In any emergency – whether disaster, conflict, displacement, or a long-term health emergency – children are the most vulnerable. Beyond the short-term risks they face from being separated from their families, getting injured or even dying, children often miss school and are at increased risk of violence, neglect and exploitation.
Imagine being a child and living through something like that ... during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That’s the reality right now for many children around the world. It could become the reality anytime for any child who lives in a disaster-prone area, as most of the world’s poorest places tend to be – for as long as we remain in COVID-19’s grip.
In our global response to the pandemic, we continue the fight to protect children from COVID-19 as well as the hunger, economic stress and other risks it brings. When other kinds of disasters strike, we move swiftly to address children’s and families’ immediate and longer-term needs while sustaining our ongoing COVID support with as little disruption as possible.
Families are at the center of all we do. If we can help them stay stable through any crisis, they and their children will move forward strong afterward. Please give as generously as you can.
