Everything we do is guided by seven core values: reach, expertise, access, influence, innovation, efficiency, and resolve.

UNICEF's Reach

UNICEF operates in 192 countries. Almost anywhere you'll find children, you'll find us. With a global presence and one of the largest supply networks in the world, UNICEF delivers far-reaching programmes that help children survive and thrive.

UNICEF's Expertise

With more than 60 years of experience saving children's lives, UNICEF has an extraordinary level of technical expertise. This is backed by a network of highly skilled field staff, and teams of professionals in disease prevention, education, emergency response, human rights, logistics, pubilc health and politics.

UNICEF's Access and Influence

UNICEF works at all levels of society, from families and communities to regions and countries. We have direct access to policy makers and local organisations, and work with them to create lasting positive change in each of our focus areas.

So trusted is the UNICEF name that in recent years, UNICEF and its partners have been able to negotiate ceasefires in conflict areas so children could be immunised against deadly diseases.

UNICEF's Innovation

UNICEF has helped develop simple, affordable, and innovative solutions to complicated problems. Time Magazine declared our Digital Drum one of the best inventions of 2011. The Digital Drum is a rugged solar computer which will provide critical information access to Ugandan children and youth.

We have also developed 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. All of these are now in standard use by many humanitarian organisations, helping to save millions of children's lives.

UNICEF's Efficiency

We are always one of the first on the scene in a crisis, and stay long after to make sure the children are receiving their basic rights.

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 leverages $10 of value in the field. We are committed to our donors and to utilising their donations as efficiently as possible.

UNICEF's Resolve

Regardless of the complexities, politics, or the cultural issues at play, UNICEF gets things done. When it comes to saving children there is no social condition we won't work to improve, no logistical hurdle we won't try to surmount, no system we are unwilling to challenge. Our mission will continue until no more children die needlessly, anywhere.