THE UNITED KINGDOM COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF

Activities  Additional information provided by charity

UNICEF UK's objectives are to fund and support the work of UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) which works for children in over 150 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the rest of the world. UNICEF UK works to support children affected by war, natural disasters, AIDS and every other kind of crisis, providing everything from the basics like therapeutic food for children who are malnourished, to immunisation, safe water, health, protection, education, counselling and support for those children affected by poverty or in difficulty. UNICEF UK also works to change attitudes and win support for children's rights worldwide by campaigning amongst the public and government in the UK and raising money from companies, grant-giving organisations and the general public.

Services Additional information provided by charity

• Provides care, support, protection, treatment and prevention services for children and infants affected and infected with HIV including AIDS orphans globally.
• Provides, supports and campaigns for good quality basic education to be available to all children globally, including focussing on those most likely to be left out of school, such as girls, very disadvantaged and hard to reach children.
• Provides and campaigns for child protection for all children, particularly focussing on the prevention of child trafficking, and the rescue and rehabilitation of those children who have been trafficked, forced into labour or made to be child soldiers.
• Provides and supports life saving health interventions for children including immunisation, therapeutic feeding programmes for those who are malnourished, access to clean water, prevention of malaria, and health education for parents and communities.
• Campaigns and raises the profile with the UK public, MPs, schools, heath professionals and policy makers on all aspects of the Convention on the Rights of the child, as well as promoting breast feeding and a variety of other child focussed issues.

Charity category Additional information provided by charity

Disability, Education & Training, General Charitable Purposes, Medical & Health & Sickness, Relief of Poverty

Beneficiary group Additional information provided by charity

• Infants, mothers and babies
• Pre-school children aged under 7 years old
• School age children aged 7 to 16 and UK school children aged 10 to 16 years.
• Young People, teenagers, young mothers aged 16 to 25 years old including UK young people involved in our campaigning work.
• Mothers, fathers, grandparents, care givers, teachers, health workers, social workers and volunteers

Area of benefit Additional information provided by charity

• Sub-Saharan Africa, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, East Timor, Grenada, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South East Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tsunami Affected, Vietnam.
• Latin America & The Caribbean, Argentina, Brazil, Belize, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay.
• Europe, Eastern Europe, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia & Montenegro, Turkey, Turkmenistán Ukraine, United Kingdom, UK.
• Middle East, North Africa, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Darfur, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, Worldwide.