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Shop Our Favorite Holiday Deals! Flash Sale: Less than $1/week Sign In BETA THIS IS A BETA EXPERIENCE. OPT-OUT HERE Edit Story Leadership HOW UNICEF HELPS CHILDREN WEATHER WINTER IN GAZA, LEBANON AND UKRAINE Sarah Ferguson Brand Contributor UNICEF USA BRANDVOICE Storytelling and expertise from marketers | Paid Program Nov 21, 2024,08:30am EST Updated Nov 22, 2024, 09:12am EST * Share to Facebook * Share to Twitter * Share to Linkedin AS FAMILIES IN CONFLICT ZONES BRACE FOR A HARSH WINTER, UNICEF IS WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO RAMP UP PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN DURING THE LONG, COLD MONTHS AHEAD. MORE HELP IS NEEDED. A UNICEF worker delivers a box of warm clothing to a displaced mother and child in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2024. © UNICEF/UNI514405/El Baba UNICEF is stepping up efforts to help children caught in humanitarian crises stay warm and dry as temperatures drop. For families already exposed to the trauma of war in places like Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, this will be the hardest winter yet. Wherever children need winter support, UNICEF is there to help, delivering warm clothing and supplies — sweaters, hats, coats, boots, blankets, sleeping bags — to protect children from the cold, along with other essential interventions including cash assistance to help families prioritize their most urgent needs. Milana, 7, and her family were forced out of their home by the war in Ukraine. “In Myrnohrad, there was shooting,” recalls Milana. “My kindergarten was destroyed, and the school was destroyed too. Dad taught us to fall to the ground, open our mouths and cover our ears.” For now, home is an old house in Donetsk, rented from friends, without working plumbing. Cash assistance from UNICEF helped the family afford coal and a water tank to make it through the coming winter. © UNICEF/UNI675754/Filippov PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM UKRAINE’S FREEZING TEMPERATURES Children in Ukraine are facing their third winter since the escalation of the war in February 2022. More than 3.5 million people remain internally displaced. Forced out of their home in Myrnohrad near the front line, Daria and her husband and their children are preparing for a bitterly cold winter in an old rented house in Donetsk without running water. "We may never go back. Everything will be destroyed," Daria says. In the past, "even without electricity, we could use the stove. My children were always well fed and the house was warm, she says wistfully. "Last winter was manageable, but we don't know what this winter will bring." The family used cash assistance from UNICEF to buy coal and a 500-liter tank for water storage. "I cried the first week we were here," Daria says. "We're just not used to living like this, without even a toilet." Learn more about UNICEF Ukraine's winter response. In Rafah, southern Gaza on Jan. 28, 2024, Palestinian children try on their new winter clothes provided by UNICEF with the support of the European Union Humanitarian Aid (ECHO). © UNICEF/UNI514419/El Baba RAMPING UP URGENTLY NEEDED SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN IN GAZA The humanitarian situation in Gaza is growing increasingly precarious, primarily because of the ongoing bombardment and resulting infrastructure damage. Around 1.9 million people — nearly Gaza's entire population — have been displaced, many multiple times, in the past 14 months. Children are living in tents without adequate access to safe water, sanitation or adequate protection from the elements. Malnutrition is on the rise, leaving children more vulnerable to disease outbreaks. In addition to distribution of warm clothes and blankets, key interventions outlined UNICEF's winter response plan include: * Enhancing shelter conditions to protect against cold and flooding, including sealing off kits and winterization kits * Distributing heating equipment and facilitating access to appropriate fuel sources for safe indoor heating * Establishing safe spaces for children in winterized tents or temporary caravans Learn more about UNICEF's winterization plan in Gaza. Amar, 5, received a bag of winter clothes from UNICEF in Lebanon on Dec. 28, 2023. Amar's family was displaced from southern Lebanon. © UNICEF/UNI561761/Choufany WINTER ASSISTANCE FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED CHILDREN AND SYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON The escalation of conflict along the Lebanon-Israel border in September 2024 has led to the deadliest period and largest displacement surge Lebanon has seen in decades. The humanitarian crisis continues to expand, causing a devastating physical and emotional impact on children. An estimated 1 million people require urgent assistance. UNICEF has been at the forefront of winter support efforts in Lebanon since the onset of the Syria refugee crisis in 2011; the goal of UNICEF's winterization plan is to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Syrian refugees, both in shelters and on the move. UNICEF's rapid winter response aims to deliver a 50/50 combination of cash assistance and in-kind support to 200,000 children and their families. Cash payments of $150 will be distributed to each household. Children will receive a unisex winter clothing kit containing items such as thermal sets, warm sweaters, puffball trousers, winter jackets, and woolen hats, scarves and mittens. To provide young people in Lebanon with income-generating opportunities, UNICEF is enlisting their support in this year's winter response. In the past two months, young people who completed a vocational sewing program through UNICEF's skills-based Cash for Work (C4W) project have produced more than 4,000 sleeping bags for the internally displaced. Right now, 370 youth are hard at work preparing 5,100 winter kits for distribution to children and their families. Learn more about UNICEF Lebanon's winterization program No child should be left out in the cold. Please donate today. Sarah Ferguson Sarah Ferguson is the Senior Editorial Director at UNICEF USA. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, Elle, Vogue, New York magazine, ... Read More * Editorial Standards * Forbes Accolades SIGN IN OR CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT Email Sign In Or Register OR USE Continue with Google Continue with Facebook Continue with Apple auto PREMIUM Want to save more articles? Subscribe today. You've reached your limit of articles you can save without a subscription. Subscribe now to save as many articles as you want. 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