experiences or cultivated new resources – and are willing
Partners for a bigger difference
to share them. Because it assists more than 150 countries and territories, UNICEF is well positioned to detect how
UNICEF works with a range of partners – including civil
nations can assist one another. Through UNICEF, finance
society groups, corporations, academic institutions and
ministries in Argentina and Ecuador began collaborating to
foundations – to deliver far-reaching results for children.
improve assessments of social investments in child welfare.
In 2010, it was a member of 81 global programme partner-
UNICEF facilitated an agreement with the Government of
ships. Drawing together public and private organizations,
Cuba to provide doctors in Haiti, where skilled profession-
these pursue specific objectives for children, such as end-
als are lacking. When the deadly cholera outbreak struck in
ing violence against girls through the Together for Girls
2010, the Cuban Medical Brigade was positioned to provide
Initiative and increasing vaccine coverage through the GAVI
nearly 1,300 medical personnel. UNICEF shipped in vital
Alliance. Partnerships with GAVI; the Global Fund to Fight
medical supplies to treat patients and prevent new cases.
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; UNITAID and others are leveraging significant funds in support of HIV prevention,
UNICEF continues to use communication campaigns to ed-
care, treatment and protection. UNICEF advocates that all
ucate people about child rights and to foster behaviours to
of these powerful collaborations pay increasing attention to
uphold them. A 2010 campaign in Cartagena, Colombia,
equity and sustainability.
called on tourism providers to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. They formed the
From service delivery to advocacy, diverse civil society or-
Protection Network, which seeks to prevent sexual preda-
ganizations have contributed to UNICEF’s work since the
tors from gaining access to victims and files complaints,
organization’s founding. In Mozambique, UNICEF helped
some of which have already resulted in legal action.
establish a Civil Society Budget Monitoring Forum that joined the Parliamentarian Budget and Plan Commission
In Ukraine, negative perceptions about immunization
in reviewing national budgets.
prompted a UNICEF campaign that used outdoor ads, TV and radio appearances, and Web outreach. Surveys in Kyiv,
In Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF joined the Inter-
with 5 million residents, found that in 2008 64 per cent of
Parliamentary Union to host a regional parliamentary con-
people opposed vaccinations, compared to 24 per cent after
sultation for members of 13 parliaments who committed
the campaign. Health workers gained insights on how to
to promoting child-sensitive social protection for vulner-
communicate effectively about the value of immunization.
able children and families. Under the Day of Prayer and
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Andorra National Committee for UNICEF
Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF
Polish Committee for UNICEF
Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited
Hungarian National Committee for UNICEF
Portuguese Committee for UNICEF
Austrian Committee for UNICEF
Icelandic National Committee for UNICEF
Belgian Committee for UNICEF
Irish National Committee for UNICEF
National Committee for UNICEF of San Marino
Canadian UNICEF Committee
Israel Committee for UNICEF
Slovak Committee for UNICEF
Czech Committee for UNICEF
Italian Committee for UNICEF
Slovenian Committee for UNICEF
Danish Committee for UNICEF
Japan Committee for UNICEF
Spanish Committee for UNICEF
Estonian National Committee for UNICEF
Korean Committee for UNICEF
Swedish Committee for UNICEF
Finnish Committee for UNICEF
Lithuanian National Committee for UNICEF
Swiss Committee for UNICEF
French Committee for UNICEF
Luxembourg Committee for UNICEF
Turkish National Committee for UNICEF
German Committee for UNICEF
Netherlands Committee for UNICEF
United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF
Hellenic National Committee for UNICEF (Greece)
New Zealand Committee for UNICEF
United States Fund for UNICEF
UNICEF ANNUAL REPORT 2010
Norwegian Committee for UNICEF