UNICEF Australia ANNUAL REPORT 2015

CONTENTS

About UNICEF 2 President and CEO’s Report 3 The Convention on the Rights of the Child 4 Funds to Our International Programs 6 Policy and Advocacy 8 There in an Emergency 10 Child Survival 14 Education 18 Child Protection and Social Inclusion 20 Fundraising in the Community 22 Our Supporters 24 Our People 27 Summarised Financial Report 30 Financial Overview 33 Committed to Best Practice 35

Front cover: © UNICEF/UNI188958/Rich A young girl smiles during a class in the eastern Adamawa Region.

Inside back cover: © UNICEF/UN03237/Ose Street children play at the Child Restoration Outreach.

UNICEF Australia | 1 ABOUT UNICEF

UNICEF is a leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. Working for and with children through adolescence and into adulthood, our global presence allows us to produce results and monitor their effects.

Established in the aftermath of World War II Our work is guided by the United Nations to provide food, clothing and health care Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to children facing famine and disease, the which states that every child has a right United Nations Children’s Fund has spent to survive, thrive and fulfil their potential – nearly 70 years working to improve the lives to the benefit of a better world. Guided by of children and their families. this mandate, UNICEF Australia works to advance the rights of the most disadvantaged Now more than ever, children and families both in Australia and globally, develop meaningful private sector children are in need. partnerships and raise funds to ensure improved outcomes for children. Today, the twin drivers of humanitarian need – violent conflict and the impact of climate We work to ensure the policies, laws and change – have forced more children from their practices of Australian Governments and homes than at any other time since records other institutions prioritise children’s best began. Children need us now more than ever. interests at all times. And we collaborate with counterparts globally and specialists locally UNICEF operates in 190 countries and to reach the best outcomes for children. territories to ensure the survival, protection UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary and development of children. From providing contributions of individuals, businesses, safe shelter, nutrition and protection to foundations and governments. supplying clean water and sanitation, health care and education, UNICEF works for and with children.

2 | Annual Report 2015 © UNICEF/UN05153/Dragaj PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

CHILDREN IN NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER

In 2015, millions of children and families were forced from their UNICEF Australia and our supporters are an important cog in homes to flee violence, persecution, and hardship, risking their UNICEF’s global response on behalf of the most disadvantaged lives in search of safety and a better future. Other climate-related children. In 2015, we successfully gained accreditation with emergencies endangered the wellbeing of hundreds of millions the Australian Government, a recognition of our capacity and of children living in areas prone to floods, earthquakes, cyclones accountability in managing Australian Government funding. and other natural disasters. A number of our programs are highlighted in this Annual Report including findings from two evaluations undertaken in Laos and As the headlines remind us daily, these conflicts and disasters Ethiopia. Our engagement with parliamentary processes and key are multiplying. Last year in Nepal two massive earthquakes left influencers has helped introduce positive additional safeguards more than 1 million children requiring humanitarian aid. UNICEF for Australia’s children in both policy and law. acted swiftly, using pre-positioned supplies to deliver tents and tarpaulins, provide water trucking services, and administer water We would like to acknowledge the extraordinary efforts purification tablets and hygiene kits. Closer to home, Cyclone of UNICEF Australia staff over the past year and our Board Pam wreaked havoc across Vanuatu and other Pacific island members for their dedication towards realising the rights of nations and UNICEF worked to ensure that more than 50,000 every child. We consider it a privilege to work alongside you. school-age children returned to class. The Syrian Conflict in all its complexity continues to be the most significant humanitarian And finally, our thanks goes to the many Australians and crisis impacting the world today. As countless Syrians flee Australian businesses who give life to the work we do to conflict, the effects are felt in neighbouring countries and uphold children’s rights everywhere, especially among the across Europe. most disadvantaged. These individuals, families and workforces continue to drive progress, and it is thanks to their support, Never before have so many emergencies put so many children we can continue our life-saving work. Given the continuing in danger. But while the challenges are enormous, so too are challenges so many children face, we need your support the opportunities to save not only lives but also the futures now more than ever. of millions of children. Children need us now more than ever.

The progress we have seen in the last 25 years is immense. The number of children dying before their fifth birthday has declined from 12.7 million in 1990 to 5.9 million in 2015. But we can and must do better. That’s why, in 2015, UN member states Adrian Graham John Stewart adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a blueprint UNICEF Australia UNICEF Australia to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity. Acting Chief Executive President

UNICEF Australia | 3 THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

ARTICLE 01 ARTICLE 10 ARTICLE 18 If you’re under 18, you are A child should be where Parents must share the a child, and you have rights. its family is – all together. responsibility of raising their children and be supported ARTICLE 02 by society to do so. No matter the race, religion, ARTICLE 11 ability, family unit, or the No one can take a child illegally. ARTICLE 19 things they think and say, Laws must protect children a child has rights. ARTICLE 12 from being hurt or mistreated. ARTICLE 03 Children can give an opinion and those with power should ARTICLE 20 Everyone must work toward listen. what is best for a child. Respect for a child’s cultural background must be considered if they can’t be cared for by ARTICLE 04 ARTICLE 13 their family. Governments must help children Children have the right to be realise their rights. shown, share and shape ideas and information, as long as it ARTICLE 21 causes no harm. If adopted by another family, ARTICLE 05 the best interests of the child Families must help protect must be the first consideration. children’s rights and be guided ARTICLE 14 by Government to do so. Children can choose what to believe in, with guidance from ARTICLE 22 their family about what’s right If a refugee, a child should be ARTICLE 06 and wrong. Children have the right to live protected by his/her host country. a full life. Governments should ensure that children survive and develop healthily. ARTICLE 15 ARTICLE 23 Children can join groups and Children with disability need ARTICLE 07 make friends of their choosing. care and support to live a full life. A name and place to call home is every child’s right. ARTICLE 16 ARTICLE 24 Children have a right to privacy. Good health, clean water and ARTICLE 08 nutritious food are a child’s right. A child must have an identity and an official record of it. ARTICLE 17 ARTICLE 25 The mass media has a Living arrangements for children ARTICLE 09 responsibility to provide in State care must be regularly Children should not be separated information children understand reviewed. from their parents unless it is in and protect them from their best interests. information they don’t.

4 | Annual Report 2015 © UNICEF/UN03212/Ose ARTICLE 26 ARTICLE 32 ARTICLE 38 Governments must help Children must be safe from work Children should be protected children who go without. that harms them or threatens from war. Those 15 years and their education. younger must not serve in armed forces. ART ICLE 27 All children must have their basic needs met, no matter how ARTICLE 33 ARTICLE 39 Children who have been disadvantaged or marginalised. Children must be made safe from dangerous drugs. neglected or abused have the right to receive help to recover ARTICLE 28 and have their dignity restored. All children have the right to a free and fair education. ARTICLE 34 Children should be safe from ARTICLE 40 sexual abuse. Children who break the law must be given fair treatment and jailed ART ICLE 29 only as a last resort for the most Education should develop serious of offences. a child to participate fully ARTICLE 35 in their community. Children should be safe from ARTICLE 41 being abducted or sold. If a country’s laws better protect a child’s rights, it should take ARTICLE 30 precedence to the Convention. It’s a child’s right to speak their language and practice their own ARTICLE 36 culture. Children should be safe from ARTICLE 42 exploitation. Children must know and ARTICLE 31 have access to their rights. Children have the right to play and rest. ARTICLE 37 ARTICLE 43-45 Children must be safe from These articles set out how society being cruelly punished. works to protect children’s rights.

UNICEF Australia | 5 Humanitarian Emergencies $439,811 Humanitarian Emergencies $4,156,383

Education Child Protection Health $17,889 $25,000 Child $939,740 Protection Humanitarian $69,226 Emergencies Education $118,003 $581,757 Health Humanitarian Emergencies $354,631 Education $58,389 $20,631 Nutrition Education $1,296,838 Humanitarian $174,413 Emergencies FUNDS TO OUR $1,465,640 Nutrition INTERNATIONAL $20,388

Water, Sanitation PROGRAMS and Hygiene (WASH) $290,593

WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST

In 2015, UNICEF Australia distributed $21,494,463 to international programs. Of this, $10,082,240 was dedicated East Asia and Pacific to UNICEF core programs in education, child survival, East and Southern Africa HIV/AIDS, child protection and responding to emergencies worldwide. Middle East and North Africa These funds were distributed as a response to where the South Asia 32 ,1 S need for children is greatest. For more detailed information 465 M refer to UNICEF’s Report on Regular Resources available West and Central Africa 11, A $ GR at www.unicef.org/publications Global RO AL P GLOB

6 | Annual Report 2015 Humanitarian Emergencies $439,811 Humanitarian Emergencies $4,156,383

Nutrition $20,388

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) $290,593

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UNICEF Australia | 7 POLICY AND ADVOCACY

UNICEF Australia’s Policy and Advocacy strategy works to ensure the policies, laws and practices of Australian CHILDREN ON THE MOVE Governments and other institutions respect, promote and protect the rights of children at home and abroad. Advice on Child Protection We advocate for children by guiding decision makers In 2015, UNICEF Australia provided advice on child to prioritise the best interests of children at all times protection to the Department of Immigration and Border in policy-making. Protection. We did so through our participation in the Children and Policy Working Group, and through policy The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) submissions. provides our mandate. We helped to shape the Department’s child protection UNICEF Australia is active in its advocacy for children training used by the whole Department including any globally, in our region and here in Australia. Below external staff or contractors who have direct contact with is a sample of our 2015 highlights. children. UNICEF Australia also provided guidance on the Department’s Child Protection Policy, which was adopted 25 YEARS OF THE in 2015. CRC IN AUSTRALIA CEO’s Group on Children in Immigration Detention December 2015 marked 25 years of Australia’s ratification of the CRC. In that time there have been improvements In 2015, UNICEF Australia co-chaired a CEO’s group on to the legal protections, social attitudes to children’s right children in immigration detention. This group led advocacy to dignity and respect, and attitudes towards participation efforts to ensure that the best interests of children are in decision making. Australia is a great place to live for most a primary consideration in Australia’s policies and practices children, yet certain groups consistently face barriers to that relate to refugee and asylum seeking children and that achieving their rights. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander these meet international human rights standards. One of children, children with disabilities and asylum seeker and the core principles promoted by the CEO’s group is that refugee children face persistent, systemic rights violations children must only be detained as a last resort, and only and structural inequality. UNICEF Australia plays a pivotal when reasonable, necessary and proportionate and for role in monitoring the Australian Government’s record on the shortest period of time. child rights through its role as co-chair of the Australian Child Rights Taskforce. Upholding International Human Rights Standards In 2015, UNICEF Australia hosted visits from the Office AUSTRALIA’S RESPONSE of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights. UNICEF TO THE CRISIS IN SYRIA Australia staff also participated in a briefing with members In September, UNICEF Australia, World Vision Australia of the UN Sub-Committee on the Prevention of Torture and UNHCR hosted a briefing to MPs at Parliament House following their official visit to the Republic of Nauru. on the escalating situation in Syria and what this means in practical terms for children. Following the briefing and associated lobbying efforts, the Australian Government announced it would essentially double Australia’s humanitarian intake by committing to resettle an additional 12,000 people in 2015-16.

8 | Annual Report 2015 YOUNG AMBASSADORS UNICEF Australia worked in partnership with nine Young Ambassadors throughout 2015, who received training in child participation strategies, communications and child rights education. The Young Ambassadors worked across a range of communications and advocacy projects, including conducting workshops in schools to share messages about child rights, conducting youth consultations, meeting with Megan Mitchell, the National Children’s Commissioner, and acting as spokespeople for child rights.

PARLIAMENTARY ENGAGEMENT In 2015, the Policy and Advocacy team continued to monitor Bills brought before Federal Parliament and, where possible, State and Territory Parliaments, to consider the compatibility of proposed laws with the CRC. One such submission was in respect to the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 (Cth). UNICEF Australia was invited to give further evidence before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. UNICEF Australia’s submission, alongside those of others, helped secure amendments to the Bill, which introduced some positive safeguards for children. The amended Bill, which was subsequently passed by parliament, no longer provides for the cessation of a child’s citizenship on the basis of his or her parent’s status and now requires the Minister to consider the best interests of the child before exercising discretion in certain circumstances.

FUTURE DIRECTION Our Policy and Advocacy work will continue to focus on promoting and protecting the rights of children in the following priority areas:

• Australia’s accountability to children as a signatory to the CRC.

• Children on the Move, in particular refugee and asylum seeking children.

• The quality and quantity of Australia’s investments in children through its Official Development Assistance Program.

• Australian businesses in their consideration and understanding of Child Rights.

NOW MORE THAN EVER, the international community is bearing witness to a surge in violent conflict. The number of children trapped in humanitarian crises around the world is both staggering and sobering. Nearly 250 million children live in countries affected by violent conflicts. In 2015, millions of children and families were forced from their homes to flee violence, persecution and hardship – all too often risking their lives in search of safety and a better future. When emergencies strike, children – the most vulnerable in a community – disproportionately bear the brunt. As well as the high risk of injury or death, lack of access to clean water, food and medical services puts children at risk of malnutrition and life-threatening diseases, while the danger of displacement and violence increases. Education is often one of the first casualities of war. Almost 70 years since we were first established to provide food, clothing and health care to children post World War II, UNICEF’s mission is more vital than ever.

10 | Annual Report 2015 © UNICEF/UN02416/Schermbrucker MEET YUSUF CIVIL WAR © UNICEF/NYHQ2014–1707/Yurtsever Yusuf entered the world IN SYRIA in an extraordinary way. His mum, Nadya, was living in the Syrian town of Kobanî

when it was attacked by EMERGENCIES 2015 marked four years of the Syrian conflict armed forces and she was and it came with a startling reminder: forced to flee on foot. an entire generation of children is growing Nadya told us how, in the up knowing only war and deprivation. late stages of her pregnancy, she made the gruelling four- The Syrian Conflict in all its complexity continues to be day walk to reach Turkey. the most significant humanitarian crisis impacting the world today, with grave protection and human rights violations “I sank down when we got to the border. They took me occurring daily. Relentless conflict and violence has forced to hospital in an ambulance immediately and I gave birth families from their homes and destroyed livelihoods. there,” she recounts. More than 4 million people have already fled the country, Yusuf has spent the first few months of his life surrounded seeking refuge in neighbouring countries including Jordan, by chaos. The profound stress of a refugee camp is far Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt. A further 6.5 million from his family’s home and community support. people are internally displaced. The refugee crisis puts further children at risk. While many are travelling with their UNICEF is providing nappies, clothing and other essentials families, many children are on their own, and are vulnerable for refugee babies, and we’re giving mothers like Nadya to trafficking, abuse and exploitation. UNICEF is engaging the safe spaces and guidance they need to care for their with EU Member States, UN agency partners and newborns. organisations to ensure that programs and policies responding to this ongoing crisis put the rights Yusuf is one of 114,000 Syrian children who have been and needs of all children first. born as refugees in neighbouring countries since the start of the conflict. In 2015, Australians donated $488,335 to support UNICEF’s emergency response in Syria and neighbouring countries.

ARTICLE 38 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 Children should be protected from war. Those 15 years and younger must not serve in armed forces.

UNICEF Australia | 11 HUGE MEET ANJALI EART H QUAKES © UNICEF/UNI187811/Shrestha Anjali, 13, lost her brother and parents in the earthquake. ROCK NEPAL Her mother was gathering grass for livestock and her brother was chopping wood In April and May 2015, two massive when a landslide took them. earthquakes struck Nepal. Two months after the earthquake Anjali was able The 7.8 and 7.3 magnitude earthquakes near Kathmandu to return to school, but she destroyed a staggering 605,000 homes and left more than barely speaks. 1 million children in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Her grandfather is the only family she has left. As soon as the earthquake struck, UNICEF used its pre-positioned relief supplies to mount an emergency “I will let her study as long as I am alive. I will support response, delivering tents and tarpaulins for shelter, her until I am no longer able,” he says. providing water trucking services to campsites, and Her grandfather knows that staying with her living administering water purification tablets and hygiene kits. relatives and going back to school with friends in her local community is the best thing for Anjali, and many like More than 9,000 people were killed, leaving many children her whose lives have been impacted by the earthquakes. alone to come to terms with the deaths of close friends and family. He is right. In the months following the earthquakes, the biggest risk was no longer the spread of disease or even The generosity of both the Australian public and business the fear of another tremor: it was trafficking. community resulted in $4.6 million raised to support In Nepal, child trafficking was rife even before the the response. Funds helped children return to school earthquake, with an estimated 12,000 Nepalese children with the tools they need to learn; receive medical care, trafficked to India every year. Girls not recruited into immunisations and nutritional support; stay safe from prostitution face being sold as domestic slaves, and boys abuse, trafficking and exploitation and receive counselling are taken into forced labour. to cope with terrible loss and look to the future with confidence. UNICEF is working to prevent children in Nepal from falling into the hands of traffickers. In the months Months later, thousands of families continue to survive following the quake, UNICEF had helped prevent 245 in makeshift shelters. UNICEF is still working to help children from being trafficked. We’re establishing Child children rebuild their lives, and we can’t do it alone. Friendly Spaces to protect kids while their parents are working, we’re delivering safety advice to thousands In 2015, Australians donated $4,603,550 to of families in affected regions and, as a last resort, we’re UNICEF’S Nepal Earthquake Children’s Appeal. supporting interception points along the country’s borders.

Business community support The community responds PayPal Australia used its digital presence to draw Australians responded with tremendous generosity attention to those affected in Nepal. Through its website following the quake. Some $203,919 was raised through and social media channels, more than $150,000 was raised. various community fundraising events held across the country. An honourable mention goes to The Golden Palace Seafood Restaurant in Cabramatta, which held a fundraising dinner and raised an incredible $24,300 to support the Nepal Earthquake Children’s Appeal.

12 | Annual Report 2015 CYCLONE PAM RAVAGES THE PACIFIC

Closer to home, Cyclone Pam wreaked havoc in Vanuatu and other Pacific islands in March 2015. Around 82,000 children – EMERGENCIES about two thirds of children in Vanuatu – were in need of humanitarian assistance.

UNICEF concentrated on making sure that children and their families in Vanuatu – as well as in affected communities in Tuvalu, Solomon Islands and Kiribati – had access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, and health services including immunisation. In Vanuatu, 34 school buildings were destroyed and a further 80 per cent damaged. UNICEF worked to ensure that more than 50,000 school-age children affected by the cyclone returned to class as soon as possible. MEET MELANIE © UNICEF/UN04320/Estey Melanie, 7, is from a remote village in North Tanna, Vanuatu. “I am in kindergarten. I was almost killed during Cyclone Pam In 2015, the Australian public when my father and me were fleeing the storm,” and business community donated she recounts. $1,620,627 to UNICEF’s emergency response in Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, a Y-shaped Solomon Islands and Kiribati. archipelago in the Pacific Islands, is made up of 83 islands. Tanna in the south is one of Vanuatu’s most densely populated islands and one of its most vulnerable, regularly at the mercy of cyclones, During the Cricket World Cup semi-finals drought, and an active volcano, Mount Yasur. in March, the International Cricket Council launched a global television appeal, raising Tanna suffered widespread damage when Cyclone Pam more than $250,000 including generous ripped through Vanuatu. Only a few months later, the contributions from Cricket Australia and country suffered again due to the impacts of El Niño- New Zealand Cricket. induced drought. The people of Vanuatu are resilient by necessity but with little recovery time between Cyclone With more than 40 per cent of its current Pam and El Niño, the lack of water and food shortages players from the Pacific Islands, the NRL had from failed harvests, continue to present problems. great reason to rally behind UNICEF’s Appeal and used game days, media and broadcast As the impact of one natural disaster follows another, partners to raise invaluable funds. UNICEF continues to support children, families and governments to respond.

NOW MORE THAN EVER, child health and survival is a priority. Today, nearly 250 million children live in countries affected by violent conflicts. Other climate-related emergencies endanger the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of children in areas prone to floods, earthquakes, cyclones and other natural disasters. Conflicts, political instability and natural disasters contribute significantly to infant mortality. During emergency situations, the scarcity of clean water, food and medical help puts mothers and babies at risk. More than half of early child deaths could be prevented or treated with simple, affordable interventions. UNICEF, through the provision of blankets, therapeutic food, immunisation and maternal health kits, helps save the lives of mothers and babies affected by emergencies.

From MDGs to SDGs On 25 September 2015, the 193 member nations of the United Nations (UN) adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity ARTICLE 6 for all as part of a new sustainable development Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved Children have the right to live over the next 15 years. These goals are called the a full life. Governments should Sustainable Development Goals (“Global Goals”) ensure that children survive and carry on from the Millennium Development Goals and develop healthily. agreed to by UN countries in 2000.

14 | Annual Report 2015 © ©UNICEF/UN04329/Estey UNICEF/UNI199362/Khuzaie NUTRITION EMERGENCY

IN ETHIOPIA Zeynaba holding Bogsiye, at Gode Postnatal Care Unit © UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Adawe W. CHILD SURVIVAL

Zeynaba Ibrahim sits holding her baby boy. “They told me I am pregnant and I will be safe PAGE TITLE At 26, Zeynaba has lived through more if I stay in the hospital til I give birth,” she says. heartbreak than most, mourning the loss of five “Then I discussed with my family and all agreed babies who all died while she was six to nine that I should get the treatment. My husband months pregnant. She has named her sixth child visits me frequently and he took over the house Bogsiye, meaning ‘Healer’. work and looking after our livestock.”

“He is my dream and healed my wounds,” she says. The result was the birth of Bogsiye, her healthy baby boy. “I was not feeling any pain til I heard Ethiopia is experiencing one of the worst the baby cry, I could not control my tears.” droughts in decades. The main rainy season (kiremt rains) that supplies over 80 per cent UNICEF Australia supporters have of Ethiopia’s agricultural yield and employs provided $1 million to support emergency 85 per cent of the workforce – failed in 2015, health and nutrition teams in the Somali and a powerful El Niño weather event has Region of Ethiopia since 2011. left families like Zeynaba’s living on the edge. Zeynaba and her husband live in the rural outskirts In 2015, the program was evaluated to verify of Gode town in the Somali Region, the area its impact on the community, document lessons hardest hit by drought. learned and identify challenges to be addressed in the future. The evaluation found that: With limited or no access to public or private • The program provides access to vital health care services, pastoralist women like healthcare for communities who were Zeynaba depend mostly on traditional medicine previously unreached, particularly during like plant-based herbs for health care, however health emergencies. traditional healers can use unsafe techniques. • The services provided to the community In 2015, UNICEF Australia supported Mobile are comprehensive and address priority Health and Nutrition Teams to reach those health services. districts most affected by drought. The teams provide basic health, nutrition and emergency • In the Somali region the teams have provided in excess of 1.6 million consultations over referral services to populations living in hard to the past 5 years. The teams have regular reach and drought-prone districts. availability of health kits and supplies, often The Mobile Health and Nutrition Team arrived much better than static health facilities.

in Zeynaba’s village two days after she lost her • There is a high level of ownership by the fifth child, providing life-saving treatment for community and the local government. infection and anaemia and counselling for her and her husband. When she fell pregnant a sixth • Community members indicated a willingness time, Zeynaba was referred to Gode Hospital to contribute towards the cost of the and encouraged to stay in the UNICEF-supported treatment and the teams are politically supported to provide services in insecure maternity waiting home for her pregnancy. and no go areas.

UNICEF Australia | 15 UNDERNUTRITION: A SILENT EMERGENCY IN RURAL LAOS

Homchanh, 20, holds her buoyant 13-month- old daughter Khankeo in Ban Namahee, a small village in Southeast Laos. Nearby, the largest mine in the country unearths gold and copper, employing many of the men in the region. Many more families In 2015, MMG reaffirmed its commitment to depend on its indirect economy for their nutrition in Laos by extending this partnership livelihoods. with UNICEF to 2019.

In a country where child undernutrition is a silent In 2015, the program was evaluated to assess the emergency – the latest data indicates almost 2 million performance of public and private distribution models Lao citizens, mainly women and children, suffer some for critical nutrition supplements and to provide form of undernutrition – Homchanh is grateful for her recommendations for scaling up the program. bouncing baby girl. The assessment, supported by the University of British Columbia, concluded that: With support from corporate partner, MMG Limited and UNICEF, Homchanh adds SuperKid to her daughter’s • From equity perspective, the public micronutrient meals. This micronutrient powder is distributed in her powder distribution model works better at reaching village by the health centre staff every three months children living in remote, hard-to-reach areas and for children under two years of age. those from poor families. The public sector model was also highly accepted by program managers, service “I only have one child but plan on having three or four,” providers and communities. In the immediate to says Homchang. “I will continue to give my next children medium-term, the public distribution model seem the nutrition supplements. I’ve also discussed with other to be more suitable to the country context and mothers about SuperKid because it’s very beneficial for established institutional structures.

children and I will continue to tell others as well.” • There is room for a market-based micronutrient powder distribution model in supplementing public distribution, In 2015, UNICEF Australia received $659,672 especially in urban, wealthier areas; however, this through a multisector and multiyear partnership requires further policy and operational discussions with UNICEF Australia corporate partner, MMG to identify practical solutions on how to avoid overlaps Limited to distribute nutritional supplements between socially marketed micronutrient powder and in Laos and offer diet and nutrition advice to blanket distribution of fortified supplementary foods. mothers of young children.

16 | Annual Report 2015 PREVENTABLE ILLNESSES THREATEN CHILDREN IN KIRIBATI CHILD SURVIVAL

In the past five years, the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati has experienced repeated diarrhoea outbreaks, leading to the hospitalisation and even death of children under five.

The most common cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhoea among infants and young children around the world is rotavirus.

In 2015, UNICEF supported the Government of Kiribati to introduce a vaccine for rotavirus, vaccinating all newborn children when they reach six weeks. It is one of the first countries in the Pacific to introduce the rotavirus vaccine and integrate it into routine immunisation programs country-wide.

Mother of three, Bwebwenraoi knows how important the vaccine is.

She sits in the ‘waiting room,’ a wooden bench outside the simple brick clinic in Kiribati’s Temaiku village, cradling her newborn son.

“I came to get the rotavirus vaccination for Tapiang as he is six weeks old now,” she says. Her one-year-old son Uriam is currently in hospital with diarrhoea, the same illness this vaccine will help to prevent.

In addition to the rotavirus vaccine, nearly 90 per cent of child deaths due to diarrhoea can be prevented with simple solutions. Breastfeeding provides vitamins and nutrients that help infants to avoid diarrhoeal disease and recover more quickly. Good sanitation and hygiene practices introduce low-cost and highly effective ways to protect children from diarrhoea. In 2015, UNICEF Australia contributed $248,449 to roll out the rotavirus vaccination program nationwide in Kiribati.

UNICEF Australia | 17 EDUCATION IN EDUCATION EMERGENCIES

RETURNING TO SCHOOL NOW MORE THAN EVER, AFTER VIOLENT CONFLICT we’re unlocking a better future

for children through education. ©MEET UNICEF/UNI169632/Logan VALERIE In 2015, war and conflict continued to affect Seven-year-old Valerie children’s access to school. Of the 59 million says school is the primary-aged children who are not in school, only place she feels UNICEF estimates more than a third are safe. When she’s playing outside, she in countries affected by war and conflict, remembers the day and the majority of these are girls. her father was shot by a stray bullet in the Major barriers to education include gender street. When she’s discrimination, disability and living in rural trying to sleep at home, she has flashbacks or hard-to-reach areas. Additional barriers to nights filled with the sound of gunfire. include belonging to an ethnic or linguistic Children’s education has been a casualty of minority, living in poverty or living through war in the Central African Republic, where two conflict or a climate-related emergency. In years of violent conflict left 2.3 million children conflict zones, children who are not in school displaced and out of school. School buildings and equipment were damaged or destroyed face increased risk of abuse, exploitation and and many teachers fled or were killed. recruitment into armed groups. In 2015, UNICEF supported children to return Education is one of the basic rights in a child’s to school as part of an ambitious Back to life, providing opportunities for the future, School campaign. UNICEF worked with teachers, parents and the Government to as well as keeping children safe in a secure rebuild schools and transform them into places environment. All too often though, education where children can learn how to read and write is one of the first casualties of conflict. in peace. This involves supporting catch-up classes for students, training teachers, and That’s why, in emergencies and their distributing materials and equipment like aftermaths, UNICEF is committed to getting exercise books, pencils and school desks. children back to school. UNICEF trains teachers and works with parents, community leaders and governments to develop life- changing curricula for every child. ARTICLE 28 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 Education is the right of every child. It should be free In 2015, UNICEF Australia supporters and fair, with equal access contributed $802,325 to support education for girls and boys. programs around the world.

18 | Annual Report 2015 In 2015, UNICEF Australia supporters contributed $290,593 to improve MORE THAN access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education in Zimbabwe. A CLASSROOM This included funds received from the Australian Government.

IMPROVING ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN RURAL ZIMBABWE UNICEF Australia thanks Erica Packer for her support of Education in Laos. EDUCATION MEET ALIAH Mother of three and UNICEF Australia National Ambassador, Erica Packer knows the importance At her primary school in of early childhood education. Since 2011, she has Masvingo Province, Aliah’s been supporting pre-school and primary-school friends help to push her education in Laos, one of the poorest countries wheelchair over the sandy and in the Asia Pacific region. rocky school grounds. School Phase 1 of the Supporting Primary and Early life for the nine-year-old has Childhood Education project not only helped always meant daily challenges. to build two schools, but also supported quality Aliah was born with congenital teaching and learning in Luang Prabang province. malformation and is wheelchair The program helped the most vulnerable children bound. In many parts of rural Zimbabwe, the majority access pre-school education, giving them the of children with disabilities spend most of their lives foundations they need to be better prepared marginalised and deprived of human dignity. for primary school. While Aliah has been able to attend school, lack of access Phase 2, which is now drawing to a close, to safe water and sanitation has created an additional supports pre-school and primary-school aged set of challenges. She says: “I could not push my children in the Phalanxay district, Savannakhet, wheelchair from home and uphill with my books and the largest province in Laos. Erica’s support has a water container. As a result I had to go without enough helped build new classrooms, provide books water for the day or was forced to ask for some from and materials and train teachers. Her support my classmates.” has also helped improve the district’s education That was until Muuyu Primary School was the recipient policies that will benefit all schools across the of funding from UNICEF Australia for the Water, Sanitation district and help thousands of children to learn. and Hygiene Child Friendly Schools project. With donated funds, the school was able to drill a borehole and construct toilets and taps with fresh running water. Without clean water and adequate sanitation facilities, children used to have to go to the toilet in the bush. Many students – particularly girls on their menstrual periods and children with disabilities – often had little choice but to stay away from school. The program has also constructed a wheelchair-accessible toilet for Aliah. “My life has never been the same with safe water nearby and a toilet that is disability friendly,” she says. “It now takes me less than five minutes to collect water and I can also use the toilet without hurdles.” Aliah now has more time to participate in and contribute to her school work than ever before.

© Tessa Bunney UNICEF Australia | 19 JUVENILE CHILD J USTICE PROTECTION IN LAOS AND SOCIAL UNICEF is currently the only agency in Laos with a dedicated program to strengthen the justice INCLUSION system for children. In Laos, children who are victims of violence, abuse or exploitation, or act as witnesses or as suspects in conflict with the law, have generally not been well protected by NOW MORE THAN EVER, the justice system. Few children are legally represented and many children are kept in all children have the right to detention centres alongside adults.

be protected from violence, That was until UNICEF supported the Government to establish a comprehensive exploitation and abuse. child-friendly justice system. Now, the As conflicts and disasters multiply around Vientiane Capital Court has a separate the world, UNICEF is focusing on protecting courtroom for cases involving children, where judges wear casual clothes and judges, children, children from the immediate and long-term parents and prosecutors sit at the same level effects of emergencies. When an emergency around a table. Mr Phan*, a judge working strikes, whether a sudden onset natural for the Child Court, said the results were felt disaster or armed conflict, children require immediately. “I found that children were not special protection to ensure their safety afraid of us and felt more comfortable to and wellbeing. talk about their story and the reasons for committing the offence than they did before. In 2015, we prevented children from being They also talked about their feelings and harmed, monitored and reported violations answered our questions in an informative way, committed against them, and developed which we’ve found most helpful in informing programs to prevent violence, exploitation our decision-making.” or abuse. *Name changed UNICEF Australia contributed $600,000 throughout 2014 to 2016 to strengthen the justice system for children in ARTICLE 19 contact with the law in Laos. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 Children have the right to protection from violence, abuse and neglect, and from being hurt or mistreated, physically or mentally.

20 | Annual Report 2015 CHILD PROTECTION UNICEF Australia | 21 UNICEF In 2015, UNICEF Australia contributed UNICEF In 2015, $500,000 adolescent towards training in Myanmar. engagement In 2015, UNICEF Australia Australia UNICEF In 2015, contributed $250,350 to help keep Cambodian families together. Adolescent Engagement in Myanmar are UNICEF and partners In Myanmar, training young people about their rights. This program aims to prevent abuses such violence and domestic marriage, as child labour with more than 13,000 young people being trained through the program. © UNICEF/UNI165150/Lovell

brothers with regular visits from a social worker to ensure brothers with regular visits from a social worker living back with their mother, father and two younger and two younger father with their mother, living back loving family. Orphanages in Cambodia often do not meet Orphanages in Cambodia often family. loving reunited with their parents, it had been with their parents, reunited institution, Sophary and Monika’s parents parents Sophary and Monika’s institution, more than a year since they last saw them. them. last saw since they than a year more their girls would be better off living in an off be better would their girls poor quality, and sometimes non-existent, as was the case as was and sometimes non-existent, poor quality, had made the tough decision to send their decision to had made the tough daughters to an orphanage. to daughters minimum standards of care, leaving children vulnerable minimum standards children of care, leaving residential care institutions. Sophary residential care institutions. and Monika are now receive a better education than those living in villages. education than those a better receive in families in Cambodia. This campaign targeted This in Cambodia. in families in Cambodia believe that children in residential care in residential that children in Cambodia believe is that Sophary and Monika are both enrolled in school for for is that Sophary and Monika are both enrolled in school were children in our village who went to orphanages to to orphanages in our village who went children were afford to pay for uniforms and school materials,” said the materials,” and school uniforms for to pay afford However, the education orphanages provide is often of is often orphanages provide the education However, reality The is that institutions Sopharyfor and Monika. to neglect and abuse. Many institutions also have a high also have institutions to neglect and abuse. Many creating further emotional stress for volunteers, of turnover the first time and are studying in Grade 1. in Grade the first time and are studying the sisters and their family are doing well. The best news best news The are doing well. the sisters and their family Struggling to make ends meet and convinced convinced ends meet and make to Struggling of children living in institutions fail to fully develop. fail living in institutions of children get an education.” girls’ mother. “Then I heard from my neighbour that there I heard from my “Then mother. girls’ vulnerable children when they bond with volunteers who with volunteers bond they when vulnerable children that the brains them. Evidence shows subsequently leave through leaflets, posters and radio vulnerable families them about the detrimental spots to inform impact of cannot provide a better environment for children than a children for environment a better cannot provide In 2015, UNICEF worked with partners to keep children children with partners to keep UNICEF worked In 2015, When Sophary*, 11 and Monika*, 9 were 9 were and Monika*, 11 When Sophary*,

TOGETHER KEEP FAMILIESKEEP IN CAMBODIA According to a 2011 study, almost 90 per cent of families almost 90 per cent of families study, to a 2011 According *Names have been changed to protect their identities. changed been *Names have “We couldn’t send the girls to school because we couldn’t couldn’t because we send the girls to school couldn’t “We FUNDRAISING IN THE COMMUNITY

Inspired Adventures During 2015, UNICEF supporters participated in a series of life-changing events to raise funds for children. NEW YORK CITY MARATHON: RUN FOR KIDS When Owen Hargreaves set out to run the TCS New York City Marathon in 2015, he wanted to raise $10,000 for UNICEF programs. The Qantas flight attendant understands the importance of UNICEF’s work, given the strong partnership between Qantas and UNICEF Australia.

The Sydney resident surpassed his goal, raising $13,658 for polio eradication.

“Running the New York Marathon as a UNICEF Ambassador and raising $13,658 for the Polio Eradication Program is one of the greatest things I have ever done,” he said of the experience. LAME GAME MARATH ON In October 2015, a group of gamers took on the challenge of playing the worst computer games ever made for 24 hours straight – all in the name of child rights. The marathon was broadcast live on the Internet enabling viewers to interact via chat or social media. The three gamers promoted UNICEF while calling for viewers to donate to the organisation. In 24 hours the Lame Game Marathon raised $4,117 through viewer donations.

22 | Annual Report 2015 © UNICEF/UNI198981/Mathema COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING

UNICEF Australia | 23 UNICEF program in Southeast Asia, helping children grow to participants direct opted to the remainder the funds of personal endurance and courage, trekking to Everest Base Base to Everest personal endurance and courage, trekking in Southeast Asia and Nepal. Asia in Southeast up healthy, strong and reachup healthy, their full potential. The and witness that change in action.” in action.” and witness that change a big difference in the lives of others. What a pleasure of others. in the lives difference big a Part the of money ($92,036) UNICEF’s to went nutrition to work with UNICEF, to advocate for those in need, for to advocate with UNICEF, to work Participant Penelope Saywell reflected on the experience: reflected on the Saywell Penelope Participant devastating earthquake that hit Nepal. Camp on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. adventure. Camp on a once-in-a-lifetime In October, 12 UNICEF supporters embarked on a test of on a test UNICEF supporters embarked 12 In October, ($60,459) the towards emergency response the to An incredible $152,495 was raised, helping children helping children raised, was An incredible $152,495 EVEREST BASE CAMP CAMP BASE EVEREST 17 October17 to 3 November TREK FOR CHILDREN CHILDREN FOR TREK “Individually we are small, but collectively we can make can make we are small, but collectively “Individually we

large number of children admitted to residential care to residential care admitted large number of children lifetime, cycling around Cambodia to raise funds for around Cambodia to raise funds for cycling lifetime, minute – even the really hard parts! Thank you.” Thank the really hard parts! minute – even 24 February to 7 March adventure: “This has been a life-changing, truly wonderful wonderful truly has been a life-changing, “This adventure: facilities (orphanages) in Cambodia. facilities trip in so many ways,” she recounted. “I’ve loved every loved “I’ve she recounted. ways,” trip in so many Children in Families’ program aimed at minimising the program aimed at minimising the Children in Families’ In February, 15 Aussies accepted the challenge of a of a accepted the challenge Aussies 15 In February, UNICEF. The team raised $25,963 for UNICEF’s ‘Keeping ‘Keeping UNICEF’s raised $25,963 for team The UNICEF.

CAMBODIA CYCLE FOR KIDS, KIDS, FOR CYCLE Supporter Gabrielle Bonney took part in this rewarding took part in this rewarding Supporter Gabrielle Bonney OUR SUPPORTERS

In 2015, UNICEF Australia received support from a number MMG Limited of ambassadors, businesses, organisations and foundations. MMG Limited and UNICEF have partnered with the UNICEF Australia is sincerely grateful for their generosity in Lao Ministry of Health since 2012 delivering health helping the world’s most disadvantaged children. interventions to children and mothers in Southern Laos. To date the project has reached over 120,000 children and their families with micronutrient supplements and OUR AMBASSADORS education programs to address chronic under-nutrition, one of Laos’ greatest challenges. MMG reaffirmed its UNICEF Australia thanks: commitment in 2015 by extending the partnership to UNICEF Australia National Ambassador for Immunisation, 2019. Phase 2 will roll out micronutrient powder and Infant Jimmy Barnes, singer-songwriter Young Feeding practices into national health services, reaching more children with life-saving treatment. UNICEF Australia National Ambassador for Maternal Health, Carrie Bickmore, television and radio presenter Qantas Qantas continues to change the lives of the world’s most OUR SUPPORTERS UNICEF Australia National Ambassador for Nutrition, Adam Liaw, cook vulnerable children through the Change for Good program, seeing passengers placing foreign and local currency in in- UNICEF Australia National Ambassador for Child Survival, flight Change for Good envelopes. The program launched Tara Moss, author almost 25 years ago and donations in this time have reached an outstanding $30 million! Qantas’ passionate Our other ambassadors: cabin crew have been essential to the program’s ongoing success. The Change for Good Ambassadors, a team of • Erica Packer six carefully selected cabin crew nationwide, also play • Roy and HG (aka Greig Pickhaver and John Doyle) a critical role in galvanising fellow Qantas staff to get • Ken Done AM behind the Change for Good program. In 2015, Change for • Callan McAuliffe Good Ambassadors ran marathons, climbed mountains • Steven Solomon and held gala dinners to raise awareness and funds for • The Wiggles UNICEF. Australians can also choose to support UNICEF • Morris Gleitzman by donating Qantas Frequent Flyer points to UNICEF via • Geoffrey Rush AC the Qantas store. • Professor Fiona Stanley AC Starwood • Tim Cahill Since 1996, Starwood Hotels and Resorts have supported UNICEF through the Check out for Children program, inviting BUSINESS PARTNERS guests to donate $1 at check out. The program supports education programs in the Asia Pacific region and has UNICEF Australia enjoyed rich and deep partnerships with helped build and improve school facilities, provide teacher established and new business partners in 2015, each training, equip classrooms with learning resources and help offering diverse and powerful ways to deliver for children. children return to schools after emergencies. In December Commonwealth Bank 2015, representatives from the two hotels that raised the most money were given the opportunity to visit Starwood- Loose change became positive change with the supported programs in Cambodia. Westin Nusa Dua Bali and Commonwealth Bank and UNICEF’s Coins for Kids Plaza Athenee Bangkok observed UNICEF’s achievements in program. The Commonwealth Bank collected foreign providing bilingual education and clean water and sanitation change to support UNICEF’s health, protection and facilities to rural schools in Ratanakiri province. education programs for children worldwide.

24 | Annual Report 2015 Bankwest Domestos Bankwest commenced its partnership with UNICEF In 2015, UNICEF Australia launched a retail partnership Australia in 2014 and, like other business partners, the with Domestos. Commonwealth Bank and Qantas, has inspired customers Through the sale of specially marked bottles, the to donate spare foreign currency to make a difference for

partnership aims to support UNICEF’s global efforts to OUR SUPPORTERS children around the world. Whether rupees, rand or rubles, provide life-saving interventions to the 2.4 billion people we’ve seen a wonderful contribution from Bankwest worldwide currently without access to a toilet and basic customers. sanitation. 3P Learning Since 2010, 3P Learning has partnered with UNICEF to reach thousands of children with learning resources and CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN teaching aids across the world. In 2015, 3P Learning held UNICEF Australia Champions for Children are small and the World Education Games where over 5 million children medium-size businesses committed to making a positive from 263 countries participated. The online competition, change in the lives of children. held every two years, spans spelling, maths and science and encourages participants to raise funds for UNICEF Platinum Champions for Children education programs. Platinum Champions for Children donate $1,000 a month. IKEA They are: Elk, Firecorp Australia Pty Ltd, Intertype Design, RCR International Pty Ltd, Toshiba Australia Pty Ltd. IKEA employees continued to show their incredible support of UNICEF through their workplace-giving Gold Champions for Children program, iCare. iCare is one of Australia’s most Gold Champions for Children donate $500 a month. outstanding workplace giving programs with almost 40 They are: Bio Dental Care, iae Edu Net Brisbane, per cent of IKEA staff making regular donations from their OBI Holdings Pte Ltd. wages to support UNICEF’s work. Their contributions support work in Kiribati, where UNICEF is providing the Silver Champions for Children most vulnerable and remote children in the Pacific with life-saving vaccines. Silver Champions for Children donate $250 a month. They are: Ashton College Melbourne, Australian All Star Global Corporate Challenge Cheerleading Federation, Australian College of Applied Psychology, Barakat Group Pty Ltd, BARstudio Pty Ltd, The Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) recruits teams Camalee Investments Pty Ltd, Cleanaway Environmental of employees from around the world to take part in a Services Pty Ltd, Crystal Commercial Cleaning Pty 16-week challenge to improve health and wellbeing. Since Ltd, DCS Internet, Discount Printing, Enrich Property 2013, GCC has partnered with UNICEF to also improve Group Pty Ltd, Favco Pty Ltd, G E Beard Holdings Pty the health of children. Funds raised through participating Ltd, Interactive Freight Systems, International Interior organisations and individuals support UNICEF’s water, Images, Itchyfoot Pty Ltd, Molonglo Group Pty Ltd, sanitation and hygiene programs. Narellan Veterinary Hospital, Ojas Group Pty Ltd, Peter MAC Cosmetics Lee Associates Pty Ltd, PLN Australia Pty Ltd, Quynh Anh Le, Sunshine Company, Toodyay Hardware, Travel Health UNICEF was proud to continue its long-standing Fremantle, Web Profits, Westernex Supply Pty Ltd. partnership with MAC Cosmetics in 2015. MAC Cosmetics supports UNICEF’s HIV/AIDS programs To become a Champion for Children business partner, globally through the sale of its Viva Glam product. please phone UNICEF Australia on 1300 884 233.

UNICEF Australia | 25 PRO BONO SUPPORT UNICEF Australia is grateful for the pro bono support offered by: Qantas Airways Limited; JC Decaux; Clayton Utz; Paypal; Salesforce Marketing Cloud; SEMA Group; Dibbs Barker; DLA Piper; AMS Direct Marketing Solutions; DTV Group (Network Ten, SBS, Channel 9). Special thanks: UNICEF Australia would like to give special thanks to the following organisations for their generous support in 2015: Tibra Capital Foundation, PayPal Australia and Fuji Xerox.

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT In 2015, UNICEF Australia received support from a number of major donors, charitable trusts, foundations and grant-making bodies. UNICEF Australia is sincerely grateful for the loyal support and generosity of these individuals and organisations in helping the world’s most disadvantaged children. OUR SUPPORTERS GLOBAL PARENTS Global Parents are people who support UNICEF on a monthly basis. They have a commitment to UNICEF’s child survival work and believe in the right of every child, no matter their circumstances, to have a good start in life. Around the world Global Parents provide essential services to ensure that a child’s birthplace does not determine their chance of a healthy life. Global Parents make a very real impact on the likelihood of survival during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, a critical time for growth and development. Global Parents understand survival beyond the first 1,000 days is a struggle for many children around the world and have dedicated themselves to giving children the best chance at a positive and powerful future. Australia’s network of passionate and generous Global Parents reaches deep into the places UNICEF is unafraid to go, to give a child a life, a chance, and a choice. www.unicef.org.au/globalparent

UNICEF GLOBAL GUARDIANS UNICEF Australia is deeply grateful to the supporters and families of supporters who left a legacy for the world’s most disadvantaged and marginalised children through gifts in their Wills in 2015. UNICEF Australia would also like to thank the individuals who committed to leaving a legacy to UNICEF’s work for future generations of children. To learn more about leaving a legacy for the world’s children, phone UNICEF Australia on 1300 884 233.

26 | Annual Report 2015 OUR PEOPLE

UNICEF AUSTRALIA STAFF UNICEF Australia’s Sydney-based team is made up of 42 full-time and 11 part-time employees.

STAFF ENGAGEMENT PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT In September, UNICEF Australia conducted its annual UNICEF Australia’s performance management staff survey with a 100 per cent response rate. The system measures staff achievement and sets new key survey sought feedback on staff engagement, career performance indicators for all staff members through development, performance assessment, leadership to the Chief Executive, whose performance is evaluated and employee benefits. by the UNICEF Australia Board President.

The results were positive and staff members continue The formal process requires bi-annual reviews and to view UNICEF Australia as an enjoyable place to the gathering of stakeholder feedback on individual work. The survey told us that 85 per cent of staff are staff. The process also identifies individual career satisfied with the culture at UNICEF Australia and development goals and development actions to 96 per cent are proud to work for UNICEF Australia. achieve career goals. Staff also said they found their work challenging and meaningful and felt empowered to do their jobs.

The survey also demonstrated areas for improvement WORK, HEALTH AND SAFETY in career development, diversity, change management, UNICEF Australia is committed to the provision of a internal communication and leadership. safe and healthy workplace for its staff, volunteers and contractors. UNICEF Australia complies with current Staff turnover in 2015 was 18 per cent, down from work, health and safety regulations. No work cover 20 per cent the previous year. The longest serving claims were submitted by staff in 2015. staff member has provided more than nine years of service; 35 per cent of staff have tenure of more than As part of UNICEF Australia’s ongoing commitment to the three years; and 17 per cent have tenure of more than wellbeing of its staff, we introduced a number of health five years. and wellbeing initiatives in 2015. Staff are now able to access health and wellbeing programs to help manage UNICEF Australia recruited for 22 positions in 2015, with stress and workload. The annual staff survey will continue our own network and referrals indicated as the leading to measure and monitor staff stress levels and the impact recruitment source. The majority (83 per cent) of roles of our health and wellbeing work. were recruited directly ensuring costs were controlled.

UNICEF Australia takes seriously its commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity, attracting a diverse array of staff members with great strengths, expertise and new ideas to help UNICEF Australia build on earlier achievements.

UNICEF Australia’s policy ensures employment priorities are free from any kind of bias including race, gender, nationality, mental state, sexual preference, age, disability, pregnancy, family responsibilities and religious or political connection.

UNICEF Australia | 27 CODE OF CONDUCT VOLUNTEERS UNICEF Australia’s code of conduct requires all In 2015, 17 people volunteered their time for employees and board members to maintain the UNICEF Australia. Of those, 11 people provided highest standards of integrity and conduct consistent assistance to the administration, supporter relations, with UNICEF Australia’s core values. communications and fundraising teams in roles ranging from general administrative work and Those core values are: customer service, to research and analysis in support of work. • Respect for the rights of all children and the tenents of the United Nations Convention The remaining six volunteers formed a key part of on the Rights of the Child the Change for Good partnership with Qantas. These • Respect and care for our supporters volunteers give their time to count foreign currency and beneficiaries at the Mascot-based offices of the Change for Good program. • Respect for others We acknowledge the contribution of all our • Collaboration first volunteers who continue to generously donate • Being transparent and honest in all their time and skills to support the work of UNICEF. our communication • Making our vision a reality YOUNG AMBASSADORS UNICEF Australia is also a signatory to the Australian Direct Marketing Association and is compliant with Thank you to the 2015 Young Ambassadors for their its self-regulatory Code governing all aspects of dedication and commitment to child rights: direct and data driven marketing. • Hussein Al Asedy • Isabella Codognotto-Parry • Samara Hand • Nadia Homem • Monga Mukasa • Daniel Nyirenda • Rory Pletikosic • Khin Nyo Nyo San • Amelia Walters

28 | Annual Report 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Stewart Lesley Grant President (2015) Deputy President (2015) Chartered Accountant and Managing Chief Executive Officer, Qantas Loyalty Director of SEMA Holdings Elected May, 2006 Elected April, 2005 Attendance at Board meetings: 3/3 Attendance at Board meetings: 6/6 Resigned June 2015

Deeta Colvin Christine Christian Consultant to Consolidated Press Investor and Independent Non-executive OUR PEOPLE Holdings and Director Colvin Director, Chief Executive Women Communications Pty Ltd Elected April, 2011 Elected May, 2009 Attendance at Board meetings: 4/6 Attendance at Board meetings: 6/6

Stephanie Copus-Campbell Nadika Garber Executive Director, Managing Director, Oil Search Foundation Hinkler Books Pty Ltd Elected September, 2013 Elected May, 2013 Attendance at Board meetings: 6/6 Attendance at Board meetings: 6/6

Rohan Lund Robin Davies Group Chief Executive Officer Associate Director, at NRMA Development Policy Centre Elected April 2011 Elected: September, 2013 Attendance at Board meetings: 4/4 Attendance at Board meetings: 5/6 Resigned August 2015

Megan Quinn Colin Storrie Managing Director, Q&CO Consulting Deputy CFO at Woolworths Ltd and non-executive director Elected August, 2015 of Specialty Fashion Group Attendance at Board meetings: 3/3 Elected May, 2013 Attendance at Board meetings: 5/6

Olivia Wirth Paul Fisher Group Executive Brand, Marketing Independent Digital Media Consultant and Corporate Affairs, Qantas Elected October, 2014 Elected August, 2015 Attendance at Board meetings: 3/5 Attendance at Board meetings: 2/3

UNICEF Australia | 29 SUMMARISED FINANCIAL REPORT

STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015

2015 2014 $ $ REVENUE Donations and Gifts Monetary 27,526,665 21,856,478 Non-monetary 369,928 698,292 Bequests and Legacies 1,086,572 676,506 Grants Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade 37,639 - Overseas - UNICEF Geneva 3,003,264 2,047,740 Investment Income 233,557 215,712 Other Income 686,947 553,939

TOTAL REVENUE 32,944,572 26,048,667

EXPENDITURE International Aid and Development Programs Expenditure International Programs Funds to International Programs 21,494,463 16,262,977 Program Support Costs 304,542 190,534 21,799,005 16,453,511

Community Education 817,529 748,793

Fundraising Costs Public 4,405,936 4,412,429 Funded by UNICEF Geneva 3,003,264 2,047,740 7,409,200 6,460,169

Accountability and Administration 1,855,072 1,407,226

Non-monetary Expenditure 369,928 698,292

Total International Aid and Development Programs Expenditure 32,250,734 25,767,991

Domestic Programs Expenditure 60,000 132,000

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 32,310,734 25,899,991

EXCESS OF REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURE 633,838 148,676

Other Comprehensive Loss (16,857) (15,537)

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR 616,981 133,139

UNICEF Australia has no International Political or Religious Adherence Promotion Programs.

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2015

2015 2014 $ $ ASSETS

Current assets FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Cash and cash equivalents 11,223,377 7,595,006 Trade and other receivables 412,404 380,600 Prepayments 56,247 49,933 Total current assets 11,692,028 8,025,539

Non-current assets Financial assets available for sale 333,975 350,832 Plant and equipment 173,400 122,127 Intangibles 243,577 104,860 Total non-current assets 750,952 577,819

TOTAL ASSETS 12,442,980 8,603,358

LIABILITIES Current liabilities Trade and other payables 8,069,637 4,896,481 Provisions 200,590 180,594 Total current liabilities 8,270,227 5,077,075

Non-current liabilities Provisions 89,203 59,714 Total non-current liabilities 89,203 59,714

TOTAL LIABILITIES 8,359,430 5,136,789

NET ASSETS 4,083,550 3,466,569

EQUITY Reserves 4,083,550 3,466,569 TOTAL EQUITY 4,083,550 3,466,569

At the end of the year the company had no balances in the following categories:

Current assets - Inventories, Financial assets available for sale, Other financial assets Non-current assets - Trade and other receivables, Other financial assets, Investment property or Other non-current assets Current liabilities - Borrowings, Current tax liabilities, Other financial liabilities, Other Non-current liabilities - Borrowings, Other financial liabilities, Other Equity - Retained earnings

UNICEF Australia | 31 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015

Reserves $

Balance at 1 January 2015 3,466,569 Excess of revenue over expenditure 633,838 Other comprehensive loss (16,857)

BALANCE AT 31 DECEMBER 2015 4,083,550

TABLE OF CASH MOVEMENTS FOR DESIGNATED PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015

Cash available Cash raised Cash disbursed Cash available at beginning of during during at end of financial year financial year financial year financial year Nepal Earthquake Children’s Appeal - 4,603,550 4,571,059 32,491 Philippines Haiyan Emergency Appeal 7,410 - 7,410 - Other Purposes 7,587,596 29,407,636 25,804,346 11,190,886

TOTAL 7,595,006 34,011,186 30,382,815 11,223,377

1. UNICEF Australia has a process for handling any complaints. Please direct your complaint to us directly on (02) 9261 2811 or [email protected]. 2. The Summarised Financial Report has been prepared in accordance with the presentation and disclosure requirements set out in the ACFID Code of Conduct. For further information on the Code please refer to the ACFID website at www.acfid.asn.au. 3. For a copy of the full financial report for the year ending 31 December 2015 please contact us directly on telephone (02) 9261 2811; or email [email protected].

32 | Annual Report 2015 WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM 2015

Community Support Income includes donations and 88% 9% gifts from the Australian public and corporations, both 3% monetary and non-monetary, as well as income from Community Support Grants - UNICEF Other Income legacies and bequests. Income & Grants - DFAT Grants (DFAT) includes grants received from the Australian Government’s overseas aid program. 5 YEAR TREND Grants (Overseas UNICEF Geneva) represents $30M investment grants from UNICEF Geneva to undertake year '15 new fundraising initiatives. Other Income includes investment income and $25M year '14 revenue generated from the sale of cards and Inspired Gifts. $20M year '13 Total revenue in 2015 of $32.9m (2014: $26.0m) reflects the continued generosity and support of the Australian public. In 2015, UNICEF Australia responded $15M year '12 to the Nepal Earthquake ($4.6m), Cyclone Pam in the Pacific ($1.6m), the Syrian migrant crisis ($0.5m) and year '11 other emergencies around the world ($0.7m). $10M UNICEF Australia continues to invest in its Global Parent pledge program. This investment has been $5M funded through utilisation of UNICEF Australia’s own resources as well as grants received from UNICEF Geneva. Community Grants Grants Other The projected long-term benefits of this investment Support Income DFAT UNICEF Income strategy continue to generate healthy returns which 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 will increase our impact and ensure more children not only survive but thrive.

WHERE THE MONEY GOES FOR EVERY $1 DONATED BY THE PUBLIC The value of non-monetary donations and gifts as well as fundraising costs that are funded Programs Expenditure includes humanitarian by UNICEF Geneva and not the public are excluded from this bar chart. development and emergency response work across international and domestic programs, as well as 77% 15% 6% 2% activities to inform and educate Australians on development and humanitarian issues. Programs Public Fundraising Accountability Reserves Expenditure Costs & Administration As part of this, $3.4m was directly allocated and managed by UNICEF Australia in line with our 5 YEAR TREND international programs strategy and with contribution to program design, monitoring and technical support. $25M Fundraising Costs – public – develop and retain donors to fund programs for children and community education work. Costs are funded from UNICEF $20M Australia’s own resources. year '15 Fundraising Costs – funded by UNICEF Geneva – are channelled to developing the organisation’s Global year '14 Parent pledge program, which funds UNICEF’s global $15M programs. Investment grants from UNICEF Geneva fund pledge program development, with a strict year '13 return on investment protocol.

Accountability and administration costs are costs $10M year '12 required to efficiently run the organisation. It includes such items as staff costs for finance, human resources year '11 and administration as well as audit fees, insurance and office maintenance costs. $5M Reserves are maintained by UNICEF Australia to meet its commitments, obligations and other contingencies, and deliver on its objectives in the unanticipated event of significant financial difficulties. At the end of the financial year UNICEF Australia Programs Fundraising Fundraising Accountability Non-Monetary reserves were $4.1m. Expenditure Costs - Public Costs - Funded and Expenditure by UNICEF Grant Administration 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 UNICEF Australia | 33 AUDITOR’S REPORT

Report of the independent auditor on Directors’ responsibility for the the summary financial statements to the summary financial statements members of the Australian Committee for The directors are responsible for the preparation of UNICEF Limited a summary of the audited financial report on the basis described in Note 2. The accompanying summary financial statements, which comprises the summary statement of financial position Auditor’s responsibility as at 31 December 2015, the summary statement of comprehensive income and summary statement Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the of changes in equity for the year then ended, are derived summary financial statements derived from the from the audited financial report of the Australian audited financial report of the Australian Committee for Committee for UNICEF Limited for the year ended UNICEF Limited based on our procedures, which were 31 December 2015. We expressed an unmodified conducted in accordance with Auditing Standard ASA auditor’s opinion on that financial report in our report 810 Engagements to Report on Summary Financial dated 26 April 2016. Statements.

The summary financial statements do not contain all the Auditor’s opinion disclosures required by Australian Accounting Standards In our opinion, the summary financial statements – Reduced Disclosure Requirements applied in the derived from the audited financial report of the Australian preparation of the audited financial report of the Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited for the year ended Committee for UNICEF Limited. Reading the summary 31 December 2015 are consistent, in all material respects, financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for of that audited financial report, on the basis described reading the audited financial report of the Australian in Note 2. Committee for UNICEF Limited. Basis of accounting and restriction on distribution and use Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 2 to the summary financial statements, which describe the basis of accounting. The summary financial statements have been prepared to assist the Australian Committee of UNICEF Limited to meet the requirements of Australian Council for International Development Code of Conduct. As a result, the summary financial statements may not be suitable for another purpose.

KPMG Stephen Isaac Sydney, 26 April 2016 Partner

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34 | Annual Report 2015 COMMITTED TO BEST PRACTICE

Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited is committed to achieving best practice in its COMMITTED TO BEST PRACTICE management of program funding and corporate governance for not-for-profit organisations.

ACFID ESTABLISHMENT The company is a member of the Australian Council AND OPERATIONS for International Development (ACFID) and has applied Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited is a public the principles of the ACFID Code of Conduct for company limited by guarantee and established under the Non-Government Development Organisations, which corporations Act 2001. The company has Deductible Gift sets minimum standards of governance, management Recipient and income tax exempt charity status with the and accountability for member agencies. Adherence Australian Taxation Office and is registered in each State to the code is monitored by an independent Code of under applicable charitable collections legislation. The Conduct Committee. company is also a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). ACCREDITATION In 2015, UNICEF Australia was successful in gaining INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATION accreditation with Australia’s NGO Corporation Program The company is one of 34 UNICEF National Committees (ANCP). Accreditation is a robust assessment of an around the world. Each National Committee operates organisation’s practice, in governance, program and partner under a formal Cooperation Agreement and an individually management, community engagement, and financial agreed Joint Strategic Plan with UNICEF. accountability. Gaining accreditation recognises UNICEF Australia meets the criteria of and has the capacity and accountability to manage Australian Government funding. In 2015, ANCP funding supported UNICEF’s WASH in GOVERNANCE Satellite Schools in Zimbabwe and Targeted Support Although not a listed company, in developing and to Basic Education in the Solomon Islands. continuously improving its corporate governance policies and practices, the company has applied, where relevant, the best practice corporate governance principles laid down EVALUATION by the ASX for limited companies. The company’s Audit and Risk Committee and its Board regularly review the UNICEF Australia is committed to ensuring its directly corporate governance framework to ensure continued supported programs are effective in tackling child best practice. rights and there is continuous improvement in program implementation. It is our practice to ensure external The company’s directors are committed to adding value evaluations of programs are undertaken to demonstrate to the organisation by bringing to the Board their broad achievements and articulate lessons learned. In 2015, range of skills and experience. Brief details on each of UNICEF Australia contributed to two external evaluations the directors are included on Page 29 of this report. undertaken in Laos and Ethiopia. A summary of findings is included in this report. The company operates under a Constitution. The current Constitution was formally adopted by the Members at a Special General Meeting held on December 15, 2001.

UNICEF Australia | 35 The Constitution provides for a voluntary and independent Board of Directors to be responsible for the company’s FURTHER INFORMATION overall management and specifies, inter alia, the Board’s powers and responsibilities and how directors are elected For further information about the company’s and re-elected by the members. corporate governance framework, please see the company’s website at www.unicef.org.au The Board has adopted a formal Board charter, which articulates the role of the Board; the matters the Board has reserved to itself; Board composition; how Board meetings RISK MANAGEMENT are conducted; and directors’ ethical standards and leadership. The Board has established risk identification and UNICEF Australia considers risk management an management and corporate compliance protocols which integral part of its organisational culture and an essential are incorporated into the Policies and Procedures Manual. component of its strategic planning and decision making. Its risk management policy identifies those risks facing Except for those matters which the Board has reserved to the organisation, assigns responsibility to managing these itself, it has delegated to the chief executive responsibility risks and how these should be monitored and reported and authority for managing day-to-day operations but on an ongoing basis. subject to the Board’s overall direction and control and full reporting to each Board meeting, which takes place every Effective risk management may only occur through two months. involvement of all members of the organisation. Whilst management maintain the responsibility for responding The Board regularly reviews the company’s financial to risks, all staff are required to assist in identifying risks performance and ensures the risk management and in the first instance. Consideration of risk is key whenever corporate compliance protocols it has approved are being there is a significant change in circumstances such as followed. The Audit and Risk committee and the Board the introduction of new processes, or implementation receive detailed budget and financial performance reports vof new programs. at each of their meetings.

COMMITTED TO BEST PRACTICE TO COMMITTED An organic risk register is maintained which is then The Board conducts a board and director performance updated on a regular basis by all departments within the self-assessment on an annual basis. The board also organisation. Risks are categorised under the following undertook an externally facilitated board review process headings and ranked based upon likelihood and severity: in August 2015. The board review process covered the following broad areas: Strategic – Evaluation of risks relating to an organisation’s mission and strategic objectives. • The adequacy of the processes and protocols that govern and manage Board performance. Regulatory – Evaluation of risks relating to compliance obligations, considering laws and regulations, ethics and • The performance and engagement of key office business conduct standards, contractual obligations and holders on the Board. best practices to which the organisation has committed.

• The performance and engagement of individual Operational – Evaluation of the risks associated with Board members as well as the Board committees. failed internal processes, systems or external events. Recommendations following the review are referred Fraud – Evaluation of the potential for fraud and its impact to the Chairman of the Board for dissemination and on organisation’s ethics, compliance standards and integrity. action. The company’s audited financial statements are Information technology – Evaluation of risks relating forwarded to its members each year for consideration to technology system failures and data security. at the Annual General Meeting and are reported to ASIC, ACFID, ACNC and State Government departments Financial statement – Evaluation of risks relating responsible for State charitable collections legislation. to material misstatement of the financial statements. An abridged version, which complies with ACFID code Reputational – Evaluation of risks relating to the of conduct requirements, is included in this published organisation’s wider reputation. Annual Report. Higher ranked risks are summarised and shared with the Copies of the full audited financial statements audit and risk committee and board meetings twice a year. are available upon request.

36 | Annual Report 2015 FEEDBACK AND COMPLAINTS Anyone wishing to provide feedback or make a complaint can do so via email [email protected] or phone (02) 9261 2811. Complaints relating to a breach of the ACFID Code of Conduct by an ACFID code member can also be made to the ACFID Code of Conduct Committee – for information on how to make a complaint see www.acfid.asn.au Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited ABN 35 060 581 437 UNICEF Australia Annual Report 2015 PO Box 488 Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230 Registered Office: Level 4, 280 Pitt St, Sydney, NSW, 2000 First Published April 2016. All graphs and data correct as at April 2016. © UNICEF Australia For general enquiries and donations: Phone: 1300 884 233 | Fax: 1300 780 522 UNICEF Australia is a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and complies with the principles of the ACFID Email: [email protected] | www.unicef.org.au Code of Conduct for Non-Government Development Organisations.