It's easy to forget how dramatically different the costs of goods and services can be around the globe. The money we might spend on a week's worth of coffee in Melbourne or a nice meal in Sydney can go a long way in other parts of the world. Here are just a few things you can purchase across the globe with thirty dollars.
115 polio vaccines for children
Years of conflict and turmoil have made Syria one of the worst places in the world to be a child. With hospitals destroyed and shut down, doctors forced to flee and health and sanitation services incredibly hard to come by, disease can spread at a devastating pace.
So when the polio virus returned to Syria in 2013 there was a critical need to vaccinate children and stop an outbreak. UNICEF supports massive vaccination campaigns to reach children across the country - even in besieged and hard-to-reach areas.
In March, UNICEF and partners supported a five-day immunisation campaign in the governorate of Homs, Syria, aiming to protect over 199,000 children under the age of five against polio.
Since 2000, more than 2.5 billion children have been vaccinated worldwide, and the number of children paralysed by polio has fallen by more than 99 per cent. Together, we can eradicate polio once and for all.
With $30, UNICEF could purchase 115 polio vaccinations to protect children and help keep this deadly disease out of Syria for good.