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Our Mission

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.

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Fast Fact
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UNICEF helps immunize 45 percent of the world’s children.
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UNICEF's lifesaving interventions have helped cut child deaths by more than 50% since 1990.
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Despite progress, 16,000 children still die every day from causes we can prevent.
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UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and protect children.
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Last year, UNICEF responded to nearly 300 humanitarian emergencies, many of them still ongoing.
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UNICEF can ship lifesaving supplies to children anywhere in the world within 48 to 72 hours.
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UNICEF works in more than 100 countries to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities.
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Since 2000, UNICEF has distributed 1 billion insecticide-treated bed nets across Africa.

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.

Where UNICEF Works

UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories all over the world. Here are a few regions where UNICEF has focused its work recently.

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What UNICEF Is Doing

Saving Children's Lives
Building Children's Futures
Emergency Relief

Stories About Our Mission

A woman in West Bengal, India, waits in a hospital maternity ward to be seen by a doctor.
UNICEF Warns Pandemic Could Cause Spike in Stillbirths
With the release of new global data, UNICEF and partners call for collective action against a "neglected tragedy."
COVID-19 Makes Vaccination Harder but the Fight Against Polio Persists
The fight against polio is personal for these UNICEF heroes. It can be for you, too. All it takes is $19 to send polio vaccines to 100 kids.
In Kandahar, Afghanistan, a UNICEF-supported polio vaccinator marks a girl's finger to indicate she has received the vaccine.
Afghanistan's Polio Vaccinators Won't Stop Until Every Child Is Safe
UNICEF-supported vaccinators are going door-to-door to immunize Afghanistan's children from polio.
UNICEF and Rotary volunteers traveled to a remote region of northeastern Uganda to vaccinate children against polio in 2018.
Wild Polio Eliminated in Africa: A Giant Step Closer to Eradication
Vaccination campaigns disrupted by COVID-19 have resumed in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two polio-endemic countries in the world.
Early and heavy seasonal rains have caused severe flooding in several parts of South Sudan. In Pibor, Jonglei State, many people have taken shelter in and outside the school, which remains on dry land, for now.
Flooding and Conflict Drive Families From their Homes in South Sudan
Children in South Sudan face a double threat: climate change-related floods and rising levels of violence between armed groups.
Kids in El Salvador face multiple threats to their safety and well being, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inside Look: Coping With COVID-19 in El Salvador
A conversation with UNICEF El Salvador about supporting returning migrants and other vulnerable kids in the country during the pandemic.
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