HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Human Wrongs Watch

10 December 2025 (UNICEF)* — UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children appeal helps support the agency’s work as it provides conflict- and disaster-affected children with access to water, sanitation, nutrition, education, health and protection services.

UNICEF/UN0591078/TaxtaOn 3 February 2022 in Somalia, a child feeds on a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) packet while his mother holds him waiting to receive assistance at Community Empowerment and Development Action Health Centre in Dolow.

Somalia snapshot

• Appeal highlights
  • In 2026, humanitarian conditions in Somalia are expected to deteriorate further, leaving at least 4.8 million people, including 3 million children, in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
  • Acute malnutrition threatens 1.85 million children under five, including 430,000 with severe wasting, driven by recurrent climate shocks, prolonged conflict, and a fragile health system facing potential collapse.
• Below-average rainfall linked to persistent La Niña conditions is likely to exacerbate food insecurity, with more than 4.4 million 5 people projected to face crisis-level hunger (IPC Phase 3 or higher) by the end of December 2025.

• UNICEF will accelerate programmatic shifts in 2026 to strengthen the delivery of life-saving assistance across sectors.
• This includes stronger localization, community-based services, fulfillment of UNICEF’s role as provider of last resort, and enhanced service integration across health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, education, and social protection.
• UNICEF is appealing for US$121 million to reach 1.2 million people, including 744,000 children (372,000 girls), with priority funding directed to nutrition, health, WASH, and child protection – the sectors with the highest needs.

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Somalia situation reports

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Key planned targets

850,000 children and women accessing primary health care

430,000 children with severe wasting admitted for treatment

116,000 children/ caregivers accessing community-based mental health and psychosocial support

1.2 million people reached with critical WASH supplies

Funding requirements for 2026

Country needs and strategy

Humanitarian needs

UNICEF’s strategy

Programme targets

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