2010 Annual Report 2010 Annual Report | U.S. Fund for UNICEF A B The fight for child survival takes place every day — in remote villages and in Fighting for Every Child bustling cities, in peaceful areas and in regions wracked by war, in places reachable by train or car and on terrain passable only by camel or donkey. It is a fight won painstakingly, child by child, vaccine by vaccine, mosquito net by mosquito net. And it is a fight in which success is often measured by what doesn’t happen — by what is prevented. In the last year, the generosity of our supporters has helped UNICEF combat — and prevent — the death and suffering of children all over the globe. After Haiti’s colossal earthquake in January claimed more than 220,000 lives, the immediate compassion shown by U.S. donors enabled UNICEF and its partners to act when it mattered most and to provide a critical lifeline to survivors. As a result, a second wave of deaths — in the form of disease and malnutrition — was averted in the months following the disaster. In many other countries — from Sudan to Guatemala, from Kyrgyzstan to Vietnam — your support made it possible for UNICEF to provide immunizations, health care, improved nutrition, clean water, protection, and education for millions of vulnerable Number of child deaths per day, 1990–2010 children and their families. The impact of these efforts is profound. UNICEF recently 35 35 announced that the number of children under age five dying each day has dropped yet again, from 24,000 to 22,000. This means that since 1990 — when 34,000 died every day — UNICEF and its partners have helped cut the global child mortality rate by one third. 30 30 Despite this undeniable progress, UNICEF has found that a child mortality gap is actually growing between the world’s poorest children and those from well-off families. This emerging disparity needs immediate attention, and while continuing its work of saving all children from preventable deaths, UNICEF is now redoubling efforts to reach the 25 25 most marginalized and the most remote. This approach could potentially prevent 60 (thousands) percent more child deaths. With your ongoing support, we can save even more young child deaths per day 22,000 lives each year and protect more promising futures. 20 0 1990 1994 1997 2001 2004 2010 2010 Annual Report | U.S. Fund for UNICEF 1 Organized under the laws of New York State as a not-for-profit corporation, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF is exempt from tax under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is governed by an independent and non-salaried Board of Directors. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. A summary of activities and financial highlights for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2010, is described in this report. 2 It has been a year of enormous challenges and pivotal achievements, a year A Message from the in which U.S. Fund for UNICEF supporters, Board members, and staff all demonstrated a fierce determination to protect children from a host of dire threats around the world. Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, you continued Chair and the President to step forward when children needed you. For that, we are profoundly grateful. Immediately after Haiti’s horrific earthquake, a diverse group of U.S. Fund supporters responded with swift and amazing generosity. Thanks to you, the U.S. Fund raised more than $70 million for Haiti relief — funds that were crucial to UNICEF’s ability to overcome mammoth obstacles and to quickly and effectively provide lifesaving aid. In many other countries throughout the world, your contributions have made the difference between life and death, between opportunity and despair, for so many children. More than 640,000 individual donors contributed to the U.S. Fund in the past year — a striking reflection of the broad-based support UNICEF has throughout America. That generosity — combined with the partnership of corporations, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and sports teams — generated a total revenue of more than $435 million for the U.S. Fund in Fiscal Year 2010. We also welcomed the news that our former Board Chair Anthony Lake took the reins of UNICEF as its new Executive Director. This year presented an amazing and historic opportunity. We were deeply honored when longtime U.S. Fund partner Kiwanis International chose to collaborate with UNICEF to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus as its next global campaign for children. This momentous new partnership will help save the lives of babies and mothers around the world and put an end to a cruel, ancient disease. This exciting development was followed by truly wonderful news about the continuing decline in global under-five child mortality — from 24,000 deaths every day to 22,000. Your generosity has helped UNICEF get closer than ever before to the day when zero children die from preventable causes. We have come so far, thanks to you. We ask for your continued support to make it the rest of the way. Anthony Pantaleoni Caryl M. Stern Chair President and CEO 2010 Annual Report | U.S. Fund for UNICEF 3 UNICEF was founded in 1946 to help children in postwar Europe, China, and the Middle East. Today, as the United Nations Children’s Fund, it serves children and families in developing countries worldwide and depends entirely on voluntary contributions. The U.S. Fund was established in 1947, the first of 36 National Committees set up globally to support UNICEF through fundraising, education, and advocacy. Since its inception, the U.S. Fund has provided UNICEF and various NGOs with more than $4 billion in cash and gifts-in-kind. 4 A child sleeps soundly beneath a bed net in Kenya, protected from the deadly malaria The Nuts and Bolts that killed her brother. In Cambodia, a simple water filter puts a stop to a family’s chronic illness. A toddler in Niger receives the therapeutic milk that will bring him back from starvation. In Afghanistan, a girl runs as fast as she can to attend school of Saving Lives for the very first time. Street children in Kyrgyzstan get a place to learn. More than 5 million Angolan children are vaccinated against polio in just six days. Every day, in more than 150 countries and territories around the world, UNICEF’s staff of 10,000 are doing amazing work on behalf of children. And they are doing it thanks to voluntary contributions from donors like you. A dedicated but diverse group of supporters — individuals, non-governmental organizations, corporations, foundations, and governments U.S. FUND PROGRAM ASSISTANCE FY 2010* from around the globe — financially enable UNICEF to do so much for so many. How are those contributions spent? In 2009, they paid for 2.99 billion doses of vaccine Child Protection 2% for children in 82 countries. The funds enabled UNICEF to help deliver emergency Basic Education supplies to 69 countries and territories (many of those crises — though deadly — NGOs 2% and Gender Equality 4% probably never made the six o’clock news). UNICEF dedicated $225 million to local construction projects — mostly schools. The donations also provided 43 million long- Unrestricted lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets in countries where malaria still kills children. Resources 14% And these are just a few examples of UNICEF’s global work. UNICEF is renowned for its efficiency, and more than 90 percent of all money it receives goes directly to programs and supplies that help children. UNICEF uses smart, innovative, low-cost strategies to keep children alive, healthy, safe, and learning. Child Survival and In Fiscal Year 2010, U.S. Fund support enabled UNICEF to provide Emergency Development 12% Relief for children in Haiti and many other disaster-affected countries. Unrestricted Resources went to general support for UNICEF’s mission and operational functions. Child Survival and Development programs included immunization drives, health care for mothers and babies, nutrition, clean water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS and much more. Funding for Basic Education and Gender Equality helped and Children 2% UNICEF work to give all children — especially girls — the chance to go to school. Child Protection projects kept children safe from abuse, violence, and exploitation. Support to NGOs (non-governmental organizations) helped partners who work with — or on behalf of — UNICEF in the field. With itsHIV/AIDS and Children programs, UNICEF provided health care and social support for women and children living with HIV, and gave scores of HIV-positive women the treatment they need to ensure they *Does not include in-kind support Emergency Relief 64% do not pass the virus on to their newborn children. 2010 Annual Report | U.S. Fund for UNICEF 5 On any other day in Port-au-Prince, fifteen-year-old Judith would have lingered Protecting Lives after class. On January 12, however, she was sent home early due to a murder not far from her school. The seventh grader walked over two miles in the scorching and Futures in Haiti heat, unaware of the larger disaster looming before her entire country. She arrived home and remembers that she was suddenly covered, head-to-toe, in white dust. The massive earthquake had just struck. She quickly learned that her mother was trapped beneath the rubble of what, just moments before, had been the family’s house. Judith recounted this painful memory to UNICEF Haiti staffers. “My family worked frantically to remove the rocks, but they were too heavy to lift and we could not move quickly enough,” said Judith. “That night we buried our mother.” Judith abruptly lost so much — her home and her mother — but one thing she did not lose was her beloved school.