Because babies need our help
6.9 millions of children worldwide die before their 5th birthday - 40 percent of them do not even reach an age of a month. About 287,000 do not survive the birth of their child each year. With the campaign "Time to share", UNICEF appeals for donations for the surviving of newborns and their mothers.
Make children's wishes come true
The foundation of the Real Madrid player and world champion Toni Kroos wants to fulfil the wishes of seriously ill children and support families financially in their difficult situation.
For the feeling to know not to be alone
Doctors still fight too often in vain for the lives of children suffering from cancer. New therapies have to be developped and the psycho-social care for the small patients and their families have to be improved. For these reasons, the cyclists of the Tour der Hoffnung collect donations every year.
Kindern helfen, ihre Träume zu verwirklichen
Die von Robin Gosens gegründete träumenlohntsich-Stiftung setzt sich für Integration, Chancengleichheit und Barrierefreiheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit einer Vergangenheit der Flucht, aus sozial schwachen Familien, oder mit jeglicher anderen Beeinträchtigung ein – denn jedes Kind hat das gleiche Recht auf die Verwirklichung seiner Träume.
An initiative of Hubert Burda Media
Material poverty often goes along with emotional poverty. But even in well-to-do conditions, children and youths are often left on their own devices. In the worst case, they get victims of phyical violence or sexual abuse. The TRIBUTE TO BAMBI Foundation wants to help here.
Looking for a potential stem cell donor for Kerim
A bone marrow donor is urgently searched for 1-year-old Kerim. The Stiftung Aktion Knochenmarkspende Bayern (AKB) organises a typecast campaign for him and many other patients.
The Udo Lindenberg Foundation supports young musicians and songwriters
The Udo Lindenberg Foundation supports young songwriters and musicians with competitions in order to discover new ways against mainstream, write provoking texts and not to adapt to superstar dross.
Emergency aid for children and families
Thousands of children and their families are affected by the earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border area and need urgent help - UNICEF is on site to ensure medical care, drinking water supply and child protection.
A silent catastrophe: malnutrition in the Sahel
According to estimations, more than one million children in eight countries are threatened by severe malnutrition in the next months. Because of droughts, poor harvests, high food costs and extreme poverty, many families cannot feed themselves with enough food.
The situation in Ukraine and the region continues to be devastating and the on-going violence has created a child rights crisis. Children are in urgent need of support. UNICEF is working in Ukraine and many neighbouring countries to provide families - who have fled the war - with medical care, psychosocial and educational support, and urgently needed relief supplies. UNICEF and its partners have set up contact points for families. In refugee-hosting countries, UNICEF is supporting governments to ensure access to services, protection and social assistance for Ukrainian children, their families and host communities.
