NEARLY EVERY SINGLE CHILD IS AT RISK OF FAMINE - WE NEED TO ACT NOW
More than 93% of the children in Gaza – about 930,000 children – are at critical risk of famine. The war in Gaza and Israeli authorities' total siege on the entry of aid and goods have pushed families to take unimaginable measures to survive. Without urgent action to end the siege and to allow food and medicine into Gaza, one million children are at risk of starvation, disease and ultimately death.
A 25-year-old mother of four in northern Gaza, whose children were receiving treatment for malnutrition at Save the Children’s healthcare clinic during the brief pause in fighting, said: “We know what hunger feels like - we’ve tasted death. Our children are just waiting their turn to die.”
We urgently need international action to protect children and families now. Please donate now to children in Gaza, the West Bank and around the world, where the needs are most urgent.
YOUR $120 GIFT COULD PROVIDE 20 LIFESAVING DOSES OF MEDICINE TO A CHILD
“This is a deliberate humanitarian catastrophe. Children are being starved by design, under Israeli authorities' total siege. We know how to treat malnutrition in children – what we don’t have is access. At any given moment in Gaza, a child, someone’s whole world, could be killed by bombs and bullets, starvation and disease. The international community must act now to open the crossings and deliver life-saving aid. We cannot stand by while an entire population is starved in plain sight”, said Ahmad Alhendawi, Save the Children’s Regional Director.
Denying humanitarian aid is a crime under international law and a grave violation against children. The international community must act now to ensure that international humanitarian law in Gaza and human rights law in the West Bank is followed. A definitive ceasefire remains the only way to ensure children are protected from further bodily and mental harm.
Please give now to protect children in Gaza, the West Bank and around the world, where the needs are most urgent. Any amount you can give will make a huge difference.
OUR RESPONSE AND IMPACT
Save the Children has been supporting Palestinian children since 1953 and has maintained a permanent presence in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) since 1973. With 345 staff members and casual workers, including 259 currently in Gaza, and 11 active partner organisations (7 in Gaza and 5 in the West Bank), we are uniquely positioned to deliver a comprehensive response to the urgent needs of children and families.
Amidst extremely challenging conditions, we’ve been working around the clock to find ways to deliver aid to children. Our response has significantly scaled up since October 2023, leveraging our existing footprint, technical expertise, and partnerships to address the evolving humanitarian crisis.
As of 11 March 2025, Save the Children and its partners have reached more than 1.5 million people across the occupied Palestinian territory, including over 1.4 million people in Gaza.
Despite immense challenges, we are providing lifesaving aid, safe spaces, healthcare, and advocating for peace:
- We have been providing essential services and support since the start of this crisis. Alongside local partners, we’re distributing vital supplies to families across shelters and households - drinking water, food, hygiene products, mattresses, blankets, learning materials, toys, and games. We’re providing communities with clean water through water trucking, installing latrines in shelters and conducting health and hygiene promotion sessions. We are supporting families with winter supplies, including covers, blankets and mattresses. Via partners we are delivering food kits to families. The food kits include date, paste, tuna, jam, sugar, plates, cups and spoons, thyme, tea, cheese, halva, tahini, canned meat, chickpeas, beans, wet wipes, and olive oil. Alongside partners we are deploying staff to keep shelters clean, critical to helping keep disease outbreaks at bay. We are also installing latrines in shelters.
- We’re providing cash to families so they can buy food and any other essentials.
- We conducted a market assessment in Gaza and gathered food insecurity data which informed the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) - the global scale to classify food and nutrition crises.
- We’re running Child Friendly Spaces, ensuring children have a safe space to play, receive psychosocial support and escape from the traumatic experiences they’re enduring.
- Our Health programming is providing primary healthcare and maternal and newborn care and we’re screening and treating children for acute malnutrition. We are providing much needed mental health and psychosocial support to children and their families.
- We are running Mother and Baby Areas with support for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Community Management of Acute Malnutrition.
- We and our partners are running Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) for children aged 3-12. We are providing support to children who were unable to enrol in formal schooling, having reached school age during the war. This involves learning activities designed to prepare these young learners.
- Apart from Gaza, we're also helping in the West Bank, where we've supported families facing increased settler violence by providing emergency cash and running child protection activities. In Egypt, we've ensured access to essential supplies, supported medical evacuees from Gaza, and trained first responders. In Lebanon, we've assisted displaced individuals by providing clean water, food, hygiene products, and mental health support.
WHY DONATE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN?
1 in 6 children lives in a conflict zone, and there is no end in sight. Across the globe, children are facing starvation, poverty, fear, and the loss of healthcare and education. For children in Gaza, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and around the world, surviving is just the beginning. They urgently need your help to piece their lives back together.
Through our work in 113 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first, helping them survive, learn and reach their full potential. These efforts rely on your support. By donating today to Save the Children, you can help children get the food, medicine, and education they need to give them a chance of a future they deserve.
