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UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF

No. 1, 2011

The Power of School

Saving Lives and Futures

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A Message from the U.S. Fund Board Chair and President

Dear Friend of UNICEF,

Every day, you help us to be the voice of the worlds children. Its not always easy. This Earth can be a loud place.

But you have shown over time that you know how imperative it is that children are heard, that their needs are

addressed, that they are protected and given the opportunities for health and education they all deserve.

The one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake was a stark reminder of just how essential it is to put children

center stage (see p. 3). UNICEF believes that children must be at the heart of the recovery in Haiti to ensure

meaningful transformation and lasting progress. The generation of children we are helping in Haiti now will

become the adults who lead their country away from its cycle of poverty and unfullled potential. We have been

awed by their resilience and determination despite all they have lost in the last year to get the education

they know they need to elevate their lives, and their country. With your support, we will continue to help Haitis

children attain that education.

The core benets of a good education are no mystery. But a recent study published in The Lancet shows, in a

very concrete way, that education can actually make an entire nation healthier. The study found that increases in

girls education over the last 40 years are responsible for about half of the drop in global under-ve child mortality

(see feature p. 10). Findings like these reinforce why it is so crucial to improve all aspects of childrens health and

well-being. And why UNICEF is not just a relief agency it is a relief, recovery, child survival, and development

agency. UNICEF is there long before any disaster strikes, and doesnt leave when the emergency is over.

Despite our countrys still-difcult economy, you have continued to show unagging generosity toward vulnerable

children worldwide. You can be justly proud that, while charitable giving is still suffering a nationwide slump,

donations to the U.S. Fund are not. We are grateful that you and so many new donors recognize UNICEF and

the worlds children as an invaluable investment. Thank you.

P.S. To further lend your voice to Haitis children, please visit UNICEFHaiti365.org.

Anthony PantaleoniBoard Chair

Caryl M. SternPresident and CEO

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Produced by the Department o Editorialand Creative Services

Executive EditorMia Drake BrandtManaging EditorAdam Fifeld

Art DirectorRachael Bruno

Assistant Managing EditorJen BanburyContributing EditorEileen Coppola

Contributing WriterKevin Cavanaugh

DesignerMelissa Axelrod

Copyright 2011U.S. Fund for UNICEF.All rights reserved.

U.S. Fund or UNICEF Board o Directors

Honorary Co-ChairsGeorge H.W. BushJimmy CarterWilliam J. Clinton

Chair Emeritus

Hugh Downs

ChairAnthony Pantaleoni

Vice ChairPeter Lamm

PresidentCaryl M. Stern

SecretaryGary M. Cohen

TreasurerEdward G. Lloyd

Honorary DirectorsSusan V. BerresordJames H. Carey

Marvin J. GirouardAnthony LakeJohn C. Whitehead

Honorary MembersJoy GreenhouseHelen G. JacobsonSusan C. McKeeverLester Wunderman

DirectorsAndrew D. BeerDaniel J. Brutto

Nelson ChaiGary M. CohenMary Callahan ErdoesPamela FioriDolores Rice Gahan, D.O.Bruce Scott Gordon

Vincent John HemmerPeter LammTa LeoniBob ManoukianAnthony PantaleoniAmy L. RobbinsHenry S. SchleiKathi P. SeiertCaryl M. SternJim WaltonSherrie Rollins Westin

In This Issue

1013 Feature: The Power

o School Saving Lives

and Futures

24 UNICEF in the Field

46 Inside the U.S. Fund

7 Donor Activities at Home

and Abroad

89 Field Visits

1415 Partner Profles

Lorraine Nelson and

Bernard Taylor

16 Remembrance

Mary Emma Allison

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PAKISTAN

Though the ood waters that covered nearly one-fth of PAKISTAN and impacted more than 20

million people have receded, the emergency in

that country is far from over. Tens of thousands

of displaced families continue to make their way

home to the rural areas hit hardest. But their houses,

crops, and livestock their entire livelihoods

are gone. Much of Pakistan gets very cold in the

winter, and families are struggling to nd or build

shelter to keep their children warm. And theyre

facing the stark realities of starting their lives over

from scratch.

Since the early stages of the ood crisis, UNICEF

has been providing clean water to 2.8 million

people daily, and sanitation facilities to more than

1.5 million people. UNICEF has also helped immunize over 9 million children against

measles and polio. Nutritional supplements have reached nearly 300,000 pregnant

women and mothers with young babies, as well as malnourished children. And

through temporary learning centers, UNICEF has helped restore education for more

than 106,000 children.

To help children survive the winter, UNICEF has provided them with warm clothing

and blankets. However, millions of families still need safe drinking water, medicine, and

nutritional supplements. The scale of this remains massive, says UNICEFs Regional

Director for South Asia, Daniel Toole. The impact of the oods in Pakistan will be felt

for years to come, so the more we can do now the quicker children and families will

recover, and that means urgently needed funds to do our job better.

To support UNICEFs work in Pakistan, please visit unicefusa.org/Pakistan.

OTHER EMERGENCIESIn CTE DIVOIRE, a contentious presidential election

in November led to civil unrest and political killings,

forcing many to ee to nonviolent parts of the country

or to neighboring LIBERIA and GUINEA. UNICEF andpartners are helping these displaced children and families by

providing safe drinking water, food, shelter, sanitation, and

primary health services.

To enable children to continue their education following

recent ooding in BENIN, UNICEF is helping to distribute

more than 100,000 school kits and rehabilitate some of the

many schools destroyed.

Emergencies Update

U N I C E F I N t h E F I E l d

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Haiti One Year Later Dont Forget the ChildrenBy Kevin Cavanaugh, Senior Program Officer, U.S. Fund for UNICEF

In Haiti, the aftershocks from last years

calamitous earthquake may be long over but the aftermath is not. One million

people still live in tents. Mounds of rubble

still line the streets. Families still struggle

every day just to survive. All this, while a

cholera outbreak rages across the country.

This fall, I spent seven weeks in Haiti,

embedded with UNICEF staff. It was

one of the most wrenching and inspiring

experiences of my life.

The challenges are immense, but they

should not overshadow the results thatUNICEF and its partners have been able to

achieve. Among them: 2 million children

immunized against deadly diseases;

more than 1.2 million Haitians provided

with clean water soon after the quake;

some 720,000 students given educational

support; over 94,000 children cared for

at 369 UNICEF-supported child-friendly

spaces. Much of this was made possible

by the generosity of American donors,

and that generosity is still at work.Every single day, under extremely

difcult and rapidly changing conditions,

UNICEF is still saving lives in Haiti.

The staff members are some of the most

seless, honorable people I have ever met.

Many have endured hardships and losses

of their own, yet their dedication to Haitischildren is boundless. I think about what

Haiti would be like without them, without

UNICEF, and thats when the signicance

of this work hits home for me.

It also hit home for a U.S. Fund

delegation that visited Haiti in October.

I greeted U.S. Fund President and CEO

Caryl M. Stern at the airport in Port-au-

Prince. It was her second visit to Haiti

in 2010. Her rst trip, a month after

the quake, had been a jarring one. Thistime, she encountered very different

circumstances there were signs of

progress everywhere.

Caryl was accompanied by Jim

Coughlan from UPS, Maria Castaneda

from 1199SEIU United Healthcare

Workers East, and NBA Global

Ambassador Dikembe Mutombo

(pictured at right). They all arrived

with open minds and hearts, eager to

interact with people and especially withchildren. One afternoon, Dikembe played

basketball with several kids. They had

never seen someone so tall, and Im sure

theyll always remember the day they

played with an NBA great.

Field visits allow UNICEF supporters

an intimate look at the impact of theirdonations. Each trip is also a lesson

in patience, humility, and the kind of

optimism that doesnt waver in the face

of adversity and, this time, the children

we met were our greatest teachers.

Haitis children mustnt be forgotten

or underestimated. They understand the

hardships. Yet they smile and play. They

remain stubbornly hopeful. At a UNICEF-

supported child-friendly space, we were

all invited to dance and clap. Every singleone of us joined the circle of children. It

was impossible to say no.

To support UNICEFs work in Haiti, please visit

UNICEFHaiti365.org.


You can take action at UNICEFHaiti365.org and

stand with the children of Haiti year round. Sign

up to receive alerts on issues aecting Haitis

youth and to learn how you can help. Youll also

nd rst-person accounts from children in Haiti,

and youll be able to join the Voices of Haiti

gallery by creating a video expressing your sup-

port. Lets keep children center stage as Haiti

rebuilds and recovers. Lend your voice today at

UNICEFHaiti365.org.

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Protecting Babies from HIV

HIV/AIDS takes an appalling toll on infants.

Every day, more than 1,000 babies worldwideare infected with HIV during pregnancy, labor,

delivery, or breastfeeding. Most are in sub-

Saharan Africa. Without medical aid, at least

half of these babies will die before age two.

UNICEF has come up with an innovative

way to combat this devastating crisis: an amaz-

ing little take-home box called the Mother-

Baby Pack, which contains all the drugs and

antibiotics needed to halt transmission of the

virus from mother to child and to protect the

infant in the crucial weeks following birth. Themedicines are separated into three color-coded

containers corresponding to three time peri-

ods: pregnancy, labor and delivery, and post-

delivery. Based on an idea pioneered by health

workers in Lesotho, the Mother-Baby Pack was

created by UNICEF in collaboration with the WorldHealth Organization, UNITAID, and other partners.

Women and infants receiving treatment to pre-

vent mother-to-child transmission of HIV must

make frequent visits to health clinics. But for many

impoverished women in remote areas, making re-

peated trips to a clinic is arduous, if not impossible

so the portable pack is a lifesaver. Launched in

Kenya in October by UNICEF Executive Director

Anthony Lake, the Mother-Baby Pack is also be-

ing rolled out in Cameroon, Lesotho, and Zambia.

A new report by UNICEF and several partnersestimates that mother-to-child transmission of HIV

can be virtually eliminated by 2015, if efforts are

stepped up to reach the most marginalized women

and babies with this and other interventions.


I N s I d E t h E U . s . F U N d

So Much Good in One NightIn decorating Cipriani 42nd Street for the

November 30th Snowake Ball, UNICEF

Ambassador Vern Yip of HGTV suspended

22,000 individual twinkling lights from the

ceiling to represent each of the 22,000 chil-

dren who die every day from preventable

causes. That decorative touch said so much

about the ball itself: both are at once daz-

zlingly beautiful and deeply meaningful.

Five hundred UNICEF supporters at-

tended the Snowake Ball, which raised

more than $2.4 million including

$500,000 from a live auction toward

programs and supplies that will make a

difference for children all over the world.

George Harrisons widow Olivia Har-

rison received the Spirit of Compassion

Award, and Haiti Representative Franoise

Gruloos-Ackermans was honored with the

Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award on

behalf of all the UNICEF Haiti staff.

Attendees enjoyed

not just lively hosting

by Paula Zahn, but

also performances by

Rockjazz pianist ELEW

and Fistful of Mercy,

featuring Ben Harper,

Dhani Harrison (son

of George and Olivia

Harrison), and Joseph

Arthur. UNICEF Am-

bassador Marcus Sam-

uelsson and Wolfgang

Puck created a wonderful menu. Most

essential to the success of this great event

the money raised will provide lifesaving

aid for children around the world.

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In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina viciously

battered the Gulf Coast, the U.S. Fundfor UNICEF coordinated the delivery of

School-in-a-Box and recreation kits to chil-

dren in affected areas. It was the rst time

UNICEF had responded to an emergency

on American soil.

The kits were delivered quickly and

efciently, thanks in great part to the gen-

erosity and expertise of

UPS. Using its extensive

supply chain network,

the global shippingcompany transported

the kits, free of charge,

to U.S. Fund partner or-

ganizations in several

states. UPS also paid fees

for supplies coming from

UNICEFs Copenhagen

warehouse, and provid-

ed its services to pick up shipments and

distribute them to their nal destinations.

This crucial in-kind assistance helped chil-dren whose lives had been roiled by chaos

reclaim a semblance of normality.

A UNICEF partner for over ten years,

UPS has stepped up on numerous oc-

casions to aid children and families im-

periled by disaster. After Haitis colossal

earthquake in January 2010, more than 100UPS and UNICEF volunteers packed and

transported aid kits for 50,000 displaced

and vulnerable Haitian children. UPS and

UNICEF joined forces again in July to

transport relief supplies for refugees in

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Theres no better way to utilize UPSs

logistics leadership and ex-

pertise than to aid children

during disasters, said Dan

Brutto, President of UPS In-ternational and a U.S. Fund

for UNICEF National Board

member. Our presence in

215 countries and territories

combined with UNICEFs

expertise in providing aid

enables essential supplies to

be delivered to the worlds

most vulnerable.

Brutto and his family visited Vietnam

in August 2010 to see UNICEF in action,and in October, Vice President of the UPS

Global Solutions group Jim Coughlan ac-

companied U.S. Fund President and CEO

Caryl M. Stern on a trip to Haiti.

In 2010 and 2011, The UPS Founda-

tion provided $2 million in support for

UNICEF, including $400,000 in cash and

in-kind assistance for UNICEFs Haiti relief

efforts. The contribution will also strength-

en UNICEFs emergency preparedness

and build capacity in logistic activities as

well as establish a humanitarian response

fund to help UNICEF quickly mobilize re-

sources anywhere in the world. Over the

years, the Foundation has awarded grantsfor UNICEFs emergency programs in the

Asia-Pacic region, Mozambique, and

other areas, and has also funded girls

education programs and the delivery of

School-in-a-Box kits.

Shelter from the Storm: UPS Provides InvaluableSupport for UNICEF Emergency Response

The Danny Kaye Society

Danny Kaye once said, I believe deeplythat children are more powerful than oil,

more beautiful than rivers, more precious

than any other natural resource a country

can have. I feel that the most rewarding

thing I have ever done in my life is to be

associated with UNICEF. Danny Kayes

work on behalf of children and UNICEF

was nothing short of extraordinary. In hon-or of his commitment to children, and with

the support of his daughter Dena Kaye, the

U.S. Fund recently changed the name of its

Legacy Society to the Danny Kaye Society.

Like Danny Kaye, members of the Soci-

ety believe in creating a lasting legacy for

children. You become a member when you

include the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in yourestate plans. By having the foresight and

leadership to invest in the survival and de-

velopment of vulnerable children, Danny

Kaye Society members help save and im-

prove the lives of generations to come.

For more information, please visit unicefusa.org/

giftplanning or call Karen Metzger at 866-486-4233.


Theres no better

way to utilize UPSs

logistics leadership

and expertise than

to aid children

during disasters.

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U.S. Fund corporate partners who par-

ticipated in the UNICEF Gifts that GiveBack campaign spread far more than

glad tidings and good cheer during the

last holiday season. Gucci, IKEA, FEED,

H&M, and other companies provided

signicant support for UNICEF programs

aiding the worlds neediest children.

Gucci announced a $1 million donation

to UNICEFs Schools for Africa initia-

tive in honor of the companys partner-

ship with UNICEF and the launch of the

new Gucci childrens collection. In addi-tion, Gucci Timepieces pledged a dona-

tion of $70,000 to mark the launch of a

new special model of the U-Play watch.

The company also continued sales of the

Gucci for UNICEF Sukey bag, designed

by Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini.

The bag is being sold in stores in 20 coun-

tries and at Gucci.com until February 28,

and Gucci is donating 25 percent of the re-

tail price to support Schools for Africa. (To

learn more about this education initiative,please see page 12).

Committed to helping children every-

where receive a quality education, IKEA

once again launched its annual soft toy

campaign to benet UNICEF. For each toy

sold between November 1 and Decem-ber 24, IKEA made a donation of 1 euro

(approximately $1.36) to be split between

UNICEF and Save the Children. The pro-

motion generated more than $10 million

for UNICEF education programs, bring-

ing the total raised through IKEAs soft

toy campaign during the past 7 years to

over $41 million. The program has helped

over 8 million children in more than 40

countries.

A charitable company whose missionis to create good products that FEED the

world, FEED Projects is helping UNICEF

combat malnutrition. For every FEED 1

Guatemala pouch and FEED 3 Guatemala

bag sold at Lord & Taylor stores in the

U.S. and online, FEED Projects is donat-

ing $3.50 and $10.50, respectively, to the

U.S. Fund for UNICEF, to help UNICEF

provide micronutrients for Guatemalan

children.

During the holiday season, at H&Mstores in 30 countries around the world,

customers were invited to make a dona-

tion at the register to support UNICEF

water programs. Based on the amount

given, customers received one or a pack of

six specially designed H&M holiday gift-box stickers.

To learn more about special promotions from

U.S. Fund corporate partners, please visit

unicefusa.org/partneroffers.

Gifts That Give Back

When You Take Water, Give Water

If you tuned in to Bravos Top Chef

Masters last season, you witnessed Chef

and UNICEF Ambassador Marcus Samu-

elsson win the grand title and $100,000

to benet the UNICEF Tap Project. Since

its creation in 2007, the Tap Project has

grown tremendously each year, raising

nearly $2.5 million to provide millions

of children and families with safe and

clean water. This year celebrities have

joined our cause and are even donating

samples of their own tap water to help

raise awareness of the world water crisis.

Their message? Water is health, water is

life, and water is worthy of celebration.

You can be a part of the UNICEF Tap

Project just by dining at a participating

restaurant during World Water Week,

March 2026, and donating $1 or more

for the tap water you would normally

drink for free. Or you can get involved

by signing up as a UNICEF Tap Project

volunteer.

For all the information you need including

details about how you can win celebrity tap water

please visit tapproject.org.

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Making a Difference

Southern California Regional Board member Christina Zilber (l.),

supporter Maryl Georgi, and celebrity chef Lulu Powers at the recent

Los Angeles Speakers Series luncheon.

Attending UNICEF Next Generations first annual Masquerade Ball were

(clockwise): Gloria Moncrief Holmsten, Anika Kreider, Danielle Abraham,

Emily Griset, Rebecca Sinn, Wendy Reyes, Krystal Sachs, Suruchi Ahuja,

Samantha Elfland, Ashley Weaver, Manish Vora, and Randolph Frazier II.

Shown at a UNICEF-supported school in Haiti in October are (l.-r.): Kevin

Cavanaugh of the U.S. Fund; UNICEFs Cifora Monier; U.S. Fund President

and CEO Caryl M. Stern; former school headmistress Erna Lambert; Maria

Castaneda of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East; and (at rear) Jim

Coughlan of UPS and NBA Global Ambassador Dikembe Mutombo.

Members of the 2010 Snowflake Committee who attended the ball

included (l.-r.): Deb Shriver, Eleanora Kennedy, Alicia Bythewood,

Charlotte Moss, Christine Stonbely, Hilary Gumbel, Ta Leoni, Pamela

Fiori, Rachel Hovnanian, and Claudia Lebenthal.

Shannon Harvey went on a recent U.S. Fund field visit to Peru with her

father, Midwest Regional Board Chair Paul Harvey. Shannon sits with

some of the children she met during the trip.

U.S. Fund Southwest Regional Board members Jill Cochran and Joyce

Goss (l.); Regional Director Sonya Renner; moderator Rick Halperin, Direc-

tor of Southern Methodist Universitys Human Rights Education Program;

and Susan Bissell, UNICEF Chief of Child Protection, at the inaugural

Speaker Series luncheon in Dallas.

doNor ACt Iv It IEs At homE ANd A broAd

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F I E l d v I s I t s

In October, U.S. Fund for UNICEF National

Board Vice Chair Peter Lamm, New EnglandRegional Board Chair Kaia Miller, and U.S.

Fund Senior Vice President of Program and

Strategic Partnerships Cynthia McCaffrey

visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mr. Lamm and Ms. Miller (pictured below)

provided the following account of the trip.

The Democratic Republic of the Con-

go (DRC) is a country of stark contrasts.

About the size of Western Europe, it has

fewer miles of paved roads than the State

of Delaware. Home to vast mineral re-serves, it is also one of the poorest coun-

tries in the world. It is spectacularly beau-

tiful, yet marred by appalling violence.

Great strides are being made in health

and education, including a recent signi-

cant drop in the countrys child mortality

rate yet one out of every six Congolese

children under age ve still dies from pre-

ventable causes. It is a place of enormous

problems and enormous opportunities.

We have both long wanted to visit theDRC and, in October, we nally got the

chance. We met some remarkable children

and families who are determined to over-

come unbelievably difcult circumstan-

ces. And we saw how UNICEF is helping

them not only survive, but also seize a

brighter future.

After a three-hour

drive from the capi-tal city of Kinshasa,

we met members of

a community who

had created what is

known as a healthy

village. UNICEF

supports healthy

villages through-

out the DRC by

providing essential

materials and tech-nical advice to build

in-home toilets, es-

tablish a clean water

source for the village, and use mosquito

nets in every home. A local health worker

described the results of these efforts to us:

a dramatic drop in deaths from diarrhea

and malaria. In fact, UNICEF has helped

establish about 500 healthy villages

throughout the DRC at a cost of rough-

ly $5,000 for every 900 families yet thisrepresents only a fraction of communities

in need.

Signs of progress were everywhere

during the trip, including at a UNICEF-

supported temporary preschool in a Goma

refugee camp. Throughout the DRC, three

out of four children are now getting an ed-

ucation a 23 percent increase

since 2000. Even more impres-

sive, there are almost equal

numbers of girls and boys in theclassroom. At the Goma school,

the children greeted us some

excitedly, some warily, some

crying for their moms (who

were luckily right outside). And

then they put on a stirring per-

formance singing, clapping,

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

reciting poetry that offered a glimpse

into the extreme hardships they had faced.

Many had been uprooted from their homes

by violence and had witnessed terrible acts

of brutality. Now these girls and boys have

a chance at a better life, thanks to the com-

mitment of their families and UNICEFs

support.At a center for the rehabilitation of for-

mer child soldiers, we met about 50 teenage

boys who had been abducted from their

homes and forced to ght. Despite all that

had happened to them, they had beaming

smiles and infectious energy. They told us

their aspirations to become a football

player, President, a UNICEF worker. And

to live a life free from war.

UNICEF has provided training, guid-

ance, and supplies for this dynamic pro-gram since it opened in 1986. Thousands

of boys have been rehabilitated, relearn-

ing skills and behavior essential for reinte-

gration into their families and communi-

ties. As we left, the boys formed a circle to

sing, dance, and thank UNICEF for being

with them when they needed it most.

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F I E l d v I s I t s

In August, U.S. Fund for UNICEF support-

ers and staff traveled to Peru for a parent-childeld visit to give families an opportunity to

experience UNICEFs work together. Nicole

Sheindlin and her son Alexei, and Beth Weir

and her son Alexander were among those

on the trip, and they provided this account.

(Alexei is pictured bottom right; Alexander

is bottom left.)

NICOLE SHEINDLIN: We were on a

bus, headed into the mountains. The road

wound up and up. Eventually, the bus

could go no farther and we walked the restof the way to reach the

small village of Chumpe

on the mountaintop.

Earlier that morning,

we had heard from local

health ofcials about how

they are working with

UNICEF to provide pre-

natal care, nutritional

support, and other health

services to families in thearea. But the contrast be-

tween hearing about these programs and

experiencing what it takes to make them

work was amazing. The logistical chal-

lenges alone are huge. In Chumpe, there

are no roads, and the villagers live scat-

tered all around the mountain.

When we arrived at the village, welearned how local health workers keep

track of the households and the needs

of the children, using a simple, effective

chart. They knew which children were

in danger of being undernourished or

had special medical needs, which women

were pregnant I was in awe of how well

run everything was.

We sat outside briey with the villages

children. It was incredibly cold, and the

wind was whipping hard. My son Alexeisat down next to a boy

whose shoes were falling

apart the boys toes

were sticking out. Alexei

looked at this boys feet

and turned to me and we

caught each others eye.

He didnt say anything,

but I knew he was think-

ing, Why?

It was incredible tosee just how little these

people had. And to know that, because of

UNICEF, they did have help.

BETH WEIR: In another village, we

presented children at the local school with

winter clothing we had brought. Theres

an increased mortality rate among the

children in this area because they dont

have the proper clothing for the freez-

ing winters. And even within the school

there were real socioeconomic differ-

ences some of the children were much

more ragged and were just clearly strug-

gling. When a soccer game broke out, my

son Alexander made an effort to include

those children he was kicking the ballto them and talking with them. Playing

with those kids had an enormous impact

on him. We have poverty in our country,

but we have a strong infrastructure and

programs that are there to help. In those

remote villages, there really isnt anything

other than UNICEF. We all felt that, just by

being there with UNICEF, we were mak-

ing a difference.

We came away from the trip realizing

that whatever you do through UNICEFmatters. Whether its pennies you collect

at Halloween or large checks you send;

whether its giving enough for a sweater

or paying to build an entire school any-

thing you do helps these children. They

have so little, the smallest assistance can

change their lives.

Peru

We came away

from the trip

realizing that

whatever you do

through UNICEF

matters.

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F E A t U r E

The Power

of SchoolSaving Lives and FuturesBy Adam Fifield

Day in, day out, in the unrelent-ing sun, Peter Napari hacks at

the earth with a hoe. His wife worksby his side, a baby strapped to herback. On their subsistence farm innorthern Ghana, they harvest maize,yams, and cassava, trying to provideenough food for themselves and fourchildren. The family lives in huts thatMr. Napari built from mud.

As a child, he had glimpsed adifferent life when he attendedschool. But his father pulled him out

of the third grade, needing his helpin the elds. Had he completed hiseducation, he muses, my life wouldhave been better than this.

The consequences of missing outon school in northern Ghana are ex-treme, according to UNICEF GhanaEducation Ofcer Biikook GideonKonlan. Without an education, youhave no future, he says. You haveto till the land or become a laborerin the south and work on the cocoafarms or in the mines.

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Now, Peter Napari wants his daughterElizabeth to grasp the dream that eluded

him. Which is no small thing in a place

where girls traditionally help the family

in the elds until they get married. They

go on to have children of their own, often

at a very young age, and then struggleto care for them without even the most

basic resources. It is an oppressive cycle

of poverty, ill health, and illiteracy that

quietly traps generation after generation.

But it is a cycle that Elizabeth and her

father may nally break with help

from UNICEF.

A UNICEF-supported child-friendly

school in the Naparis village offers a safe,

nurturing environment. The facility in-

cludes separate toilets for girls and boys

and a new playground. Trained teachers

live in a dorm on site. Two wells installed

by UNICEF and its partners guarantee

that students and nearby residents have

safe drinking water. The wells fulll an-

other vital purpose: they free many chil-

dren, including Elizabeth, from the ardu-

ous daily task of hauling water from a

faraway stream.

Elizabeth performs other chores before

and after school. The loss of her labor is

still a big sacrice for her family. But Mr.

Napari is convinced his

daughters education

is worth it. Elizabeth

is good in school, and I

am determined to help

her succeed, he says.

She is well on her

way. In fact, Elizabeth

is the rst member of

her family in genera-

tions to nish primary

school. Now in junior high, the shy but

self-assured twelve-year-old plans on

becoming a doctor, she explains,

because there is no hospital or doctor in

this village.

Why Educating Girls Is a

Matter of Life and DeathGoing to school alleviates hardship and

unlocks new and transformative possibili-

ties. Education is also a basic human right,

and UNICEF strives to ensure that all chil-

dren have an equal opportunity to learn.

The world is closer to this reality than ever

before: school enrollment has doubled over

the past two decades. Yet, globally, some 69

million youths are still not enrolled in pri-

mary school, and they are among the most

disadvantaged children on Earth. More

than half are girls. There are also major

enrollment disparities

based on poverty, eth-

nicity, disability, and

HIV/AIDS.

Getting these chil-

dren into the classroom

is far more than a moral

imperative. It is, in the

words of UNICEF Sen-

ior Education Advisor

Dr. Changu Mannatho-

ko, a matter of life and death.

Many schools actually provide crucial

health care and also teach healthy behav-

iors. But the link between learning and

child survival does not end there. Educat-

ing girls is key and not just for the girls

sake. Children of educated mothers have a

far better chance of surviving than children

whose mothers never went to school. A

mother who has received an education will

likely have more money to buy medicines

and food, will know more about nutrition

and hygiene, and will make better use of

health services. For example, when moth-

ers in developing countries take their ba-

bies to health clinics, they are often handed

a chart with dates of follow-up shots and

visits. But you need to be able to read and

write to understand that chart, says Dr.

Mannathoko.

On average, the chances of a babys dy-

ing drop by between ve and ten percent

for each additional year of schooling the

(continued on page 12)

Without an

education,

you have

no future.

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The Power of School, continued from page 11

F E A t U r E

mother receives. In Ethiopia, child survival

rates are more than double for mothers

with a secondary education, compared

with mothers who have only nished pri-

mary school. Worldwide, about half of the

drop in under-ve child mortality over thelast four decades can be attributed to in-

creases in womens education, according

to a recent study published in the British

medical journal The Lancet and funded by

the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

More girls in school also means im-

proved maternal health and enhanced eco-

nomic and social development. This is a

powerful argument for girls education,

Dr. Mannathoko says. If you invest in ed-

ucation and if you invest in girls it hassuch a positive impact in so many different

areas.

But making sure girls get the chance

to learn is also an issue of basic fairness.

The rights of that girl are as important

as the overall advantages to society of her

going to school, adds Dr. Mannathoko.

At UNICEF, we are looking out for each

individual child, each girl and each boy, to

make sure they receive the benets of edu-

cation.Girls who are denied those benets

face not only poverty, illiteracy, and illness

but are more likely to suffer discrimi-

nation, exploitation, early marriage, and

female genital mutilation. The number of

girls in school has risen dramatically in

recent years, but a signicant gender gap

persists in many countries. As the leader

of the United Nations Girls Education

Initiative, UNICEF champions the rights

of girls, ghts discrimination, supportsgrassroots girls empowerment efforts, and

works with governments and partners to

promote gender equity in the classroom

and by extension, in society as a whole.

Schools for Africa

In Zimbabwe, Agnes Mutima is anxious that

the six grandchildren she looks after get

an education and that includes having

a safe, dry place to learn. She was thrilled

when the Schools for Africa program came

to her village to build a new school. When

it rained, these children were rained on

when it was cold, they were very cold, says

Ms. Mutima. This will now change, and they

will have a proper primary education.

In sub-Saharan Africa, one-third of all chil-

dren are deprived of the chance to go toschool. They miss out because of inadequate

school facilities and poor teacher training.

Poverty also forces children to drop out of

school early to help support their families.

And a lack of gender-separate toilets causes

many adolescent girls to stay home.

Schools for Africa is a partnership among

UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Foundation,

and the Hamburg Society that is giving mil-

lions of children with a special emphasis

on girls, children orphaned by AIDS, and

those living in extreme poverty tools for a

basic quality education.

Schools for Africa currently operates in 11 of

Africas neediest countries, where it is build-

ing and rehabilitating almost 1,000 schools;

training nearly 100,000 teachers; supplying

notebooks, pens, desks, chairs, and other

essential school materials; and making sure

the facilities have clean, safe drinking waterand separate bathrooms for girls and boys.

U.S. Fund for UNICEF partners that help

fund Schools for Africa include Gucci,

IKEA, Montblanc, and NBA star Pau Gasol.

We thank them and all who give to this

groundbreaking program.

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A Quality Education for Every Child

To knock down barriers to learning

for all children, UNICEF and its part-

ners train teachers, distribute learning

materials, and rehabilitate and build

schools. Every year, UNICEF delivers

education kits for millions of studentsand at least 100,000 teachers. For chil-

dren displaced by emergencies or con-

icts, it helps create schools in tents or

other temporary shelters and distrib-

utes School-in-a-Box kits, which pro-

vide all the tools

for an instant class-

room. The agency

also supports early

childhood devel-

opment and pre-school programs.

To bolster en-

rollment for the

most marginalized

children, UNICEF

lobbies govern-

ments and works

with local commu-

nities, and, in collaboration with the

World Bank, advocates for the elimina-

tion of school fees that are beyond thereach of many families. It also helps

families secure cash subsidies, on the

condition they allow their children

to attend school. These efforts have

ushered millions of children into the

classroom.

But once children are in school,

forces both beyond and within the

classroom walls still threaten to drag

them back out. In sub-Saharan Africa,

around 38 million children drop out

each year. Some are uprooted by con-ict. Some are from poor communities

and have to work. Some are subjected

to violence while in or near school.

Some leave because services and amen-

ities are woefully inadequate. Some

stay away because

they are adolescent

girls and have to

share toilets with

boys (if there are

toilets at all).Says Dr. Man-

nathoko: For

those children who

are already in

school, we need to

ask: Is the learning

environment nur-

turing to them? Are

they safe and secure? Have they been

provided with services they need?

To ensure that children receive notjust an education but a quality edu-

cation UNICEF pioneered the idea

of child-friendly schools. Providing

a safe and healthy environment in

which childrens rights are protected

A Second Chance

for Child LaborersKhaushaliya Kumari, fourteen, still ha

vivid memories of life as a child labor

er. Every day, after doing my morning

chores at home, I would go and carry

baskets of coal till the evening, she

says. Unloading coal from the truc

was always dicult.

Khaushaliya lives in the eastern Indian

state of Bihar, and her family is deeply

poor. With young siblings to feed

Khaushaliya was expected to help

bring in money. There was no time o

funds for school. But in 2009, the In

dian Government passed the Right o

Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, guaranteeing all children

the chance to go to school. Like so

many countries that work closely with

UNICEF, India recognizes the essentia

role girls education plays in the whole

nations health and well-being.

Shortly after the act passed, Khaushali

ya found herself enrolled in a specia

intensive program. She and other girls

who had been laborers stay full-time

in a residential center and receive

the individual attention they need tocatch up and eventually nish thei

elementary education. Now, UNICEF

is working with the Government o

Bihar on a program to reach all out-

of-school children with the suppor

needed to complete their education.

Before this, my life was very dicult,

says Khaushaliya. Now I study. I play.

we need

to ask: Is the

learning environ-ment nurturing

to them? Are

they safe and

secure?

(continued on page 16)

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When I was a little girl living in South

Africa, I remember seeing the police

chase down a very young African boy

because he stole a loaf of bread. At that

time the country was under apartheid

rule and there was no sympathy given

to the little boy, even though he was

stealing the bread to feed his family. Yes,

there are people who go without food

here in this country, but in some of the

countries Ive lived in and visited, chil-

dren scrounge through garbage dumps

for food on a daily basis, and schooling isnothing more than a dream. For most of

these children, just surviving is a miracle.

I remember a woman who worked for

my family in South Africa saying that in

her village, pregnant women sometimes

built little graves behind their huts be-

cause they didnt know whether their ba-

bies would be born alive or dead.

I was born in South Africa but lived

in a number of countries before settling

in the U.S. My father was a lawyer forthe Commonwealth Secretariat and was

deeply involved in human rights work,

and my mother was a teacher. They

raised my sister and

me to understand that

no matter how bad you

think you have it, peo-

ple in developing world

countries have it much

worse. When more than

half the world is starv-

ing, one should not turn

ones back and pretend

that it isnt happening

or rely on others to help.

Years ago, when my

husbands company

started to achieve some measure of suc-

cess, one of our rst discussions involved

each of us picking a charity in order to

start giving back. For me, the decision

was easy. UNICEF was, and always will

be, my rst choice. I always knew that I

would support it when I could, and my

husband wholeheartedly embraced the

idea. We both sincerely believe that it is

our responsibility to give back, and we

trust UNICEF to do this on our behalf.

If those of us who live comfortable lives

gave just a little each year, imagine how

many children could be saved.When theres a real crisis, whether its

a tsunami in Indonesia or an earthquake

in Haiti, UNICEF is always there to care

for the children. I also deeply support

UNICEFs work in vaccinating children

against childhood diseases that can kill

them before they even have a chance

in life, and I trust UNICEF and the U.S.

Fund to keep only the bare minimum

they need for administration costs, so

that nearly all donations go toward help-

ing children.

I am very fortunate that my children

and the children of everyone I know go

to bed each night with warm food in

their bellies and a roof over their heads.

I believe that should be the right of everychild in the world and that is why I give

to UNICEF.

4

P A r t N E r P r o F I l E s

Why I Give:Lorraine Nelson

For me, the

decision was

easy. UNICEFwas, and always

will be, my

first choice.

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P A r t N E r P r o F I l E s

Although I spent

part of my child-

hood in the fos-

ter care system,

Ive been fortu-

nate to raise a

wonderful fam-

ily and have a

successful career. Accordingly, it is very

important to me to provide boys andgirls with opportunities to succeed in life.

Many children in the United States

are struggling, of course, and I work

with and support organizations that

serve them. But in developing countries,

millions of children suffer unbelievable

hardships and struggle for survival.

It has been a natural transition for me to

try to help these children as well. I be-

lieve the best way to do that is through

UNICEF.During a 2008 visit to Madagascar and

a 2009 trip to Tanzania, I had the privi-

lege of witnessing UNICEFs work in the

eld. In both places, I was blown away

by the poverty but also by the straight-

forward way that UNICEF provides so-

lutions to problems, and how widely

respected UNICEF is in the developing

world. In Madagascar, for example, we

visited a village where UNICEF had in-

stalled a water pump, the only source of

fresh water in the village. On the day we

were there, the pump stopped working.

One of the members of our group was a

UNICEF engineer. He got on the phone

and began guring out how to get the

pump repaired. Before we left the next

day, it was xed. I encountered manyother stories like that during our visit. It

was amazing!

As an African-American, Im particu-

larly interested in Africas future. Seeing

how effective and efcient UNICEF is in

Madagascar and Tanzania and learning

about UNICEFs presence throughout

Africa has inspired me to do as much as I

can to help.

When I discuss UNICEF with people,

they understand that the need is great.

So the question becomes: where do you

get the biggest bang for your buck? I

tell them about my experiences and that

I have seen concrete results. For people

who want to really have an impact on the

lives of vulnerable children, UNICEF is a

very easy sell.I believe the most lasting way to help

a country or a society is to take care of

the children. Make sure that they survive,

that they have the basics, and that they

are educated. Then they will be able to

succeed, and to make their world and

ours better.

Why I Give:

Bernard Taylor

I believe the most lasting way to

help a country or a society is to

take care of the children. Makesure that they survive, that they

have the basics, and that they

are educated.

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F E A t U r E

6

Photo Credits

Cover: UNICEF/NYHQ2006-0403/Giacomo Pirozzi

P1: UNICEF/NYHQ2006-0449/Giacomo Pirozzi

UNICEF/PAKA2010-00497/Marta Ramoneda

UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2087/Susan Markisz

UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0013/Marco Dormino

P2: UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2475/Michael Kamber

UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2724/Marta Ramoneda

UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2736/Marta Ramoneda

P3: Fritz (Fito) Dambreville

UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2659/Roger LeMoyne

P4: UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2267/Christine Nesbitt

Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

P5: UNICEF/NYHQ2010-00273/Shehzad Noorani

P6: UNICEF/MLIA2009-00078/Giacomo PirozziUNICEF/UGDA2010-01011/Tadej Znidarcic

P7: Let to right: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images,

Lee Salem Photography, Fritz (Fito)

Dambreville, Julie Skarratt, Paul Harvey,

Nate Rehlander

P8: UNICEF/DRC/Kate Moore

U.S. Fund or UNICEF/Cynthia McCarey

P9: Dolores Rice Gahan

Dolores Rice Gahan

Nicole Sheindlin

P10: UNICEF/NYHQ2007-0867/Georgina Cranston

P11: UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2716/Marta Ramoneda

UNICEF/NYHQ2007-1359/Giacomo Pirozzi

P12: UNICEF/NYHQ2007-0966/Olivier Asselin

UNICEF/NYHQ2007-1642/Giacomo PirozziUNICEF/MLIA2009-00172/Giacomo Pirozzi

UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1474/Shehzad Noorani

P13: UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1279/Marta Ramoneda

UNICEF/NYHQ2007-2248/Roger LeMoyne

UNICEF/INDA2010-00084/Graham Crouch

P14: UNICEF/MLWB2010-124/Shehzad Noorani


P15: Courtesy o Bernard Taylor



P16: UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2776/Bruno Brioni

IBC: UNICEF/NYHQ2010-0750/Roger LeMoyne

Courtesy o Harriet Natsuyama

Envelope: UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2866/Julie Pudlowski

The Power of School, continued from page 13

and their voices heard child-friendly

schools are inclusive, staffed by qualied

teachers, and equipped with adequate re-

sources and facilities.The schools feature engaging, age-

appropriate curricula and foster parental

and community involvement. They also

often serve as hubs for a variety of basic

services, including vaccinations, feeding

programs, and child protection initiatives

for orphans and other vulnerable children.

There are now child-friendly schools in 99

countries. UNICEF designs child-friendly

school buildings and has helped several

governments incorporate child-friendly

principles into educational standards and

teacher development.

With UNICEF leadership, more chil-

dren are seizing previously unimaginableopportunities. Girls like Elizabeth Napari

are embarking on futures that would have

been impossible without recent progress.

Still, 69 million children remain exclud-

ed from that progress. Providing them

with a quality education will ultimately

save millions of lives, lift millions out of

poverty, combat malnutrition and disease,

protect children against abuse, stem the

tide of HIV/AIDS, help mothers survive,

and spur economic growth. The cost of

their continued absence from school? Not

one anybody can afford.

To support UNICEF education programs, please

visit unicefusa.org/donate/education.

Just days before the 60th anniversary of

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF (TOT) on Hal-

loween, the U.S. Fund was deeply saddened

to learn of the passing of Mary Emma Al-

lison, who co-founded this world-changing

campaign. Mrs. Allison was 93 and died on

October 27 at her home in Lowell, Indiana,

surrounded by friends and family.

On Halloween night in 1947, after hand-

ing out candy to an endless parade of chil-

dren, Mrs. Allison turned to her husband, the

Reverend Clyde Allison, and said: Its too

bad we cant turn this into something good.

Together, the Allisons did just that

and in a very big way. Mary Emma Allisons

simple, altruistic notion eventually grew into

Americas longest-running youth service

program. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has

empowered generations of children across

America and has helped UNICEF save mil-

lions of childrens lives around the globe.

Since its inception in 1950, TOT has raised

more than $160 million for UNICEF pro-

grams.

Reverend Clyde Allison died in 2009 at

age 91. Our debt to the Allison family is im-

measurable. On behalf of all the worlds chil-

dren whose lives have been saved because of

their amazing generosity and vision, we ex-

tend our most profound gratitude.

Remembrance Mary Emma Allison

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Danny Kaye SocietyThe U.S. Fundfor UNICEF

Recognizing Those Who Have Invested

in the Future of the Worlds Children

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peae cnac Kaen mezge -fee a (866) 486-4233, eai [email protected].

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we-paying j an accuuae a i f aing. Nw I wan upp

UNICEF iin gie cien, epeciay gi, e ae cance ie.

Im leaving money to UNICEF through my trust because I want

to return the git I was given to the whole world.

Harriet NatsuyamaDanny Kaye Society Member

(formerly the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Legacy Society)

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