USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

February 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM

75% fewer maternal deaths: See how.

You can deliver lifesaving care to pregnant women and mothers.   “I didn’t fully grasp how serious it could become,” Gulirano recalled. “But when the contractions began, the fear became real. I was trembling inside, afraid for myself and for my baby.” For Gulirano, an expecting mot…

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  Midwives in Gaza · [email protected]

February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM

"If we don't die from the war, we’re dying from the cold."

For women and girls in Gaza, the cold is only the beginning.   In Gaza, the freezing rain has turned makeshift camps into flood zones, where families are trapped and have no escape from the cold. In the struggle for survival, women and girls often bear the brunt of cold weather cris…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

February 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM

You can deliver lifesaving resources

A woman dies in childbirth every two hours in Yemen. Your compassion provides lifesaving healthcare.   In Yemen, a deepening humanitarian crisis is unfolding, and women and girls are bearing the heaviest burden. Funding cuts are threatening access to healthcare, and the results are …

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  USA for UNFPA in Afghanistan · [email protected]

February 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM

Afghan weather conditions are too extreme to handle

Homes in Afghanistan aren’t designed to withstand these extreme weather conditions, and women and girls are paying the price.   Last week, in Kabul, Afghanistan, a mother and her six children were killed when heavy rain caused their home to suddenly collapse on them as they slept. T…

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  End FGM @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM

Join the Fight: Help End FGM for Good

4.5 million girls are at risk of undergoing this procedure   Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Our teams work around the world to deliver lifesaving care and put an end to this extreme violation of women and girls’ bodies.…

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  Syria @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

February 6, 2026 at 12:34 AM

You can save this fragile lifeline

While the war is finally over, the destruction, loss, and trauma caused by this prolonged conflict has been devastating.   “We have no electricity, no medicine and no fuel to reach the hospital. I used to go for check-ups every month. Now I just wait and hope nothing goes wrong,” sh…

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  UKRAINE ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM

ALERT: Attacks leave thousands to freeze in Ukraine

  Monday night, devastating attacks left thousands of families in Ukraine without heat or power as temperatures drop as low as –14F. $15 can help a woman or girl in need survive the cold. UNFPA Winter Dignity Kits contain warm clothing, blankets, power banks, and essenti…

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  Midwives in Somalia · [email protected]

February 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM

“These are challenging times for women and girls”

For women and girls in Somalia, each day is a relentless battle for survival.   For women and girls in Somalia, each day is a relentless battle for survival. Hunger, violence, and displacement exact a heavy toll on their mental health and physical safety. The UNFPA Safe Space in Mog…

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  Winter Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM

“At times, we had to run to escape the water — for the baby’s sake.”

For vulnerable pregnant women and infants, the cold can be deadly.   Millions of women and girls are fighting to survive brutal winter conditions amid displacement and violence in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, and beyond. Will you rush a gift today to put warm blankets, essential m…

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  Sudan Update · [email protected]

February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM

Dr. Ikhlas, a displaced obstetrician and mother of three in Sudan

Many survivors in Sudan are cramped in crowded displacement camps where healthcare and safety remain elusive.   “We dug trenches to hide and sheltered inside them. There was shelling every day.” These are the words of Raina, who was 22 and pregnant when El Fasher, the capital city o…

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  Dignity Kits for Women and Girls · [email protected]

January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM

As temperatures plummet, our Winter Dignity Kits are in high demand. Can you give $15 per kit so we can meet this growing need?

  For women and girls living through conflict, winter brings new risks — flooded shelters, freezing nights, and dangerous cold snaps. But through it all, we are there. Two women carry UNFPA cold weather kits back to their tents in a camp for displaced people in Syria. UNFPA Winte…

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  A Ukraine Lifeline @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Women and girls are suffering in the dark

  Did you see our latest update on the crisis in Ukraine? Entering the fourth year of devastating conflict, women and girls are still suffering in the dark. Blackouts and plummeting temperatures have put vulnerable women and girls across the region at risk. Women and girls lack bas…

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  Winter Alert via USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM

Deliver winterized Dignity Kits to women and girls in need >>>

  Around the world, displaced women and girls are trying to survive another dangerously frigid and wet winter — but you can provide them a lifeline. Winter Dignity Kit distribution at the refugee placement center in Moldova. Every winter, we include much-needed seasona…

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  Yemen Update via USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM

34 safe spaces could vanish

You can deliver hope and dignity to the most vulnerable among us.   Without food, the body slows down, bones weaken, periods can be affected, and the risk of hypothermia increases. What comes next is a slow, cruel, and preventable death. In Yemen, years of ongoing conflict and clim…

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  Afghanistan Crisis · [email protected]

January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Women and girls in Afghanistan need your help

Shrinking support for women and children is putting lives at risk across the globe.     Salma was 38-weeks pregnant and forced to leave Pakistan for Afghanistan. She was on the road and started experiencing contractions while at a tent camp for refugees on the border betwee…

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  Ukraine Survivors @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Ukraine: Ongoing strikes have left families without heat, power, or water in freezing temperatures.

  "Every day brings stress. Even when there's no strike, the fighting nearby is loud and constant," shared Anastasiia from Ukraine. She recently gave birth to twins on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Ongoing strikes have left families without heat, power, or water in freezing…

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  Gaza Alert @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Women and girls in Gaza need your support

As temperatures plummet, women, girls, and newborns need your support more than ever.   Baby Aisha was just 27 days old when she succumbed to freezing temperatures in Gaza. UNFPA is working to help families keep their children safe and warm this winter, but right now, women, girls,…

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  USA for UNFPA​ · [email protected]

January 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM

Immediate support helps the most vulnerable before it's too late

  Women and girls in Somalia need your help. In the drought-stricken conflict region of Mogadishu, Somalia, access to healthcare can be a matter of survival. Somalia has among the highest maternal death rates in the world. Only 30% of public health facilities in the regi…

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  Haiti Update @ USA for UNFPA​ · [email protected]

January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM

51 health facilities, four mobile clinics, and nine safe spaces

You can help keep our doors open for women and girls in need:   Displacement in Haiti is reaching record levels. With over 6 million people in need of  humanitarian aid including 225,000 pregnant women lacking access to critical prenatal and postpartum care, the crisis gripping Ha…

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  A Ukraine Lifeline @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM

Restore dignity to women and girls enduring the bitter cold winter.

You have the power to deliver hope, healthcare, and essential supplies to women and girls in Ukraine as they endure another brutal winter.   URGENT: 2025 was the deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022 with 2,514 civilian deaths and a 31% rise in the number of vi…

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  Gaza Emergency Update · [email protected]

January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM

One year ago

This January, despite the ceasefire, Gaza remains in crisis.   FIRST: One year ago, a temporary ceasefire in Gaza was reached in the height of winter. After 500 days of conflict, 45,000+ people had been killed. Over 100,000 people were injured. The healthcare system in Gaza was dec…

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  Gaza Midwives @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM

Gaza midwife: “Every woman deserves a safe delivery”

  When Rana, who lives in Gaza, learned she was pregnant, her joy was quickly overshadowed by fear. “I thought I would have to give birth in a tent,” she recalled. “As my due date approached, I was terrified. I didn’t know how I could bring a child into this world under these condi…

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  USA for UNFPA​ · [email protected]

January 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM

Sudan: World’s largest humanitarian emergency

For nearly two months, the city of El Fasher has been cut off from the outside world.   “In El Fasher, I couldn’t have any health check-ups because there were no hospitals left near us,” said Zainab, 26, who was pregnant when describing a brutal siege that lasted 18 months in the ca…

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  USA for UNFPA​ · [email protected]

January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM

Cash and voucher assistance

Cash and voucher assistance helps women and girls overcome the financial barriers to accessing lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services during humanitarian emergencies.   “This help was life-saving for me — I bought clothes for myself and my child, shoes, food, and buildin…

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  USA for UNFPA​ · [email protected]

January 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM

Healthcare workforce and funding shortages threaten our work

Women and girls are often forgotten in widescale pushes for health and safety.   When humanitarian aid is cut, women and girls lose access to essential health services like those provided by UNFPA. As violence intensifies in places like Palestine, Afghanistan, and Yemen, healthcar…

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  USA for UNFPA​ · [email protected]

January 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM

Gebeyanesh had to create makeshift pads out of strips of clothing, risking infection.

Each kit costs only $15 to create and your gift today can reach women and girls facing unimaginable hardship.   Gebeyanesh had her first period at 14 — a moment that should have been a quiet rite of passage in her Ethiopian village, marked by her mother’s care and a family celebrat…

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  Gaza Winter Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Only a flimsy tent to call home

  Nightmarish conditions are taking hold in Gaza as the region is plunged deeper into a cruel winter. Rafah was injured while fleeing her home. She and her family live in a tent in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Displaced families are forced to live in flimsy tents in refugee cam…

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  Ukraine Alert @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM

We can’t scale back at a time like this

  New reporting out of Ukraine sheds light on the life-threatening conditions facing health workers and the women and girls they care for. Giving birth under air raid sirens is now a nightmarish reality for mothers across the war-torn region. Anastasiia was evacuated to Kharkiv to …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM

We have $1 billion to go

UNFPA is a primary source of maternal healthcare in crisis regions — our funding shortfall puts care for millions of women in jeopardy.   In regions destabilized and destroyed by conflict and climate emergencies, over 117 million people remain forcibly displaced. The medical facili…

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  Gaza Emergency · [email protected]

January 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM

1.9 million displaced: “Everyone is cramped here."

This January, despite the ceasefire, Gaza remains in crisis.   “Everyone is cramped here. The population here not just doubled but tripled in many of the neighborhoods, given the fact that none of these people is [sic] able to go back to their neighborhoods. We’re talking about Zeit…

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  Sudan Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Fatma has provided care at Kosti Maternity Hospital since 1974.

UNFPA has deployed mobile health clinics and midwives across Sudan — but the scale of needs increases as our resources dwindle.   Sudan’s civil war, now in its third year, has become an unrelenting nightmare for millions of people. Tens of thousands are reported to have perished in…

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  Yemen Alert @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM

“I felt something I had not felt in a long time — safety.”

You can help women and girls reclaim their lives after abuse and make decisions for their bodies and futures.   Women with UNFPA Dignity Kits inside a displacement camp in Yemen. 4.5 million people are internally displaced in Yemen due to the ongoing conflict and climate disasters …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM

No woman should die as she gives life.

UNFPA ensures mothers can have a safe delivery by providing them with Emergency Birth Kits.   Too many pregnant women are forced to give birth in the face of war, violence, disaster, and uncertainty. Humanitarian disasters leave many homeless or separated from their family and suppo…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM

Last day to double your impact this winter

Help deliver hygiene, warmth, and lifesaving care before winter intensifies.   We’re down to the final hours of 2025. This is your last chance to deliver double the lifesaving care for women and girls enduring winter in Ukraine, Gaza, and other crisis zones. Your gift means everythi…

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  Dignity Kit Goal @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM

Your donation will be matched

This is your final chance of 2025 to help supply Winter Dignity Kits to women and girls.   In Gaza, displaced women and girls are preparing for another dangerously frigid and wet season. Women and girls in Gaza who have survived violence, famine, and loss are now facing the most bit…

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  Ukraine Winter @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM

"a feeling that someone remembers and cares about us at a time like this.”

  2X MATCH FINAL DAY: Families in Ukraine are surviving their fourth winter of war amidst freezing temperatures, blackouts, and constant shelling. Women and girls are among the most at risk, and we urgently need your help to reach them now. RUSH MY 2X-MATCHED GIFT …

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  Gaza Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Winter in Gaza

   57,000 households in Gaza are led by women. Shouldering the responsibility of entire families, they are struggling to protect their loved ones from hunger, cold, and violence this winter. Will you give the gift of hope this holiday season by making a gift to deliver lif…

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  Gaza Alert @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM

57,000 women-led households face hardship in Gaza

   57,000 households in Gaza are led by women. Shouldering the responsibility of entire families, they are struggling to protect their loved ones from hunger, cold, and violence this winter. Will you give the gift of hope this holiday season by making a gift to deliver lif…

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  Ukraine Winter Alert @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM

2X impact for women and girls across Ukraine and in crisis zones around the world

  Since October, two UNFPA-supported maternity hospitals in Ukraine have been damaged by attacks, putting pregnant women and newborns at risk. As families brace for their fourth winter of war, ongoing violence, stress, and displacement are compounding the dangers expectant mothers …

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  Haiti Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Every month, 50,000 women and girls in Haiti are without access to sexual and reproductive health services

  ALERT: More than 1.5 million women and girls in Haiti need urgent support as gang violence escalates. Yet after the United States cut crucial funding earlier this year, Haiti remains one of the most underfunded humanitarian crises in the world. Will you rush a gift today …

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  Dignity Kit Goal @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Will you donate now to deliver Winter Dignity Kits?

  Women and girls who have survived violence, displacement, and loss are now facing another challenge: winter. Many are sleeping in makeshift shelters or out in the open. Water is scarce, waste piles up, and families have gone months without changing clothes or basic supplies. Pre…

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  Gaza Winter · [email protected]

December 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Children are dying from exposure. Women are giving birth in tents.

Past support has reached 51,000 women and girls in Gaza   “I never thought I would give birth living in a tent, in such cold and freezing conditions, with water dripping on us,” Nariman said to the BBC. Her newborn daughter, baby Sila, died from hypothermia just weeks after being bo…

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  UNFPA Winter Dignity Kits · [email protected]

December 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Can you make your matched gift today?

We have a lot of ground to cover to raise enough to reach our year-end goal.   Every gift made to emails like this will be matched until the end of the year. You can make an incredible impact on the lives of women and girls, and for a few more days, that impact will be doubled. Your…

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  Afghanistan Winter Update · [email protected]

December 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Can you support midwives today?

  Fatima, like 74% of Afghanistan’s population, lives in a remote area with little access to prenatal care and maternal health services. This support is even harder for women to access because of the severe restrictions they live under. She had successfully given birth at home thre…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Over 1 million Rohingya refugees

  Across the world, displacement, war, and sexual violence strip girls of their futures. Your gift today can make their futures bright by operating UNFPA Safe Spaces that provide support, education, and opportunities to girls everywhere. Will you make a 2X-matched gift for girls th…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM

Your gift will show women and girls in need that they aren’t alone

  As many families around the world celebrate the holidays and enjoy the comforts of a warm home, today I am thinking about those who have nothing this holiday season. I’m thinking about women living through their fourth year of war in Ukraine, who have to give birth underground wi…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM

You can double your impact right now. Learn More:

  Hello — did you see Anu’s message? Every donation you make to the women and girls will be matched until the end of the year. That’s double the Winter Dignity Kits for girls in Gaza so they can manage their periods with dignity and keep warm this winter. That’s double the Mama Kit…

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

December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM

We can’t let this opportunity slip away

  Hi there, I’m so appreciative of our donors' generous support this holiday season and throughout the year. Our match has just expanded to $410,000, but that means we have just one week left to mobilize support before it expires. That’s why I’m reaching out. Gifts from supporters …

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  Dignity Kit Goal @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM

You can be the difference between illness and warmth, between dignity and desperation

  Women and girls who have survived violence, displacement, and loss are now facing another challenge: winter. Many are sleeping in makeshift shelters or out in the open. Water is scarce, waste piles up, and families have gone months without changing clothes or basic supplies. Pre…

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  Update on Ukraine via USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM

No woman should have to give birth under fire. No newborn should take their first breath in conflict.

  New reporting paints a grim picture of the conflict in Ukraine: temperatures are dropping, civilian casualties are rising, and funding for humanitarian organizations on the frontlines is dwindling right as winter takes hold. “People can survive without electricity for a time, bu…

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