We believe that raising and caring for children is the cornerstone of human development. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was created to achieve this goal-to cooperate with other institutions to overcome the obstacles to children's growth caused by poverty, violence, disease and discrimination. We believe that we can work together to advance this humanitarian cause.
We support all measures to provide children with the best start in life, because getting proper care at an early age can lay the most solid foundation for a person's future.
We advocate girls' education-ensuring that they complete at least primary education-because it will benefit all children, both boys and girls. Educated girls will grow up to be smarter, become good citizens and responsible mothers who take care of their children.
We strive to immunize all children against common diseases of children, so that they can get adequate nutrition, because it is wrong to let a child suffer from preventable diseases or die of preventable diseases.
We strive to prevent the spread of AIDS among young people, because it is right to protect them from harm and give them the ability to protect others. We help children and families affected by AIDS to live a dignified life again.