UNICEF : a brief history
By Serge Norguard. Filed in Blogathon, Personal |
Unicef [United Nations International Children's Fund] was established on the 11th of December 1946.Headquartered in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. A voluntarily funded agency, UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors. Its programmes emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965.
Unicef focuses on 5 main aspects, they are The primary educaion and gender equality,child protection, young child survival and development, and early childhood. Other aspects includes the child survival, child in the family and sports for development.
In the next posting, Serge will talk about Basic Education and Gender Equality.
Remember now Serge is blogging for Unicef and you can make a pledge here And there’s a contest as well.
On another note, Serge would like to introduce to you the Lit-Fuse who is thonning for Proliteracy and you can pledge here.
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Sunday, July 30th 2006 at 12:46 pm
=) Woo.
*huggeh*