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UNICEF (/ ˈ j uː n i ˌ s ɛ f / YOO-nee-SEF), originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, [a] is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
The Free Children from War Conference was a conference co-hosted by the French government and UNICEF on 5–6 February 2007 in Paris, France. The goal of the conference was to bring together countries , non-governmental organizations , and international organizations to discuss the issue of child soldiers .
UNICEF took advantage of the growing levels of basic education and access to television and radio to generate support for the child survival revolution through persuasion. [ 3 ] James Grant also "persuaded many heads of state to get personally involved in their national programmes for children, for example in their immunization by being ...
Logo for the campaign Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is a fund-raising program for children sponsored by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.Started on Halloween 1950 [1] as a local event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, the program historically involves the distribution of small orange boxes by schools to trick-or-treaters, in which they can solicit small change ...
A UNICEF club is a student-led grassroots club present at high school and college levels of education, formed for the purpose of promoting the values of the parent organization the United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF. The stated goal of the club is "to empower youth with the resources and skills to be effective global citizens" and "to ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — UNICEF warned Tuesday that schools in Haiti are increasingly at the mercy of gangs, with children becoming targets of robbery or ransom. The agency said that at ...
The UNICEF Tap Project funds raised throughout the campaign go towards different UNICEF programs that include water, hygiene and sanitation programs. Money raised through the Tap Project has helped children, to have access to clean water, in countries like Belize , Guatemala , the Central African Republic , Ivory Coast , Haiti , Iraq , Togo and ...
[252] On 5 March, UNICEF called the war on Gaza "a test of human conscience" and stated that the lack of humanitarian aid in the north was worsening children's health situation. [253] Adele Khodr, UNICEF's Middle East regional director, stated on 19 March: "The world’s inaction is shocking as more children succumb to a slow death." [254]