They also have a recent report on the "State of the World’s Children" you can read. Click here.

WHAT IS UNICEF?  The official name of UNICEF today is the United Nation’s Children’s Fund.

UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path.

UNICEF’s work is carried out in 191 countries through country programs and National Committees.

Click here to find out more.

What your money can buy

You may think that your contribution won’t make that much of a difference in the world. You’re wrong! Take a look at this (direct from the UNICEF web site) and see that even the smallest amount can make a big difference in a child’s life.

• $3 can buy a large wool blanket to protect a child from the cold during an emergency.
• $17 can immunize a child against the 6 major childhood diseases.
• $54 can buy 150 sachets of PlumpyNut, a ready-to-eat therapeutic spread to nourish children with acute malnutrition.
• $100 can buy a kit with enough materials to test 100 children for the Hepatitis-B virus.
• $500 can buy a year’s supply of antiretroviral medicine for an HIV-positive child under three-years-ol

If you’d like to donate directly, go to the UNICEF web site at www.unicef.org/