Fieldnotes: Blogging on UNICEF's child survival work in the field

July 2, 2009

Only 3 spots left for the NYC Marathon!

Team UNICEF

Are you a runner? Be a part of the movement, the biggest movement in New York! This year UNICEF is participating in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon in November. We’re looking for committed individuals to join Team UNICEF!

As the organization that has saved more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization, UNICEF is committed to doing whatever it takes to ensure the survival of children. Each member will be raising a minimum of $3,500. Everyday 25,000 children die from preventable causes; Team UNICEF is helping us turn that number to zero.

Team UNICEF spots are going quickly so apply as soon as possible. If you or someone you know is interested in applying for one of Team UNICEF's guaranteed runner entries, please click here today!

Please email volunteer@unicefusa.org with any questions regarding your interest in joining Team UNICEF.

July 1, 2009

Have you read Every Child?

Every Child Summer 2009
Every Child Summer 2009

My colleague Adam Fifield and I spend a lot of time writing about child survival issues. And most of the writing we do isn't for this blog—it's for speeches and publications that also play a major role in telling folks about UNICEF's crucial work. Our magazine, Every Child, probably takes up most of our focus. We may spend months researching and writing articles that convey the extraordinary range of what UNICEF does for children around the world.

It's that range—that scope—that keeps me perpetually impressed by UNICEF. At any given moment, UNICEF may be vaccinating up to a million children in Sierra Leone, getting emergency supplies to cyclone victims in Bangladesh, creating safe schools for children in Afghanistan, helping former child soldiers find work in Columbia, distributing hundreds of thousands of bed nets to protect children against malaria in Nigeria—the list goes on and on and on. Which means we never run out of things to write about.

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June 26, 2009

No Ordinary Meeting

As a former journalist, I've been to a lot of meetings. School boards, planning commissions, city councils, all manner of community gatherings. Some were contentious, some productive, but the majority fell into one or all of these three categories: tedious, forgettable, and decidedly unremarkable.

Which is why I'm so delighted to report that the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s annual meeting earlier this month at New York's Desmond Tutu Center didn't really feel like a meeting at all. The extraordinary event—which featured moving testimonials from our partners and fascinating firsthand reports from UNICEF staff—packed the emotional power of a stirring ceremony or rally.

The meeting's theme—"Believe in Zero"— couldn't have been timelier. Though UNICEF has helped cut the worldwide child mortality rate by more than half over the last fifty years, 25,000 children still die every day from avoidable causes. Because of the economic crisis, deadly threats to children are actually increasing. It was galvanizing to stand in a room surrounded by so many people who believe that there is nothing more important than saving a child’s life. I'm convinced that, with more people like this, we can come closer and closer to the day when the number of children dying from preventable causes is not 25,000—it's zero.

U.S. Fund for UNICEF President and C.E.O Caryl Stern
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U.S. Fund for UNICEF President and C.E.O Caryl Stern at the 2009 Annual Meeting.

A series of speakers, including U.S. Fund President and CEO Caryl M. Stern, Board Chair Anthony Pantaleoni, and Nightline co-anchor Cynthia McFadden, told the packed general session crowd about notable accomplishments, remaining challenges, and the need—now more than ever—to remain focused on our mission.

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United We Serve: Harlem Youth Learn About the DRC

In response to President Obama’s ‘United We Serve’ call to community service, cabinet member Susan E. Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and representatives from the U.S. Fund for UNICEF hosted an interactive classroom at the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) on June 22nd. The Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) is a nationally recognized non-profit organization, which provides a unique, holistic network of support in Harlem for 10,000 children - from birth through college - including public charter schools, as well as after-school, pre-kindergarten, social-service and health programs.

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Ambassador Rice looks on as Kirsten Sheldon from the US Fund for UNICEF discusses the importance of water and sanitation with HCZ students.

Ambassador Rice spoke to over 120 HCZ students about her career and recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The 8th and 9th grade students asked Ambassador Rice a range of questions, covering her career and working relationship with President Obama, to global issues and the children of DRC. Cynthia McCaffrey, Senior Vice President of Programs for the US Fund for UNICEF also spoke to the students about her experience in the refugee camps and what the US Fund for UNICEF is doing to assist with the humanitarian crisis in the DRC.

The students had the opportunity to see first-hand, life-saving products that may be purchased through the UNICEF Inspired Gifts program. The gifts on display included insecticide treated mosquito nets, school-in-a-box kits, first-aid kits, nutritional supplements, measles vaccines and more. US Fund staff were present at each interactive station to educate students about the importance of each item. This opportunity provided students with an engaging and educational experience. After students visited each station they were asked to recommend items to be sent to the children of the DRC based on what they learned at each interactive classroom.

It was exciting to see Ambassador Rice, US Fund staff, HCZ staff and HCZ students participate in rich dialogue about child survival.

June 23, 2009

College students attend Campus Initiative Leadership Summit

Last weekend, 65 college students, who are members and leaders of our UNICEF Campus Initiative, gathered in New York City for a weekend of learning, connecting, and acting.

Campus Conference Attendees show their commitment to achieving Zero child deaths from preventable causes.
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Campus Conference Attendees show their commitment to achieving Zero child deaths from preventable causes.

Students from all over the country gathered at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF offices and were treated to presentations from UNICEF officers who work in the field, U. S. Fund for UNICEF Senior staff, and program experts who spoke about our volunteer programs, Campus Initiative, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, and the Tap Project. Breakout sessions offered topics such as special event planning, a showing of the Final Inch—a documentary about the efforts to eradicate polio in India, and more.

The students know us well, and truly believe that with their help, the number of preventable deaths of children can be reduced to zero. In fact, they asked to have their picture taken to demonstrate their commitment!

June 19, 2009

Key Club visits Uruguay

Last week I traveled to Uruguay with 4 Key Club members to learn more about UNICEF’s programs there. Key Club International has recently committed to raise funds for programs for adolescents in Uruguay, and we spent four days learning about life in Uruguay and UNICEF’s efforts there. Pictured here are the four Key Club members as we arrived on our first day, Jared, Abigail, Anna and Lance.

Key Club members Jared, Abigail, Anna and Lance.
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Key Club members Jared, Abigail, Anna and Lance.

A middle income country, with 3.3 million people, nearly half of children under age 18 live in poverty or extreme poverty. Only 40% of students enrolled in the first year finish the basic cycle on time and only one in every three 20-year old Uruguayans graduates from high school. We visited high schools, trade schools, and most frequently a model center for teens, called Mandala Vos, which offers a safe and productive place for teen agers to learn skills, express themselves through the arts, and make friends. The Key Club representatives were welcomed immediately, and while they did not speak the same language, through laughter and music and gestures, became very connected. Many jokes were made, many meals were shared, and I could see that the Key Clubbers understood the impact that this trip would make on their lives when we returned home.

UNICEF Uruguay is doing great work, meeting teens where they are, in providing them opportunities for healthy and safe environments that help them stay in school, return to school, or develop skills. We heard first hand from the young people who go to the center that UNICEF, through Mandala Vos, has changed their lives for the better, and they were happy to hear we would be funding more centers in the future. When I get everyone’s photos, I will post again about the great work that UNICEF is doing in Uruguay.

June 18, 2009

NewsNet: Don't forget about Somalia

I wrote about the deteriorating humanitarian emergency in Somalia—and how funding shortfalls were hampering UNICEF’s crucial work there—more than a year ago. In a March 15, 2008 Fieldnotes post, I cited a BBC story that quoted the country’s then UNICEF Representative, Christian Balslev-Olesen, calling Somalia’s plight the “forgotten crisis.”

Even though the suffering of Somalia’s people has only grown worse since then, much of the world continues to largely ignore it.

The vast majority of recent media coverage has focused on—you guessed it—pirates. Fighting between government forces and militants and concerns about the country becoming a terrorist safe haven have also generated considerable press. But little attention has been paid to the enormous human toll of Somalia’s woes. Read these articles from The Christian Science Monitor, Reuters, and Voice of America.

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June 17, 2009

Cyclone cripples south-western Bangladesh

Things have been so busy around here lately, we haven't had time to write about Cyclone Aila—a monstrous storm that ripped through Bangladesh on May 25, leaving millions displaced or homeless. The cyclone hit hardest in the particularly low-lying south-western part of the country (though, on average, the entire country is less than 39 feet above sea level). Multiple rivers converge in that area, making it highly susceptible to storms and flooding. In fact, the region is still recovering from Cyclone Sidr, which struck in 2007.

In the wake of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, UNICEF provided emergency supplies like the high-energy biscuits this girl is carrying. Now UNICEF is rushing to get clean water and other resources to the same region, recently hit by Cyclone Alia.
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In the wake of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, UNICEF provided emergency supplies like the high-energy biscuits this girl is carrying. Now UNICEF is rushing to get clean water and other resources to the same region, recently hit by Cyclone Alia.

Cyclone Aila washed away embankments that normally protect waterside villages from incoming high tides. Now huts that survived the storm itself are continuously flooded. Families are camping out on the highest ground they can find, but they're running out of food and safe, drinkable water.

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June 15, 2009

A Walk for Water

On June 10th the TeachUNICEF team and other community members spoke to over 500 New York City youth about the importance of clean water. We reflected on our own water usage and some of the challenges people around the world face when trying to access clean water. Led by a marching band, we then joined the youth in walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to simulate the distance many people around the world walk to access clean water. Youth carried signs and chanted, educating New Yorkers as they passed. It was moving to see so many people unite for such an important cause.

New York city youth walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to simulate the distance many people around the world walk to access clean water.
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New York city youth walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to simulate the distance many people around the world walk to access clean water.

TeachUNICEF and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF are committed to global water and sanitation issues. To learn more about these issues and download free classroom resources click here.

June 12, 2009

A UNICEF staff member is killed in Pakistan

We're still reeling from the death of UNICEF staff member Perseveranda So. In case you haven't seen the news, So was killed in the massive car bomb explosion that hit the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday. The hotel was acting as home base for many aid workers, including more than 25 staffers from UN agencies. All told, 5 of the 17 people killed in the blast were with UN agencies responding to the region's growing humanitarian crisis.

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Pakistan, 2009: On 1 June, a girl attends school in a tent classroom in the Chota Lahore camp in Swabi District, in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). An estimated 877 children are enrolled in the school. UNICEF is helping to provide education support for displaced children in camps and host communities. The Chota Lahore camp is one of many created in the last few weeks to accommodate people fleeing the current conflict.

We all know that working in volatile countries brings personal risk. Just a few months ago, Kate Horton blogged about the dangers UNICEF field staff often face. And the fact that some die while on the job. But knowing the dangers doesn't make news like this any easier. When colleagues like Perseveranda So—"Persy" to those who knew her—are killed in violent and targeted attacks it feels particularly tragic. And just, well, unfair. Those who are working tirelessly to help save and improve lives should not be felled by those who seek only to destroy lives.

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June 11, 2009

Putting children first in Tanzania

The past decade in Tanzania has been marked by successful reforms, steady economic growth, and political stability. Despite this progress, Tanzania’s challenge for the future is to create better living conditions for the rural poor, control the spread of HIV/AIDS, address the needs of the largest refugee population in Africa (due to neighboring conflicts), and through education develop the next generation of leaders. Sonya Renner was part of a U.S. Fund delegation from Texas and Georgia and witnessed firsthand how UNICEF impacts the lives of Tanzania’s children, and through them, Tanzania’s future.

Is it a childhood luxury to be able to attend primary school? Are dreams for the future a privilege for a limited few? While the American public education system and its schools face challenges, particularly now, we have an advantage that many countries don’t have: a long and deep-rooted belief that quality education is a right for all children. We work to insure that education is free and compulsory. We teach our children that they can—and should—dream of a future.

Students at a school not in the child-friendly school pilot program talked of their need for more classrooms, windows, floors, desks, books, paper, and pencils.
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Students at a school not in the child friendly school pilot program talked of their need for more classrooms, windows, floors, desks, books, paper, and pencils.

UNICEF believes that every child around the world has an equal right to education and should dream of a better future. This can become a reality for more children through UNICEF’s child friendly school model, which focuses not just on academic skills but also teaches basic life skills—lifesaving skills—such as hand-washing, hygiene, and preventing the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS. The child friendly school program then can have a major role in achieving zero child deaths from preventable causes.

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June 10, 2009

UNICEF and 12for12K team up in June

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We’ve been chosen as the featured charity for June in the 12for12K challenge! The reason for this partnership is simple: No child should ever die from a preventable cause. Every day 25,000 do. 12for12k is partnering with UNICEF USA to help bring that number to zero.

The 12for12k Challenge is the combination of social media and fund-raising that aims to change the lives of millions worldwide. How will 12for12K do this? By using the power and outreach of social media to spread the word. From Twitter to Facebook, blogs to social media newsrooms and more, the 12for12k Challenge will be helping UNICEF USA connect with as wide an audience as possible.

Help us reach our goal this month by posting the challenge to your Facebook page, tweeting about it on Twitter, or mentioning us on your blog. Follow @12for12k on Twitter for news about an upcoming “twitterthon” benefitting us.

The more people we reach, the more lives we can save. So, while you’re face-spacing and tweeting the day away, please consider helping us help the children of the world.

June 9, 2009

U.S. Fund for UNICEF Partners with ONE to support clean water

Please cosponsor the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 (S. 624), and help provide 100 million people with first-time, sustainable access to clean water and sanitation by 2015.

If you’ve been reading the U.S. Fund for UNICEF website, or followed the TAP Project, you know about the importance of water to everything UNICEF does. Access to clean water and sanitation is fundamental to every aspect of a child's life–from survival, to good health, to education, to dignity. We Believe in Zero, and that means no child should suffer from the lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation.

Individual Americans like you, through your support for UNICEF, help bring safe water to children every day. But our government needs to play a stronger role as well. In order to strengthen the U.S. Government’s response, Senators Richard Durbin and Bob Corker introduced S. 624, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009, a bipartisan bill to make clean water a reality.

Unfortunately, with everybody’s attention focused elsewhere, the bill isn’t getting the attention it needs for a hearing and further action by Senate leaders. It needs more Senators to show their support–and that means we need you to let them know you care about this!

The ONE Campaign set up an online petition to show American support for this legislation. YOU CAN HELP by clicking on the link to go to the ONE website and helping ONE reach its goal of 50,000 signers.

June 8, 2009

Tetanus: A silent killer

Mufflers can generally be found in cars. They stifle the loud, high-pitched sound of a car’s engine so that you hear a more smooth-sounding vroom! vroom!

But (as I’ve discovered) mufflers are not limited to the metal bellies of cars. They also exist in our everyday conversation with the rest of world. Sometimes (and usually because of the distance between us) the messages we hear—or the ones we send—are muffled; they lose their inflection, their sting, their urgency. This is especially true of the silent killer, tetanus. Despite the fact that a combined 158,000 mothers and newborn babies die every year from this preventable disease, very few people hear this message in all its severity. Instead, tetanus treads lightly and it continues to retain its title as a silent killer.

Young girls wait at an EPI outreach receive tetanus (TT) shots in Lelan village of Fatikchori Upazila, Chittagong District. Bangladesh.
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Young girls wait at an EPI outreach receive tetanus (TT) shots in Lelan village of Fatikchori Upazila, Chittagong District. Bangladesh.

But I’m happy to say that since I started interning at U.S. Fund for UNICEF, I’ve found no mufflers here—no silent treading. This organization has been working overtime to sound the alarm on killers like tetanus. Consider that, since it began its campaign to eliminate this disease from developing countries, UNICEF—with the help of its donors and partners—has protected more than 81 million women and newborns in some of the most remote areas in the world. It has helped eliminate tetanus from 12 of the 58 countries where the disease was a threat to the lives of mothers and children. And most recently, BD (www.bd.com)—a leading global medical technology company—renewed its partnership with UNICEF to immunize mothers and children against tetanus. This means we can look forward to saving more lives, and bring the number of preventable deaths from 25,000 a day to zero!

So, want to get rid of your cumbersome mufflers? Want to hear the facts—loud and clear—about tetanus and how you can help eliminate the threat of this disease to mothers and children around the world? Visit UNICEF USA to learn more about the work UNICEF does to save lives.

And I don’t mean to say this eerily, but be aware of mufflers. Because in the case of loud, obnoxious engines (like that of my uncle’s very old, heavy truck), mufflers can be very useful. But they are not so great when it comes to silent killers like tetanus.

June 5, 2009

Key Club members to visit UNICEF programs in Uruguay

Key Club representatives Anna, Lance, Abigail and Jared met in Atlanta in January to learn about UNICEF's work in Uruguay and plan the June 2009 field visit.
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Key Club representatives Anna, Lance, Abigail and Jared met in Atlanta in January to learn about UNICEF's work in Uruguay and plan the June 2009 field visit.


This weekend I will be traveling with four youth representatives from Key Club International to Montevideo, Uruguay, to observe UNICEF-assisted programs. Last November, the student-led Key Club International Board voted to support programs in Uruguay through their Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF collections. More than half a million children and adolescents in Uruguay live in poverty. UNICEF helps at-risk adolescents by providing education, counseling, job skills, recreation, and social services. Pictured here are the Key Club representatives making the trip, Anna, Lance, Abigail, and Jared. We’ll post to the blog when we get back!

June 4, 2009

Searching for something good on the internet?

Here at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF we’re extremely grateful and lucky to have a community of supporters like you that believe no child should die from preventable causes. We rely on your donations and the time of our volunteers to help us reach our goal. However, there are other ways to help UNICEF that won’t require much time or money at all, just a computer and a willingness to share.

GoodSearch.com is a search engine service powered by Yahoo!, where you can support the charity or school of your choice just by searching the internet. Make sure to select UNICEF as the charity you want to support, and every time you conduct a search they will give a portion of their ad revenue to UNICEF. To find out just how much of a difference you can make, read GoodSearch’s FAQs. They also put out a new toolbar for Internet Explorer, so even if you forget to go to GoodSearch, you can still help us out!

Use GoodSearch to help UNICEF, and for regular updates follow us on Twitter.
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Use GoodSearch to help UNICEF, and for regular updates follow us on Twitter.

We’re also building a great community of supporters online to help spread UNICEF’s message. Be our friend on Myspace, become a fan on Facebook, or for the most up to date information from UNICEF USA, follow us on Twitter! If we post something you are interested in, please share it with your friends. With every @ reply and retweet you’re doing your part to help the world’s children. (If you’re new to Twitter, I may have lost you with that last sentence!) If you’re interested in starting a Twitter account I would recommend reading the Top 10 Twitter Tips for Beginners, it’s a great way to get started.

There are a lot of great ways to support UNICEF online. We’d love to hear from you if you have any suggestions. Send us an email at email@unicefusa.org or leave a comment on this post. We’ll share your discoveries, tips, and tricks of the internet on this blog so make sure to subscribe to our RSS feed.

Never before have we been able to reach out to others so easily and efficiently. 25,000 children die everyday of preventable causes. Together we can act as one (online) voice, and let the world know that we believe that number should be zero.

June 3, 2009

One year after the China earthquake

I can't believe it's been a year since I first reported on the massive earthquake in Sichuan, China. I remember seeing the early television footage of entire villages toppled… Looking at photos of dust-covered survivors frantically moving chunks of cement in search of those trapped in the rubble… And reading news reports on the rapidly rising death count.

What still stays with me most from those first days after the quake is the sad revelation that so many children had been killed or badly wounded inside their schools. While not all kids may love going to school, it's a place where they should always feel safe. The earthquake destroyed not just that sense of safety but thousands and thousands of school buildings themselves.

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June 2, 2009

TeachUNICEF: Providing tools for success

Higher Achievement

TeachUNICEF is a provider of resources for many education programs across the country, both in school and afterschool youth programs. We support these programs by providing resources that highlight the global issues UNICEF and its partners address on a daily basis. All resources are free and can be found at www.TeachUNICEF.org.

One such afterschool organization is Higher Achievement Program, located in Washington, DC. On May 19, the TeachUNICEF team attended Higher Achievement’s graduation ceremony of 62 scholars. Keynote speaker U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan commended the organization for their success and the empowered youth graduating on to high schools. To learn more about the event click here. This afterschool youth program has used many of the resources available at TeachUNICEF.org to embark on the education of global issues with their enrolled youth.

Tell us your story of how you utilize TeachUNICEF resources by writing to us at teachUNICEF@unicefusa.org or responding to this posting.

June 1, 2009

Surge of displacement in Pakistan continues

Only a few days have passed since we last checked in on the growing crisis in Pakistan, but those few days have been enough time to change thousands of lives. In the month of May alone, more people have been displaced in Pakistan than were displaced over 3 years in Darfur.

Since August of last year, conflict between pro-Taliban militants and Pakistan's government forces has seethed in Pakistan’s northwest frontier region. Over the last month, as fighting has intensified, the number of people who have fled their homes has swollen to 2.4 million. That’s the single largest movement of people in Pakistan since the partition that created the country.

Most frightening of all, it’s estimated that 65% of the displaced are children.

Pakistan (May 29, 2009), a displaced girl waits with adults for food during a distribution in the Chota Lahore camp in Swabi District in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The camp is one of the many created in the past few weeks to accommodate people fleeing the current conflict.
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Pakistan (May 29, 2009), a displaced girl waits with adults for food during a distribution in the Chota Lahore camp in Swabi District in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The camp is one of the many created in the past few weeks to accommodate people fleeing the current conflict.

UNICEF is doing its best to blunt the impact of the crisis for these children, but because of the quick timeline and incredible numbers of people, some real challenges exist. Many of the displaced have chosen to stay with friends or relatives, or rent space in host communities, which means distributing resources and keeping track of movement is made a bit harder. It’s estimated that of all the children displaced, only 25% are actually in camps, where agencies like UNICEF can be sure that they are fed, protected from exploitation, and kept healthy in the midst of all the chaos.

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May 29, 2009

Team UNICEF: 2009 ING New York City Marathon

Are you a runner? Be apart of a movement, the biggest movement in New York! This year UNICEF is participating in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon in November. We’re looking for committed individuals to join Team UNICEF!

Rwanda: Flanked by boy runners, a UNICEF Representative stands at the starting line of a five kilometer cross-country race.
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Rwanda: Flanked by boy runners, a UNICEF Representative stands at the starting line of a five kilometer cross-country race.

As the organization that has saved more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization, UNICEF is committed to doing whatever it takes, to ensure the survival of children and ensure Team UNICEF successfully reach its goal. Each member will be raising a minimum of $3,500. Everyday 25,000 children die from preventable causes; Team UNICEF is helping us turn that number to zero.

The deadline to apply is Friday, June 19, 2009. If you or someone you know is interested in applying for one of Team UNICEF's guaranteed runner entries, please visit www.unicefusa.org/nycmarathon today!

Below are a few of the many benefits of running for Team UNICEF:

  • The opportunity to help UNICEF turn the 25,000 preventable deaths of children into zero
  • Support and advice from a dedicated fundraising team.
  • Information about UNICEF’s work and how the donations to Team UNICEF help children around the world
  • A fundraising package
  • UNICEF goodie bag
  • A cheering team along the route
  • A UNICEF running shirt
  • T-shirts for your supporters on the day of the marathon
  • An online fundraising tool
  • A pasta dinner on Friday, October 30th

Please email volunteer@unicefusa.org with any questions regarding your interest in joining Team UNICEF.

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