Project profile — Multi-Country humanitarian appeals - UNICEF 2025 to 2026



Overview 

CA-3-P015567001
$78,000,000
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund (41122)
2025-04-23 - 2027-03-31
Operational
Global Affairs Canada
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br

Country / region 

• Burkina Faso (2.24%)
• Congo, Democratic Republic (6.41%)
• Cameroon (5.13%)
• Ethiopia (6.41%)
• Haiti (7.05%)
• Mali (1.28%)
• Niger (1.92%)
• Nigeria (8.97%)
• Sudan (10.90%)
• South Sudan (8.97%)
• Syria (4.49%)
• Chad (9.62%)
• Yemen (8.67%)
• Somalia (0.96%)
• Myanmar (1.28%)
• Uganda (1.92%)
• Central African Republic (1.28%)
• Developing countries, unspecified (12.50%)

Sector 

• Humanitarian aid: Basic Health Care in Emergencies (72011) (100.00%)

Policy marker 

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Nutrition (principal objective)

Description 

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. In countries experiencing humanitarian crises, UNICEF fulfills its mandate through humanitarian assistance programming activities outlined under the Humanitarian Action for Children appeal and guided by its Core Commitments for Children. With GAC’s support, UNICEF provides life-saving health and nutrition interventions for children and pregnant and lactating women to support the treatment, growth, and development of healthy children. Project activities include: (1) providing ready-to-use therapeutic food to treat severe acute malnutrition and child wasting; (2) providing community-based health care services to identify and treat malnutrition; and (3) supporting complementary nutrition activities that are essential to deliver effective nutrition programming. This includes ante and post-natal care, infant and young child feeding counselling and support, cash-based interventions for pregnant and lactating women, nutrition supplementation, and deworming and malaria control.

Expected results 

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access to treatment of children between the ages of 6 and 59 months suffering from severe acute malnutrition using ready-to-use therapeutic food; and (2) increased access to services to identify and treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, particularly those hardest to reach. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated, and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

Results achieved 

N/A

Budget and spending 


Original budget $0
Planned disbursement $39,000,000
Transactions
Transaction Date Type Value
25-05-2026 Disbursement $39,000,000
Country percentages by sector
Type of finance Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Collaboration type Bilateral
Type of aid Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
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