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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), was assembled by the United Nations during World War 2. They provide mothers and children with long term humanitarian aid.

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Who chose the first charity Christmas card produced by unicef in 1949?

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The first charity Christmas card was produced by UNICEF in 1949. The picture chosen was painted by a seven-year-old girl, Jitka Samkova of Rudolfo, a small town in the former Czechoslovakia. The town received UNICEF assistance after World War II, inspiring Jitka to paint children dancing around a maypole, representing "joy going round and round."

What are the reasons to support UNICEF?

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Unicef is a highly acclaimed charity whose main goals are to promote the health, education, and all around well-being of children. It was made an official part of the UN in the 1950s, and was the first organization to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Donate to Unicef if you are interested in helping improve the state of children around the world.

How many people does unicef employ?

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UNICEF has 36 executive members.

What are challenges UNICEF faces?

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One of the hardest challenges for UNICEF is Somalia, because in Mogadishu, the capital there has been lots of fighting.

How much of every dollar donated goes to UNICEF charity?

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Not enough money makes it. the CEO draws a Salary of just under 500,000

What are the disadvantages of UNICEF?

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It's a United Nations organization. As such it ends up being a front for many of the UN efforts which may or may not be compatible with the interests of nations around the world.

Where is the unicef located?

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UNICEF is an agency that provides emergency food and healthcare to children and mothers throughout the world. Its headquarters is located in New York.

What does the world represent on the UNICEF flag?

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The UNICEF flag is blue and features a laurel wreath encasing a globe. The globe is overlaid by the silhouette of a woman holding a baby. Follow the "Related Link", below, to view an image of the flag.

Why did UNICEF form?

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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) was created on 11th December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War 2.

To achieve there goal. UNICEF goals are promoting healthy lives, providing quality education, protecting against abuse, exploitation (exploitation/corruption/use) and violence, and combating HIV/AIDS. UNICEF also vaccinates more than the world's children against childhood illness, malaria, AIDS and abuse.

What was the UNICEF in the United Nations?

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UNICEF was originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. It's official name is now United Nations Children's Fund. UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System . The current mission of UNICEF is to provide long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

When was the unicef establiched and by whom and where is it located?

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The United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF is an international organization. The United Nations established UNICEF on 11 December 1946

Roles of unicef?

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- Providing Basic Education Infrastructure to the world
- Increasing Child Survival rate in the developing world.
- Gender equality through education for girls.
- Protection of children from any form of violence and abuse
- Protecting and advocating the rights of children.
- Immunization of infants from different diseases.
- Provision of adequate nutrition and safe drinking water to children

What are the achivement of unicef?

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The achivement of Unicef is to help people around the world who is poor and that had been hurt by the war going on the world like Africa.

How does UNICEF help people?

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UNICEF helps by providing the essentials of food, shelter, clean water, and health care to millions of impoverished people in developing countries.

It addresses desperate needs from both general poverty, and from political consequences (refugees from war or ethnic conflicts). Children, especially those who are homeless or orphaned, are most vulnerable in these situations.

What is full form of unicef?

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Originally UNICEF was shortened from:

United

Nations

International

Children's

Emergency

Fund

Today it is still known as UNICEF but has the meaning The United Nations Children's Fund.