UNICEF New Zealand supports
child survival, protection and development
worldwide through education, advocacy and fundraising.
child survival, protection and development
worldwide through education, advocacy and fundraising.
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UNICEF provides lifesaving nutrition, clean water, education, protection and emergency response saving more young lives than any other humanitarian organisation in the world. This is how we do it:
UNICEF has helped develop simple, affordable, and innovative solutions to complicated problems. A few examples: birthing kits to help women have safe deliveries; oral rehydration salts to treat diarrheal dehydration in children; portable School-in-a-Box kits to make classes possible almost anywhere; and solar-powered cold storage units to transport vaccines to remote villages. We also led the expansion of an innovative HIV test for babies, which can now be conducted when a baby is just six weeks old rather than at 18 months. All of these are now in standard use by many humanitarian organisations, saving millions of children's lives.
Operating in more than 150 countries, UNICEF has a proven track record and the know-how and resources to get the job done. With its on-the-ground staff and one of the largest supply networks in the world, UNICEF is there with far-reaching programs that help children survive and thrive. And because of its ongoing global presence, UNICEF is always one of the first on the scene in a crisis, providing rapid emergency assistance in the critical early hours that can mean the difference between life and death for survivors.
With more than 60 years of experience saving children's lives, UNICEF has an extraordinary level of technical expertise that is backed by a network of highly skilled field staff and teams of professionals in public health, disease prevention, logistics, political systems, human rights, education and emergency response.
UNICEF works at the family, community, regional and country level—with direct access to policy makers and local organisations—to create lasting positive change in areas as far-ranging as maternal and child health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation, education and child protection. So trusted is the UNICEF name that in recent years, UNICEF and its partners have been able to negotiate ceasefire “Days of Tranquility” in a number of conflict areas—most recently between warring factions in Burundi and Sudan—to immunise children against killer diseases like measles and polio.
UNICEF uses its contributions wisely and is trusted as one of the most efficient non-profit organisations in the world. Every dollar UNICEF spends on low-cost, highly effective, sustainable solutions usually leverages additional dollars of support in bringing that project to scale.
Regardless of the complexities, politics, or the cultural issues at play, UNICEF can get things done. There is no social condition it won't work to improve, no logistical hurdle it won't try to surmount, and no system it is not willing to challenge. The mission will continue until no more children die needlessly, anywhere.
Helping Children Survive and Thrive
Thanks to UNICEF, the lives of millions of children around the world have been saved or transformed for the better.
Providing Education for All
Today, 88% of children are enrolled in school globally and there are 94 girls in primary school for every 100 boys.
During the last decade, UNICEF has enabled 900 million additional people to obtain access to safe water.
