Our Mission | UNICEF USA
 

Helping every child thrive, all over the world

Over eight decades, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has built an unprecedented global support system for the world’s children. UNICEF relentlessly works day in and day out to deliver the essentials that give every child an equitable chance in life: health care and immunizations, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. UNICEF USA advances the global mission of UNICEF by rallying the American public to support the world’s most vulnerable children. Together, we have helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization.

What UNICEF USA Is Doing

UNICEF USA supports UNICEF, and other efforts in support of the world's children, through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.

UNICEF USA's initiatives include:

Where UNICEF Works

UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories all over the world to save and protect vulnerable children and families. Here are some of the places where UNICEF has been focusing its work recently:

What UNICEF Is Doing

Saving Children's Lives

UNICEF works to ensure that children's basic needs are met, to protect their rights and address major threats to their health, safety and well being. Areas of focus include:

Building Children's Futures

UNICEF believes every child should have the opportunity to reach his or her full potential, working with partners to: 

Emergency Relief

UNICEF responds to hundreds of emergencies every year, focusing on:

Stories About Our Mission

Three Malian girls pose outside the food distribution center at the UNICEF-supported Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania.
Schools Are Reopening. Where Are the Girls?
Ensuring every girl’s right to education is realized will require considerable resources, strong leadership and bold actions.
Crossing Mountains and
 Rivers to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines
UNICEF keeps COVID-19 vaccines safe through the last mile of their journey to those who live on the earth's highest peaks in the Himalayas.
Being vaccinated against COVID-19 protects frontline health workers in Pailón, Bolivia — and their patients, their families and their community.
In Bolivia, COVID-19 Vaccines for Health Workers Protect Patients Too
For those on the front lines, being vaccinated against COVID-19 brings peace of mind & a safer community.
Health Workers Reflect on Nepal's Deadly Second Wave of COVID-19
Health workers on the front lines of the first and second waves of the pandemic warn against complacency and call for more vaccines.
Kids play at a UNICEF-supported Child-Friendly Space at a migrant shelter in Mexico.
UNICEF USA Partners with Hispanic Federation to Help Asylum Seekers
A new Migrant Services Partnership seeks to expand legal, mental health and other services on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
UNICEF Helps Refugees Get Their Fair Shot at COVID-19 Vaccines
Refugees' rights to health care travel with them wherever they go. UNICEF is on the ground to protect them every step of the way.
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