Childhood Guardians

 

Monthly donors help vulnerable children in Croatia and around the world

Many children live in difficult and insecure conditions. Change a child's life with a regular donation!

Together with UNICEF and the donor community, you can help the most vulnerable children in Croatia:
  • children living in poverty
  • children who grow up in institutions instead of in a warm family
  • children with developmental disabilities
  • children and young people with mental health problems
  • and other vulnerable groups of children.
You can also save children's lives in emergency situations around the world by providing humanitarian assistance – drinking water, therapeutic food, medical and hygiene supplies.
We should do our best never to see a hungry child, a child who suffers, a child who is left behind. That is the world we should aim to create!
Lela, Childhood Guardian for 12 years
As part of the community of UNICEF's monthly donors, Guardians of Childhood, you too can change children's lives!

Together with other donations, your monthly contribution can achieve long-term, positive changes for children. Even a small regular donation means a lot.

Every year, around 2,000 premature children are born in Croatia, and around 400 of them need intensive medical care. UNICEF and donors helped seriously ill babies by equipping all neonatology units with medical equipment.

Childhood Guardians help the most vulnerable children every day, throughout the year.

Your regular donations will make the following possible:
  • implementation of programs and activities for the most vulnerable children in Croatia - children living in poverty, children living in institutions, children with developmental disabilities, children with mental health issues, and other vulnerable groups of children
  • emergency humanitarian aid which saves lives of girls and boys in crisis situations around the world.

A malnourished girl receives PlummyNut, life-saving therapeutic food procured by UNICEF for the Al-khatabiah Health Center in Yemen. © UNICEF/ALfilastini

Join the community!

UNICEF is financed exclusively by donations, so every donation is important in building a better world for children.
A regular donation is made every month, and the amount and duration of the donation are completely under your control.

Setting up a monthly donation online is quick, simple and secure.

We are happy to answer all your questions regarding monthly donations and the Childhood Guardians programme. Contact us at our email address donacije@unicef.hr or via phone 01 3031 645.

Our achievements for children

UNICEF helps children in more than 190 countries, however programs and activities of UNICEF Croatia are largely directed towards vulnerable children in Croatia.

These are some of the important achievements of UNICEF and donors in the last six years in our country:
  • improving care for premature and seriously ill babies
  • the establishment of the first human milk bank in the country
  • improving the availability of services for children with developmental disabilities
  • improving foster care for children without adequate parental care
  • ensuring support for children and families in crises caused by earthquakes and pandemics
  • education and skills development for tens of thousands of children and young people
UNICEF Croatia also contributed humanitarian aid to children of Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Yemen, Bangladesh and other countries dealing with severe humanitarian crises.

Find out more about the work we do here.