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Humanitarian action Global Annual Results Report 2018 Cover image: © UNICEF/UN0245867/Veska Page 21: © UNICEF/UN0238511/ Ence, 6, whose home in Indonesia was destroyed by the Koumbéré, 12, from Diambadougou village near Mopti, attends September tsunami in Indonesia, after participating in psychosocial a community learning centre supported by UNICEF and support activities provided by social workers trained by UNICEF. partners, following the closure of her school due to insecurity (October 2018). (September 2018). Thank you page: © UNICEF/UN0278460/Herwig Page 46: © UNICEF/UN0264865/Ramzi Haidar Sham, 7 and her cousin Rahaf, in the warm winter clothes provided UNICEF delivered much needed winter supplies to young children by UNICEF through its Makani child protection programme in living in a Lebanese camp for refugees from the crisis in the Syrian Jordan (November 2018). Arab Republic (December 2018). Page 2: © UNICEF/UN0216597/Sokol Page 58: © UNICEF/UN0187065/Nader A young Rohingya refugee child smiles while holding onto A girl smiles as she stands in front of water tanks that UNICEF a tree outside the UNICEF-supported CODEC Meghna and partners provided at a school in eastern Ghouta, Syrian Arab Learning Centre in Leda Makeshift Camp, Cox’s Bazar District, Republic, for internally displaced persons (March 2018). Bangladesh (April 2018). Page 7: © UNICEF/UN0200346/Meerzad Sedraa outside her school in Jalalabad, which has received teaching and learning materials with UNICEF support. Sedraa returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan with her family one year ago and is a passionate advocate for girls’ education (April 2018). Thank you UNICEF expresses its gratitude to all resource partners whose overall contributions supported the organization’s humanitarian action in 2018. The achievements described in this report were also the result of these continued partnerships. In particular, UNICEF expresses its sincere appreciation to all resource partners that contributed thematically to the organization’s work in humanitarian response. It is thanks to thematic funding and its flexibility that UNICEF has been able to provide timely and effective technical, operational and programming support to countries in all regions as part of efforts to prepare and deliver life-saving protection and assistance to children and families. UNICEF is especially grateful for contributions of global, regional and country humanitarian thematic funds, which provide the most flexible resources for emergency response. Seventy years after UNICEF was established, the organization’s mission to promote the full attainment of the rights of all children is as urgent as ever. The UNICEF Strategic Plan 2018-2021 is anchored in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and charts a course towards attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the realization of a future in which every child has a fair chance in life. It sets out measurable results for children, especially the most disadvantaged, including in humanitarian situations, and defines the change strategies and enablers that support their achievement. Working together with governments, United Nations partners, the private sector, civil society and with the full participation of children, UNICEF remains steadfast in its commitment to realize the rights of all children, everywhere, and to achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a world in which no child is left behind. The following report summarizes how UNICEF and its partners contributed to Humanitarian Action in 2018 and reviews the impact of these accomplishments on children and the communities where they live. This is one of eight reports on the results of efforts during the past year, encompassing gender equality and humanitarian action as well as each of the five Strategic Plan goal areas – ‘Every child survives and thrives’, ‘Every child learns’, ‘Every child is protected from violence and exploitation’, ‘Every child lives in a safe and clean environment’, and ‘Every child has an equitable chance in life’, and a short report on Communication for Development (C4D). It supplements the 2018 Executive Director Annual Report (EDAR), UNICEF’s official accountability document for the past year. Contents Executive summary ...................................2 Annex 1: Global humanitarian thematic funding 2018 .............................................69 UNICEF work and key results in 2018 ...........................3 Looking ahead ...............................................................6 Annex 2: Financial report ........................84 Strategic context ........................................7 Annex 3: Humanitarian data companion ...96 The humanitarian situation ............................................7 UNICEF humanitarian response in 2018 .......................8 Strengthening efficiency and effectiveness for humanitarian results ....................................................14 Fostering collaboration and partnerships.....................18 Fostering equity and inclusion .....................................19 Challenges and constraints .........................................20 Results by Strategic Plan goal area ........21 Goal Area 1: Every child survives and thrives ..............22 Goal Area 2: Every child learns ....................................31 Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from violence and exploitation ...........................................................34 Goal Area 4: Every child lives in a safe and clean environment ................................................................38 Goal Area 5: Every child has an equitable chance in life ...........................................................................41 Results by cross-cutting commitment ...46 Rapid assessment, monitoring and evaluation ............46 Supply and logistics .....................................................48 Media and communications ........................................50 Security .......................................................................52 Human resources ........................................................52 Resource mobilization .................................................55 Finance and administration .........................................56 Information and communication technology ...............57 Future workplan .......................................58 Abbreviations and acronyms ..................62 Endnotes ...................................................63 Executive summary Globally, humanitarian needs continued to grow in 2018. The consequences of violence continued to deepen in 2018, The number of people targeted for United Nations-led with widespread displacement, the destruction of civilian humanitarian assistance increased from 77 million in 2014 infrastructure and devastating impacts on the physical and to 101 million in 2018,1 and the average humanitarian crisis psychological well-being of children. This was the case in now lasts for more than nine years.2 Conflict remains a countries where conflicts and related humanitarian crises primary driver of humanitarian need, with more countries have endured for years, such as Afghanistan, the Central embroiled in violent internal or international conflict than at African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, any other time in the past 30 years3 and one in five children Iraq, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, living in an area affected by conflict.4 the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine and Yemen. 2 Humanitarian Action FIGURE 1: Global response in 2018 In 2018, 90 country offices responded to 285 humanitarian situations. Forty-three per cent of these countries responded to situations affecting more than 1 million people. US$412.6 MILLIONii TOTAL SUPPLIES DEPLOYMENTS FUNDS RECEIVED PROCURED 461 TOTAL EXPENSES US$2 US$2 BILLIONi BILLIONiii UNICEF humanitarian situation responses, 2009–2018 344 337 310 290 292 289 294 285 RESPONDED TO iv 232 285 NUMBER OF HUMANITARIAN HUMANITARIAN SITUATIONS SITUATIONS 102 108 102 94 93 80 83 98 79 IN 90 COUNTRIES NUMBER OF COUNTRIES 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 i The figure is based on emergency contributions received in 2018, recognized as other resources – emergency. ii This total includes all programme supplies going to Level 2 and Level 3 emergencies; all programme supplies for any new Level 2 or Level 3 emergencies, from the date that it was declared; specific relevant orders for the countries in which only a region or part of the country is in an emergency; and specific supplies flagged as ‘emergency’ in countries facing Level 1 crises. Of the US$412.6 million, US$247.3 million is other resources – emergency. iii The figure represents expenses of emergency funds (other resources – emergency) received in 2018 and carried over from the previous year. iv Although the number of situations declined from 2017, protracted crises have become increasingly complex, with some conflict-affected countries facing emergencies within emergencies and heightened risks to already vulnerable children. UNICEF work and key results in 20185 In 2018, UNICEF and partners responded to 285 humanitarian UNICEF continued to leverage its long-standing emergencies in 90 countries (see Figure 1). In line with comparative advantages in its response to emergencies in the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 and the Core 2018. This included having a field presence before, during Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs), and after emergencies; delivering