UNICEF Basics
What does the acronym UNICEF stand for?
What is United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund?
UNICEF fights this form of inequality that affects girls in many countries.
True or false: Every child has the right to education.
What is True?
UNICEF provides supplies during emergencies. Name one.
What is tents, hygiene kits, vaccines, and blankets?
Name one simple way a school club can fundraise for UNICEF.
What is a Bake sale, coin drive, art sale, or bracelet sale?
What year was UNICEF founded?
What is 1946?
UNICEF delivers emergency aid in response to what types of situations?
What is natural disasters, wars, and conflicts?
UNICEF works to stop this harmful practice that forces kids into dangerous labor.
What is Child labor?
UNICEF’s blue logo includes what symbolic figure?
What is A mother and child?
Giving time to help UNICEF is called what?
What is Volunteering?
UNICEF originally provided emergency aid to children after which major event?
What is World War II?
This global issue keeps over 250 million children from basic reading/math skills.
What is lack of quality education?
This group of children is especially vulnerable — kids without parents or living away from home.
What is Orphans / displaced children?
UNICEF helps build these community facilities that support clean drinking water.
What is Wells?
This type of event helps spread awareness about an issue (e.g., water walk, poster campaign).
What is an Advocay event?
UNICEF operates under which larger international organization?
What is the United Nations?
UNICEF works to increase access to this essential resource — without it, children face disease.
UNICEF advocates for these safe spaces where children can receive care, learn, and grow.
What is child-friendly places?
UNICEF leads a global program providing life-saving vaccines. What is it called?
The Immunization Program / Gavi partnership
UNICEF Clubs in the U.S. focus on three pillars. Name one.
What is Advocacy, education, and fundraising?
UNICEF works in over how many countries?
What is over 190 countries?
This preventable disease still kills children in areas without vaccines.
What is Measles?
UNICEF’s work is based on a global document outlining rights for all children. What is it?
What is The Convention on the Rights of the Child?
UNICEF distributes these small packets that help treat severe malnutrition.
What is Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF)?
UNICEF USA’s student volunteers sometimes participate in campus campaigns that influence U.S. foreign aid decisions. What is the name of the U.S. government budget category that includes UNICEF funding?
What is the International Affairs Budget (also called the 150 Account).