No. 2, 2013

UNICEF’s Biggest Individual Donors Give Their All for Children

Crisis in Syria Escalates Winning the Fight Against Tetanus

5 Ways UNICEF is Changing the World Welcome A Message From Peter & Caryl

Board of Directors Dear Friend of UNICEF, first month of life. That’s almost half of all under-5 deaths in 2012. Honorary Co-Chairs News, Facts & Figures from UNICEF Simple solutions save children’s If we don’t accelerate our efforts, George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter lives. That’s a lesson UNICEF as many as 35 million children William J. Clinton learned many years ago. Since could die from preventable causes Chair Emeritus 1990, 90 million children have between 2015 and 2028. We need Hugh Downs survived because they had access to redouble our efforts and deliver Chair to lifesaving help, according to a more of what we know works for Peter Lamm report released in September by children: vaccines, nutritional sup- Vice Chair UNICEF. Child mortality — the plements, safe water, sanitation, Vincent John Hemmer number of children under 5 who insecticide-treated mosquito nets, President and CEO die each day of things we can safe childbirth practices and good Caryl M. Stern largely prevent — has dropped quality care for pregnant women. Secretary nearly 50 percent, from almost And we must focus on the areas Nelson J. Chai 35,000 every day in 1990 to 18,000 where the need is greatest: sub- Treasurer today. Those are heartening num- Saharan Africa and South Asia, Edward G. Lloyd bers, but they’re not enough. The which together account for four Honorary Directors number of children who die from out of five under-5 deaths globally. Susan V. Berresford things we can prevent should be We won’t achieve any of this, James H. Carey ZERO. however, without determination Marvin J. Girouard Anthony Lake It can be. With new vaccines, and action. Stefan and Susan Fin- John C. Whitehead technology and programs, we can del, the inspiring couple featured Honorary Members finish the job we started. Right in this issue (see page 11) are Joy Greenhouse now, more than a million babies examples for us all. Thank you for Helen G. Jacobson Susan C. McKeever Three young Syrian die on the day they are born, and a standing with UNICEF and with children at the Domiz Lester Wunderman total of 2.9 million die within their the world’s children. refugee camp in Directors northern Iraq. Andrew D. Beer Daniel J. Brutto Nelson J. Chai Gary M. Cohen Mary Callahan Erdoes The World’s Worst Pamela Fiori Peter Lamm, Board Chair Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO Dolores Rice Gahan, D.O. Mindy Grossman Humanitarian Disaster Hilary Gumbel Vincent John Hemmer 4 million children, nearly half of Syria’s under-18 population, need immediate aid Franklin W. Hobbs Peter Lamm n June, Modar Sibai braved eight checkpoints to deliver and home to 4 million children who require immediate assis-

Téa Leoni r his daughter to school. Normally, the trip takes ten min- tance. Quite literally, a whole generation is at risk. Since the Children’s Stories Bob Manoukian Dikembe Mutombo ucke utes. But nothing is normal in Homs, Syria, where bloody beginning of the conflict, more than 7,000 children have died; In her moving new book, “I Believe in ZERO,” President and Iconflict has disrupted life for young and old alike. Sibai’s at least 1,700 were under 10 years old. Anthony Pantaleoni

CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Caryl M. Stern offers memora- rmbr

Henry S. Schleiff e journey took two hours and nerves of steel. But the stakes In Syria and in nearby refugee camps, UNICEF is doing ble stories from her travels around the world. Each of the stories h Caryl M. Stern c focuses on a particular place — Bangladesh, Mozambique, Haiti were high; his daughter Roua needed to take her final exams. everything it can to save lives and ease suffering — delivering Sherrie Rollins Westin — and weaves together material on the country and its history, If she did not, she told her father, the year would have been a clean water, vaccinating against killer diseases, providing safe recent humanitarian crises and encounters with ordinary people. total loss. spaces for education and recreation, restoring health centers Stern tells of mothers coming together to make their communi- Fifteen-year-old Roua Sibai remembers “normal life” and and advocating for regular access to children and mothers in ties better and of children who continue to hope and dream even in the most dire situations. “The book reflects the essence of hopes for its return. But for thousands of younger children, need. On the Cover: UNICEF’s mission,” says Stern. “I hope that by telling the stories Stefan and Susan Findel who’ve known little else, “normal life” is marked by fear and UNICEF has condemned the ongoing violence. Ted Chai- of the remarkable mothers and children I’ve met in my travels, I photographed by Flynn Larsen deprivation. ban, Director of Emergency Programs, has called on all parties

can inspire others to support this important work.” in their home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. © UNICEF/UKLA2012-00836/S Syria is ground zero for the world’s most urgent emergency to acknowledge that “children have no place in war.”

1 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org Every Child No.2, 2013 2 ncy erge Em e Updat Every year, UNICEF responds to more than 250 emergencies, Big Strides from floods to conflict to drought. Here’s how UNICEF and its partners have responded in Battle to three of them: Iraq, along with Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Central African Republic Against Tetanus Gabon and Sierra Leone, More than 2.3 million children are eliminated MNT in 2013. at risk from the country’s civil war. Many schools have been shut down Disease eliminated in more than India is one of 26 high-risk countries since a coup in March, and there are half of high-risk countries where tetanus severe shortages of nutritious food, remains a threat. clean water, medicine and health care. MNT has been UNICEF and its partners have treated eliminated in 18 more than 14,000 children with acute of India’s states, malnutrition and vaccinated more than h, h, including 3 this year. 217,000 children against measles. The ing security situation has slowed down etanus was killing 200,000 newborns each year when UNICEF vaccination programs, and there have

made a commitment in 1999 to eliminate the disease among been measles outbreaks this year in d mothers and their babies. UNICEF convened a powerful nearly every region of the country. fiel A2012-00556/S r international partnership to fight the disease in the countries D Haiti Twhere the risk was highest. UNICEF reported an important milestone this Hea People in Haiti are still reeling from year: more than half of 59 high-risk countries have successfully eliminated a series of natural disasters. The January 2010 earthquake killed more maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). than 200,000 people and displaced m: © UNICEF/IN MNT is typically contracted through unhygienic childbirth practices. The Q2010-1126/ hundreds of thousands more; a sub-

KEY YH key to its elimination is a three-step series of immunizations for women of sequent cholera epidemic killed more otto

childbearing age. The vaccination program, which includes health educa- MNT eliminated b than 8,000. In November 2012, Hurri-

in 2013 to tion and worker training, costs just $1.80 per person, but when UNICEF cane Sandy destroyed homes, schools top © UNICEF/N and water and transportation systems and its partners launched the initiative, most global vaccination funding MNT eliminated since 1999 and ruined thousands of acres of was directed toward polio and other diseases. By focusing attention on crops, increasing food insecurity. In tetanus, UNICEF and its partners have helped protect 118 million women MNT eliminated 2013, due to drought and the impact prior to 1999 from contracting this easily preventable disease — as well as the new- of Hurricane Isaac, malnutrition rates MNT not borns these women will have. Tetanus deaths among newborns have soared. To address Haiti’s complex eliminated A pregnant sselin needs, UNICEF’s work includes thera- been reduced by more than 70 percent in just a decade. In all, 33 high-risk woman is peutic feeding for acutely malnour- countries have been designated MNT-free since 1999, with five of these vaccinated ished children; cholera treatment and successes occurring in 2013 alone: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Iraq against tetanus vaccinations; HIV-prevention; water

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R and sanitation services; child protec- and Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone. The drive to defeat tetanus is central to UNICEF’s mission of “reaching tion and family unification assistance; and repair of damaged schools. the world’s poorest, most difficult to reach women and children,” says Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Mali , © UNICEF/SL Mali’s political and security situation With 26 countries still at high risk from MNT, UNICEF is grateful to its ani remains volatile since last year’s r partners who continue their commitment to fighting this disease. Kiwan- coup. The conflict, along with sea- oo is International, the medical technology company BD and the consumer sonal flooding and a nutrition crisis, products firm Procter & Gamble are among the biggest supporters. U.S. has disrupted the lives of more than Fund donors throughout the country are also joining the fight against tet- 800,000 children. As part of a Back-to- School initiative, UNICEF is working anus, and the Midwest Regional Office has launched a two-year campaign Q2003-0002/N

YH to help 500,000 of the most vulnerable to raise $3 million for The Eliminate Project, the U.S. Fund’s partnership children return to their classrooms. with Kiwanis International. This fundraising campaign is moving UNICEF About 9,000 teachers will be trained significantly closer to the ambitious but achievable goal of eliminating ma- this fall, and 15,000 students will be sitting at new desks. “This school year

ternal and neonatal tetanus worldwide. The Eliminate Project was started m: © UNICEF/N in Mali has to be different from the last in 2011 and has raised more than $39 million through a network of more one and we need to make every effort otto A health worker than 600,000 volunteers. In June, Tom DeJulio, Immediate Past President of b administers a tetanus to have children back to school,” said to Kiwanis International, called The Eliminate Project the “most awesome and vaccination at the Françoise Ackermans, UNICEF Repre-

audacious” program Kiwanis has ever undertaken. top Bome Health Center sentative in Bamako. in Cameroon.

3 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org unicefusa.org Every Child No. 2, 2013 4 UNICEFTranslator What’s WASH?

WASH, or Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, is a critical focus area for UNICEF. Nearly 2,000 children die each day of causes linked to unsafe water, lack of sanitation or poor hygiene. UNICEF began its WASH work in response to a crippling 1966 drought in India and has since provided WASH programs in more than 100 coun- tries. Since 1990, some 2 billion people have gained access to clean #ENDviolence water. The drawings and posters below show UNICEF’s efforts to Against Children promote better hygiene. What we’ve been hearing following our recent campaign to End Violence against Children.

Children at the Center for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, race their wheelchairs. UNICEF Ambassador Liam Neeson narrated the #ENDviolence Equal Dreams, Equal Lives public service New report details the special risks facing disabled children announcement.

hildren with disabilities are the for too many governments, children with Alyssa Milano global movement to Counterclockwise from top: Nepal: Hygiene lesson most neglected and most vul- disabilities literally don’t count. Organizations @ Alyssa_Milano #ENDviolence from a UNICEF kit to reduce nerable group of children in the Children committed to serving them are hampered by a Retweet if you against children maternal mortality. India: world. They are three to four times Completing lack of data. This discrimination follows them One of a series of signs with agree! Every child step-by-step handwashing more likely than other children to Primary into adulthood. In many low-income countries, instructions. Malawi: A clean- suffer physical violence, sexual assault or abuse. School less than 15 percent of people who need assis- deserves to be Univision latrines-at-school awareness CThey are more likely to be malnourished and tive technology like canes, wheelchairs, hearing protected from Noticias raising poster. less likely to be educated or treated for common BOYS aids or ramps receive them. UNICEF is actively abuse/exploitation @UniNoticias childhood diseases. Of the 57 million primary- engaged in research that will strengthen the Univision y UNICEF school age children who are not in school, an % case for more inclusive services and policies. 61.3 Vern Yip se unen para estimated one-third have a disability. Globally, 50.6% In the United States, the 1990 Americans with only 51 percent of boys with disabilities finish Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination on the @VernYipDesigns combatir la violen- primary school, and the numbers are even worse not basis of physical or mental impairment. The Every child deserves cia contra los niños disabled disabled for girls: only 42 percent of disabled girls finish U.S. Fund for UNICEF is calling on Washington 2b protected! We #ENDviolence primary school. to maximize the force of this landmark piece ique dd

i are taking a stand! These are serious violations of a child’s rights. of legislation by supporting an international As UNICEF’s 2013 State of the World’s Children GIRLS treaty guaranteeing the same legal protections to Together we can Angie Harmon #ENDVIOLENCE @ Angie Harmon report explains, “Discrimination on the grounds 52.9% children everywhere. “Universal human rights of disability is a form of oppression.” 41.7% can’t exist unless these rights are enjoyed by RT if you agree! UNICEF has been a defender of children’s everyone,” wrote U.S. Fund President and CEO ANA2007-00655/S not B Jamie Foxx #ENDviolence rights for more than 65 years and has advocated disabled disabled Caryl M. Stern in a recent editorial. “People with @iamjamiefoxx on behalf of children with disabilities in every disabilities are more than capable of overcoming To learn more, visit

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5 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org unicefusa.org Every Child No. 2, 2013 6 By Thinking Big A little over three decades ago, Ways UNICEF only 20 percent of the world’s children were immunized against the six top killer diseases — polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, Creates Lasting whooping cough, measles and tetanus. Then UNICEF helped lead an unprecedented global 3 movement to distribute vaccines. The worldwide immunization rate Change quadrupled, reaching nearly 80 percent in 1990. This historic triumph was the largest peacetime mobilization in history and is estimated to have saved for Children more than 20 million lives.

By Starting 5 By Inventing Early Low-Cost Malnutrition plays a role in nearly half of all deaths among children Solutions i Responding to devastating n under five. Children who are water crises in India, UNICEF malnourished are smaller and

alawa much more likely to get very led the development of a locally H manufactured hand pump, sick from ordinary infections. By 1 the India Mark II, in 1976. This 4 treating malnutrition in the first durable, easy-to-maintain machine 1,000 days of a child’s life, UNICEF provides fresh, clean water to millions Q2011-1549/ has helped cut the number of children YH of families and children. For decades, it badly affected by stunting by nearly 100 million since 1990. The benefits of CEF/N I has set the standard for water pumps all over the world. a healthier childhood last for a lifetime. , © UN irozzi P Ose Q2011-1752/ Q2012-0579/ YH YH CEF/N I CEF/N

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Breastfeeding is a baby’s “first s Results Supporting girls’ education isn’t just immunization” and the most effective tra e i irozzi , © UN the right thing to do. Communities P and inexpensive lifesaver ever. P UNICEF helps governments where girls are educated have educate their country’s mothers; higher productivity, better those mothers educate their health, less poverty and a lower 2009-00187/ Q2004-0650/ incidence of HIV/AIDS and daughters — and so on. These DA YH N 2 I 5 other diseases. UNICEF works efforts have had created long- CEF/N CEF/ to eliminate the barriers that keep I lasting results. In Cambodia, for I example, exclusive breastfeeding rates girls out of school, such as a lack of for infants under six months have sanitation, discrimination or the threat soared from 12 percent in 2000 to of violence. That generates dividends 74 percent in 2010. that pay off for generations. top to bottom: © UN top to bottom: © UN

7 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org unicefusa.org Every Child No. 2, 2013 8 In 2012 UNICEF... Case Study: Polio in Nigeria The Bridge Fund (see page 16) is an innovative financial tool created by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to help UNICEF overcome timing gaps that can affect the delivery of lifesaving assistance to Responded provided children. Here’s a look at how Bridge Fund investors helped children in Nigeria this year. to almost CHILD 2013 INVESTOR emergencies in Hassan, a child in the village of An investor contributes to the flexible 286 19 Hawan Daki, Nigeria, has never cash supply that the Bridge Fund million people with received the polio vaccine. maintains to speed the delivery of lifesaving goods. c i

clean c countries 79 water idar Zn Nigeria begins a national polio FEBRUARY immunization drive and builds a “cold UNICEF alerts the Bridge Fund to

2012-00075/ chain” to ensure the fragile vaccine is a timing gap between a promised not ruined by heat or power failure.

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9 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org unicefusa.org Every Child No. 2, 2013 10 Susan and Stefan Findel play “sheep and wolves” with children from Ferooz Behar in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. every last cent

Stefan and Susan Findel, UNICEF’s biggest donors give their all for children. by Adam Fifield Photo Credit Photo Credit

1 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org unicefusa.org Every Child No. 1, 2013 2 Stefan Findel chats with children at a middle school in Ferooz Behar.

CaptionMeeting Rommo village elders andcaperem educators que Susan Findel teriora?at the home Urorude of a and a group of publicnonos health hoculab official students read emenihilin Borghasoon. vid con ta together. que aatrum mus et?

Stefan Findel is a quiet man. He listens intently. that still exists today. Stefan’s child- or meet staff, they are further convinced that UNICEF is the best When he speaks, he is measured and thoughtful, choosing his hood was comfortable and sheltered philanthropic investment they have ever made,” says U.S. Fund — in his words, “almost picture staff member Ann Putnam Marks, who works closely with them For Every Child, words carefully. Like his wife, Susan, the bespectacled photogra- perfect.” on their giving. This fall, Stefan visited UNICEF programs in a Chance to Learn pher does not give off even a mote of self-importance. The largest Susan’s childhood was, as she puts North Korea. The Findels are already supporting child survival it, “the exact opposite situation.” She programs in North Korea — a country where UNICEF is one of An education can change everything. It can break cycles individual donors in UNICEF history, the Findels don’t want their grew up in an orphanage in South the only humanitarian agencies able to operate. of poverty and ill health, create otherwise impossible names displayed on a building. They refuse to fly first class — Korea, where she was placed at the The Findels place a high premium on innovation — one opportunities, and give both girls and boys in even the age of 3. “I learned what it’s like to reason they were the founding donors to the UNICEF Bridge most remote places a chance to pursue their dreams. even on the longest flights. They prefer subways to cabs.But there feel insignificant,” she says. “This Fund. The pioneering financial tool bridges funding gaps and The “Let Us Learn” initiative, funded by a $20 million is one thing they demand, without compromise: Don’t waste time, really transformed me in terms of speeds lifesaving assistance to children who need it most. contribution from Stefan and Susan Findel, is a major partnership with UNICEF that strives to erase inequality and don’t waste money — not where children are concerned. who I am and why I feel so committed “Stefan knows exactly what he wants to do,” says Marc to helping children without a voice.” Diaz, who oversees the UNICEF Bridge Fund. “He is very pur- in education by giving the most excluded and margin-

CEF alized children — especially girls and children affected Over the last 20 years, the Findels have contributed more At the age of 12, she was adopted by an American family in I poseful with his time and energy. He is also very direct and is by crises — a chance to learn. The program is currently than $25 million to UNICEF, providing crucial support for an Michigan. She studied art and eventually became an interior , UN always focused on results — what results are we delivering?” n

array of programs, including an ambitious new education ini- designer. o Stefan is a quick study, according to Diaz, who says he only focusing on five crisis-affected countries: Afghanistan, tiative, called “Let Us Learn,” benefiting children in five coun- The Findels now live in upstate New York but frequent- ss has to mention something to him once before he internaliz- Bangladesh, Liberia, Madagascar and Nepal. tar tries. Their mission: reach the most under-privileged children ly travel all over the world. During UNICEF field visits to e es it. “I never have to revisit anything,” he says. No matter — especially those in remote and forgotten places — and give observe the education programs they have funded, they have where they are in the world, the Findels are “there to serve,” tair Gr tair

them a chance. Their generosity has already made a profound played with kindergarteners in Bangladesh, met mothers in s says Diaz. “They are strategic and thoughtful about how they unworthy, because I was an orphan. I felt very burdened by li and immeasurable impact on the lives of thousands of vulner- a remote mountain village in Nepal and joined a volleyball A spend their time and money, and it comes through every time this injustice, but also it strengthened my determination to do able children. But they’re not done yet — not even close. game with teenagers in Afghanistan. They have also trav- you meet with them.” something with my life. I made a promise to myself when I ad: © e

The Findels plan to give away all of their wealth — every eled to Madagascar and Liberia, and to Copenhagen to see r The Findels recently agreed to speak with Every Child about was around 8 years old that, if and when I was able, I would p

last cent — to make a better world for children. “When our UNICEF’s supply warehouse. “It was out of this world,” says S their philanthropic goals and how they hope to advance their help those less fortunate, especially children and those born lives end, why should we have anything left?” Stefan says. Susan of the warehouse. “It was all computerized — state- us — and UNICEF’s — vital cause. into poverty and other difficult situations. So many people vio The two come from vastly different backgrounds. Stefan of-the-art equipment that saves children’s lives. We couldn’t e gave me opportunities when I was a child, and now I would

is from a small town in Germany, where he was born after believe it.” d Pr How did you each first become interested like to do the same for other children. n

a Stefan: the end of World War II. His grandfather was an extremely Seeing UNICEF in action has deepened the Findels’ commit- s in helping others? My first contact with philanthropy was as a young

successful entrepreneur who built a profitable family business ment. “Every time the Findels experience UNICEF in the field thi Susan: When I was a young child, society decided I was student. Once a year, we had a fundraising drive where

13 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org unicefusa.org Every Child No. 2, 2013 14 Caption Rommo caperem que teriora? Urorude nonos hoculab students were asked, for one week, to go out with little cans of my annual financial routine. You know, year-end, you emenihil vid con ta que aatrum mus et? and collect money for a good cause. It was the idea that here’s think about taxes and about investing in this and that. At something you can do, even if you don’t give of your own some point, I said, OK, ‘I have to somehow figure out what money, you can give your time to it. to do and where to give.’ And UNICEF in Germany has a very positive image, so it was definitely on my mind. Over You have decided to give away all of your wealth to the years, as I got more involved, I met more UNICEF people make the world a better place — why? and was amazed at how they got things done. We saw how Stefan: We are one humanity, even though we’re from differ- they work seven days a week. Nobody has a nine-to-five ent nations and speak different languages. If you take a real attitude. We also came to understand the power of UNICEF’s look at how we live versus how other people live, you begin relationships with governments. UNICEF understands that to recognize that we have an obligation to help those who they can’t pick and choose who they work with — they are less fortunate. For me, I want to help those that are at the simply have to be where children need them. There are absolute opposite end of where I am in terms of need. We live international UNICEF staff in Afghanistan. They are also in very comfortably. We have a home, we can pay for food and many African countries where there is civil war. They stayed cars and travel, and we don’t need luxury. And since we do in Liberia during the entire war there. UNICEF doesn’t back not have children, we are not concerned about, or worrying down. They are there for the long run. about what to leave our kids. So we can give it to other kids. When our lives end, why should we have anything left over? Of all the causes you could support, why is helping It’s much more fun for me to give the money now rather than underprivileged children so important to you? leave a will and say, “OK, once I’m dead, then other people Stefan: There are so many important causes, but one that can have it.” gives me the most hope for the future is kids. If you focus on Susan: I try to remind myself where I came from, what it’s like children, you are focusing on the coming generation. Educa- to be a vulnerable child, and to see things from a child’s perspec- tion is particularly important — you cannot take that away tive. This is not just about financial wealth; it’s human wealth from somebody. If we take care of the kids today, then even if and empathy. I feel that when you say “wealth,” it should be we do not see a big difference right away, the next generation The Findels pitch in your human heart wealth. As a child, when someone cared about will be that much more successful. Worldwide, there is too at the UNICEF Supply Division headquarters in Copenhagen. We are one humanity even though we are from “ different nations and speak different languages. you and helped you — you cannot buy that with money. I want much of a discrepancy between the poorest and the richest in can agonize over buying something for myself privately that The Bridge Fund: to give financial wealth but also my wealth of compassion. So terms of everything — especially education — and we need to” costs 200 bucks that takes longer than it took me to decide children know that they really feel loved and cared for. work on that gap and not let it get bigger and bigger. on this. What I like about the Bridge Fund is that the money Worth Its Weight I am also so inspired by the students I have met who are so keeps revolving. It’s a catalyst that is not diminished. It’s like a Established in 2011 with a donation by Stefan and desperate and eager to go to school. That’s what we see when Why is education so critical? little engine that can drive a much, much bigger car. Susan Findel, the UNICEF Bridge Fund is an innova- we go to the field. Knowing that we can provide the means Stefan: With education, you can give children a much better tive financial tool created by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for them through the UNICEF program to have an education, understanding of their situation and what they can do to help How have you benefited from your giving to to fast-track lifesaving assistance to children in need to have that basic human right, is what drives my giving — themselves. You can also help them get a better understanding UNICEF, and what have you learned? around the world. UNICEF began discussing the use giving of money and heart. in many cases of what their government is doing, whether Susan: During our field visits, we have encountered so many of revolving loan funds in 2006. It was a tool that had they are a good government or bad. Education opens your people who astonish us with their courage, spirit and dignity been pioneered by the community housing develop- How did you each first become aware of, and then mind, your perspective on everything. — considering they are facing unimaginable hardships. Some of ment sector, and UNICEF first considered it as a way involved with, UNICEF? Susan: That’s why the focus of our education program, “Let their stories are just utterly heart-wrenching, but what we contin- to fund the development of pediatric anti-retroviral Susan: I am living proof of the power of UNICEF. My first en- Us Learn,” is on reaching the poorest children, the hardest-to- ue to witness is their resilience. That is humbling for me person- drugs. In 2010, a timing gap in funding nearly held up counter with the organization — and I didn’t find this out until reach. Helping the children and communities that have been ally and really completely changes one’s perspective about life. completion of a critical anti-malarial bednet program

later — was when UNICEF came to our orphanage in South forgotten. The countries that we will be working with through iaz No matter where you go in the world, you will always D

in Sierra Leone. That highlighted the need for UNICEF

Korea. I was 10 years old. I remember we had to get special UNICEF all have the potential to be stable and thriving — c confront some sort of suffering. That is just human nature. to have a flexible source of short-term bridge financ- permission from school to come home to the orphanage after education is a big part of getting there. War, natural disasters or manmade crisis — that’s going to ing. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF established the UNICEF lunch. We were asked to line up. And the next thing you know, happen no matter what. We’ll never live in a perfect world. Bridge Fund to fill that need and in 2012 completed we are getting immunizations! UNICEF had provided them. You were the founding donors to the UNICEF Bridge But we cannot be discouraged. We cannot give up fighting for CEF/2013/Mar

I the first two transactions. When Nigeria embarked It was unbelievable. When I learned about this later, I always Fund — why? children’s rights. I talk to people over and over again who say, on a massive polio immunization drive in February, it felt a very special connection with UNICEF. When I moved to Stefan: We had a meeting at the U.S. Fund to talk about this ‘I wish, I would like to do something …’ but they always have or UN

f used $6 million from the UNICEF Bridge Fund to close

New York City in my 20s, I was working hard, but contributed new project, the Bridge Fund, and I found the idea and the d some skepticism. Now, I can tell them — and I have seen it a timing gap to meet an urgent need for oral polio what I could to UNICEF during the holidays. I would volun- construction of it so exciting that I made the decision right un firsthand — that you can do something. Because of UNICEF, vaccine. (See infographic on page 10.) teer to sell Christmas cards for UNICEF on the weekends. then and there to give the first $1 million for the endowment. we have an amazing opportunity to make a difference. We are

Stefan: When I was around 30, I started making giving part I’ve never made a decision that fast over that much money. I © U.S. F all responsible for children’s futures.

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he U.S. Fund for UNICEF Midwest Regional Office in Chicago is responsible for fundraising in 12 states and generates more than $3 million annually. It hosts two major events — UNICEF’s Message of Hope gala in the spring Tand UNICEF’s Chicago Humanitarian Awards in the fall. The region has its own UNICEF Next Generation Steering Committee and recently added a Global Citizen- ship Fellow, Mandy Sharp Eizinger, who has already reached 2,500 people through grassroots activities. Members of UNICEF’s U.S. Fund President Next Gen pose with and CEO Caryl M. Stern children in a UNICEF- and Frida Giannini, supported swimming Creative Director of Where we work: lesson in Vietnam, Gucci, at the Sound where drowning is Illinois of Change concert in the leading cause of Indiana June 2013. death of children. Iowa Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Out & Missouri Message of Hope Field visits Nebraska This spectacular annual gala celebrates The office made two field visits this North Dakota About the generosity of Midwest donors and spring. In April, board member Joseph Ohio partners and the life-changing work N. Silich traveled to Indonesia to South Dakota U.S. Fund supporters advance they make possible. Last year, Message witness the range of UNICEF’s activity. Wisconsin UNICEF’s mission in the field

of Hope broke a record, generating In May, Midwest Regional Director and at special events more than $930,000. The water-themed Casey Marsh led board members on a evening was styled by Kehoe Designs visit to Mozambique for a firsthand look Midwest Regional and began with a cocktail reception at UNICEF’s education programs. Tak- Board of Directors: and silent auction. A UNICEF field tent ing part were board member Rob Brown Kapila Anand served as the entrance to the “UNICEF and his wife, Amy; Ashish Prasad and David Bossy Experience,” an interactive exhibit that his wife, Ashley; and Miller Shivers Robert T. Brown, Vice Chair showcased UNICEF’s work. Vance and her husband, Byron. Mary Lou Giustini Paul Harvey Vince John Hemmer h James W. Kelly s Bryan Rafanelli (left), Charlene ar Engelhard, Lauren Bush Lauren, Mindy Kairey M

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Salutes Partners H S I G B The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is grate- H U New England S L ful to all the supporters of the 63rd C L C Regional Office HOO board member Alli annual Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Achtmeyer with campaign. Our national sponsor, Ferrer at a dinner in HSNi, has been raising funds Boston in May. through special products sold at Q: How does your background the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF stores on HSN.com, Grandinroad. affect your interest in UNICEF’s In November, At a May event in work? Ferrer spoke com and Chasing-Fireflies.com. At Chicago, Ferrer with Margaret least 10 percent of the purchase A: My father is from Pakistan, and I feel signed books Alkek Williams price of these items will be donated and met Society a responsibility to stay connected, even at a dinner in members Joan to the U.S. Fund to help UNICEF’s Houston. though I was born and raised here in Rubschlager and lifesaving programs. All three the U.S. When I was in Pakistan in Laura Myntti. brands have also been inviting 2009, I encountered a child asking us to customers to add a donation to any purchases made online or via phone. buy cloth from him so he could buy tti, tti, National Sponsor Key Club Inter- n food for himself. I realized that he was y national, Kiwanis International’s M just one of thousands and thousands of student-led service leadership ra

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e zations will support The Eliminate probably the best at dealing with the Project, which seeks to eliminate problems children face every day. hlag maternal and neonatal tetanus sc I started my first UNICEF High School b worldwide. American Airlines and Ru Coinstar have both returned as pro- Club after that trip. n motional supporters. The Trick-or-

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harnesses the talents of thousands of compas- ne n Wsupporters. Ferrer, the eldest son of the late UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Fi Q: What are the club’s goals for s sionate teenagers. More than 250 high schools r’ Hepburn, took to the road to meet members across the country. A May tour brought e

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n him to five cities on behalf of the Society, and Ferrer attended U.S. Fund events in have joined us since this effort started in 2009. The photography Skarratt e T xa e

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Auburn High School UNICEF Club in Rockford, Illinois, fundraisers and workshops; we hope to , Annual Meeting in New York. At the Boston event, which was covered by the t to right) ©Sta s r or J ef f help other schools start UNICEF clubs; e Boston Globe, Ferrer honored New England’s storied tradition of higher learning.

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we want to make Rockford a city that is R “Our mother believed in education above all,” Ferrer said. r ar e for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF during 2012-2013. active in UNICEF volunteer work; we G d hope to make students understand that n You can email Sean Hepburn Ferrer at [email protected]. To learn more about the lma xa e We spoke with Misha Ahmad, the 17-year-old e ® l UNICEF is much more than an activity h Audrey Hepburn Society, please visit unicefusa.org/AudreyHepburnSociety. Audrey T A ® © (top to bottom, l founder and president of the club. that looks great on a resume. © Hepburn trademark: property of Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Luca Dotti. All rights reserved.

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Top: The U.S. Fund’s Kristi Burnham with Zonta member Pauliina Aukee and Lynn McKenzie, Zonta International’s president. The organization, which has 30,000 members in 65 countries, has supported UNICEF’s work since 1972. Center: A Rwandan mother and her child Bottom: McKenzie meets a young mother in Musanze District. Dorothe lives far from a health clinic, making it difficult to get regular prenatal care. With UNICEF’s support, the The Power of Musanze District Hospital is using RapidSMS technology to track neonatal health and Partnership pregnancies throughout How Zonta International invests in a the region. better future for the women of Rwanda

global service organization founded in 1919, Zonta International has a long history of supporting UNICEF’s programs to protect and empower women and their children.A In Rwanda, this partnership is working toward an ambitious goal: an HIV-free generation by 2015. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF accompanied Zonta’s leaders to several villages in Rwanda in February to see firsthand how investing in innovation e

yields results. gab Mu Top: Noala Skinner, UNICEF Representative in Rwanda, at a One-Stop Center in Gihundwe, funded by Zonta International. This model center provides da/2013/

holistic services to the survivors of violence. The staff works closely with law n Produced by Digital & Print Media, enforcement, medical teams and psychosocial experts to provide coordinated wa U.S. Fund for UNICEF treatment. Left: Matyazo health center’s new maternity ward, funded by Zonta R

International. The center is the first in the district to provide services for CEF I pregnant women with HIV to prevent transmission of the virus to their babies. Copyright © 2013. U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

Since 2007, no child delivered through this program has tested positive for HIV. © UN All rights reserved.

21 U.S. Fund for UNICEF unicefusa.org unicefusa.org “ I get a greater sense of reward, a greater sense of satisfaction, a greater sense of fulfillment out of my work unicefusa.org with UNICEF than almost anything else I’ve ever done in my life.” —Danny Kaye, UNICEF’s first Goodwill Ambassador, 1954-1987

Join the Danny Kaye Society Danny Kaye used his gifts to put the needs of children center stage. Join the Danny Kaye Society and leave a lifesaving legacy for future generations of children.

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