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OVERVIEWSouth Sudan 2015
Launch of the UNICEF/WFP Joint Nutrition Response
Plan for South Sudan in Aweil, Northern Bahr elGhazal State where children have their mid-upper arm
circumference and weight measured to assess thepresence and severity of malnutrition.

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3EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR’SFOREWORD

The number of children trapped in humanitarian crises around theworld is both staggering and sobering.
Nearly 250 million children live in countries affected by violent, often
protracted conflicts.
In 2015, millions of children and families were forced from theirhomes to flee violence, persecution, and hardship — all too often
risking their lives in search of safety and a better future.
Other, often climate-related, emergencies have endangered thewellbeing of hundreds of millions of children living in areas prone tofloods, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis and other natural disasters.
As the headlines remind us daily, these conflicts and disasters are
multiplying. Needs are piling on needs. But while the numbers
are enormous, so too are the opportunities to save not only lives-- by providing immediate humanitarian assistance to children andfamilies at their most vulnerable -- but also the futures of millionsof children. For our short-term emergency responses must do
more than respond to immediate needs. They must support longterm development, which helps prepare children, families, andcommunities to be more resilient in future emergencies.
This is especially so when it comes to providing education andlearning opportunities to children living through conflict and otheremergencies. Education and support to overcome trauma provide
children with a sense of normalcy and hope for the future in the
midst of violence, instability, and disaster. They also provide children
with the skills to build better, safer, healthier lives for themselves,
their families, and their communities. Generation after generation.
This is of critical importance as countries and the global community
begin the hard, vital work of delivering on the promises of the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will not meet thesegoals if we fail to reach the children living in countries affected byhumanitarian crises. In fact, achieving the SDGs depends on it -because these children comprise a significant portion of the world’s
most disadvantaged.

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Humanitarian Action for Children 2016

Every day, in countries like Afghanistan, Burundi, the Central African
Republic, Iraq, Myanmar, the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine andYemen, UNICEF and our partners are working to reach these mostvulnerable children and communities. This report highlights some of
our joint efforts and the results we have helped achieve in 2015 forchildren in need of humanitarian assistance.
For example, following the devastating earthquakes in Nepal,
UNICEF and our partners used the Government’s social assistanceprogrammes as a platform to disburse cash transfers to about
400,000 of the most vulnerable people.
In South Sudan, where continued civil conflict endangers hundredsof thousands of children, we have worked to provide more than ahalf million people with access to safe water -- and to help secure
the release of 1,755 children from armed groups and help thosechildren return successfully to their communities.
These are only two examples of the many ways in which we areworking with our partners to reach children in crisis. But we need
the continued support and generosity of our donors to continue
delivering results for children affected by emergencies -- and to
do more to help communities prepare for the growing number of
emergencies ahead.
This is a matter of urgency. For while public and private contributions
have reached unprecedented levels, it is clear that the humanitariansystem is being pushed to and beyond its limits. And especially withthe growing effect of El Niño, we expect 2016 to challenge us all themore.
The challenges are growing -- and so must our response as
well. Together, we can achieve real results -- results reflected ina generation of children not only able to overcome the barriers
that emergencies have put in their paths, but willing to work tostrengthen their own societies. A virtuous cycle: each generation ofchildren lending their hands to build a better world for us all.

Anthony Lake
UNICEF Executive Director

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OVERVIEWUNICEFJANUARY 2016

FUNDING REQUIRED IN 2016
Humanitarian Action for Children 2016

This map is stylized and not to scale.
It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any
country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. The dotted line
represents approximately the Line of Control agreed upon by India
and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been
agreed upon by the Parties. The final boundary between the Sudan andSouth Sudan has not yet been determined.

Central and Eastern Europe and theCommonwealth of Independent States

US$

Regional Office2,600,000

Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe

30,822,000

Ukraine54,300,000

Total

87,722,000

East Asia and the Pacific region

US$

Middle East and North Africa region

US$

Regional Office3,500,000

Djibouti

3,508,234

Iraq

101,191,212

Libya

19,319,100

State of Palestine

41,924,871

Sudan

116,921,577

Syrian Arab Republic

316,720,344

Syrian refugees and other affected populationsin Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey

847,329,602

Regional Office

4,209,600

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

18,000,000

Myanmar24,960,000

Pacific Islands

5,000,000

Yemen

180,000,000

Philippines

10,070,000

Total

1,630,414,940

Total

62,239,600
South Asia region

Eastern and Southern Africa region

US$

US$

Regional Office

43,082,325

Regional Office5,591,000

Afghanistan

27,840,000

Burundi16,540,000

Total

70,922,325

Burundian refugees (Rwanda and Tanzania)

8,983,000

Eritrea

16,000,000

West and Central Africa region

Ethiopia

106,000,000

Regional Office

20,026,000

Kenya

16,450,000

Cameroon

31,400,000

Malawi13,035,000

Central African Republic

55,695,000

Somalia

82,268,287

Chad62,391,500

South Sudan

154,464,955

Democratic Republic of the Congo

130,360,000

Uganda14,400,000Mali

33,137,047

Zimbabwe

12,176,545

Niger

39,516,271

Total

445,908,767

Nigeria

55,558,688

Sahel (Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Mauritania
and Senegal)

42,227,777

Total

470,312,283

Global support

46,910,498

Grand total

2,834,480,433

Latin America and the Caribbean region

US$

Regional Office

6,650,000

Haiti

13,400,000

Total

20,050,000

Electronic users can click on each name to go to that office's
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PLANNED RESULTS IN 2016

Humanitarian Action for Children 2016

The information below summarizes the global requirements for UNICEF humanitarian programmes, the total number ofpeople and children to be reached, and the planned results in Humanitarian Action for Children 2016.
TO ASSIST:GRAND TOTAL:

US$2.8 billion

76 million
peopleINCLUDING:

IN:

43 million
childrenFigure 1. Percentage1 of total requirements per sector:

63 countries
CASH TRANSFERS/CHILD PROTECTION

12%HEALTH

12%

NUTRITION

15%

3% SOCIAL PROTECTION
1% OTHER
2% NON-FOOD ITEMS
1% CLUSTER
COORDINATION21%&
1% PREPAREDNESSRESPONSEWATER, SANITATION
AND HYGIENE(WASH)

2

3

4

REGIONAL

5RESPONSE
2% RAPIDMECHANISMSEDUCATION

25%

IN
2% COUNTRIESREGIONAL CHAPTERS

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UNICEF and partners will work toward the following results in 2016:

NUTRITIONHEALTHWASHEDUCATION

CHILD
PROTECTION

HIV AND
AIDS

2.9 million
children to
be treated forsevere acutemalnutrition

11.7 million
children to
be immunizedagainstmeasles17.3 million
people tohave accessto safe water
for drinking,cooking andpersonal
hygiene

8.2 million
children tohave accessto formal andnon-formal
education

3 million
children tohave access to
psychosocial
support

243,500
people tohave accessto information,
testing andtreatment

CASH
ASSISTANCE
2.1 million
people tobe reachedwith cash
assistance

Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. The HIV and AIDS funding requirement is less than 1 per cent of the total requirement and because of rounding does
not feature in this overview.
2
Includes basic needs for Syrian refugees.
3
Includes costs from the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe and youth and adolescents programmes in Lebanon.
4
Includes early recovery for the Syrian Arab Republic.
5
Preparedness and response includes regional funding that may be used to respond to situations elsewhere in the region that are not included in a separate chapter of
Humanitarian Action for Children 2016 and may not benefit from inter-agency flash appeals to respond to small- or medium-size emergencies.
6
Includes the portion of needs for the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe and the Ebola response in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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OVERVIEWUNICEFCHILDREN IN CRISIS

The map below highlights the global humanitarian situation at theend of 2015 and some of the major crises affecting children andtheir families.

Sahel
In 2016, an estimated 23.5
million people will be affectedby food insecurity in the
sub-region and more than
5.8 million children will sufferfrom acute malnutrition(moderate and severe).

Nigeria
Since 2014, the escalation of
the Boko Haram insurgency
has led to an increase in thenumber of internally displaced
persons in the north-east toalmost 2 million. Malnutrition
is rising and health facilities
and schools have been
destroyed.

Central African Republic
Amid the backdrop ofconflict, more than 1.2
million people are facing
emergency levels of foodinsecurity and an estimated
39,000 children under 5
years will suffer from severe
acute malnutrition.

BurundiOne of the poorest countries
in the world, Burundi isfacing a protection crisis
that has driven people fromtheir homes. Some 220,000
people have sought asylumin the Democratic Republicof the Congo, Rwanda,
Tanzania and Uganda.

JANUARY 2016

Refugee and migrant crisis in
EuropeIn 2015, 1 million refugees andmigrants entered Europe, withthe vast majority coming via thewestern Balkans, Greece andTurkey, following arduous, often
dangerous journeys, mostly fromthe Syrian Arab Republic andconflict zones in the Middle East.
Children represent an increasing
proportion of the arrivals.

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UkraineSome 3.7 million people,
including 580,000 children,
are currently affected by
the conflict. Children living
near the front line face dailyrisks of shelling, mines andunexploded ordnance.

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Syrian Arab Republic andthe sub-region
Syrians are facing the largest
humanitarian crisis in theworld. An estimated 13.5
million people need urgent,
life-saving assistance inside
the country, and 6.5 million
people are displaced. Morethan 4 million people havealready fled the country.

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Iraq
The ongoing violence has
displaced nearly 3.2 million
people, as Iraq also hosts
Syrian refugees. Children are
facing lost schooling, childlabour, the risk of recruitment
into armed groups andcholera.

Afghanistan
Ongoing armed conflictand natural hazards, suchas flooding, avalancheand earthquake, continue
to displace hundreds ofthousands and disrupt theprovision of basic healthservices and education.

Myanmar
While Myanmar undergoesa political transition, ongoing
and unresolved conflict inKachin and northern Shanand inter-communal violencein Rakhine have continued toaffect children.

South Sudan
Two years into the current
conflict, South Sudan is at
risk of losing a generation ofchildren. Nearly 2.3 million
people have fled theirhomes, including 645,000
who are now refugees in
Ethiopia, Kenya, the Sudanand Uganda.

Yemen
With the escalation of theconflict in March 2015, morethan 21.2 million people (82per cent of the population),including 9.9 million children,
require humanitarianassistance.

Arrows represent the movement of people
to neighbouring countries due to conflict.

This map is stylized and not to scale.
It does not reflect a position by UNICEF
on the legal status of any country or areaor the delimitation of any frontiers. The
dotted line represents approximately theLine of Control agreed upon by India andPakistan. The final status of Jammu andKashmir has not yet been agreed upon by
the Parties. The final boundary between
the Sudan and South Sudan has not yet
been determined.

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OVERVIEWUNICEFJANUARY 2016

RESULTS ACHIEVED IN 2015
Humanitarian Action for Children 2016

The chart below captures some of the key results achieved
against targets for children by UNICEF and partners
through the first 10 months of 2015. In some contexts,
achievements were constrained by limited resources,
including across sectors; inadequate humanitarian access;insecurity; and challenging operating environments.
See country funding levels on page 11. Further reportingon 2015, including country-specific indicators, is available
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Since the Ebola outbreak began in 2014, the response
in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has included:•
191,200 children received psychosocial support•

More than 3.6 million households were reached withinterpersonal communication and skills training on
Ebola prevention•

More than 8,000 metric tons of supplies delivered in
the largest supply operation in UNICEF’s history•

64 community care centres established

NUTRITIONHEALTH

WASH

CHILD PROTECTION

69%

62%

94%

74%

2 million children
treated for severe
acute malnutrition

11.3 million children
vaccinated against
measles22.6 million people
provided with accessto safe water for
drinking, bathing andcooking

2 million children
received
psychosocial
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945%
4 million children
accessed formal or
non-formal basic
education

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2015
On 27 November 2015, a girl covered in a heavy blanket
stands outside a tent at the Vinojug reception centre forrefugees and migrants in Gevgelija, on the border with
Greece. The girl is among the many refugees arriving
primarily from Afghanistan, Iraq and the Syrian Arab
Republic. From Gevgelija, the refugees will board a
special train that takes them to Tabanovce, close to the
Serbian border. Heavy rain and near freezing conditions
are challenging the refugees and the aid organizations
providing them with warm winter clothing and supplies.

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HUMANITARIAN FUNDING IN 2015
Thanks to generous donor support for emerging priorities and theneeds of children in crisis, UNICEF received US$2.2 billion, or
68 per cent of its total 2015 humanitarian requirements of
US$3.3 billion. This represents an increase in humanitarianfunding of almost 31 per cent, from US$1.7 billion in 2014 to
US$2.2 billion in 2015.7

Funding for large-scale crises such as Nepal, Ebola-affected
countries, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria plus refugee countries, andYemen constituted the bulk of all funding received in 2015.
Protracted crises in countries such as Afghanistan, Chad, theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, the Niger and the Sudan
struggled to attract resources and were less than
40 per cent funded. The appeals for Mali and Uganda wereseverely underfunded at 17 and 14 per cent, respectively.

The scale and number of natural disasters and violent conflicts
continued to take a significant toll on millions of children andtheir families in 2015. The continuing crises in the Central
African Republic, Iraq and Syria and neighbouring countries; theworsening situations in Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen; thenew refugee crises in Europe and in Burundi and neighbouring
countries; and natural disasters in Nepal, the Pacific Islands
and other parts of the world, particularly related to the impactsof the El Niño weather phenomenon, all resulted in new orrevised appeals, adding nearly US$215 million to the initial 2015
Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) requirements.

The need for flexible funding is critical, particularly given thehighly dynamic nature of the complex emergencies that children
are facing. Thematic funding, which allows UNICEF to respondstrategically and quickly to the needs of children, accounted for
11 per cent of total humanitarian funding; and un-earmarked
thematic humanitarian funding was 2.4 per cent of total funding
received. Partners are encouraged to contribute flexible andmulti-year funding that will allow UNICEF to provide humanitarianassistance to the most vulnerable and help rebuild communities,
thereby linking humanitarian and development action.

Figure 2. Top 10 sources of humanitarian funds, 2015 (US$ millions)
US$363.9

Government of the United States

US$305.4

Government of Germany
European Union

US$146.4

OCHA*

US$$139.9

Government of the United Kingdom

US$116.9

Government of Japan

US$113.7
US$71.8

Government of Canada
Government of Kuwait

US$45.0

UNDP Multi-Partner Trust Fund

US$37.4

Government of Saudi Arabia

US$35.1

US$ millions* Funds from OCHA include Central
Emergency Response Fund and country-based
pooled funds

050

Note: Funding of the top 10 donors represents
more than 60 per cent of the total funding
received in 2015.
2015 data as of 28 December 2015

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150

200

250

300

350

400

Figure 3. Top 10 donors – earmarked thematic humanitarian funds, 2015 (US$ millions)
US$26.4

Japan Committee for UNICEF
United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF

US$24.0

United States Fund for UNICEF

US$24.0
US$16.7

German Committee for UNICEF

US$11.4

Government of Belgium

US$9.8

Swedish Committee for UNICEF

US$8.0Spanish Committee for UNICEF

US$6.9Korean Committee for UNICEF

Note: Total thematic funding amounted to
US$209 million in 2015, which represents
10 per cent of the total funding received.

US$6.1Government of Finland

US$5.3

Canadian UNICEF Committee

2015 data as of 28 December 2015

US$ millions

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18

20

22

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26

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The figures are as of 28 December 2015 and reflect the Other Resources Emergency (ORE) budget issued in 2015, based on signed agreements. The budget issued will normallyexceed the income received, as UNICEF now releases budgets in full when a contract is signed with a donor, even though it may cover multiple years.

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Figure 4. Funding overview - HAC appeals, contributions and shortfalls in 2015 (US$ millions)
US$605.1 / 97%(-US$19.1)

Syrian refugees

US$429.7 / 85% (-US$77.7)

Ebola8

US$172.9 / 62% (-US$106.2)

Syrian Arab RepublicSouth Sudan

US$91.5 / 50% (-US$91.8)

Yemen

US$125.3 / 69% (-US$57.3)
US$103.0 / 64% (-US$57.0)

Iraq

US$50.9 / 39% (-US$81.1)

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nepal

US$127.1 / 106% (+US$7.1)

Sudan

US$45.9 / 39% (-US$71.1)

Somalia

US$51.4 / 46% (-US$60.3)
US$36.6 / 52% (-US$34.3)

Central African Republic
Chad

US$14.4 / 23% (-US$47.8)

Regional Office for South Asia

US$16.3 / 29% (-US$39.9)

Ukraine

US$35.8 / 64% (-US$20.0)

Ethiopia

US$51.7 / 94% (-US$3.5)

FUNDING RECEIVED*

Afghanistan

US$16.7 / 33% (-US$34.2)

FUNDING SHORTFALL

West and Central Africa Regional Office

US$28.6 / 57% (-US$21.5)

Myanmar

US$20.7 / 44% (-US$25.9)

Global support9

US$36.3 / 90% (-US$4.3)

Niger

US$12.8 /32% (-US$27.7)

Cameroon

US$9.6 / 24% (-US$30.4)

Mali

US$6.2/ 17% (-US$31.2)

State of Palestine

US$28.8 / 77% (-US8.5)

Uganda

US$5.1 / 14% (-US$31.0)

Nigeria

US$15.7 / 59% (-US$10.8)

Kenya

US$10.1 / 41% (-US$14.9)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

US$8.5 / 38% (-US$13.7)

Haiti

US$9.5 / 49% (-US$9.7)

Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office

US$7.7 / 49% (-US$8.2)

Malawi

US$4.1 / 29% (-US$10.3)

Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe

US$12.0 / 86% (-US$2.0)

Eritrea

US$2.5 / 19% (-US$11.0)

Philippines

US$15.8 / 144% (+US$4.8)

Pacific Islands

US$9.9 / 98% (-US$0.2)

Burundi

US$4.2 / 48% (-US$4.5)

Tanzania

US$1.5 / 21% (-US$5.5)

Djibouti

US$1.9 / 28% (-US$4.7)

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office

US$4.6 / 70% (-US$2.0)

Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealthof Independent States Regional Office

US$0.9 / 15% (-US$5.3)

Colombia

US$1.1 / 21% (-US$4.4)
US$7.8 / 157% (+US$2.8)* Provisional financial figures are as of
28 December 2015 and subject to change.

Rwanda

US$3.3 / 81% (-US$0.7)

East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office** Regional Office funding in some cases includes
funds toward country offices without appeals

US$0.7 / 21% (-US$2.8)

Middle East and North Africa Regional Office0

US$ millions

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GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR UNICEF’S
HUMANITARIAN ACTION
Humanitarian action is core to UNICEF’s work, encompassing
effective preparedness, response and early recovery to save lives
and protect child rights, as defined in the Core Commitments forChildren in Humanitarian Action.
UNICEF’s seven regional offices and 10 headquarters divisions
support country-level humanitarian action. Together these offices
provide the core infrastructure that enables country offices toprepare for and respond to crises. This involves systematicallyreducing vulnerability to disasters and conflicts; facilitatinginter-agency coordination and partnerships; contributing to
the strategic response plans of humanitarian country teams;
mobilizing resources; and communicating, monitoring andreporting on UNICEF humanitarian action. Dedicated technicaland cross-sector advisers in the various offices provide
programme and operational support. UNICEF global support iscoordinated by a dedicated team in the Office of Emergency
Programmes, including a global security team and the Operations
Centre, which functions 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
The cost of UNICEF global support in 2016 is US$47 million,10
approximately 1.7 per cent of the overall appeal.

•

The UNICEF Emergency Programme Fund (EPF) benefited
16 field offices in 2015. The EPF is a revolving fund that
UNICEF disburses to field offices within 48 hours of a sudden
humanitarian crisis, before donor funds are made available.
It is the quickest, most reliable and most adaptable source offunding for an emergency. In total, US$28.8 million had been
disbursed by mid-December 2015.

•

UNICEF’s effort to strengthen core skills and the fundamentals
of humanitarian action throughout the organization wasboosted with dedicated capacity for learning and a refined
strategy to be implemented in early 2016 including
development of core learning packages for all staff.

•

Emergency supplies procured for UNICEF totaled
US$140 million in 2015.11 This included the delivery of
660 metric tons (US$3.3 million procurement value) to Nepal
following the April 2015 earthquake, and the delivery of
1,418 metric tons of emergency supplies (US$10.1 million
procurement value) to Yemen between March and
September 2015.

Looking ahead
Global support to the field in 2015
The year 2015 began with ongoing responses to five major
emergencies that required the mobilization of the entire
humanitarian system: the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa andthe continuing conflicts in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South
Sudan and the Syrian Arab Republic. By mid-2015, UNICEF andpartners also began an organization-wide response to the conflictin Yemen. Throughout the year, investments in UNICEF’s global
support translated into the following achievements, which werebased largely on the implementation of reforms linked to UNICEF’s
Strengthening Humanitarian Action initiative. These included:•

UNICEF’s capacity to rapidly deploy staff with specializedskills in emergency coordination, programming and operations
was significantly enhanced with the recruitment of eight
Emergency Response Team (ERT) members in 2015. In total,
12 field offices benefitted from 499 days of ERT deployments
by six ERT members between January and December 2015.

•

UNICEF’s Immediate Response Team (IRT) members –experts in key programme and operational areas – were
deployed 20 times for a total of 783 days. UNICEF’s intensive
week-long emergency simulation training was rolled out in
mid-2015. A total of 28 IRT and seven ERT members weretrained and readied for deployment as surge staff within
24–48 hours.

In delivering humanitarian results for children, UNICEF
recognizes that meaningful and effective engagement withaffected populations is central to their survival and recovery.
The organization will therefore focus on initiatives that further
strengthen its ability to link its development and humanitarian
mandates by helping communities reduce the risks and impactsof natural disasters as well as conflicts. This includes developing
and promoting practical measures for systematically engaging
with communities, local partners and global coordination
mechanisms that nurture greater quality and accountability toaffected populations. The expansion of new partnerships at the
global level will help UNICEF more effectively address manyof the humanitarian challenges faced by the most vulnerable
children. UNICEF will continue to build staff skills for humanitarian
preparedness and response through the implementation of
the organization’s humanitarian learning strategy. In terms ofemergency preparedness, a major focus will be on the launchof UNICEF’s new Emergency Preparedness Platform, which
will replace the existing Early Warning Early Action system as
the organization’s primary tool for enhancing effective planningand monitoring of preparedness activities. Finally, the roll-out of
UNICEF’s eTools project, which includes a field monitoring tool, a
UNICEF-partner reporting platform and a similar platform for cluster
partners, will increase the ease and efficiency of information
management for humanitarian performance monitoring.

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This does not include additional requirements laid out in the regional chapters of Humanitarian Action for Children 2016.

11This is an estimate based on preliminary figures as of 31 December 2015. Final figures for 2015 will be available in March 2016.

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Yemen 2015
On 10 April 2015, a first airlift of urgent medical and othersupplies from UNICEF is unloaded on the tarmac at Sana’aInternational Airport, as the conflict in Yemen continues toexact a heavy toll on children and their families.

Nepal 2015
Porters and a local health official carry UNICEF-provided
vaccines on difficult terrains on the way to a measles, rubella
and polio vaccination campaign, to be conducted at Barpak
Village Development Committee health post.

Syrian Arab Republic 2015
Teba, 11, wearing the winterclothes she received from
UNICEF. “I want to becomea doctor when I grow up,”
Teba said.

Myanmar 2015
Children playing outside of the temporary shelter in San Myot monastery, Kalaytownship. Kalaytownship in Sagaing State, in
northwest Myanmar, suffered some of the worst devastation in the area.

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Afghanistan

GLOBAL SUPPORTCOUNTRY
LEVEL

BurundiBurundian refugees

for UNICEF’s humanitarian action in 2016

JANUARY 2016

Cameroon
Central African Republic
ChadDjibouti
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Refugee and migrant crisis in Europe
Haiti
Iraq
Kenya
Libya
MalawiCentral and Eastern Europe and theCommonwealth of Independent States

Communication
Office of the
Security
Coordinator andOperations Centre(OPSCEN)
Partnerships• Inter-agency• Transformative Agenda• Non-governmentalorganizations, civilsociety, academia• Integrated presences

Programmatic support• Nutrition, health, WASH,
child protection,
education, HIV and AIDS
• Communication for
Development, early childhood
development, disabilities• Resilience• National capacity development• Disaster risk reduction/preparedness• Peacebuilding

East Asia and the Pacific

REGIONAL
SUPPORT

Eastern and Southern Africa
Human resources• Headquarters
Emergency Unit
• Coordinating threemodels of deployment(internal, external andstandbyOPERATIONALSUPPORT

HUMANITARIANPROGRAMME SUPPORTGlobal cluster
coordination• Field support• Information
management

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Mali

US$2.8BILLION

Myanmar
Niger
Nigeria
Pacific Islands
Philippines
Sahel
SomaliaSouth Sudan
State of Palestine
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian refugees (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey)
UgandaUkraine
Yemen
Zimbabwe

Latin America and the Caribbean

US$8.6MILLION

Middle East and North Africa
Information andcommunications
technology

South Asia

West and Central Africa

US$9.9MILLION

Resource
mobilization
Supply and logistics• Copenhagen andregional hubs
• Procurement• Warehousing• Logistical support

US$28.5
MILLION
Mobilize global support• Systems andprocedures• Technical support

Total cost of global
support in 2016:

Finance andadministration

Policy and guidance• Core Commitments for Children• Equity (including gender)• Protection of civilians (including children
and armed conflict)• Knowledge management• Innovation• High-threat environments• Humanitarian advocacy

Total cost covered bycore resources:

Total cost covered byother resources:

Results-based
management• Needs assessment• Performance monitoring• Evaluation

Funding
gap:

US$46.9 million US$20.2 million US$16.8 million US$10 million

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Further information on UNICEF’s
humanitarian action can be obtained from:Afshan Khan
Director
Office of Emergency Programmes
UNICEF New York
Tel: +1 212 326 7163
Email: akhan@unicef.org
Sikander Khan
Director, Geneva Office of Emergency Programmes
UNICEF Geneva
Tel: +41 22 909 5601
Email: sikhan@unicef.org
Olav Kjørven
Director
Public Partnerships Division
UNICEF New York
Tel: +1 212 326 7160
Email: akjorven@unicef.org

United Nations Children’s Fund
Ofﬁce of Emergency Programmes
3 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017, USA
www.unicef.org/appeals
ISBN: 978-92-806-4832-4© United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
January 2016

Cover photo: Chad 2015
On 14 April, a boy washes his feet at a handpump in
the Dar es Salam camp in the Baga Sola area of theLake Region. UNICEF has constructed 11 boreholes,
as well as more than 200 latrines and 100 showers,
and is supporting hygiene activities in the camp, whichcurrently shelters more than 4,900 Nigerian refugees.

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