Our CEO Has a Message for the Next U.S. President
"Dear Next President, Congratulations on landing the world's toughest job. Now I want you to take on the world's toughest crisis."
*** Revised data: The number of children forced from their homes by war and poverty — migrants, refugees, displaced — is now nearly 50 million. We are experiencing the largest humanitarian crisis of displacement since World War II.***
Thirty million children are on the run in the world today. How many is that? If you counted every kid in California, Texas, New York and Florida, it still wouldn't add up to 30 million.
They need food. They need shelter. They need education. Whatever labels you call them by—refugees, displaced, migrants—they are children first.
See Caryl Stern make her plea below and on Fusion.
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.
