UNICEF is not funded by the mandatory payments Governments make to the UN.  We raise our own funds through donations and partnerships, using each dollar to the maximum effect.
 
Thank you New Zealand for your commitment to children! We couldn't have done this without you!

2010 was a year full of natural disasters to which New Zealanders responded generously:

• The Haiti Earthquake struck in January affecting close to 1.5 million children, UNICEF was able to provide 720,000 young students with the resources they required.
• In August the floods in Pakistan resulted in UNICEF immunising nearly 10 million young children against polio and measles, while setting up 657 feeding centres to prevent child malnutrition!

Dramatic increase!

UNICEF NZ has been able to dramatically increase its contribution to children over the last 8 years.

In 2002, our income was $943,000. In 2008, it had grown to $7,124,000 providing a 656% increase from New Zealand to our overseas programmes.

This growth has taken some investment but the benefits for children are clear. 
 
UNICEF is unique in the way it works, offering donors the opportunity to make a difference at the community, national and international level. It is only by building capacity at all these levels that progress for children can be made around the world.

Progress has been made for children

Impressive progress in long term development projects and in responding to emergencies has been a hall-mark of the year.

UNICEF's publication "State of the World's Children" celebrated the fact that for the first time in modern history, the number of children dying before the age of five has fallen below 10 million. This number is still too high but progress is being made in many areas that impact on child survival - for example:

• More than 1.2 billion people gained access to improved drinking water between 1990 and 2004 through UNICEF's efforts.
• Vaccines now protect 75% of the world's children against major childhood illnesses, saving over 2.5 million lives every year.

At the local level in New Zealand, we assist with work in the areas of child abuse prevention and support for children affected by family violence, Child Friendly Communities, and encouraging Government and their Ministries to develop and implement policy and practice that provide the best outcomes for New Zealand children.

We couldn't have done it without you!

UNICEF is the world's largest development and emergency agency dedicated to children and mothers, and all of this is possible because of the voluntary (we are not funded by the UN) donations of the public, corporations, institutions and governments.

On behalf of UNICEF I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to all our partners who have united with us in our global outreach to provide hope and opportunity through the provision of water, immunization, education and safety to millions and millions of children.

If you have questions regarding any of this information please contact our office:
 
Dennis McKinlay 
Executive Director 
UNICEF NZ 

Download a PDF of our 2010 accounts