The United Nations children's agency, Unicef, noted in its report on the 13 emergencies that require more attention and support in 2024 that these situations are becoming increasingly serious and have left dozens in despair and a humanitarian crisis. Millions of boys and girls and their families.
Such a combination of circumstances is generating unprecedented humanitarian needs by 2024: in Haiti, in Palestine and in Sudan, where millions of children are in a situation of extreme danger due to serious violations of their rights and the destruction of essential services, the document says.
At the same time, climate shocks, food insecurity and disease outbreaks are disrupting the lives of families in other places such as Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar.
In the case of Afghanistan, Unicef considered it the site of one of the world's most devastating humanitarian crises.
After decades of conflict, Afghans are isolated from the global community and have to deal with economic collapse, climate disasters and human rights violations alone, he denounced.
This year's emergencies include Burkina Faso, where more than three million children are in need of humanitarian assistance amid armed conflict, massive internal displacement, demographic tensions, climate change and health and nutrition crises.
Also Cameroon, a country faced with intercommunal violence, the influx of refugees from neighboring countries, outbreaks of cholera and measles and seasonal floods, a situation caused by malnutrition, rising food prices and the fact that more than a third of the population is below lives, the poverty line is tightened.
According to Unicef, the Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Palestine and Sudan are in a similar situation.
This United Nations agency provides supplies of essential emergency supplies, safe spaces or psychosocial support wherever they are to families who need it most.
Despite the significantly increased need, the resource situation is discouraging, he noted in his emergency report.
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