Support Children in Gaza and the West Bank

Dear Friend,

For the hundreds of thousands of displaced children and their families living in makeshift shelters across the Gaza Strip, the onset of winter has brought a dangerous threat to lives already hanging in the balance.

With your generous support, UNICEF has integrated winterization across all its interventions to ensure children remain safe, warm, and able to access essential services even in the harshest winter conditions. In Gaza, UNICEF has mobilized one of its largest winter stockpiles to date, aiming to reach every child under 10 with blankets and winter kits, while prioritizing newborns in all maternity hospitals for immediate support. Thanks to your support, more children are staying healthy, protected, and resilient through the winter season. Key results include

• 957,731 thermal blankets distributed to help families cope with cold temperatures and damp conditions.
• 291,896 winter clothing kits, including insulated footwear for children, delivered to improve warmth and protection.
• 392,711 tarpaulins supplied to reinforce and weatherproof makeshift shelters, with 22,300 more in transit and an additional 238,160 under procurement.
• Nearly 1,000 shelter and household toolkits delivered to support basic shelter repairs and meet essential household needs.
• Over 1,000 high-performance tents deployed to withstand severe winter weather and sustain critical services, including health and nutrition points, temporary learning spaces, and child-friendly spaces – with thousands more in the pipeline..
• Humanitarian cash, reached 284,600 people, including 150,000 children, across 48,500 families , with most families receiving support at least twice.
• Emergency water supply is being sustained through 56 water trucks and 14 relocated desalination plants, together producing 83 million liters of safe water per day, reaching cumulatively 1.6 million people, including 600,000 children.

In partnership,
Sha Ni Wang