The Unit­ed Na­tions Chil­dren’s Fund (UNICEF) says the Eu­ro­pean Union (EU) in 2026 has al­lo­cat­ed US$19.9 mil­lion to sup­port vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren and fam­i­lies across Latin Amer­i­ca and the Caribbean (LAC) through pro­grammes fo­cused on dis­as­ter pre­pared­ness, ed­u­ca­tion, child pro­tec­tion and as­sis­tance for the most vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren, in­clud­ing refugee and mi­grant pop­u­la­tions.

UNICEF said on Tues­day that the EU fund­ing in­cludes funds ded­i­cat­ed to strength­en­ing pre­pared­ness and re­silience in In­dige­nous com­mu­ni­ties across the Ama­zon basin, as well as sup­port for refugee and mi­grant chil­dren and fam­i­lies in tran­sit in Bo­livia, Brazil, Chile, the Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic, Pe­ru and Trinidad and To­ba­go.

UNICEF said the fund­ing will al­so help ex­pand ed­u­ca­tion and child pro­tec­tion ser­vices for vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren and ado­les­cents in Cos­ta Ri­ca, Guatemala and Hon­duras.