Emergencies
More than 60 million children are caught up in emergencies every year. We respond quickly to meet their immediate needs.
Use our map or the links in the left-hand menu to find out more about our key emergency appeals currently running.
How YOU can help us do more
By having funds already in place before emergencies hit, we can respond quicker to emergencies all over the world — therefore saving more lives.
Please support our Children’s Emergency Fund
- Tuesday 31 August 2010 100,000 Pakistani women at risk
- Tens of thousands of newborn babies and their mums in Pakistan could be in serious danger as the floods continue to cause misery for millions of families.
- Friday 27 August 2010 Child malnutrition rates in Niger soar
- The number of severely malnourished children visiting our clinics in Niger has soared fourfold since the beginning of the year.
- Monday 9 August 2010 Pakistan flood crisis deepens as heavy rains continue
- The Pakistani government has now confirmed that the humanitarian crisis caused by the on-going floods is far greater than that of the 2005 earthquake.
- Friday 6 August 2010 Pregnant women in Pakistan carried through floodwaters to give birth
- Our aid workers in Pakistan have been carrying stranded women on the verge of giving birth through waist-high water to the nearest clinic, two hours away.
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