Sudan Update · [email protected]

August 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM

This hunger crisis cannot be overstated

About 25.6 million people face acute hunger.   The crisis in Sudan cannot be overstated. More than one year of internal conflict has created the world’s largest displacement crisis, with more than 11 million people forced to leave their homes. Now, famine has been declared — only th…

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  Haiti Update · [email protected]

August 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM

Unprecedented sexual violence against women in Haiti

Women and girls in Haiti are at heightened risk of sexual exploitation.   Women and girls in Haiti are at heightened risk of sexual exploitation amidst a rise in gang violence that has left many, including pregnant women, struggling to secure food, clean water, and other …

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  Haiti Update · [email protected]

August 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM

Unprecedented sexual violence against women in Haiti

Women and girls in Haiti are at heightened risk of sexual exploitation.   UN: Unprecedented Sexual Violence Against Women in Haiti Women and girls in Haiti are at heightened risk of sexual exploitation amidst a rise in gang violence that has left many, including pregnant w…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Famine declared in Sudan

  Hi, I wanted to make sure you saw this alarming update: For just the third time in the last 20 years, a famine has been declared — this time in Sudan, where over a year of conflict has led to a mass displacement crisis. Women and girls will bear the brunt of this hunger crisis. P…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Famine declared in Sudan

  Hi, I wanted to make sure you saw this alarming update: For just the third time in the last 20 years, a famine has been declared — this time in Sudan, where over a year of conflict has led to a mass displacement crisis. Women and girls will bear the brunt of this hunger crisis. P…

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  Sudan Alert · [email protected]

August 1, 2024 at 10:03 PM

NYT: First Famine Declared in War-Torn Darfur Region of Sudan

This is not hyperbole.   RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT Experts just sounded the alarm in Sudan. According to the global authority on food security, the war in Sudan and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused an official famine in at least one camp for displaced people in Sudan. …

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  Sudan Alert · [email protected]

August 1, 2024 at 10:03 PM

URGENT: Famine declared in Sudan

This is not hyperbole.   RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT Experts just sounded the alarm in Sudan. According to the global authority on food security, the war in Sudan and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused an official famine in at least one camp for displaced people in Sudan. …

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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 31, 2024 at 10:26 PM

A living nightmare for pregnant women

Gaza has been declared the world’s most dangerous place to be a child.   Gaza has been declared the world’s most dangerous place to be a child. UNFPA is delivering lifesaving care to those who need it most amid this unrelenting humanitarian crisis, and we’ll detail firsthand account…

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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 31, 2024 at 10:26 PM

A living nightmare for pregnant women

Gaza has been declared the world’s most dangerous place to be a child.   Gaza has been declared the world’s most dangerous place to be a child. UNFPA is delivering lifesaving care to those who need it most amid this unrelenting humanitarian crisis, and we’ll detail firsthand account…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 29, 2024 at 11:06 PM

Food, water, fuel, and basic necessities are inaccessible to many in Gaza

As any woman can attest, periods do not conveniently stop while navigating the life-threatening dangers of emergencies.   For more than nine months now, people in Gaza have lived through terror and grief. The health system is in a state of total collapse and fuel, water, and food ar…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 29, 2024 at 11:06 PM

Food, water, fuel, and basic necessities are inaccessible to many in Gaza

As any woman can attest, periods do not conveniently stop while navigating the life-threatening dangers of emergencies.   For more than nine months now, people in Gaza have lived through terror and grief. The health system is in a state of total collapse and fuel, water, and food ar…

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  Sudan Update · [email protected]

July 27, 2024 at 3:47 PM

Malnutrition and starvation

Millions in Sudan are at risk of starvation.   More than 10 million people displaced by Sudan war — Reuters RUSH A GIFT Among the 10 million displaced people in Sudan, more than 1.5 million are women and girls of reproductive age, including nearly 150,000 c…

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  Sudan Update · [email protected]

July 27, 2024 at 3:47 PM

Malnutrition and starvation

Millions in Sudan are at risk of starvation.   More than 10 million people displaced by Sudan war — Reuters RUSH A GIFT Among the 10 million displaced people in Sudan, more than 1.5 million are women and girls of reproductive age, including nearly 150,000 c…

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

July 25, 2024 at 11:01 PM

Help us continue delivering humanitarian aid into Gaza

We cannot look away from this humanitarian crisis.   It is estimated that one in six children aged under two in Gaza are acutely malnourished. The alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition, and now the threat of disease could lead to an explosion in child deaths in Gaza. Please, …

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

July 25, 2024 at 11:01 PM

Help us continue delivering humanitarian aid into Gaza

We cannot look away from this humanitarian crisis.   It is estimated that one in six children aged under two in Gaza are acutely malnourished. The alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition, and now the threat of disease could lead to an explosion in child deaths in Gaza. Please, …

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

July 24, 2024 at 4:27 PM

Please don’t click away

We’ve only raised 34.6% of our Gaza Humanitarian Appeal.   We know there is a lot going on in the news today, but please don’t click away from this email. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is still growing more dire by the day, and we desperately need generous supporters to rush a gif…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

July 24, 2024 at 3:26 PM

We cannot turn away from the women and girls who need us most

We’ve only raised 34.6% of our Gaza Humanitarian Appeal.   We know there is a lot going on in the news today, but please don’t click away from this email. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is still growing more dire by the day, and we desperately need generous supporters to rush a gif…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Azerbaijan

One third of women in Azerbaijan have been subjected to some form of violence by their partner.   Research shows that more than one third of women in Azerbaijan have been subjected to some form of violence by their partner, but few feel able to leave, seek help, or report the crime …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Azerbaijan

One third of women in Azerbaijan have been subjected to some form of violence by their partner.   Research shows that more than one third of women in Azerbaijan have been subjected to some form of violence by their partner, but few feel able to leave, seek help, or report the crime …

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  Gaza Alert · [email protected]

July 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Hope is fleeting

UNFPA has not stopped delivering lifesaving care to pregnant women in Gaza.   Hope is fleeting as the people of Gaza continue to endure unimaginable suffering. MAKE AN EMERGENCY GIFT 1.9 million people have been displaced, often repeatedly, forced into tents, overcrowded shel…

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  Gaza Alert · [email protected]

July 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM

Hope is fleeting

UNFPA has not stopped delivering lifesaving care to pregnant women in Gaza.   Hope is fleeting as the people of Gaza continue to endure unimaginable suffering. MAKE AN EMERGENCY GIFT 1.9 million people have been displaced, often repeatedly, forced into tents, overcrowded shel…

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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM

Support UNFPA for the next 5 years by signing this letter

We have a chance to help strengthen funding for UNFPA for the next 5 years.   ACTION ALERT We have a chance to help strengthen funding for UNFPA for the next 5 years by putting pressure on Congress to pass the Support UNFPA Funding Act. Will you click below to send a letter…

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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM

Will you send a letter to your representative today?

We have a chance to help strengthen funding for UNFPA for the next 5 years.   ACTION ALERT We have a chance to help strengthen funding for UNFPA for the next 5 years by putting pressure on Congress to pass the Support UNFPA Funding Act. Will you click below to send a letter…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 17, 2024 at 3:57 PM

It’s impossible to imagine the horrors

More than 150,000 pregnant women are living through the unrelenting nightmare in Gaza.   It’s impossible to imagine the horrors people like Fatima, a pregnant woman in Gaza, wake up to every day. “The tent is suffocating, small, and hot. And the smoke from the fires affects the lung…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 17, 2024 at 3:57 PM

It’s impossible to imagine the horrors

More than 150,000 pregnant women are living through the unrelenting nightmare in Gaza.   It’s impossible to imagine the horrors people like Fatima, a pregnant woman in Gaza, wake up to every day. “The tent is suffocating, small, and hot. And the smoke from the fires affects the lung…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 15, 2024 at 10:32 PM

The devastating truth

UNFPA is working across the globe to make motherhood safe.   Every two minutes, a woman dies of completely preventable pregnancy or childbirth complications. Every day, this amounts to 800 needless deaths. The devastating truth is nearly all of these deaths are preventable. That’s w…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

July 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM

A high risk of famine

96% of the population is facing acute levels of hunger.   The humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows more dire by the day. 96% of the population is facing acute levels of hunger, including an estimated 49,300 pregnant women who face a constant struggle to keep themselves and their unborn…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

July 13, 2024 at 2:01 PM

A high risk of famine

96% of the population is facing acute levels of hunger.   The humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows more dire by the day. 96% of the population is facing acute levels of hunger, including an estimated 49,300 pregnant women who face a constant struggle to keep themselves and their unborn…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 11, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Well-trained midwives could prevent 2/3 of all maternal and newborn deaths worldwide

Today is World Population Day.   Yemen has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world, and only one out of five functioning facilities currently offers maternal and newborn health services. 17.8 million people need health care assistance in 2024, including an estimated 5.5…

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  Sudan Update · [email protected]

July 9, 2024 at 10:31 PM

Devastating civil war is pushing the country toward famine

Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the largest refugee crisis in the world.   NYT: At Least 750,000 on Brink of Starvation and Death in Sudan, Experts Warn “A devastating civil war is pushing the country toward a full-blown famine.” RUSH A GIFT The wor…

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  Sudan Update · [email protected]

July 9, 2024 at 10:31 PM

Women and girls are bearing the brunt of this crisis

Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the largest refugee crisis in the world.   NYT: At Least 750,000 on Brink of Starvation and Death in Sudan, Experts Warn “A devastating civil war is pushing the country toward a full-blown famine.” RUSH A GIFT The wor…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

July 6, 2024 at 3:02 PM

UNFPA’s field hospitals and mobile health teams are a lifeline

UNFPA is successfully navigating limitations on aid delivery and getting lifesaving reproductive health supplies into Gaza.   We have urgent updates from the ground in Gaza: 1.7 million people in Gaza, including 1.34 million women and girls of reproductive age, have been displaced…

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

July 3, 2024 at 12:02 AM

You delivered care where it was needed most

Thank you for your continued support.   Now that we are halfway through the year, I wanted to reach out and share the impact supporters like you have made on the lives of women and girls around the world: In 2024 alone, UNFPA has already assisted millions of women, girls, and young …

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

July 2, 2024 at 11:01 PM

Your impact

Thank you for your continued support.   Now that we are halfway through the year, I wanted to reach out and share the impact supporters like you have made on the lives of women and girls around the world: In 2024 alone, UNFPA has already assisted millions of women, girls, and young…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 30, 2024 at 5:32 PM

It’s not too late to make a difference

It’s not too late to deliver lifesaving care to pregnant women in Gaza.   Pregnant women in Gaza are living in an unrelenting nightmare. These women’s lives are being shattered again, having to move for a sixth or seventh time as they live atop rubble and sand, plagued by hunger and…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

June 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Hope

UNFPA has been on the ground in Gaza since 1986.   Conflict is escalating in Rafah and the already desperate condition for thousands of pregnant women in Gaza is getting worse every day. 🔸35,562 people have died, 70% of whom are women & children. 🔸18,500 exhausted and malnourish…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 28, 2024 at 4:32 PM

Priceless

UNFPA has distributed 134,000 Dignity Kits in Gaza.   UNFPA Dignity Kits cost only $15 to create but the contents of each kit are priceless to the recipients in crisis regions like Gaza, where basic necessities including feminine hygiene products are scarce or totally out of reach. …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 28, 2024 at 4:32 PM

Priceless

UNFPA has distributed 134,000 Dignity Kits in Gaza.   UNFPA Dignity Kits cost only $15 to create but the contents of each kit are priceless to the recipients in crisis regions like Gaza, where basic necessities including feminine hygiene products are scarce or totally out of reach. …

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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Humanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapse

The volume of incoming medical supplies is insufficient.   Humanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapse. If food and supplies do not begin to enter in massive quantities, famine-like conditions will spread — multiplying an already devastating humanitarian crisis: The health s…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Humanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapse

The volume of incoming medical supplies is insufficient.   Humanitarian operations in Gaza are near collapse. If food and supplies do not begin to enter in massive quantities, famine-like conditions will spread — multiplying an already devastating humanitarian crisis: The health s…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM

“It wasn’t easy”

We sat down with LGBTQ+ community leaders to understand their struggles, their joys, and how we could better support their communities.   UNFPA works to achieve gender equality through the power of healthcare and education. But too often, the LGBTQ+ community is excluded from these …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 2:01 PM

The LGBTQ+ community is excluded from these conversations

We sat down with LGBTQ+ community leaders to understand their struggles, their joys, and how we could better support their communities.   UNFPA works to achieve gender equality through the power of healthcare and education. But too often, the LGBTQ+ community is excluded from these …

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

June 22, 2024 at 4:32 PM

9 out of 10 children in Gaza are experiencing severe food poverty

Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed.   WHO says many people in Gaza facing 'famine-like conditions' — Reuters RUSH A GIFT Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed, causing catastrophic rates of di…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

June 22, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Famine-like conditions

Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed.   WHO says many people in Gaza facing 'famine-like conditions' — Reuters RUSH A GIFT Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed, causing catastrophic rates of di…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM

Women and girls are most vulnerable amidst the world’s largest refugee crises

UNFPA is among the first on the ground to ensure refugee women and newborns receive the care they need.   Last year, 114 million people were displaced by war, violence, and persecution according to the UN Refugee Agency. 8.6 million people in Sudan have been displaced after over a y…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 20, 2024 at 4:01 PM

114 million people were displaced last year

UNFPA is among the first on the ground to ensure refugee women and newborns receive the care they need.   Last year, 114 million people were displaced by war, violence, and persecution according to the UN Refugee Agency. 8.6 million people in Sudan have been displaced after over a y…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 4:02 PM

Unspeakable

UNFPA has already delivered supplies to support half of ALL births in Gaza since last year.   Imagine being pregnant in Gaza today. In late stages of pregnancy, women need to drink double the water and eat more calories and rations than anyone else. So in Gaza, where food and clean …

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 4:02 PM

Unspeakable

UNFPA has already delivered supplies to support half of ALL births in Gaza since last year.   Imagine being pregnant in Gaza today. In late stages of pregnancy, women need to drink double the water and eat more calories and rations than anyone else. So in Gaza, where food and clean …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM

Support family planning efforts this Father’s Day

Half of all pregnancies around the world are unplanned.   Half of all pregnancies around the world are unplanned, so family planning is a critical pillar of our work to reduce maternal deaths, empower women to plan their pregnancies, and create safer, healthier families. Family plan…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

June 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM

Support family planning efforts this Father’s Day

Half of all pregnancies around the world are unplanned.   Half of all pregnancies around the world are unplanned, so family planning is a critical pillar of our work to reduce maternal deaths, empower women to plan their pregnancies, and create safer, healthier families. Family plan…

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