UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (originally United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) constitutes a United Nations programme which collaborates with United Nations organisations so as to provide humanitarian and developmental aid to children in developing countries. It was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, following the destructive aftermath of World War II, in order to provide emergency supplies and healthcare to minors. Today, UNICEF works in 192 countries to protect the rights of children and promote women and girls’ full participation in education as well as in political, economic and social life. Guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, its main mission is to advocate children’s rights and wellbeing by tackling poverty, violence, disease and discrimination against them, through governmental contribution and voluntary work, with the vision to provide children the opportunity to expand their potentials and promote international ethical standards towards them.
