What UNICEF is doing to Help Children
Author: Ioannis Mitrou
The United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF is an
organization devoted to saving the lives and promoting the
welfare of children worldwide. The organization has made
strides in preventing disease, improving sanitation and
education about health and hygiene practices. It has also
worked to promote gender equality in nations where women
are oppressed and discriminated against. At their website,
www.UNICEF.org, they give detailed information on what the
organization is doing to help children around the world,
especially in poverty-stricken and disaster areas.
One area in which UNICEF has made great strides to help
children is in the prevention of disease. Each year
worldwide, millions of children die of preventable
illnesses such as malaria, cholera, pneumonia and the
measles. The organization has worked to provide children
with vaccines against many illnesses. It has also helped to
provide communities with safe drinking water. In areas
plagued by water-borne illnesses, UNICEF has provided
water-purification tablets, as well as sources of clean,
fresh water in the form of wells and hand pumps. In places
where many children die of mosquito-borne diseases such as
malaria and dengue fever, the organization has worked to
help children and pregnant women by providing them with
mosquito netting that has been treated with insecticides.
Communities are also given aid in constructing sanitary
facilities such as latrines. The organization also provides
education about basic hygienic practices such as
hand-washing.
Promotion of women's rights and gender equality is another
important way in which UNICEF has been able to help
children. Discrimination against women is rampant in
third-world countries. Of the 875,000 illiterate adults in
the world's population, two-thirds of them are women.
Education of women has a direct impact on the health and
welfare of children. Studies have shown that worldwide,
women with no education are five times less likely than
educated women to have basic information about HIV/AIDS.
Women and girls are at a greater risk of contracting the
virus than men and boys, and 90 percent of HIV/AIDS cases
in children under the age of fifteen are transmitted from
mother to infant.
In many areas, particularly Asia and sub-Saharan Africa,
women have little power to participate in basic household
decisions. In households where women are empowered to make
these decisions, studies have shown that the health and
nutrition of children is dramatically improved. UNICEF has
worked not only to improve the education of women and
girls, but also to educate boys and men on the importance
of gender equality and empowering women to make household
decisions. By helping to educate women and reduce gender
discrimination, the organization has been able to help
children, since women are their primary caregivers.
UNICEF has worked to help children worldwide in the areas
of disease prevention, sanitation and hygiene, and the
education of women and children worldwide. The organization
has made use of the internet to educate the public about
the work it does, as well as the work that still needs to
be done. Through its website, this organization gives
information about its programs and the assistance it
provides to the world's poor, especially its children. It
also gives information on what you can do to help.
About the Author:
With its strong presence in 155 countries, UNICEF is the
world's leading advocate for children.
http://www.unicef.org/
Ioannis Mitrou is Dentist Surgeon with his private dental
clinic for 15 years.He lives in Thessaloniki/Greece with
his wife Alexandra and his son Marios.He is also the owner
of the site Trade4Net.
http://www.trade4net.com
Author: Ioannis Mitrou
The United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF is an
organization devoted to saving the lives and promoting the
welfare of children worldwide. The organization has made
strides in preventing disease, improving sanitation and
education about health and hygiene practices. It has also
worked to promote gender equality in nations where women
are oppressed and discriminated against. At their website,
www.UNICEF.org, they give detailed information on what the
organization is doing to help children around the world,
especially in poverty-stricken and disaster areas.
One area in which UNICEF has made great strides to help
children is in the prevention of disease. Each year
worldwide, millions of children die of preventable
illnesses such as malaria, cholera, pneumonia and the
measles. The organization has worked to provide children
with vaccines against many illnesses. It has also helped to
provide communities with safe drinking water. In areas
plagued by water-borne illnesses, UNICEF has provided
water-purification tablets, as well as sources of clean,
fresh water in the form of wells and hand pumps. In places
where many children die of mosquito-borne diseases such as
malaria and dengue fever, the organization has worked to
help children and pregnant women by providing them with
mosquito netting that has been treated with insecticides.
Communities are also given aid in constructing sanitary
facilities such as latrines. The organization also provides
education about basic hygienic practices such as
hand-washing.
Promotion of women's rights and gender equality is another
important way in which UNICEF has been able to help
children. Discrimination against women is rampant in
third-world countries. Of the 875,000 illiterate adults in
the world's population, two-thirds of them are women.
Education of women has a direct impact on the health and
welfare of children. Studies have shown that worldwide,
women with no education are five times less likely than
educated women to have basic information about HIV/AIDS.
Women and girls are at a greater risk of contracting the
virus than men and boys, and 90 percent of HIV/AIDS cases
in children under the age of fifteen are transmitted from
mother to infant.
In many areas, particularly Asia and sub-Saharan Africa,
women have little power to participate in basic household
decisions. In households where women are empowered to make
these decisions, studies have shown that the health and
nutrition of children is dramatically improved. UNICEF has
worked not only to improve the education of women and
girls, but also to educate boys and men on the importance
of gender equality and empowering women to make household
decisions. By helping to educate women and reduce gender
discrimination, the organization has been able to help
children, since women are their primary caregivers.
UNICEF has worked to help children worldwide in the areas
of disease prevention, sanitation and hygiene, and the
education of women and children worldwide. The organization
has made use of the internet to educate the public about
the work it does, as well as the work that still needs to
be done. Through its website, this organization gives
information about its programs and the assistance it
provides to the world's poor, especially its children. It
also gives information on what you can do to help.
About the Author:
With its strong presence in 155 countries, UNICEF is the
world's leading advocate for children.
http://www.unicef.org/
Ioannis Mitrou is Dentist Surgeon with his private dental
clinic for 15 years.He lives in Thessaloniki/Greece with
his wife Alexandra and his son Marios.He is also the owner
of the site Trade4Net.
http://www.trade4net.com
