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SIGN OUR OPEN LETTER

We risk losing decades of progress for children. Will you sign our open letter?

Multiple crises - conflict, climate change, mounting debts and extreme poverty – damage the lives of the most vulnerable children every day, drastically limiting their chances of getting nourishing food, life-saving health care or quality education. Every child should have these by right.

We've written an open letter to the UK Government calling on them to commit to a Global Growing Up Promise that:

💷 Prioritises funding for health, nutrition, and education to set the world’s poorest children up for success.

🌍 Uses the UK's leadership to protect children from the climate crisis.

📣 Champions children’s rights in the plans and commitments the Government makes internationally.

Join us and sign our open letter.

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Dear Foreign Secretary,

We risk losing decades of progress for children around the world.

For many years, progress has been made towards ensuring the basic right to health and education for all children, but this in danger of being reversed.
In 2023:

Nearly 21 million children missed out on one or more life-saving vaccines, leaving them vulnerable to preventable diseases.
45 million children under 5 are severely acutely malnourished.
90% of children in the lowest income countries cannot read a simple story by age 10.
Extreme heat increases the risk of stillbirth by 5 % for every 1°C rise in temperature.

Children’s lives and futures are at risk. Urgent action is needed now.

The UK Government must commit to maintaining and increasing Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) and focusing on basic services for the poorest children. This will protect them now and ensure they can thrive in the future. It must invest to ensure health and education services can stand up to the onslaught of climate change – especially in countries that feel its greatest affects but who are least responsible for its causes. It must once again take a leading global role in persuading others to do the same.

The UK Government has a critical chance to put children first, both in the UK and around the world. That's why UNICEF UK is calling on the UK Government to commit to a Global Growing Up Promise by:

Prioritising funding for health, nutrition, and education to set the world’s poorest children up for success and restore ODA to 0.7% of GNI.
Protecting children, their rights and the services they need from the climate crisis.
Championing children’s rights in the plans and commitments the Government makes internationally.

The world’s children cannot wait. The UK Government must fully commit to supporting children out of poverty, giving them the best start in life and restoring hope for their futures.

Sincerely,

UNICEF UK and the undersigned