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Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF provides children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, protection, emergency relief, and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF’s work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States. Despite extraordinary progress, 21,000 children still die each day from preventable causes. Our mission is to do whatever it takes to make that number zero by giving children the essentials for a safe and healthy childhood.

May 18, 2012

Teaming up to turn the tide against malnutrition in Niger

Following failed rains and poor harvests Niger is now in the midst of its third nutrition crisis since 2005. But this time, humanitarian experts and government officials are optimistic that Niger’s communities will be able to withstand the food crisis better than in prior years. UNICEF has been supporting local companies to produce and supply ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) from within the country itself. With local suppliers UNICEF can now access lifesaving RUTF to help malnourished children faster than ever before.

May 16, 2012

Syrian refugee children struggle to come to terms with violence in their homeland

In a house outside Antakya in southern Turkey, parents fleeing the violence in Syria have set up a makeshift school for their children. For children, it’s the beginning of a new normality as the carnage grinds on in their homeland. But the school’s headmaster says many of the school’s 196 children are struggling to come to terms with the violence and loss, and that more assistance is urgently needed to help them reclaim their future. The children’s psychological state is especially tenuous, after having witnessed so much violence.

May 15, 2012

The Child Survival Revolution 2.0

Since 1970 global under-five deaths have fallen by more than 54%. Still 21,000 children die every day from preventable causes. UNICEF and partners are standing at the cusp of a new child survival revolution to leverage powerful new interventions to help every child achieve the milestone of a fifth birthday. Once children reach age five, they are far more likely to survive to adulthood. Join us to help more children achieve their fifth birthday.

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May 18, 2012

Congratulations to Pau Gasol

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May 18, 2012

Witnessing UNICEF’s work in Ecuador

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May 17, 2012

Q and A with an innovator of lifesaving therapeutic food

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