Winter Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM

In Afghanistan, your support goes twice as far.

  “We have nothing to eat, no tent. We spent the night in the rain and everything got wet. My children are sitting with me and we have nothing,” Maryam, shared with news outlet Amu TV. As temperatures fall in Afghanistan, cold rain and freezing nights have become life-threatening. …

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  Anu Surendran, CEO · [email protected]

December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Our work is fragile

  "Sometimes I lose hope myself and feel that death is near,” Zainab, a mother of 6, shared with our teams in Yemen. She has been displaced multiple times and is the sole caretaker of her family. Most nights, her children go to bed hungry, uncertain when food will come again. 9.6 m…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM

"Midwives are the heart of maternal health”

Postpartum hemorrhage, severe bleeding after childbirth, is the leading cause of maternal death around the world.   Every second matters when a mother is bleeding after childbirth. In Kampala, Uganda’s busiest maternity ward, a healthcare team moved so expertly that a new mother we…

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  Sudan @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM

20 million hungry

Everyone in Sudan is surviving armed conflict, but it’s women and girls who overwhelmingly face sexual violence and exploitation.   Content warning: This email contains descriptions of sexual assault. Please read with care. “They killed my husband in front of me. He could only affor…

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  Ukraine Alert @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Millions of women and girls are at risk of sexual exploitation

As temperatures plummet, we need your help to reach women, girls, and newborns in Ukraine.   Families in Ukraine are bracing for their fourth winter in war and we need your help to reach women and girls before the cold sets in. Will you rush a gift today to provide lifesav…

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  Humanitarian Response Team @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM

When disaster strikes, healthcare collapses

When disaster strikes, healthcare often collapses — and women and girls are the first to suffer.   This week, three cyclones struck South and Southeast Asia simultaneously, bringing torrential rains that triggered deadly flooding and landslides. Indonesia is among the hardest hit …

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  Anu Surendran, CEO @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Good news

You have another chance!   Hi, I have a bit of good news. Some of you reached out asking for one more chance to participate, so we're extending our 2X match through tonight. If you've been meaning to make a gift but haven't yet, now's your moment to double your impact. Every dollar…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Giving Tuesday Appeal: 2,025 Dignity Kits

Winter Dignity Kits are adapted for the colder seasons and include items like warm clothes and blankets.   Dignity Kits are a crucial facet of UNFPA's lifesaving resources. That's why, as part of our 2025 Giving Tuesday match, we hope to collect enough donations to assemble and deli…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM

FGM is an extreme violation of girls’ bodies and rights

As temperatures plummet, our work in Ukraine grows more and more vital for women, girls, and newborns.   It’s time we talk about the horrific practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Asha, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut. FGM is an extreme vio…

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  Haiti Alert @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM

“I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat. I was stressed. I couldn't go out at all.”

Sexual violence is surging in Haiti, but our critical response efforts are just 8% funded, and too many survivors are being stranded without care.   "Before, I was a friendly, cheerful person, open to everyone, I didn't have a problem with anyone. Afterwards, I became a closed perso…

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  Giving Tuesday @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM

“Where will I live with my children now?”

90% of Gaza’s 2 million population are displaced and living in overcrowded tents and makeshift shelters.   GIVING TUESDAY 2X MATCH UNLOCKED: Your gift to women and girls doubled until 12/2. MAKE A 2X-MATCHED GIFT NOW   Amal holds her one-day old son, Mohamme…

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  UNFPA Dignity Kits · [email protected]

November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM

You can be a champion of women and girls

It costs just $15 to double your impact and provide women and girls with dignity.   As a champion of women and girls, support from donors like you delivers UNFPA Dignity Kits to women and girls like Su, so they can care for themselves and manage their periods with dignity. Young …

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  Anu Surendran · [email protected]

November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Be there for women and girls in Gaza this Thanksgiving

  Friend — As many families come together for the Thanksgiving holidays today, I am thinking about those who have nothing this holiday season.  I’m thinking about all those displaced in Gaza, who cannot access healthcare, food, or clean water.  I’m thinking of those women and girls…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM

12 Ukrainian cities — where temperatures drop to as low as -4 ℉

Your support has never been more critical.   With another harsh winter approaching and an energy crisis looming in Ukraine, women and girls need your support now more than ever. Childbirth is extremely dangerous, with very limited access to basic health care. Violence against women …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM

“This is the first time I have received such a package since the day we were displaced,” said one UNFPA Dignity Kit recipient

Your support has never been more critical.   For over two years, people in Gaza have lived each day in terror and grief. The health system is in a state of total collapse and basic necessities such as fuel, water, and food are nearly impossible to obtain. With the unyielding violenc…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Be there for babies born prematurely in Ukraine

As temperatures plummet, our work in Ukraine grows more and more vital for women, girls, and newborns.   In Kharkiv — a city in Ukraine living under constant air attacks and shelling threats since the conflict began — obstetricians continue to fight for the lives of their youngest…

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  Sudan Update · [email protected]

November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM

You can deliver double the care to restore hope and rebuild lives.

Your first gift will make twice the impact to rebuild.   When conflict erupted in Sudan in April 2023, it unleashed extensive violence across the country and through the capital, Khartoum. Over two years later, most hospitals in Khartoum are non-operational, severely lacking medica…

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  Yemen · [email protected]

November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM

"We were left with nothing."

This is your chance to make a big impact.   This year in Yemen, over one million people have received lifesaving care because of donors like you. Yemeni women and girls are struggling to survive amid conflict, displacement, and collapsing health systems. That means many give birth w…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Women and girls are reporting more infections in Gaza

Heavy rainfall and winter weather adds misery and suffering.   Winter weather adds misery and suffering in Gaza: Conditions are worsening for people living in Gaza as winter weather sets in including heavy rainfall soaking people in tents.  — NBC DONATE NOW …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM

The Emergency Birth Kit ensured Fatema and her baby survived

Midwives provide vital care and support to women and girls, but a well-equipped midwife saves lives.   Fatema is a pregnant 19-year-old woman living in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh — home to the world’s largest refugee camp and over 1 million Rohingya refugees. During her pregnancy, sh…

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  Gaza Ceasefire Update · [email protected]

November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Winter is approaching in Gaza. There’s no time to lose.

The ceasefire agreement offers hope, but winter is coming and the crisis in Gaza is not over.   “I could feel the baby kicking and reacting fearfully to the sound of bombings,” Nour told UNFPA. For many women like Nour, who is pregnant and displaced, the ceasefire in Gaza represents…

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  Sudan: Mothers in Crisis · [email protected]

November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM

“I can't afford to save both twins”

  Every day, the civil war in Sudan takes more and more from families under siege. Money, livestock, and property are being stolen, along with the health and futures of their children. Two years of conflict has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 3 million childre…

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  DRC @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM

“Tears flowed everywhere in the safe space”

  Content Warning: The following includes violence and sexual assault. The women and girls of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are caught in one of the world’s most neglected humanitarian crises — one marked by displacement, safety, health, and nutrition challenges. Amid con…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM

In Gaza, hunger is everywhere

  In Gaza, the ceasefire is holding, but women and girls are still exhausted, starving, and afraid. Mothers are doing everything they can to keep their children alive. Everybody is hungry. For pregnant women and newborns, this is a deadly threat. An estimated 55,000 pregnant and b…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM

A heartbreaking crisis of reproductive agency is unfolding in Namibia

At UNFPA, we are committed to helping every girl reach her fullest potential.   In the Alpha village in the Kunene Region of Namibia, 21-year-old Elly sat outside her family home and wrapped her newborn in a onesie. “I should have been in Grade 11 this year,” Elly shared with UNFPA.…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM

Sign the card!

  SIGN THE CARD: As we head into the holiday season, we want to make sure UNFPA's workers across the globe know we're thinking about them. Global funding cuts for UNFPA’s lifesaving work have put pressure on healthcare workers to do more with less, even in the world’s most…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM

Fwd: Repeated attacks destroyed the last maternity hospital

  Hi there, I have an update for you on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. We received the shocking news that we had lost contact with our staff at the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher. In case you missed it, you can read more in the update below. We have now received confirmat…

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  Kenya Alert · [email protected]

November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Empower young women with the tools they need to thrive

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   Taboos around menstruation create a compounding crisis for girls in Kenya, impacting their health, their dignity, and their futures.  Your immediate actio…

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  Staff @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM

We’re there — no matter what

  When we say that we will deliver for women and girls no matter what, we mean it. Our skilled healthcare workers travel via boat, camel, and even scale cliffsides to distribute lifesaving care. We’re only able to care for women and girls in some of the most remote areas of the wor…

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  Haiti Alert · [email protected]

November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM

“I gave birth on the ground at the camp with the help of a woman.”

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   Content warning: This email discusses violence and sexual assault. Please read with care. When gang violence came to her neighborhood, 18-year-old Jeanette…

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  Gaza Ceasefire Update · [email protected]

November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM

Rush aid while we can

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   GAZA CEASEFIRE HOLDING:  YOU CAN DELIVER LIFESAVING CARE TO WOMEN AND GIRLS RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT A woman holds a box of UNFPA supplies while walking awa…

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  Alert: South Sudan · [email protected]

November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Keep this lifeline open for 22,000 pregnant women

  Since conflict started in Sudan, over 1.2 million people have crossed to South Sudan for safety. Recent flooding and violence in the region has intensified an already dire situation. The rainy season only exacerbates the risks of malnutrition and disease outbreaks. Catastrophic …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Your monthly commitment can change lives

  Women and girls across the world need your help. Your generous monthly gift ensures women and girls have the sexual and reproductive healthcare they need, when they need it, wherever they are, no matter what. Monthly commitments ensure women and girls have access to family planni…

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  Gaza Case Workers @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM

“I fully understand the pain of need, hunger and repeated displacement.”

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   The situation in the Gaza humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate. Famine, violence, and shortages of medicines and clean water threaten the lives of …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM

We reach those in need, even where many others can’t

  Wherever a disaster or conflict strikes, it’s women and girls who are disproportionately impacted.  UNFPA’s fleet of motorbike ambulances — fueled by generous donors like you — reaches women and girls in need where many others can't. From remote villages across Ukraine to shelle…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM

80 years of breaking down barriers

  For the past 80 years, the United Nations has delivered lifesaving aid to the most vulnerable around the world, reaching tens of millions of people in need every year.  UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, works with our partners to uphold the rights …

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  Anu Surendran · [email protected]

October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM

It's time to address the global midwifery gap.

“We have seen a significant increase in the number of deliveries. We are delivering babies non-stop. One day, we had 78 newborns.”   The ceasefire in Gaza offers moments of much-needed relief and a glimmer of hope for Palestinian women and girls who have suffered through two years o…

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  SUDAN ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Repeated attacks destroyed the last maternity hospital

  ALERT: We have lost all contact with our staff at the last maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan — one of the hardest hit areas in the world's largest humanitarian crisis. We are receiving alarming reports of midwives being abducted and thousands of women and girls are …

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  Ghana @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Your support is life-changing for teen mothers like Lucy

More investments mean healthier families, empowered youth, and a Ghana ready to harness its demographic dividend.   Teen mothers in Ghana are seeing their childhoods — and the futures they’ve dreamed of — slip away. Teen pregnancy is often the result of failures to educate, protect,…

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  Ukraine Alert Reminder · [email protected]

October 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM

What happened in Ukraine

We still need your to replace the hundreds of destroyed kits.   The recent attack in the Kherson region of Ukraine destroyed nearly 800 hygiene kits bound for women and girls in Ukraine — where families have lost everything and are living without power, water, shelter, or basic sup…

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  Afghanistan Hunger Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM

“I wanted to be a doctor in the future. But then, all the doors of schools were closed.”

  Almost 10 million people are hungry in Afghanistan as the country sees its sharpest-ever surge in child malnutrition. 1 in 3 children is stunted. And, one the most dangerous places to give birth has become even more treacherous.  When hunger spikes, it’s women and girls who eat …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Girls worldwide are on the frontlines of crises

Despite the unimaginable situations they’re living in, girls remain resilient and hopeful for the future.   Nearly half of today’s girls and young people live in the heart of conflict or on the frontlines of crisis. Their journey to adulthood is perilous, marked by the crushing con…

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  Neglected Crisis in DR Congo @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM

“Congolese women and girls endure tremendous suffering but never give up on their hope.”

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the middle of a deepening, neglected humanitarian crisis.   Content warning: This email contains descriptions of sexual assault. Please read with care. Shoko Arakaki, UNFPA Director of Humanitarian Affairs, saw how displaced women and girl…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM

These four women had emergency birth kits

The reality is that women become pregnant and give birth all of the time as they navigate crises.   Bringing a child into the world should be a moment of joy and hope. Yet, for many women living in crisis regions, this experience is overshadowed by fear and uncertainty. Every two m…

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  Ukraine Alert · [email protected]

October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM

URGENT: essential aid lost

We urge you to make a gift today to help us replenish these lost supplies in Ukraine and where they’re needed most.   Last week, in the Kherson region of Ukraine, an attack on a humanitarian convoy caused the loss of nearly 800 hygiene kits and personal items meant for women, girls,…

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  Humanitarian Response Team @ USA FOR UNFPA · [email protected]

October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM

Will you sign the card?

Our work isn’t possible without expert midwives, doctors, counselors, and community workers on the ground.   SIGN THE CARD: Global funding cuts for UNFPA’s lifesaving work have put pressure on healthcare workers across the globe to do more with less — even in the world’s mo…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

October 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM

As the ceasefire holds, aid is moving in

  Women and girls in Gaza need your help now. As a fragile ceasefire holds, UNFPA teams are scaling up our humanitarian response. Pregnant women and new mothers are giving birth without the midwives, clean facilities, or supplies they desperately need, and girls are at acute risk o…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Women and girls is crisis are last in line for relief

Your support is a beacon of hope, dignity, and relief in unimaginable humanitarian crises.   In the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in both Afghanistan and Myanmar, the resilience of women and girls is being tested like never before. Their lives have been upended, with familie…

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  Sudan Alert · [email protected]

October 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Urgent: Dignity Kits needed in Sudan

Periods do not stop while navigating life-threatening emergencies.   Periods do not conveniently stop while navigating the life-threatening dangers of emergencies — like in Sudan, where devastating violence, famine, and now new, deadly floods have driven nearly 10 million people fro…

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  GAZA ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM

Quickly scaling up aid in Gaza

We are urgently scaling up our response now that humanitarian aid is moving into Gaza.   ALERT: CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED We are urgently scaling up our response now that humanitarian aid is moving into Gaza. Please will you rush an emergency gift to deliver lifesaving care to w…

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