Humanitarian crises stemming from violent conflict, climate change and health epidemics will affect 62 million children this year according to UNICEF, which launched its largest appeal for funds ever on Thursday.
The agency is seeking $3.1 billion in funding for its Humanitarian Action for Children 2015 appeal, $1 billion more than last year, to help children in 71 countries living in dangerous circumstances and facing a “new generation” of crises. About three million more children are being targeted in this year’s appeal, compared with 59 million in 2014.
One in every 10 kids worldwide, or 230 million children, live in a country …read more
Source: Newsweek
