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Operating in more than 150 countries -- more than any other humanitarian organization, UNICEF has a proven track record and the know-how and resources to get the job done.

For more than 60 years, UNICEF has been the world’s leading international children’s organization, working in more than 150 countries to address the ongoing issues that affect why kids are dying. UNICEF provides lifesaving nutrition, clean water, education, protection and emergency response saving more young lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world. UNICEF uses its contributions wisely and is trusted as one of the most efficient non-profit organizations in the world. UNICEF spends on low-cost, highly effective, sustainable solutions usually leverages additional dollars of support in bringing that project to scale. In the U.S., funds are raised by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which receives the highest ratings from watchdog organizations including the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance’s Standards for Charity Accountability and has also received three consecutive four-star ratings from Charity Navigator, America’s premier independent charity evaluator.

UNICEF has helped develop simple, affordable, and innovative solutions to complicated problems. A few examples: birthing kits to help women have safe deliveries; oral rehydration salts to treat diarrhea dehydration in children; portable School-in-a-Box kits to make classes possible almost anywhere; and solar-powered cold storage units to transport vaccines to remote villages. All of these are now in standard use by many humanitarian organizations, saving millions of children’s lives.

With more than 60 years of experience saving children’s lives, UNICEF has an extraordinary level of technical expertise that is backed by a network of highly skilled field staff and teams of professionals in public health, disease prevention, logistics, political systems, human rights, education, and emergency response. Through its state-of-the art warehousing facility in Copenhagen, UNICEF has supplies pre-positioned and strategies in place to address ongoing needs and mobilize help immediately when a crisis develops.