UNICEF in action

I remember when HIV/AIDS first entered our social conscience—it was a frightening illness. We have come a long way since then, and HIV/AIDS is no longer the death sentence it once was. Yet every year...

Tune in to World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline tonight on ABC for an on-the-ground report on the food crisis threatening the survival of more than 1 million children across the Sahel region of...

This post was written by the UNICEF Campus Initiative National and Alumni Councils. The UNICEF Campus Initiative National Council, founded in 2008, strengthens the Campus Initiative program and works...

Something as simple as access to safe water—which we often take for granted—can keep children from going to school. Not getting an education impacts a child’s entire life, often keeping him or her...

21,000 children die every day from preventable causes. We believe that number should be Zero . This statement is the driving force, the essence of all our work. It's the reason we strive to be agents...

Congratulations to UNICEF Ambassador and LA Laker Pau Gasol for the 2011-2012 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award . Named after the second commissioner of the NBA and presented annually by the...

Bentley Long is a U.S. Fund for UNICEF Southeast Regional Board Member. From the moment our plane touched down in Quito, Ecuador, I was impressed by the natural beauty of this country. I wondered why...

In her recent blog post, Caryl M. Stern , President and CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, wrote to join us to help every child achieve the milestone of a fifth birthday. Once children reach age five, they...

Last week, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF had the pleasure of hosting more than 300 board members, volunteers, and donors, along with corporate, foundation and NGO partners, celebrities, and media and U.S...