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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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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, 14,000 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

Brothers Ahmad (left), 10, and Abdullah, 9, and their family, refugees from Syria, are facing another frigid winter in Jordan. UNICEF emergency cash assistance and winter clothing kits will help them survive.
Keeping Children in Jordan Warm, Fed and Learning This Winter
UNICEF has launched a $6 million winter appeal to meet the needs of children — including Syrian refugees — living on the edge in Jordan.
An Ethiopian refugee who fled fighting in Tigray province sits holding a child in a hut at the Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on November 16, 2020.
UNICEF Acts to Help Ethiopian Refugees in Sudan
As more and more people flee Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, UNICEF calls for support to help keep vulnerable children safe.
A mother feeds her year-old son at home in Paseban village, Central Java province, Indonesia, where UNICEF supports nutrition programs.
Averting a Lost COVID Generation: UNICEF's Six Point Plan
Armed with new data, UNICEF urges global coordinated action in six key areas to protect today's children from potentially irreversible harm.
Mohammed Moharram Sa'ad Al-Oshari smiles at his 2-year-old daughter, Bulgis, who is holding a packet of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, used to treat severe malnutrition.
Five Years of War + Pandemic Sends Yemen's Malnutrition Rates Soaring
Yemen's malnutrition crisis prompts UNICEF to issue an urgent appeal for support. Nearly 325,000 young lives are on the line.
Kids Asked: A Health Care Worker Answered
Johnson & Johnson and UNICEF help children in need around the world, inspiring kids in the U.S. to dream about how they can give back too.
Jawad, 22 (far right) and fellow Rutgers University UNICEF Club leaders at a UNICEF UNITE School Club event in Newark, New Jersey on March 4, 2020, just before the club shifted to virtual engagement to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus
Young Changemakers Are Shaping a Better World
For World Children's Day, a look at five young changemakers who are working with UNICEF to build a better future for all of us.
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