In Africa and Around the World, UNICEF Is Changing Children's Lives
War. Drought. Famine.
We can give the children of Africa the support and protection they need. We can bring nutrition, health care, education — and hope.
Below, some highlights of the important work UNICEF is doing to help the children of Africa reach their full potential:
NUTRITION
- UNICEF delivers ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to millions of children at risk of starvation across Africa, including countries hit with unprecedented food emergencies such as Somalia, South Sudan and regions of Nigeria plagued by Boko Haram
- In 2017, UNICEF reached 3.1 million children suffering from severe acute malnutrition around the world
HEALTH
- In Ethiopia (above), UNICEF worked with partners to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus, saving newborns from a painful, preventable death
- In Burundi, where nearly half the population has no access to safe water and is so vulnerable to disease that the life expectancy is 43, UNICEF USA and Beyoncé's BeyGood4Burundi teamed up to build new water pumps across the country
EDUCATION
- A staggering number of children across Africa have been missing out on one of their basic rights in life: an education. UNICEF's Education in Emergency initiative in South Sudan provides safe spaces and educational materials to help displaced and refugee children to get back to learning
- In Nigeria (above), where almost 1,400 schools have been destroyed since the start of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009, UNICEF opened 38 temporary learning spaces, distributed 92,000 packs of educational supplies. More than 525,000 students have been enrolled in school this year alone.
Changing lives. Saving lives. This is hope.
UNICEF takes proven, low-cost methods that save children’s lives and makes them available regardless of income, ethnicity or location.
When you support UNICEF, you give mothers and children hope for the future. And your money goes to help the children who need help most.
89% of every dollar UNICEF USA spends goes directly to programs that help kids survive and thrive.
HOW TO HELP
There are many ways to make a difference
War, famine, poverty, natural disasters — threats to the world's children keep coming. But UNICEF won't stop working to keep children healthy and safe.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories — more places than any other children's organization. UNICEF has the world's largest humanitarian warehouse and, when disaster strikes, can get supplies almost anywhere within 72 hours. Constantly innovating, always advocating for a better world for children, UNICEF works to ensure that every child can grow up healthy, educated, protected and respected.
Would you like to help give all children the opportunity to reach their full potential? There are many ways to get involved.
