easyJet launches onboard summer collection to support UNICEF’s emergency work

 

• easyJet customer donations will support UNICEF’s essential work helping children and families affected by humanitarian crises, such as natural disasters and ongoing conflicts around the world
• Donations will be collected by easyJet’s cabin crew onboard all flights from 4 July until 30 September 2025
• Money raised will help UNICEF deliver critical emergency services, including access to clean drinking water, vaccinations, essential medical care, child protection services, psychosocial support, and education

 

easyJet has today launched its 2025 onboard summer collection to support UNICEF’s Children’s Emergency Fund to ensure the most vulnerable children and families get the vital support and help they desperately need.

 

When an emergency begins, UNICEF teams with local partners and communities aim to respond within 48 hours to provide life-saving supplies and healthcare. Although UNICEF strives to be there for all children, the scale of those in need of support is unprecedented.

 

Currently, approximately 1 in 6 children – almost half a billion in total – live in areas affected by conflict such as Ukraine and Sudan.

 

Since 2012, easyJet customers and crew have raised over £17 million in donations from the beginning of its partnership with UNICEF.

 

From 4 July, millions of easyJet customers flying through the peak summer season across 35 countries, will be able to donate onboard in any currency to this worthy cause.

 

Earlier this year emergency funding enabled UNICEF to mobilise urgent support in Myanmar, in response to the devastating earthquakes that took place in March.

 

The disaster left an estimated 6.3 million people needing urgent help including 2 million children. Thanks to this type of flexible funding, UNICEF was able to immediately fly in 227 tonnes of supplies in the first few weeks following the disaster, helping deliver access to safe drinking water, essential sanitation supplies and establish child-friendly spaces to support children suffering from trauma.

 

Globally, UNICEF has helped millions of displaced children and their families, affected by ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gaza, Haiti, Sudan, and Yemen, among others.

 

Ongoing humanitarian crises in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Ethiopia, have seen this type of flexible emergency funding help ensure children and communities have continued access to essential services, including healthcare, nutrition support, clean water and sanitation facilities.

 

UNICEF is also working to improve life for Rohingya children and their families living in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, one of the world’s forgotten crises.

 

Thanks to their generous donations, easyJet customers can make a world of difference by supporting UNICEF and its partners to deliver immediate, life-saving support to children and families affected by humanitarian crises such as natural disasters and ongoing conflict.

 

easyJet’s dedicated cabin crew will be collecting donations during their inflight service, meaning customers can easily donate at the same time as purchasing refreshments onboard.

 

The price of a £3.20 breakfast tea could provide 400 water purification tablets for families to purify water in emergency situations, when the fresh water supply may be compromised – helping to purify over 400 litres of water.

 

Michael Brown, easyJet Director of Cabin Services, said:

 

“easyJet is proud to continue supporting the essential work of UNICEF’s Children’s Emergency Fund, which supports children most in need around the world.

 

“Currently there are many ongoing conflicts and emergencies which are putting the lives of so many children and their families at risk.

 

“But thanks to the generous support of easyJet customers, we can make a real difference and help UNICEF provide access to clean water, education, vaccinations and support to transform their lives.

 

“With thousands of easyJet customers flying every day throughout the peak summer season, they can help UNICEF to provide life-saving supplies, for just the price of a cup of tea onboard thanks to their donations.

 

“We thank them, and our dedicated crew working throughout the summer, to continue supporting UNICEF’s amazing work to support for children and families affected by the natural disasters and ongoing crises around the world.”

 

Dr Philip Goodwin, Chief Executive at The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), said:

 

“At UNICEF we strive to ensure that every child has the best start in life. However currently, millions of children around the world are living in emergency contexts which is putting their lives at risk and devastating their childhoods.

 

“Funding from partners such as easyJet enable UNICEF to deliver essential resources and support to help save and protect the lives of children and families.

 

“I would like to thank easyJet employees and customers for their generous support towards our work for children.”  

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