UNICEF
Founded in 1946, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.
For more information, please visit: http://www.unicef.org/
Want to know what Katy Perry has been up to?
She has just been to Madagascar with us to bring attention to the situation of children in one of the poorest countries in the world, still recovering from a political crisis.
“In less than one week here, I went from crowded city slums to the most remote villages and my eyes were widely opened by the incredible need for a healthy life – nutrition, sanitation, and protection against rape and abuse - which UNICEF are stepping in to help provide.”
We know that through her visit the word about the need of children in Madagascar will spread much further.
Thank you, Katy!
You can read more here.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2013-0169/Holt
Daily life: Toys (part 2)
M. Sarangoo plays with animal figurines in her ‘ger’, a traditional mobile home for nomadic families in Khövsgöl Province on Mongolia. Her parents are nearby. Toys – a universal part of childhood – make a critical contribution to realizing children’s rights to play, expression, education and healthy social development. UNICEF supports these vital rights for all children, everywhere.
Watch UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lang Lang discuss the right for all children to play: http://youtu.be/bVQkIxO0Gc4
Or…visit UNICEF.org to learn more.
© UNICEF/Sokol
VIDEO REPORT: With all the negative news coming out of Bangladesh this week…we thought it would be nice to share with you a positive story about a group of young people in Dhaka who have decided to pool their energy to promote good through journalism.
What do you think of their efforts?
You can read more here.
Remembering Danny Kaye – UNICEF’s first ambassador to the world’s children
18 January 2013 would have been iconic entertainer Danny Kaye’s 100th birthday. The UNICEF family remembers its first Goodwill Ambassador fondly.
Do you remember Danny?
“If children are healthy and have care and education,” he said, “surely they will be more effective adults, and maybe, just maybe, make the world a better place.”
What a guy!!!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 9 January 2013
In December 2012, targeted attacks killed nine polio vaccination workers in Pakistan. Going door-to-door to ensure every child is reached, vaccinators – who are often women and community volunteers – face myriad risks. Their work and safety remain critical to polio eradication in Pakistan, one of only three countries where the disease is still endemic.
Pictured here: Vaccinators traverse floodwaters in Sindh Province to reach children during a September immunization campaign.
©UNICEF/Asad Zaidi
To see more: www.unicef.org/photography
Changing perceptions, empowering communities
A community-based pilot programme has been launched by UNICEF in Niger to change the way children are perceived and treated and to empower communities to address the many challenges facing children in the Niger today.
You can learn more by visiting: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/niger_67121.html
It’s been another challenging year for UNICEF and its partners – responding to a wide range of humanitarian needs under less-than-ideal financial circumstances.
Watch UNICEF’s year in review!
Significant gains have been realized, particularly in the fight against disease and child mortality.
Read more: http://www.unicef.org/policyanalysis/index_67099.html
Child headed households
In Zimbabwe, a boy orphaned by AIDS peers out the broken window of his home in Harare, the capital. He lives with his sister and receives assistance from a UNICEF-supported programme that helps child-headed households.
© UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi
Vintage UNICEF!
1979 - A group of girls dressed in their national costumes embrace at the United Nations in New York City.
© UNICEF/Shelley Rotner
Girls walk arm-in-arm outside Likoli, a UNICEF-supported primary school in the village of Zakpota, in central Benin. UNICEF provides Likoli and surrounding schools with supplies, classroom furniture, and training for teachers. One girl carries a UNICEF-supplied slate. Their book bags bear the UNICEF logo.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2866/Julie Pudlowski
