In 2025, 47 million children in South Asia will need humanitarian assistance

UNICEF has issued an appeal to raise an amount of 1.6 billion dollars to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to approximately 28 million people in the countries of South Asia during the year 2025. Of these, approximately 16 million will be children and their Most of the numbers will be in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other countries. Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, said in a press release issued on Friday, “Millions of children in South Asia are being seriously affected by increasingly severe climate-related disasters, including floods, landslides, storm surges and These include drought conditions, and these disasters occur more often during the monsoon season.” She said, “These challenges for children include public health emergencies, economic crises, and political “This is exacerbated by conditions of instability.” “As a result, children's lives are at grave risk, with their health, nutrition, education and other basic needs being seriously disrupted.” UNICEF press release It states that funds raised through the humanitarian aid appeal will be used to ensure that the health, nutrition, education, protection, water and sanitation needs of children and their families are met. As part of the humanitarian response, there are plans to expand aid access to three key countries. In Afghanistan, life-saving assistance and basic services will be provided to approximately 10 million children. In Bangladesh, a total of 529,623 Rohingya refugees, including Up to 21 lakh people will be provided a range of support to meet their health, nutrition and education needs. About 11 lakh children and health care workers will also benefit, who will be provided with mental health and psychological support. Efforts will be made to provide various types of assistance to about 35 lakh children in Pakistan. Afghanistan's press release said that in Afghanistan, about one For 24 lakh children, the humanitarian situation remains dire. Their lives remain difficult due to economic hardships, climate-related shocks, and restrictions on women. As a result, Afghanistan is the country in South Asia where the largest appeal for humanitarian aid has been issued .BangladeshBangladesh is grappling with the burden of climate-related disasters and the long-running Rohingya refugee crisis. It is noteworthy that more than 1 million Rohingya refugees are taking shelter in Bangladesh, who are forced to live in densely populated camps. About 32 lakh children in Bangladesh are vulnerable to the effects of floods, storms and refugee crises. Pakistan , approximately 24.7 million children are vulnerable to the heightened impacts of climate change, gender disparities, food insecurity, high levels of malnutrition and political and economic instability. Pakistan is ranked fifth in the world in terms of climate risks, where extreme weather events like floods, heat waves have started happening more frequently and are also becoming more destructive. Other countries Nepal is also prone to earthquakes, floods. And is continuously affected by landslides. Bhutan and Nepal remain at high risk of earthquakes due to their location in the Himalayan region. Frequent floods and droughts also pose a threat to Sri Lanka's economic recovery. The Maldives are at risk from climate change and rising sea levels as well as economic difficulties.


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