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UNICEF USA is urging all US citizens of goodwill to urge their legislators to stop this cruel funding decision.
Defunding UNICEF is part of a broader effort to undermine humanitarian and development assistance under the pretext of eliminating "waste, fraud, and abuse," citing isolated and fringe cases.
Count on your solidarity to protect UNICEF and other worthy causes.
Kul Gautam
The White House submitted a rescission package that asks Congress to reclaim Fiscal Year 2025 funding for critical humanitarian programs, including UNICEF’s lifesaving work for children. After narrowly passing in the House, the measure is now with the Senate, where it will only need a simple majority to advance to the President's desk.
The proposal would eliminate the core funding UNICEF relies on to carry out its mission — including vital food security programs that contribute to stability in key regions, and activities to stop new public health pandemics from spreading across borders, including to the United States.
UNICEF stands at the forefront of global disease prevention and nutrition. In 2024 alone, UNICEF reached 441 million children under five across 130 countries with essential services to prevent malnutrition — including 9.3 million children treated for severe wasting and other forms of acute malnutrition.
Beyond saving children’s lives, this critical work strengthens communities and helps build resilience against the conditions that allow extremism to take root. UNICEF’s essential health services have also protected more than 400 million children from developing and spreading deadly, chronic and dangerous diseases.
Rescinding this funding for UNICEF would directly put the lives and futures of the most vulnerable children at risk, increase threats to U.S. security, and undermine America's moral leadership. Urge your Senators to support an amendment to the Rescissions Act that would protect UNICEF funding. UNICEF is supported by Americans across all 50 states and has enjoyed decades of bipartisan backing. Cutting this funding would significantly impact critical work around the world that makes America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
Urge the Senate to Protect Funding for UNICEF!
The proposal would eliminate the core funding UNICEF relies on to carry out its mission — including vital food security programs that contribute to stability in key regions, and activities to stop new public health pandemics from spreading across borders, including to the United States.
UNICEF stands at the forefront of global disease prevention and nutrition. In 2024 alone, UNICEF reached 441 million children under five across 130 countries with essential services to prevent malnutrition — including 9.3 million children treated for severe wasting and other forms of acute malnutrition.
Beyond saving children’s lives, this critical work strengthens communities and helps build resilience against the conditions that allow extremism to take root. UNICEF’s essential health services have also protected more than 400 million children from developing and spreading deadly, chronic and dangerous diseases.
Rescinding this funding for UNICEF would directly put the lives and futures of the most vulnerable children at risk, increase threats to U.S. security, and undermine America's moral leadership. Urge your Senators to support an amendment to the Rescissions Act that would protect UNICEF funding. UNICEF is supported by Americans across all 50 states and has enjoyed decades of bipartisan backing. Cutting this funding would significantly impact critical work around the world that makes America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
Sample email to your Members of Congress
As your constituent, I am asking you to support an amendment to the Rescissions Act that would protect UNICEF funding and lifesaving work for children. UNICEF is supported by Americans across all 50 states and has enjoyed decades of bipartisan backing in the U.S. Congress. Cutting this funding would significantly impact critical work around the world that makes America safer, stronger and more prosperous.
The rescissions proposal would eliminate the core funding UNICEF relies on to carry out its mission — including vital food security programs that contribute to stability in key regions, and activities to stop new public health pandemics from spreading across borders, including to the United States.
UNICEF stands at the forefront of global disease prevention and nutrition programming for children. In 2024 alone, UNICEF reached 441 million children under five across 130 countries with essential services to prevent malnutrition — including 9.3 million children treated for severe wasting and other forms of acute malnutrition. Beyond saving children’s lives, this critical work strengthens communities and helps build resilience against the conditions that allow extremism to take root. UNICEF’s essential health services have also protected more than 400 million children from developing and spreading deadly, chronic and dangerous diseases.
Rescinding this funding for UNICEF would directly put the lives and futures of the most vulnerable children at risk, increase threats to U.S. security, and undermine America's moral leadership.
Again, I urge you to support an amendment to the Rescissions Act that would protect UNICEF funding. I appreciate your consideration of this request and look forward to hearing from your office.
Signed
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