UNICEF

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UNICEF

• Representatives
• John Wadsworth Chile
• Joe Schickling China
• Caitlin Courneen Indonesia
• Sheri Rose Mali
• Vanessa Keiffer Sri Lanka
• Kristi Haney Sudan
• Slava Mishalov Ukraine
• Maggie Amin United States

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UNICEF OVERVIEW

• United Nations International Childrens Education
  Fund
• In 158 Countries with 7,000 workers
• General Assembly of the United Nations delegates
  power to the UNICEF Executive Board
• 300 international athletes, celebrities, and
  artists act as Goodwill Ambassadors

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WHAT WE DO

• Child Protection

• Girls Education

• Immunization Plus

• HIV/AIDS

• Early Childhood

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WHY WE DO IT

• Children have rights
• The world has set goals for children
• Children demand a voice
• Poverty reduction starts with children
• The people of the world say Yes for children
• Children should not be dying from preventable
  causes

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UNICEF MISSION

• Provides essential medicine and vaccines to
  children
• Provides emergency supplies for children
• Educate children (especially girls) to improve
  their future
• Health education for mothers and children
• Provide AIDS education and care
• Protect children throughout the world

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CHILE

• Strengthening both demand and fulfillment of
  child rights in terms of legal protection
• Educational equity
• Eradication of child labor
• Aprox. 64,954 children between 12 and 17 years of
  age, work or are seeking work
• Promoting the participation of adolescents in
  UNICEF programs

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CHINA

• Natural disasters have hurt the child population
• SARS breakouts are heavy
• The maternal mortality rate is steadily dropping,
  causing infants to be murdered at a catastrophic
  rate
• Vitamin D deficiencies and malnutrition in the
  rural areas are becoming a large problem

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INDONESIA

• Aid in the prevention and treatment of illness
• Education for youth as well as programs for
  out-of-school youths and women
• Child protection from violence, discrimination,
  exploitation, and neglect
• Priority needs of women and child in times of
  natural disasters

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MALI

• One of 25 flagship countries for
• Girls education acceleration initiative
• Intensifying support to HIV/AIDS prevention and
  control
• Further enhancement of child-friendly poverty
  reduction policies

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SRI LANKA

• Supply education, water and sanitation
• Provide child protection through programs such as
  mine risk education
• Help with health and nutrition for women and
  children
• Address rights of women and children affected by
  armed conflict

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SUDAN

• An alarmingly low female literacy rate (50) and
  a low literacy rate for the overall population
  (61)
• AIDS/HIV education and intervention
• Disabled children and children born out of
  wedlock
• Reintegration of children soldiers back into
  society

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UKRAINE

• HIV/AIDS protection and intervention
• Supply health care to infants and encourage
  breastfeeding
• Immunizations for infants and children
• Help provide much needed iodized salt to help
  prevent Iodine Deficiency Disorders

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UNITED STATES

• The U.S. Fund for UNICEF works to advocate for
  the worlds children
• Increase awareness among the U.S. public of
  childrens needs
• Raise funds in support of UNICEFs work
• Aid with Education, Emergencies, HIV/AIDS,
  Immunization, Malnutrition

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ISSUES CONSIDERED

• SUDAN Female Literacy Rate
• Female literacy rate 50
• Total Population literacy rate 61
• CHINA Infant Mortality Rate
• Aid those infants that are ill, motherless, or
  malnourished
• Educate against the murder of children

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ISSUE CHOSEN

• CHINA
• The maternal mortality rate is steadily dropping,
  causing infants to be murdered at a catastrophic
  rate

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REASONING FOR CHOICE

• Intervention is needed to help stop the murder of
  defenseless children
• There are other alternatives to murder that need
  to be expressed to the adult population in China
• Give children a chance for a fruitful life

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SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS

• Education for mothers about childrens rights,
  health, and child care
• More health education about birth control methods
  and planned parenthood
• Educate about adoption and promote adoption as
  the first choice for unwanted infants (instead of
  murder)

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RESOURCES

• WWW.UNICEF.ORG
• WWW.CIA.GOV