2012 Annual Report Malawi BEFORE ANYTHING UNIMAGINABLE C a N BECOME REAL, THERE MUST BE a BELIEVER
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2012 Annual Report Malawi BEFORE ANYTHING UNIMAGINABLE C A N BECOME REAL, THERE MUST BE A BELIEVER. SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES WITH UNWAVERING DETERMINATION. SOMEONE WHOSE CONVICTION IS SO POWERFUL THAT OTHER PEOPLE START TO BELIEVE, TOO — MORE AND MORE, UNTIL FINALLY A SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE IDEA B ECOMES POSSIBLE. AN IDEA LIKE BELIEVE IN ZERO. ZERO STARVING CHILDREN. ZERO EXPLOITED CHILDREN. Z E R O PREVENTABLE CHILD DEATHS. LEADERSHIP LETTER BELIEVE IN ZERO PREVENTABLE CHILD DEATHS Since 1970, 1970 1990 2011 the number of child deaths has dropped e have never been closer to ZERO. The worldwide number of deaths among children under five has dropped to its dramatically lowest level ever — 19,000 per day. This represents a 40 (children under 5) 17MILLION12 MILLION MILLION7 percent decline since 1990 and is powerful proof that we are gaining crucial and historic ground in the fight for child survival. We would not be here without you. WIn June, leaders from across the world joined UNICEF and USAID in Washing- EVERY REGION HAS SEEN A MARKED DECLINE ton, D.C., to commit to ending preventable child deaths by 2035. As of October, SINCE 1990 162 governments, along with 191 civil society organizations and more than 200 Middle Today, we are well on faith leaders from dozens of countries, have signed a pledge to make the survival Sub- East / East Asia Latin America the way to achieving of all children a reality. Saharan South North CEE / & the Believe Africa Asia Africa CIS Pacific & Carib. in ZERO We have long held that reaching ZERO preventable child deaths is not hyperbole The global ZERO in these key areas: or some distant dream — and you have stood with us in this belief. Your support has mortality rate helped us reach this critical point and will be absolutely essential on the road ahead. T Polio 99 percent In Fiscal Year 2012, 497,659 individuals, as well as 17,655 corporations, schools, reduction in incidence NGOs, foundations, and other institutions made our work possible by generating among children of polio since 1988. more than $500 million for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Those funds are being Washington, D.C. spent carefully and wisely to help as many children as possible. under 5 All of us understand what is at stake. We all know that 19,000 is not just a number. T Maternal/Neonatal has dropped 39 It is an overwhelming tragedy; a promise broken for each child it represents. As 48 50 56 63 64 Tetanus 27 countries members of the UNICEF family, we will continue to do all that we can to ensure have eliminated maternal that 19,000 becomes ZERO. (mortality rate, children under 5, and neonatal tetanus Thank you for your compassion and your support. since 1990) 100 since 2000. STILL, 1 CHILD UNDER 5 DIES EVERY 5 SECONDS T Measles 74 percent decrease in measles Anthony Pantaleoni Caryl M. Stern deaths since 2000. Chair President and CEO (00:00:05 ( Annual Report 2012 4 U.S. Fund for UNICEF 41% Annual Report 2012 5 U.S. Fund for UNICEF EMER GENCIES In 2011, the UNICEF Supply Division UNICEF UNICEF responded to 292 emergencies — from civil conflicts to floods, cyclones, and earthquakes — bought $2.14 billion worth of supplies, delivering in 80 countries, procuring $166 million worth of emergency supplies, half of that total to assist children IMPACT in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa. The global UNICEF humanitarian response supported: over 9,300 shipments to 141 countries. Q improved education for 4 million children Q vaccination, deworming, and vitamin A supplementation for over 36 million children Q severe acute malnutrition treatment for 1.8 million children under five Q targeted nutritional support for 19 million women and children Q sanitation, hygiene, or safe drinking water for 16 million people Contributions from a dedicated and diverse group of supporters — individuals, non-governmental C H ILD SURVIVAL UNICEF organizations, corporations, Q bought $1.03 billion in vaccines, $97 million in medical supplies and equipment, foundations, and governments and 20.8 million HIV diagnostic tests from around the globe — make Q worked with partners to immunize over 52 million children against measles APPROXIMATELY it possible for UNICEF to carry Q delivered 25 million bed nets and 11.7 million malaria rapid diagnostic tests to protect out its work. Donations are put children from mosquito-borne diseases in 36 countries to optimum use, and more than Q spent $70 million on water and sanitation supplies, delivering 347 million water purification tablets and 78,159 hygiene kits 347 90 percent of all money UNICEF Q procured 27,000 metric tons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food — 80 percent of the global 6.4 MILLION receives goes directly to pro- MILLION water purification supply — and 140 million packets of micronutrient powder children tablets delivered grams and supplies that help offered education children. Here is an overview of through the organization’s efforts in 2011. C H ILD PROTECTION $166 classroom kits UNICEF MILLION Q worked in 102 countries to strengthen programs for children in development plans and budgets worth of emergency Q helped achieve a 30 percent increase in communities abandoning genital supplies procured mutilation and cutting in 15 countries Q championed the adoption of new rules and laws against child marriage in Azerbaijan and India 52 Q integrated almost 12,000 child soldiers back into society MILLION Q helped introduce child justice legislation in Albania, “zero child labor” initiatives in Bolivia, and children protected universal, compulsory birth registration in Malawi against measles C H ILD DEVELOPMENT UNICEF Q spent $106 million to deliver education supplies and learning materials Q helped give over 10 million children access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in their learning environments Q purchased 159,970 classroom kits, 22,523 recreation kits, and 9,979 Early Childhood Development kits Central & South America and the Caribbean 5% Central and Eastern Europe 3% Sub-Saharan Africa 55% Middle East & North Africa 8% Asia 29% Q worked with partners to help 8.76 million school-age children access basic education and provide 2 million children with access to safe community play and learning spaces WHERE SUPPLIES WERE USED Annual Report 2012 6 U.S. Fund for UNICEF Annual Report 2012 7 U.S. Fund for UNICEF UNICEF Impact Uzbekistan Global Reach 900,000 children receive deworming UNICEF knows no boundaries in its e!orts to tablets and hygiene instruction in a ensure the survival and development of every child. UNICEF-supported The organization maintains an active presence in handwashing campaign. over 190 countries and territories, and its 11,000 sta! members deliver programs in more than 150. Here are some examples of UNICEF’s 2011-2012 activities around the world. Libya UNICEF distributes clean water to 500,000 people Latin America and the Caribbean Madagascar Iran, Islamic Republic of and aids hundreds Antigua and Barbuda Malawi Iraq of thousands of Argentina Mozambique Jordan refugees in Tunisia Haiti Barbados Namibia Kuwait and Egypt. UNICEF delivers India Belize Rwanda Lebanon The Horn of Africa UNICEF supports cholera prevention Bolivia Seychelles Libya The Sahel More than 3,000 metric efforts that immunize supplies for 2.2 Brazil Somalia Morocco East Asia and UNICEF treats more tons of ready-to-use 170 million children million people. British Virgin Islands South Africa Occupied Palestinian Territory the Pacific than a quarter million therapeutic food are against polio. In Chile South Sudan, Republic of Oman Cambodia children for severe delivered to treat January 2012, India Colombia Swaziland Qatar China acute malnutrition severely malnourished announces it is Costa Rica Tanzania, United Republic of Saudi Arabia Cook Islands through June 2012 children in the famine- polio-free after a year Cuba Uganda Sudan Fiji amid the region-wide stricken Horn of Africa. without a single case. Dominica Zambia Syrian Arab Republic Indonesia nutrition crisis. WHO removes India Dominican Republic Zimbabwe Tunisia Kiribati from the list of Ecuador United Arab Emirates Korea, Democratic polio-endemic El Salvador West and Central Africa Yemen People’s Republic of countries. Grenada Benin Lao People’s Democratic Republic Guatemala Burkina Faso Central and Eastern Europe Malaysia Guyana Cameroon and the Commonwealth Marshall Islands Haiti Cape Verde of Independent States The grand Micronesia, Federated States of DR Congo Honduras Central African Republic Albania Mongolia UNICEF begins goal of preventing Jamaica Chad Armenia Myanmar the distribution Mexico Congo Azerbaijan Nauru of 13.7 million child deaths Montserrat Congo, Democratic Republic of the Belarus Niue insecticide-treated Nicaragua Côte d’Ivoire Bosnia and Herzegovina Palau bed nets (ITNs). Panama Equatorial Guinea Bulgaria Papua New Guinea must be our Colombia Today, 38 percent Paraguay Gabon Croatia Philippines UNICEF efforts of the country’s Peru Gambia Georgia Samoa common cause. to protect children children sleep Saint Kitts and Nevis Ghana Kazakhstan Solomon Islands endangered by under ITNs — up Anthony Lake, Saint Lucia Guinea Kosovo, under UNSC res. 1244 Thailand armed conflict from 1 percent ten UNICEF Executive Director Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Guinea-Bissau Kyrgyzstan Timor-Leste reach more years ago. Suriname Liberia Macedonia, the former Tokelau than 50,000 girls Trinidad and Tobago Mali Yugoslav Republic of Tonga and boys. Turks and Caicos Islands Mauritania Moldova Tuvalu Swaziland Uruguay Niger Montenegro Vanuatu UNICEF supports Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Nigeria Romania Vietnam antiretroviral drug Sâo Tomé and Principe Serbia delivery so that 95 Eastern and Southern Africa Senegal Tajikistan South Asia percent of HIV-positive Angola Sierra Leone Turkey Afghanistan pregnant women get Botswana Togo Turkmenistan Bangladesh treatment to stop the Burundi Ukraine Bhutan transmission of the Comoros Middle East and North Africa Uzbekistan India virus to their babies.