Sonika and Sajan barely survived
Sajan survived the floods – now he needs urgent help
Over a thousand people have been killed in Nepal after flash floods tore through the country, destroying roads, hospitals and homes. Thousands more are missing.
Three-year-old Sajan was almost one of them – saved only by the courage of his older sister, Sonika.
As the water rose, their mother thrust Sajan into Sonika’s arms and told her to run. Sonika kept going, higher and higher, as the flood swept through the valley.
“When I was running with my brother, I was very scared,” Sonika said. “When I turned back, my house was swept away.”
Sonika saved her brother’s life that day. But the danger isn’t over: now it’s up to people like you to keep him alive.
Without food or clean water, Sajan is at risk of malnutrition and disease. Time is running out.
He’s one of more than 20,000 children who need help right now. Please send clean water and life-saving food today — there isn’t a minute to lose.
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You can help children who have lost everything now.
What your donation can deliver
The floods in Nepal struck with horrifying speed. In some areas, floodwaters rose by up to nine metres – almost 30 feet – in just 30 minutes, leaving families almost no time to escape.
It’s not only roads, schools and homes that have been swept away. Survivors are left with no food and no clean water.
Malnutrition in children is climbing fast. And with 50,000 people cut off from clean water, children face a growing risk of deadly disease.
Your donation today can change that.
It can provide Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food — bringing a severely malnourished child back from the brink of death.
It can deliver water purification tablets, turning dirty, disease-carrying water into something safe for a child to drink.
Right now, you can be the difference between life and death for a child in Nepal.
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UNICEF is on the ground helping children now
UNICEF teams are on the ground in Nepal now. We were there before the flood, and are scaling up our help for children now, moving supplies every day to affected areas. With support from people like you, our teams are providing medical tents, over 1,000 bed nets and more than 1,400 newborn kits to the hardest-hit communities.
The flooding means the risk of malnutrition in children is climbing fast, so UNICEF is rapidly moving therapeutic food and micronutrient supplies to where they’re needed most.
And with over 50,000 people without clean water, our staff have provided emergency hygiene kits and other water and sanitation supplies to over 19,000 people, with longer-term rehabilitation planned for Nepal’s damaged water systems.
This is what nearly 80 years of experience delivers: action across every area a child needs to survive and recover. But we can only do it with your help now.
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Help save a child’s life in Nepal
Other Ways to Donate
You can make a donation by phone by calling 01 878 3000, from Monday to Friday between 9:00 – 5:30pm.
You can send your donation by post to Freepost; UNICEF Ireland, 33 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin D01 R283.
In the unlikely event that the funds raised exceed UNICEF’s funding requirements for this appeal, your donation will be directed to where the need is greatest.