Join UNICEF’s Next Generation
Next Generation member contribution $20 or more monthly donation.
UNICEF's Next Generation is a group of young professionals ages 21 through 40 who are committed to doing whatever it takes to save children's lives. Every day, 19,000 children die of preventable causes, and UNICEF's Next Generation takes action to reduce that number to zero. Next Gen members study issues that are affecting children, and choose different UNICEF projects to support.
Do you want to know how children’s lives are being saved in the Horn of Africa? Or what the situation for children really is in Haiti right now? When we were born, 36,000 children died every day from preventable causes; now 19,000 do. Would you like to learn how UNICEF and its partners have helped the global community save 15,000 more children every day? And would you like to know what UNICEF is doing to help get that number down to ZERO in our lifetimes? Ask the UNICEF experts when we connect Next Generation supporters and UNICEF representatives from 150 different countries through private briefings and gatherings.
As a UNICEF Next Generation member, you will be invited to attend exclusive U.S. Fund for UNICEF events and will receive instant access to information regarding the plight of the world's children. Most importantly, by joining UNICEF's Next Generation, you will help save and improve children's lives throughout the world.
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Superheroes for Zero
$50 or more monthly pledge
Superheroes for Zero receive:
Monthly missions:
Every month you will receive suggested “missions” aligned with Next Gen priorities and UNICEF’s mission, from social media to fundraising and advocacy efforts that further engage and empower you to be a hero for zero.
A vote in the Next Generation project adoption process:
Study issues that are affecting children, and choose different UNICEF projects to support.
- Every 4-6 months Next Generation members have the opportunity to vote on 3-4 UNICEF projects that need funding; all Next Gen efforts will be focused on the project that receives the most votes!
- Past projects include supporting a neonatology hospital in Ethiopia, recovery efforts in Haiti and health workers in Pakistan.
Insiders’ access to UNICEF representatives:
Meet and hear from UNICEF experts throughout the world, while networking with your peers who also believe in a day when zero children will die of preventable causes.
- Brown bag discussions, panels and conference calls will provide you with incredible access to UNICEF representatives from around the world. You will learn first-hand from experts about children's issues in their respective countries and what you can do to help.
- Intimate receptions with UNICEF field staff in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, speaking about current issues facing the world's children, and this includes special briefings with the President & CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Caryl Stern.
Opportunities to serve on Next Generation Committees:
Help shape the Next Gen experience and get your hands dirty! Join one of our volunteer opportunities that fit your interest and expertise.
- Social Media Committee
- Program Committee & Emergency Response Task Force
- Masquerade Ball Planning Committee
- Photo Benefit Planning Committee
- Membership Committee
Exclusive and priority invitations to U.S. Fund for UNICEF events (usually only open to our top supporters):
Celebrate our successes and be inspired to continue to work on behalf of children.
- Invitations to the UNICEF Snowflake Ball in New York City and to the UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills.
- Invitation to our exclusive Annual Meeting, an intensive two-day experience that brings together senior UNICEF field staff and top U.S. Fund supporters to celebrate UNICEF's accomplishments and plan for challenges which children around the world will face.
Instant updates and special periodicals:
Instant UNICEF information in your inbox! You will know the impact of world events on children as soon as we do.
- Press releases and UNICEF Emergency Response updates in your inbox.
- Periodicals provided to our most loyal supporters: Our magazine Every Child and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's Annual Report in your mailbox.
Heroes for Zero
$20-$49.99 monthly pledge
Heroes for Zero receive:
Monthly missions:
Every month you will receive suggested “missions” aligned with Next Gen priorities and UNICEF’s mission, from social media to fundraising and advocacy efforts that further engage and empower you to be a hero for zero.
Insiders’ access to UNICEF representatives:
Meet and hear from UNICEF experts throughout the world, while networking with your peers who also believe in a day when zero children will die of preventable causes.
- Brown bag discussions, panels and conference calls will provide you with incredible access to UNICEF representatives from around the world. You will learn first-hand from experts about children's issues in their respective countries and what you can do to help.
- Intimate receptions with UNICEF field staff in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, speaking about current issues facing the world's children.
- Invitation to our exclusive Annual Meeting, an intensive two-day experience that brings together senior UNICEF field staff and top U.S. Fund supporters to celebrate UNICEF's accomplishments and plan for challenges which children around the world will face.
Instant updates and special periodicals:
Instant UNICEF information in your inbox! You will know the impact of world events on children as soon as we do.
- Press releases and UNICEF Emergency Response updates in your inbox.
- Periodicals provided to our most loyal supporters: Our magazine Every Child and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's Annual Report in your mailbox.
*Please note, all donors who give at the $25,000 or more level per year, will be invited to attend a UNICEF Field Trip to see UNICEF's lifesaving work.
Donors who give $5,000 in a year ($417 or more per month) will become a member of the Next Generation level of the Audrey Hepburn Society, click here to learn more.
Your monthly donation is both effective and convenient
Effective—your monthly donation provides:
- A steady and predictable source of income
- Income acquired at a cost substantially below that permitted by other types of fundraising methods
- Income that will provide weeks, months and years of protection to children in desperate need
Convenient—your monthly donation:
- Is an automatic deduction from your bank account or credit card
- Can be changed whenever you wish
You will also receive an annual statement to assist in your tax preparation.
Your monthly donation works hard
- $30 a month ($1.00 per day) can allow 20 children to be tested for Malaria, a disease that is highly treatable when diagnosed, but which can be fatal if left untreated.
- $75 a month ($2.50 per day) can provide basic surgical equipment to one hospital lacking adequate medical amenities.
- $100 a month ($3.33 per day) can buy waterproof sleeping mats for 100 children who have lost their homes during an emergency.
- $200 a month ($6.66 per day) can provide 80 children with an education through a School-in-a-Box kit—a ready-made educational solution packed with pencils, erasers, exercise books, writing slates, scissors, markers, posters and blackboard equipment.
