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EVERY DAY children fight malnutrition

One in three children around the world experience malnutrition. An estimated 13 million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition – the most deadly form of malnutrition. Rising poverty, climate change, and health epidemics are making it difficult for children to get the nutrition they need to survive. When children don’t have access to nutritious food, it can damage their growth and deprive them of the opportunity to reach their full potential.

EVERY DAY, YOU can help save children’s lives with $1 a day.

Your monthly donations, even $1 a day, allow UNICEF to always be ready to help prevent, diagnose and treat childhood malnutrition around the world. Thanks to reliable support, we can provide more children with life-saving therapeutic food so they can grow up healthy and strong. UNICEF provides 75-80% of the world's therapeutic food, which has helped treat millions of children at risk of severe acute malnutrition.

There is no time to waste. With $1 a day you can:

Send survival therapeutic food kits to nourish 47 children.

Provide packets of protein-packed Plumpy'Nut® to nourish 21 children.

Restock a Malnutrition Centre to help 64 children.

Become a monthly donor and help more children get a healthier start in life.

What’s the power of $1 a day for children fighting malnutrition?

By making a monthly gift to UNICEF, you will provide children experiencing malnutrition with the long-term support they need to return to health. Your monthly donation ensures we can continue to:

Improve children’s access to nutritious, safe, affordable and sustainable diets;
Support essential nutrition services that keep children and women well nourished;
Help children experiencing malnutrition recover with life-saving therapeutic food.

All donations are eligible for a tax credit as a charitable gift. If you prefer to donate by phone, please call 1 800 567 4483. We are available to answer your call 24/7.