UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF

No. 1, 2011

The Power of School

Saving Lives and Futures
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 world’s children. It’s 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 unfulfilled 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 Haiti’s
children attain that education.

The core benefits 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-five child mortality
(see feature p. 10). Findings like these reinforce why it is so crucial to improve all aspects of children’s 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 doesn’t leave when the emergency is over.

Despite our country’s still-difficult economy, you have continued to show unflagging 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 world’s children — as an invaluable investment. Thank you.

Anthony Pantaleoni Caryl M. Stern

Board Chair President and CEO

P.S. To further lend your voice to Haiti’s children, please visit UNICEFHaiti365.org.

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In This Issue

7 Donor Activities at Home

and Abroad

2–4 UNICEF in the Field

8–9 Field Visits

14–15 Partner Profiles

Lorraine Nelson and
Bernard Taylor
10–13 Feature: The Power
of School — Saving Lives 16 Remembrance ­—
and Futures 4–6 Inside the U.S. Fund Mary Emma Allison

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Emergencies Update
PAKISTAN
Though the flood waters that covered nearly one-
fifth 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 find or build
shelter to keep their children warm. And they’re
facing the stark realities of starting their lives over
from scratch.
Since the early stages of the flood 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 UNICEF’s Regional
Director for South Asia, Daniel Toole. “The impact of the floods 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 UNICEF’s work in Pakistan, please visit unicefusa.org/Pakistan.

OTHER EMERGENCIES
In CÔTE D’IVOIRE, a contentious presidential election
in November led to civil unrest and political killings,
forcing many to flee to nonviolent parts of the country
or to neighboring LIBERIA and GUINEA. UNICEF and
partners 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 flooding in BENIN, UNICEF is helping to distribute
more than 100,000 school kits and rehabilitate some of the
many schools destroyed.

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Haiti One Year Later — Don’t Forget the Children

By Kevin Cavanaugh, Senior Program Officer, U.S. Fund for UNICEF

In Haiti, the aftershocks from last year’s Many have endured hardships and losses Field visits allow UNICEF supporters
calamitous earthquake may be long over of their own, yet their dedication to Haiti’s an intimate look at the impact of their
— but the aftermath is not. One million children is boundless. I think about what donations. Each trip is also a lesson
people still live in tents. Mounds of rubble Haiti would be like without them, without in patience, humility, and the kind of
still line the streets. Families still struggle UNICEF, and that’s when the significance optimism that doesn’t waver in the face
every day just to survive. All this, while a of this work hits home for me. of adversity — and, this time, the children
cholera outbreak rages across the country. It also hit home for a U.S. Fund we met were our greatest teachers.
This fall, I spent seven weeks in Haiti, delegation that visited Haiti in October. Haiti’s children mustn’t be forgotten
embedded with UNICEF staff. It was I greeted U.S. Fund President and CEO or underestimated. They understand the
one of the most wrenching and inspiring Caryl M. Stern at the airport in Port-au- hardships. Yet they smile and play. They
experiences of my life. Prince. It was her second visit to Haiti remain stubbornly hopeful. At a UNICEF-
The challenges are immense, but they in 2010. Her first trip, a month after supported child-friendly space, we were
should not overshadow the results that the quake, had been a jarring one. This all invited to dance and clap. Every single
UNICEF and its partners have been able to time, she encountered very different one of us joined the circle of children. It
achieve. Among them: 2 million children circumstances — there were signs of was impossible to say no.
immunized against deadly diseases; progress everywhere.
To support UNICEF’s work in Haiti, please visit
more than 1.2 million Haitians provided Caryl was accompanied by Jim UNICEFHaiti365.org.
with clean water soon after the quake; Coughlan from UPS, Maria Castaneda
some 720,000 students given educational from 1199SEIU United Healthcare
support; over 94,000 children cared for Workers East, and NBA Global
at 369 UNICEF-supported child-friendly Ambassador Dikembe Mutombo
spaces. Much of this was made possible (pictured at right). They all arrived
by the generosity of American donors, with open minds and hearts, eager to
and that generosity is still at work. interact with people and especially with
Every single day, under extremely children. One afternoon, Dikembe played
difficult and rapidly changing conditions, basketball with several kids. They had
UNICEF is still saving lives in Haiti. never seen someone so tall, and I’m sure
The staff members are some of the most they’ll always remember the day they
selfless, honorable people I have ever met. played with an NBA great.







You can take action at UNICEFHaiti365.org and
stand with the children of Haiti year round. Sign
up to receive alerts on issues affecting Haiti’s
youth and to learn how you can help. You’ll also
find first-person accounts from children in Haiti,
and you’ll be able to join the “Voices of Haiti”

gallery by creating a video expressing your sup-

port. Let’s 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 worldwide
are 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. The
medicines 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 World
Health 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 partners
estimates 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.

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So Much Good in One Night

In decorating Cipriani 42nd Street for the Award, and Haiti Representative Françoise Puck created a wonderful menu. Most
November 30th Snowflake Ball, UNICEF Gruloos-Ackermans was honored with the essential to the success of this great event
Ambassador Vern Yip of HGTV suspended Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award on — the money raised will provide lifesaving
22,000 individual twinkling lights from the behalf of all the UNICEF Haiti staff. aid for children around the world.
ceiling to represent each of the 22,000 chil- Attendees enjoyed
dren who die every day from preventable not just lively hosting
causes. That decorative touch said so much by Paula Zahn, but
about the ball itself: both are at once daz- also performances by
zlingly beautiful and deeply meaningful. Rockjazz pianist ELEW
Five hundred UNICEF supporters at- and Fistful of Mercy,
tended the Snowflake Ball, which raised featuring Ben Harper,
more than $2.4 million — including Dhani Harrison (son
$500,000 from a live auction — toward of George and Olivia
programs and supplies that will make a Harrison), and Joseph
difference for children all over the world. Arthur. UNICEF Am-
George Harrison’s widow Olivia Har- bassador Marcus Sam-
rison received the Spirit of Compassion uelsson and Wolfgang

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Shelter from the Storm: UPS Provides Invaluable
Support for UNICEF Emergency Response
In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina viciously
battered the Gulf Coast, the U.S. Fund
for UNICEF coordinated the delivery of
School-in-a-Box and recreation kits to chil-
dren in affected areas. It was the first time
UNICEF had responded to an emergency
on American soil.
The kits were delivered quickly and
efficiently, thanks in great part to the gen-
erosity and expertise of
UPS. Using its extensive
supply chain network, There’s no better
the global shipping
company transported
way to utilize UPS’s
the kits, free of charge, logistics leadership
to U.S. Fund partner or-
ganizations in several
and expertise than
states. UPS also paid fees to aid children
for supplies coming from
UNICEF’s Copenhagen
during disasters.
warehouse, and provid-
ed its services to pick up shipments and
distribute them to their final 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-
The Danny Kaye Society
Danny Kaye once said, “I believe deeply
that 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 Kaye’s
work on behalf of children and UNICEF
U. S.
periled by disaster. After Haiti’s colossal
earthquake in January 2010, more than 100
UPS 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.
“There’s no better way to utilize UPS’s
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 UNICEF’s
expertise in providing aid
enables essential supplies to
be delivered to the world’s
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-
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
F un d
tion provided $2 million in support for
UNICEF, including $400,000 in cash and
in-kind assistance for UNICEF’s Haiti relief
efforts. The contribution will also strength-
en UNICEF’s 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 grants
for UNICEF’s emergency programs in the
Asia-Pacific region, Mozambique, and
other areas, and has also funded girls’
education programs and the delivery of
School-in-a-Box kits.
include the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in your
estate 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.
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Gifts That Give Back

U.S. Fund corporate partners who par-
ticipated in the UNICEF “Gifts that Give
Back” campaign spread far more than
glad tidings and good cheer during the
last holiday season. Gucci, IKEA, FEED,
H&M, and other companies provided
significant support for UNICEF programs
aiding the world’s neediest children.
Gucci announced a $1 million donation
to UNICEF’s “Schools for Africa” initia-
tive in honor of the company’s partner-
ship with UNICEF and the launch of the
new Gucci children’s 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 benefit 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 IKEA’s 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 mission
is 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. given, customers received one or a pack of
During the holiday season, at H&M six specially designed H&M holiday gift-
stores in 30 countries around the world, box stickers.
customers were invited to make a dona-
To learn more about special promotions from
tion at the register to support UNICEF U.S. Fund corporate partners, please visit
water programs. Based on the amount unicefusa.org/partneroffers.

When You Take Water, Give Water

If you tuned in to Bravo’s “Top Chef
Masters” last season, you witnessed Chef
and UNICEF Ambassador Marcus Samu-
elsson win the grand title — and $100,000
to benefit 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
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
March 20–26, 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.

of children and families with safe and restaurant during World Water Week,

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 D o n o r Ac t i v i t ie s at H o m e an d A b r oa d
Making a Difference
Attending UNICEF Next Generation’s 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; UNICEF’s 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.
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.
Southern California Regional Board member Christina Zilber (l.),
supporter Maryl Georgi, and celebrity chef Lulu Powers at the recent
Los Angeles Speakers Series luncheon.
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, Téa Leoni, Pamela
Fiori, Rachel Hovnanian, and Claudia Lebenthal.
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 University’s Human Rights Education Program;
and Susan Bissell, UNICEF Chief of Child Protection, at the inaugural
Speaker Series luncheon in Dallas.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo

In October, U.S. Fund for UNICEF National
Board Vice Chair Peter Lamm, New England
Regional 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 signifi-
cant drop in the country’s child mortality
rate — yet one out of every six Congolese
children under age five still dies from pre-
ventable causes. It is a place of enormous
problems — and enormous opportunities.
We have both long wanted to visit the
DRC and, in October, we finally got the
chance. We met some remarkable children
and families who are determined to over-
come unbelievably difficult 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 this
represents 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 the
classroom. 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,
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 UNICEF’s
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 fight. 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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Peru
In August, U.S. Fund for UNICEF support- tered all around the mountain.
ers and staff traveled to Peru for a parent-child When we arrived at the village, we
field visit to give families an opportunity to learned how local health workers keep
experience UNICEF’s work together. Nicole track of the households and the needs
Sheindlin and her son Alexei, and Beth Weir of the children, using a simple, effective
and her son Alexander were among those chart. They knew which children were
on the trip, and they provided this account. in danger of being undernourished or
(Alexei is pictured bottom right; Alexander had special medical needs, which women
is bottom left.) were pregnant… I was in awe of how well
NICOLE SHEINDLIN: We were on a run everything was.
bus, headed into the mountains. The road We sat outside briefly with the village’s
wound up and up. Eventually, the bus children. It was incredibly cold, and the
could go no farther and we walked the rest wind was whipping hard. My son Alexei
of the way to reach the sat down next to a boy
small village of Chumpe whose shoes were falling an increased mortality rate among the
on the mountaintop. We came away apart — the boy’s toes children in this area because they don’t
Earlier that morning,
we had heard from local
from the trip were sticking out. Alexei
looked at this boy’s feet
have the proper clothing for the freez-
ing winters. And even within the school
health officials about how realizing that and turned to me and we there were real socioeconomic differ-
they are working with
UNICEF to provide pre-
whatever you do caught each other’s eye.
He didn’t say anything,
ences — some of the children were much
more ragged and were just clearly strug-
natal care, nutritional through UNICEF but I knew he was think- gling. When a soccer game broke out, my
support, and other health
services to families in the
matters. ing, “Why?”
It was incredible to
son Alexander made an effort to include
those children — he was kicking the ball
area. But the contrast be- see just how little these to them and talking with them. Playing
tween hearing about these programs and people had. And to know that, because of with those kids had an enormous impact
experiencing what it takes to make them UNICEF, they did have help. on him. We have poverty in our country,
work was amazing. The logistical chal- BETH WEIR: In another village, we but we have a strong infrastructure and
lenges alone are huge. In Chumpe, there presented children at the local school with programs that are there to help. In those
are no roads, and the villagers live scat- winter clothing we had brought. There’s remote villages, there really isn’t 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 UNICEF
matters. Whether it’s pennies you collect
at Halloween or large checks you send;
whether it’s 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.

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The Power
of School
Saving Lives and Futures
By Adam Fifield

D ay in, day out, in the unrelent-

ing sun, Peter Napari hacks at
the earth with a hoe. His wife works
by his side, a baby strapped to her
back. On their subsistence farm in
northern Ghana, they harvest maize,
yams, and cassava, trying to provide
enough food for themselves and four
children. The family lives in huts that
Mr. Napari built from mud.
As a child, he had glimpsed a
different life — when he attended
school. But his father pulled him out
of the third grade, needing his help
in the fields. Had he completed his
education, he muses, “my life would
have been better than this.”
The consequences of missing out
on school in northern Ghana are ex-
treme, according to UNICEF Ghana
Education Officer Biikook Gideon
Konlan. “Without an education, you
have no future,” he says. “You have
to till the land or become a laborer
in the south and work on the cocoa
farms or in the mines.”

U.S. Fund for UNICEF

 Now, Peter Napari wants his daughter
Elizabeth to grasp the dream that eluded
him. Which is no small thing in a place
where girls traditionally help the family
in the fields until they get married. They
go on to have children of their own, often
at a very young age, and then struggle
to 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 finally break — with help
from UNICEF.
A UNICEF-supported child-friendly
school in the Naparis’ village offers a safe,
nurturing environment. The facility in- Why Educating Girls Is a
cludes separate toilets for girls and boys Matter of Life and Death
and a new playground. Trained teachers Going to school alleviates hardship and
live in a dorm on site. Two wells installed unlocks new and transformative possibili-
by UNICEF and its partners guarantee ties. Education is also a basic human right,
that students and nearby residents have and UNICEF strives to ensure that all chil-
safe drinking water. The wells fulfill an- dren have an equal opportunity to learn.
other vital purpose: they free many chil- The world is closer to this reality than ever
dren, including Elizabeth, from the ardu- before: school enrollment has doubled over
ous daily task of hauling water from a the past two decades. Yet, globally, some 69
faraway stream. million youths are still not enrolled in pri-
Elizabeth performs other chores before mary school, and they are among the most ing girls is key — and not just for the girls’
and after school. The loss of her labor is disadvantaged children on Earth. More sake. Children of educated mothers have a
still a big sacrifice for her family. But Mr. than half are girls. There are also major far better chance of surviving than children
Napari is convinced his enrollment disparities whose mothers never went to school. A
daughter’s education based on poverty, eth- mother who has received an education will
is worth it. “Elizabeth
is good in school, and I Without an nicity, disability, and
HIV/AIDS.
likely have more money to buy medicines
and food, will know more about nutrition
am determined to help
her succeed,” he says. education, Getting these chil-
dren into the classroom
and hygiene, and will make better use of
health services. For example, when moth-

you have
She is well on her is far more than a moral ers in developing countries take their ba-
way. In fact, Elizabeth imperative. It is, in the bies to health clinics, they are often handed

no future.
is the first member of words of UNICEF Sen- a chart with dates of follow-up shots and
her family in genera- ior Education Advisor visits. “But you need to be able to read and
tions to finish primary Dr. Changu Mannatho- write to understand that chart,” says Dr.
school. Now in junior high, the shy but ko, “a matter of life and death.” Mannathoko.
self-assured twelve-year-old plans on Many schools actually provide crucial On average, the chances of a baby’s dy-
becoming a doctor, she explains, health care and also teach healthy behav- ing drop by between five and ten percent
“because there is no hospital or doctor in iors. But the link between learning and for each additional year of schooling the
this village.” child survival does not end there. Educat-
(continued on page 12)

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The Power of School, continued from page 11

mother receives. In Ethiopia, child survival
rates are more than double for mothers
with a secondary education, compared
with mothers who have only finished pri-
mary school. Worldwide, about half of the
drop in under-five child mortality over the
last four decades can be attributed to in-
creases in women’s 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 has
such 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 benefits of edu-
cation.”
Girls who are denied those benefits
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 significant gender gap
persists in many countries. As the leader
of the United Nations Girls’ Education
Initiative, UNICEF champions the rights
of girls, fights discrimination, supports
grassroots 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 to
school. 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
Africa’s 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 water
and 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 But once children are in school,
for all children, UNICEF and its part- forces both beyond and within the
ners train teachers, distribute learning classroom walls still threaten to drag
materials, and rehabilitate and build them back out. In sub-Saharan Africa,
schools. Every year, UNICEF delivers around 38 million children drop out
education kits for millions of students each year. Some are uprooted by con-
and at least 100,000 teachers. For chil- flict. Some are from poor communities
dren displaced by emergencies or con- and have to work. Some are subjected
flicts, it helps create schools in tents or to violence while in or near school.
other temporary shelters and distrib- Some leave because services and amen-
utes School-in-a-Box kits, which pro- ities are woefully inadequate. Some
vide all the tools stay away because
A Second Chance
for an instant class-
room. The agency …we need they are adolescent
girls and have to for Child Laborers
Khaushaliya Kumari, fourteen, still has
also supports early
childhood devel-
to ask: Is the share toilets with
boys (if there are vivid memories of life as a child labor-
er. “Every day, after doing my morning
opment and pre- learning environ- toilets at all).
chores at home, I would go and carry
school programs. Says Dr. Man-
baskets of coal till the evening,” she
To bolster en- ment nurturing nathoko: “For says. “Unloading coal from the truck
was always difficult.”
rollment for
most marginalized
the
to them? Are those children who
are already in
Khaushaliya lives in the eastern Indian
children, UNICEF they safe and school, we need to
state of Bihar, and her family is deeply
lobbies govern- ask: Is the learning
poor. With young siblings to feed,
ments and works secure?… environment nur-
Khaushaliya was expected to help
with local commu- turing to them? Are bring in money. There was no time or
nities, and, in collaboration with the they safe and secure? Have they been funds for school. But in 2009, the In-
World Bank, advocates for the elimina- provided with services they need?” dian Government passed the Right of
tion of school fees that are beyond the To ensure that children receive not Children to Free and Compulsory Ed-
ucation Act, guaranteeing all children
reach of many families. It also helps just an education — but a quality edu-
the chance to go to school. Like so
families secure cash subsidies, on the cation — UNICEF pioneered the idea many countries that work closely with
condition they allow their children of “child-friendly schools.” Providing UNICEF, India recognizes the essential
to attend school. These efforts have a safe and healthy environment — in role girls’ education plays in the whole
ushered millions of children into the which children’s rights are protected nation’s health and well-being.
classroom. (continued on page 16)
Shortly after the act passed, Khaushali-

ya found herself enrolled in a special,

intensive program. She and other girls
who had been laborers stay full-time
in a residential center and receive
the individual attention they need to
catch up and eventually finish their
elementary education. Now, UNICEF
is working with the Government of
Bihar on a program to reach all out-
of-school children with the support
needed to complete their education.

“Before this, my life was very difficult,”

says Khaushaliya. “Now I study. I play.”

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 P a r t ne r
Why I Give:
Lorraine Nelson
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 I’ve lived in and visited, chil-
dren scrounge through garbage dumps
for food on a daily basis, and schooling is
nothing 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 didn’t 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 for
the Commonwealth Secretariat and was
deeply involved in human rights work,
and my mother was a teacher. They
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P r o fi l e s
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
one’s back and pretend
that it isn’t happening
or rely on others to help.
Years ago, when my
husband’s company
started to achieve some measure of suc- for the children. I also deeply support
cess, one of our first discussions involved UNICEF’s work in vaccinating children
each of us picking a charity in order to against childhood diseases that can kill
start giving back. For me, the decision them before they even have a chance
was easy. UNICEF was, and always will in life, and I trust UNICEF and the U.S.
be, my first choice. I always knew that I Fund to keep only the bare minimum
would support it when I could, and my they need for administration costs, so
husband wholeheartedly embraced the that nearly all donations go toward help-
idea. We both sincerely believe that it is ing children.
our responsibility to give back, and we I am very fortunate that my children
trust UNICEF to do this on our behalf. and the children of everyone I know go
If those of us who live comfortable lives to bed each night with warm food in
gave just a little each year, imagine how their bellies and a roof over their heads.
many children could be saved. I believe that should be the right of every
When there’s a real crisis, whether it’s child in the world and that is why I give
a tsunami in Indonesia or an earthquake to UNICEF.
in Haiti, UNICEF is always there to care
For me, the
decision was
easy. UNICEF
was, and always
will be, my
first choice.
 P a r t ne r P r o fi l e s

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.

Why I Give:
Bernard Taylor
Although I spent
part of my child-
hood in the fos-
ter care system,
I’ve been fortu-
nate to raise a
wonderful fam-
ily and have a
successful career. Accordingly, it is very
important to me to provide boys and
girls 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 UNICEF’s work in the
field. 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 figuring out how to get the
pump repaired. Before we left the next
day, it was fixed. I encountered many
other stories like that during our visit. It
was amazing!
As an African-American, I’m particu-
larly interested in Africa’s future. Seeing
how effective and efficient UNICEF is in
Madagascar and Tanzania and learning
about UNICEF’s 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.

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The Power of School, continued from page 13
and their voices heard — child-friendly
schools are inclusive, staffed by qualified
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
Remembrance — Mary Emma Allison
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-
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
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fea t u r e
principles into educational standards and
teacher development.
With UNICEF leadership, more chil-
dren are seizing previously unimaginable
opportunities. 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
dren, Mrs. Allison turned to her husband, the
Reverend Clyde Allison, and said: “It’s too
bad we can’t turn this into something good.”
Together, the Allisons did just that —
and in a very big way. Mary Emma Allison’s
simple, altruistic notion eventually grew into
America’s longest-running youth service
program. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has
empowered generations of children across
America and has helped UNICEF save mil-
P6: UNICEF/MLIA2009-00078/Giacomo Pirozzi UNICEF/NYHQ2007-1642/Giacomo Pirozzi
UNICEF/UGDA2010-01011/Tadej Znidarcic
P7: Left 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 for UNICEF/Cynthia McCaffrey
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
their continued absence from school? Not
one anybody can afford.
To support UNICEF education programs, please
visit unicefusa.org/donate/education.
lions of children’s 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 world’s chil-
dren whose lives have been saved because of
their amazing generosity and vision, we ex-
tend our most profound gratitude.
UNICEF/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
UNICEF/NYHQ2010-0568/Giacomo Pirozzi
P15: Courtesy of Bernard Taylor
UNICEF/NYHQ2008-1790/Giacomo Pirozzi
UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1237/Giacomo Pirozzi
P16: UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2776/Bruno Brioni
IBC: UNICEF/NYHQ2010-0750/Roger LeMoyne
Courtesy of Harriet Natsuyama
Envelope: UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2866/Julie Pudlowski
The U.S. Fund
for UNICEF Danny Kaye Society
(formerly the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Legacy Society)

“When I was a senior in high school, I got a scholarship to go to the university

and study science. I was from an immigrant family with little money and it
really changed my life. Because of that education, I was able to have fairly
well-paying jobs and to accumulate a bit of savings. Now I want to support
UNICEF’s mission to give children, especially girls, the same chance to thrive.
I’m leaving money to UNICEF through my trust because I want
to return the gift I was given to the whole world.”

Harriet Natsuyama
Danny Kaye Society Member

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