General Facts
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNICEF considers this to be the greatest obstacle to education
poverty
Good health is considered to be one of the seventeen of these goals listed by the UN
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This document is an international treaty that outlines the rights of children worldwide.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
UNICEF’s headquarters are in this city
NYC
This fraction of countries around the world have reached gender parity (equal numbers of boys and girls) in primary education
more than 2/3
UNICEF supplies and provides this to children to prevent them from getting diseases.
immunization (vaccines)
UNICEF works to ensure all children have this important document that documents when and where they were born.
birth registration (birth certificate)
UNICEF has a presence in this many countries and territories.
Over 190
UNICEF supports the distribution of these school supply kits in emergency zones.
School in a Box
UNICEF works with WHO, Rotary and the Gates Foundation to eradicate this disease.
polio
The United Nations and world leaders codified rules and regulations relating to child rights in this year.
1989
What year was UNICEF founded?
1946
This many children received education in 2023 through UNICEF efforts
17.7 million (17 or 18 million)
UNICEF supplies vaccines to reach what percentage of the world’s children under five years old.
45%
The Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by this many countries.
196
UNICEF primarily receives funding from these two types of donors
governments and private donors
This is UNICEF’s initiative to ensure girls have equal access to education
"Let Us Learn" initiative
UNICEF distributes this vaccine to prevent a common childhood disease.
measles vaccine
UNICEF promotes this principle, ensuring children’s voices are heard.
child participation