Support Children in Gaza and the West Bank

Dear Friend,

With your generous support, ahead of the recent ceasefire announcement, UNICEF prepositioned more than 1,300 trucks ready to deliver tents, nutrition items, essential medicines and vaccines, learning and recreation kits, and water and sanitation supplies. With the ceasefire now in effect, UNICEF’s 3-month Response Plan focuses on urgent life-saving support while catalyzing early recovery. The approach integrates interventions across nutrition, health, water and sanitation, education, and child protection, prioritizing famine prevention, winterization, and community recovery.

One of UNICEF’s key priorities is restoring safe and reliable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), which is critical both to the famine response and to preventing further public health risks, particularly as Gaza enters the winter season when flooding and disease outbreaks become more likely. Other priorities include nutrition, health, education, winterization, child protection, mental health and psychosocial support, and social protection.

With your support, UNICEF is implementing an accelerated WASH response, including the restoration of water supply and distribution systems across Gaza and the rehabilitation and operation of desalination plants through the provision of fuel, chemicals, and critical spare parts. Priority is being given to systems where rapid repairs can immediately increase water production and distribution. For example, repairs to public water and wastewater facilities such as the Southern Gaza Seawater Desalination Plant (SGDP) are essential to maintaining operations and ensuring communities have access to safe and reliable water.

In partnership,

Sha Ni Wang 
Senior Associate, Corporate and Civil Society Partnerships