Coronavirus: Children's Emergency Appeal

We’re on the brink of a devastating global food crisis.

Coronavirus has led to a steep rise in hunger in countries already struggling with conflict, climate change and economic turbulence.

270 million people are facing crisis-level food insecurity right now.

For children, especially girls, in the world's most vulnerable communities, the challenge could not be greater.

We have a brief window to prevent a devastating global hunger crisis.

If conditions continue to deteriorate, famine is a real risk in parts of South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Northeast Nigeria and Yemen.

Your lifesaving gift could provide…

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A single donation of £23

could provide 10kg of seeds, so families at risk of malnutrition can grow their own vegetables

A single donation of £50

could provide basic food items to twenty families for a week

A single donation of £130

could install two hand washing facilities in a refugee camp to help prevent the spread of illness

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In the unlikely event that we raise more money than can be reasonably and efficiently spent for this appeal, any additional funds will go wherever the need is greatest.

Girls and women make up 70% of the 930 million people experiencing hunger around the world. Hunger has a greater impact on girls than boys: when food is scarce, girls often eat less and eat last. They may be taken out of school and forced into child marriage if their families can’t afford to put food on the table.

We’re particularly concerned about the rapidly deteriorating situation in South Sudan, where at least 7.2 million people are predicted to face acute food shortages this year. The coronavirus pandemic has struck at the worst time. Plan International is on the ground in many of the countries bearing the brunt of this crisis.

We're rapidly scaling up programmes including food distributions, child protection, cash and voucher assistance and school meal programmes. But we need your support urgently, so that we can reach even more girls and their families facing life threatening food shortages. Please donate today.

A woman collects food aid during distribution in Pibor county, South Sudan — We’re working with the World Food Programme to scale up food distribution, providing lifesaving support to pregnant women, breastfeeding mums and children under five in Pibor, South Sudan.

A Crisis on a crisis

For families in South Sudan, the situation is rapidly deteriorating. Approximately 60% of the population are predicted to face acute food shortages this year. This includes 1.4 million children under the age of five and almost 500,000 women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Without urgent action, there’s a real risk that we’ll see devastating levels of hunger and possibly famine. It’s critical that government and humanitarian agencies urgently scale up operations to bring food, nutrition, clean water and health services to communities throughout South Sudan.

Lifesaving support

The impact of your donations

Rice bowl — In Paraguay, our emergency response programme provided vulnerable families with immediate support, including food kits and hygiene kits for 18,000 families during the most severe phase of the crisis.

Training — In Paraguay, our emergency response programme provided vulnerable families with immediate support, including food kits and hygiene kits for 18,000 families during the most severe phase of the crisis.

Mother puts face a face mask on her young daughter in, Vietnam. — In Vietnam, our children’s and parents clubs have reached 52,660 children and 3,000 adults. Through the programme, we’ve shared vital information about the effects of coronavirus and how to stop the spread of the disease.

Committed to Child Sponsorship

Our child sponsorship programme is more important than ever right now. We urgently need more sponsors to help fund projects that will enable children to reach their potential, during the pandemic and into the future.

To find out more about becoming a sponsor visit our child sponsorship page >

As we continue to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, we want to reassure sponsors of the steps we’re taking to protect the children and communities we work with against the risks of the disease and the long-term impacts that threaten children’s futures.

If you’re already one of our amazing sponsors, our coronavirus FAQs for sponsors can be found here >

Coronavirus Children's Emergency Appeal

Coronavirus:

Children's Emergency Appeal

We’re on the brink of a devastating global food crisis.

270 million people are facing crisis-level food insecurity right now.

We have a brief window to prevent a devastating global hunger crisis.

Your lifesaving gift could provide…

A single donation of £23

A single donation of £50

A single donation of £130

A Crisis on a crisis

We are on the brink of a devastating global food crisis

Will you donate today?

Lifesaving support

The impact of your donations

In Paraguay, our emergency response programme provided vulnerable families with immediate support, including food kits and hygiene kits for 18,000 families during the most severe phase of the crisis.

In the Philippines, to help keep children safe from harm and exploitation, we delivered training to 706,326 individuals on how to better identify and report incidents of abuse.

In Nepal, we delivered 15,460 hygiene kits, containing buckets, soap, bleach and sanitary pads, to communities, including sponsored families. We also installed 69 handwashing stations in public areas and health centres.

Committed to Child Sponsorship