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

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	ANGOLA: A woman health worker fills a syringe with measles vaccine to inoculate a boy against the disease. An insulated cold case was used to transport the vaccines at a constant, low temperature.

For the final 12 days of 2008, UNICEF celebrity Ambassadors and supporters are posting daily blog entries about the impact UNICEF Inspired Gifts are having on children around the world. Grammy award-winning recording artist Ne-Yo rocked the house at the 2008 UNICEF Snowflake lighting in New York City and also appears in the U.S. Fund's "I Believe In Zero" campaign.

UNICEF works in over 150 of the world's poorest and least developed countries. In many of them, health clinics are located in remote areas that can only be accessed through mountain passes or dirt roads. Journeys to them can take days and climate conditions are not always the best.

When dealing with some childhood illnesses—such as polio and measles—the difference between life and death can be as simple as the temperature of the vaccine administered. In the effort to reduce the number of children under the age five who die of preventable causes every day from 25,000 to zero, something as simple as a cold-box vaccine carrier that keeps vaccines at the right temperature is extremely crucial to child survival.

This holiday season, $23.52 can make that difference. It can provide UNICEF with two cold case vaccine carriers and ensure that UNICEF continues to do whatever it takes to save a child. Purchase this UNICEF Inspired Gift and save a life today.

I am Ne-Yo, and I believe in zero.

25,000 young children die every day from preventable causes—things like malnutrition, poor sanitation and lack of safe, drinkable water. UNICEF believes that number should be zero.