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At UNICEF we believe all children should have access to their basic human rights, so your contribution is targeted to where it is needed most.

UNICEF provided 2.5 billion vaccines in 2016, helping protecting almost half of the world's children under 5 from preventable diseases

We helped nearly 14 million people in 2015 get access to clean water, and provided more than 11 million people with basic toilets

UNICEF provides 80% of the world’s life-saving emergency food, for children suffering from the most severe malnutrition

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UNICEF Global Parents support children at every stage of early life

Prenatal

Each year, more than 500,000 women die in childbirth or from complications during pregnancy. Here, Kenegba attends a prenatal consultation in the village of Banankoro, Mali, a country where only 35 per cent of pregnant women have access to regular prenatal appointments.

Birth

The majority of newborn deaths occur where the mother hasn’t survived the birth, or where access to healthcare is low. This mother is using the ‘kangaroo mother care’ method, at a UNICEF-supported health centre. She has wrapped her newborn daughter, born prematurely, tightly to her body to keep her warm and reduce the risk of hypothermia.

The first 28 days

Babies are 500 times more likely to die in their first day of life than once they are one month old, due to preventable causes. Tiny Awintirim was born six weeks early, and weighed just 1.6kg. He has just survived what will statistically be the most risky time in his life – his first 28 days.

Infancy

Immunisation is one of the world’s most successful public health initiatives, and is responsible for preventing thousands of under-5 deaths every year. Yet each year 22.4 million of the world’s children are not immunised, exposing them to disability or even death. Here, a young child keeps a brave face while receiving a vaccination in Indonesia.

12-18 months

When a child doesn’t get enough of the nutrients their body needs their growth can be permanently stunted, causing irreversible damage to their body and brain. Proper, vitamin-rich nutrition is crucial to infants’ development and, but in some parts of the world food is scarce. Here a child’s arm is measured at a UNICEF-supported health clinic, to determine whether or not they are suffering from malnutrition and require longer term nutritional support.

Toddlers

Early childhood is the most significant developmental period of life. Children establish the cognitive, emotional and social foundation upon which they can build their futures. Here, a young girl is having her height and weight recorded at a routine check-up at a UNICEF-supported village medical point in rural Uzbekistan.

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This is how we use your donation

63 cents went directly to program expenditure, including long-term development and emergency response work.

8 cents were spent on UNICEF Australia's accountability, administration and reserves.

29 cents per dollar from funds raised by the public went to investing in further growing fundraising in Australia.

The value of non-monetary donations and gifts as well as fundraising costs that are funded by UNICEF Geneva and not the public are excluded from this bar chart. The values above are from UNICEF’s 2018 Annual Report.