All About UNICEF

 

All children deserve the chance to be happy and healthy, explore their world safely, and reach their full potential.

 

Yet the rights of millions of children are blocked by deprivation and discrimination based on factors beyond their control – their gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, place of birth or whether they live with a disability, for example.

 

When children do not have a fair chance in life, significant inequalities emerge between those who have the most and those who have the least. Those inequalities are passed from generation to generation in a vicious circle that has significant economic, political and social consequences – leading to an unequal and unfair world.

 

It doesn’t have to be this way.

 

With smart investments and targeted actions, every child can have a fair chance in life.

 

The United Nations Children's Fund is active in more than 190 countries and territories, and promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything they do. Together with their partners, they work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. They donate over 90% of their proceeds to their cause and programs all around the world.