World Children's Day
The UN organization that is solely dedicated to children's welfare
What is UNICEF?
The full name of the organization that this club supports.
What is the United Nations Children's Fund?
This is the state of not getting enough of the right foods, often measured by a child being too short for their age, resulting in stunted growth.
What is malnutrition?
The four central areas of UNICEF's work are called the four pillars, including Survival and this related word that means to grow.
What is development?
Though UNICEF works globally, a huge portion of its emergency aid focuses on this continent, which is home to the country with the largest percentage of children.
What is Africa?
The day World Children's Day is celebrated.
When is November 20th?
The year the UN General Assembly officially established UNICEF.
What is 1946?
Stay hydrated! This important nutrient is what makes up about 60% of the human body's composition.
What is water?
The pillar concerning a child's right to speak up in society and have their views respected is known by this "p" word.
What is participation?
In 2023, UNICEF called the situation for children in this conflict-stricken Middle Eastern territory a "hell on earth' due to lack of food, water, and safety.
What is the Gaza Strip (or Gaza)?
This floral name, which represents love and peace, was initially given to the holiday now known as Children's Day in its first few years.
What is Rose Day?
While still in the acronym, in 1953, the 'I' and 'E' were dropped from the official full name to reflect that the organization's mission was no longer considered this word, but permanent.
What is an "international emergency?"
An infant is recommended to hve exclusive consumption of this subtance for the first six months of life.
What is breast milk?
This type of learning that takes place outside of a formal classroom setting, like skills training or vocational workshops.
What is non-formal education?
To provide an education in emergency zones, UNICEF created this physical kit containing chalkboards, books, and supplies that can teach up to 40 children.
What is School-in-a-Box?
This Central African country has the highest percentage of children in its total population worldwide.
What is the Central African Republic?
The UN's two main locations, New York and this Swiss city, both serve as the organization's headquarters.
What is Geneva?
This major food group, which includes chickpeas, lentils, and beans, is a vital source of protein for children in low-income countries.
What are legumes (or pulses)?
One of UNICEF's key goals under the Survival pillar is the elimination of this disease, often carried by mosquitoes.
What is malaria?
This South Asian country and neighbor to India is home to the world's largest refugee camp, where UNICEF provides aid to children from Myanmar.
What is Bangladesh?
In 1989, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world's children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - an international agreement on childhood. This is the current number of countries that have ratified this convention.
189
196
155
54
What is 196? More countries have ratified the Convention than any other human rights treaty in history
One of the 6 UN Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 that are focused on the rights and well-being of children.
Goal 1: No poverty, Goal 2: zero hunger, Goal 3: Good health and well-being, Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 5: gender equality, Goal 6: clean water and sanitation
Daily Double! This simple, life-saving intervention involves applying this type of salt-and-water solution directly to a child's skin to treat severe dehydration.
IV saline
Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)
Topical Magnesium Cream
Hypotonic Sugar Water
What is intravenous (IV) saline?
The term, also used in the Pledge of Allegiance, refers to UNICEF's holistic approach that views the rights of children as interconnected and interdependent, not standing on their own.
What is indivisibility?
This island nation in the Caribbean, struggling with armed gangs and political instability, has been the site of a major UNICEF humanitarian airlift to deliver life-saving supplies.
What is Haiti?