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The UNICEF Child-Friendly Schools Initiative aims to provide an equal opportunity for all children within a safe and nurturing environment. Teachers and caregivers are trained to recognize children’s emotional needs and to encourage them to express themselves without fear. In Cambodia, schools of this model reflect many of the dramatic improvements the country has enjoyed over a generation.

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF has been selected as a candidate for funding from American Express through Members Project®, a partnership between American Express and TakePart. A win in this current round of voting could mean $200,000 for UNICEF child-friendly projects in refugee and displaced persons camps around the world. On-line voting has begun and is open to anyone who has joined Members Project.

After receiving many requests from high school students who wanted to be involved with UNICEF in their schools, the UNICEF High School Club program was launched last year.
UNICEF High School Clubs affirm the power of young people to make a difference and help UNICEF save children's lives. Clubs are a youth-led initiative that partners with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to educate, advocate, and fundraise on behalf of UNICEF's lifesaving work.

Less than 2 years after its founding, UNICEF’s Next Generation, a group for young professionals who are passionate about UNICEF’s work, has raised $500,000 to support UNICEF’s lifesaving programs around the globe and is launching its third program-specific fundraising goal to help mothers and babies in Ethiopia.

Hadassah Magazine has published a profile about U.S. Fund for UNICEF President and CEO Caryl Stern.
The article begins by sharing 2 family stories that shaped Caryl's outlook on life from an early age and ends with Caryl's advice to her peers: Everybody should change jobs at age 50!

The Executive Directors of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) today called on the international community to step up their support for the victims of the ongoing floods in Pakistan.

Today, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced a two-year, $1.25 million commitment by The UPS Foundation; bringing the organization’s total support for UNICEF to $2 million for 2010 and 2011, including $400,000 of cash and in-kind support for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. These gifts will support UNICEF's emergency preparedness and rapid response as well as to expand existing projects aimed at building the capacity of UNICEF and national counterparts in logistic activities.

Angita Emerentienne, age 9, lives in Marolondo, Madagascar. She has been studying in a tent since her classroom was destroyed by a cyclone in 2008. This week's Monday photo was taken on the first day of the new school year. This is what Angita had to say:

Some things change: I will be in third grade this year.

UNICEF and IKEA are partnering to promote a new treatment for children with diarrhea, saving thousands of lives in India. Loss of essential nutrients from diarrhea leaves children vulnerable to attacks of pneumonia, malaria and other deadly diseases, but 88% of global deaths from diarrhea are entirely preventable.

Kate Weber leads the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's partnerships with NGOs.

On July 22, in the midst of a New York summer, we welcomed Al Brandel, Immediate Past Chairman of Lions Clubs International Foundation, and Bob Klein, Past International Director of Lions Clubs International and Lions' NGO Representative to the UN, to the U.S. Fund's office. They presented our president Caryl Stern with a check in the amount of $39,468.62 to fund UNICEF's innovative School-in-a-Box program.