Question

State the functions of the UNICEF.

Answer 1

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations program headquartered in New York City. It was established on 11 December 1946 and is a member of the United Nations Development Group. It works in 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential.

Functions:

1. It advocates for and gives financial and technical support to national- and community-based education and intervention programmes on health care and nutrition.

2. Improving children’s developmental readiness for school, especially for excluded children and among disadvantaged groups, via community-sponsored childhood education and health initiatives.

3. It also works via advocacy and community outreach to help governments, communities, and families support children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.