Gaza Emergency Appeal
Children in Gaza are starving. This is no longer a warning – it’s a devastating reality.
Nearly 12,000 children under age five in Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition, the highest monthly figure ever recorded. Hunger-related deaths are rising.
“The children tell their parents that they want to go to heaven – because at least there is food there,” says one aid worker.
No child should starve. Not now. Not ever.
A humanitarian corridor opened in early August and life-saving aid is finally making its way to children in Gaza. Plan International has delivered more than 2,250 food baskets to families.
Each basket feeds a family of four for three days.
But the corridor is temporary; it may close within days. We need your help to deliver as much food as possible before it does.
I want to helpWe’ve proven we can get food in. Now, we need your support to send more trucks into Gaza with life-saving food and supplies, while we still can. Every hour counts.
Be a Lifeline for Children
Nearly 1 billion children — almost half the children in our world — live in crisis, facing dangers like food shortages in Ethiopia or conflict in Sudan. Now you can help be a lifeline.
An earthquake can rumble for 10 seconds, and a girl could be out of school for 10 months. A drought can last one season, and a child could be out of food for a year.
An armed group can sweep through a boy’s community in Haiti in one week, and he could live in a camp for displaced people for the rest of his childhood. Violence in Gaza could force a girl to flee her home, and she could be attacked on the road.
Children, especially girls, are the most at risk in an emergency and the most overlooked. Every minute can mean the difference between life and death. So, we must act even faster. We are determined to act as soon as possible to help save lives after a disaster strikes.
Sudan
It’s been two years since the start of Sudan’s brutal conflict. In that time, 12.6 million people have been forced to flee their homes.
» Learn moreMyanmar
A devastating 7.7- magnitude earthquake struck the crisis-torn country of Myanmar on March 28.
» Learn moreLebanon
Since September 23, 2024 many lives in Lebanon have been lost and over a million people have been displaced from their homes, many have no home to return to.
» Learn moreHow the fund works
Supporters like you create a ‘ready to deploy’ fund for crises.
Our in-country experts assess and act fast.
Community-led relief efforts begin with help from the fund.
We work with the community to rebuild even after others leave.
Donate
Supporters like you create a ‘ready to deploy’ fund for crises.
A Crisis Hits
Our in-country experts assess and act fast.
Response
Community-led relief efforts begin with help from the fund.
Recovery
We work with the community to rebuild even after others leave.
Your donation to the Children in Crisis Response Fund will accomplish
Food
Water
Blankets
Health, first aid and hygiene supplies
Safe spaces
Helplines
Psychological first aid
Art and play therapy
Human Stories Behind the Crisis
Support the Children in Crisis Response Fund now.
Haiti
Gaza
Sudan
We came from Khartoum yesterday. There were bombs and gunshots that crossed our path on our way here. There was no time to carry anything. We came with what was on our body. We want food. We used to eat and sleep on beds but now we stay under a small tree for shade and shelter. We just want to go to a safe place. I want the war to end so we can go back home. I want to go back to school."
What emergency situations will this fund respond to?
The fund will be used to respond as quickly as possible to a new or worsening humanitarian crisis. It will help save lives and protect children and their families from suffering or losing their right to dignity. Crises can be caused by:
- extreme weather events, from long-lasting droughts to more immediate hazards like cyclones;
- conflict or other social or political instability that endangers people or forces them to flee their homes;
- other environmental or human-made emergencies like explosions or epidemics.
The fund will also help Plan International be proactive and reduce the damaging effects of disasters by, for example, distributing shelter items or other supplies in advance of a forecasted hurricane or other extreme weather.
Where will this fund be used?
Plan International operates in more than 80 countries worldwide. This fund will support crisis relief anywhere that Plan International responds, including in communities where we partner with other humanitarian organizations. Learn more about where we work.
Does this fund only help children?
No. Our emergency relief efforts support entire communities including women and men. We prioritize those who are most at risk, including adolescent girls who are overlooked and excluded from protection in emergencies. We advocate for the unique needs and rights of girls to be part of disaster policies and programs.
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