Question

Study the picture and answer the following questions:
(a) Identify the organisation associated with the given emblem. Where are its headquarters located?
(b) What is the main objective of this organisation?
(c) State three functions of this organisation.

Answer 1

The given emblem is of UNICEF. It 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.

Objective:

It is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children - victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation and those with disabilities.

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.