and…, Allocation criteria, The directors of the Public Partnerships Division, Programme Division and Office of Emergency Programmes endorse the proposals for GHTF allocation. The proposals are then reviewed and approved by the Deputy Director of Programmes. A set of clear criteria is used to allocate GHTF at all levels – country, regional, multi-regional and global. These…, Previous results, Results from 2023, Top resource partners to GHTF, 2023, As of 31 December   Top resource partners to GHTF, 2023 Ranking  Name of Partner  Total US$  1  German Federal Foreign Office  31,996,394  2  Kingdom of the Netherlands  18,619,934  3  Private sector fundraising by UNICEF country offices  11,878,506  4  Sweden  11,050,795  5  United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF  9,007,964  6  Dutch Committee for…, Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2023, As of 31 December Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2023 Destination  Total US$  Sudan  7,998,960  State of Palestine  7,178,550  Lebanon  4,877,000  Afghanistan  3,977,500  Haiti  3,812,579  Myanmar  3,655,382  Syria  3,651,973  Democratic Republic of the Congo  3,486,782  Bangladesh  2,949,000  Cameroon  2,928,080  Chad  2,908,852  Europe…, Results from 2022, Top resource partners to GHTF, 2022, As of 31 December Ranking Name of Partner Total US$ 1 Netherlands 21,716,649 2 United States Fund for UNICEF 21,567,098 3 German Federal Foreign Office 20,682,523 4 Private sector fundraising by UNICEF country offices 16,627,834 5 Swiss Committee for UNICEF 12,232,416 6 Sweden 11,717,546 7 United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF 4,796,483 8 Swedish…, Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2022, As of 30 November Destination Total US$ Ethiopia 6,663,272 Somalia 5,978,245 Yemen 5,859,000 Burkina Faso 5,500,000 Kenya 4,000,000 Cluster Coordination** 4,000,000 Mali 3,208,076 Bangladesh 1,785,000 South Sudan 1,278,351 Niger 1,235,063 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,150,000 Philippines 1,058,026 Haiti 1,000,000 Syrian Arab Republic 1,000,…, Results from 2021, Top resource partners to GHTF, 2021, Rank Resource partner Total US$   Netherlands 19.9m   Swedish Committee for UNICEF 3.1m   Republic of Korea 1.0m   Australian Committee for UNICEF 850,836   Finnish Committee for UNICEF 765,578   Denmark 662,202   Netherlands Committee for UNICEF 642,914   United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF 628,901   Danish UNICEF Committee 461,113   German…, Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2021 , Destination Total US$ Haiti 1,500,000 South Sudan 1,250,000 State of Palestine 1,225,024 Afghanistan 1,150,000 Mozambique 1,146,857 Bangladesh 1,050,000 Yemen 1,000,000 Burkina Faso 900,000 Latin America and the Caribbean 850,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo 800,000 Iraq 800,000 Pakistan 750,000 Central African Republic 700,000 Ethiopia 700,…

NEW YORK, 8 March 2021 – Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF today. COVID-19: A threat to progress against child marriage – released on International Women’s Day – warns that school closures, economic…

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The COVID-19 pandemic is quickly exacerbating key factors that put children at risk of marrying before their 18 th birthday. This learning brief synthesizes evidence to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting child marriage risk factors and how UNICEF, within the UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage, is pivoting to identify…

KINSHASA, 03 MARCH 2021 – More than 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC. They were shipped to the country through COVAX, an alliance comprising the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) working in partnership…

SEOUL/NEW YORK, 5 March 2021 – Grammy-nominated group BTS, together with its label Big Hit Entertainment (Big Hit), has renewed its commitment to UNICEF to help end violence and neglect, and promote children and young people’s self-esteem and well-being, in a video released today . The South Korean band, which has partnered with UNICEF since 2017…

An interactive tool for partners, manufacturers, and countries to follow the developments of the COVID-19 vaccine market

NEW YORK, 4 March 2021 – At least 1 in 7 children – or 332 million globally – has lived under required or recommended nationwide stay-at-home policies for at least nine months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting their mental health and well-being at risk, UNICEF warned today. While almost all children worldwide have lived under some…

KIGALI, 03 March 2021 – Health workers and other priority populations vulnerable to COVID-19 can now expect to receive life-saving coronavirus vaccines in Rwanda as 240,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines licensed and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India were delivered by UNICEF on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Rwanda is also set…

NEW YORK, 3 March 2021 – Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost an entire year due to COVID-19 lockdowns, according to new data released today by UNICEF. Furthermore, around 214 million children globally – or 1 in 7 – have missed more than three-quarters of their in-person learning. The analysis…

NEW YORK, 2 March 2021 – “The last year has been a dark one for families all over the world, but the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines provided a hopeful light at the end of the tunnel. At long last, the COVAX Facility begins to make good on its promise to make sure that light shines for all. “And we are off and running. Vaccine doses have…