UNICEF Children suffer amid storm in Libya

More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa’s deadliest storm in recorded history, UNICEF warned on 28 Sep. More children are affected due to lack of essential services, such as health, schooling and safe water supply. 

UNICEF has been working with authorities and partners since the beginning of the tragedy to respond to the urgent needs of children and families in the affected areas. UNICEF fears hundreds of children died in the disaster, given that children account for about 40 percent of the population.

UNICEF has also dispatched mobile child protection and psychosocial support teams to help children cope with the emotional toll of the disaster.