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UNICEF: who are we?
• United Nations organization for children’s rights
• Working for children — everywhere, all the time
• Since the Second World War • Convention on the Rights of the Child • Unite for children
Connecting and Cooperating
• Unite for children
• With whom do we work?
• The importance of cooperation.
• What does UNICEF do?
Our mission
• The most wonderful assignment
• The central themes of UNICEF’s work:
- the right care for every child
- education for all children
- protection against HIV and AIDS
- protection in extreme circumstances such as war
- cooperation and lobbying
The right care for every child
• Vaccinations save lives
• Infant mortality is dropping worldwide
• The causes of infant mortality
• What is UNICEF doing?
The right care for every child
• 165 million children under five are chronically malnourished
• The famine is increasing
• Poverty and hunger — a vicious circle
• UNICEF’s 1000-day plan
UNICEF’s 1.000-day Plan
• Prenatal Care
• Efforts to encourage breastfeeding in the first six months
• Plumpy’Nut for additional nutrition
• Nutritional Supplements
• Food Enrichment
• Information
Education for all children
• Education is a Children’s Right
• 57 million children do not attend primary school
• Girls are left behind
• What is UNICEF doing?
Born HIV-Free
• Baby Catarea
• AIDS: a huge problem worldwide
• Every day, babies are born with HIV
• This is preventable!
• What do we do?
Growing up safely
Natural disaster or war
• Particularly vulnerable
• Collaborate
• What do we do?
UNICEF Netherlands
• National Committee
• What do we do?
• Appeal for child rights compliance.
• 75 staff and 2500 volunteers including numerous ambassadors
• Together, we have collected € 65,6 million in 2014
• Companies
• Donors
• Children and Young People
• Consumers
• Volunteers
• Visit unicef.nl or unicef.org
Everyone can do something
THE WORLD IS BURNING BUT CHILDREN DIDN’T START THE FIRE
5,6 million Children in
Syria in need
7,6 million Internally displaced
people
10,000+ Children killed
The crisis in Syria in numbers
2 million Children out of
school
1 in 4 Schools destroyed or used
as shelter
Only 1 in 3 Hospitals
functioning
3,5 million Children internally displaced
4,2 million People in hard to reach areas
Syrian refugees in Turkey
• 1,938,999 Syrian refugees (sept. 2015) • 13% live in camps, 87% in host
communities • 1,050,937 Syrian refugee children (54%) • 663,138 Syrian children in school-going
age • 391,207 Syrian children out of school
• GoT leads protection and assistance
response • Largest provider of emergency aid • UN + NGO’s support
UNICEF support to Syrian refugees in Turkey
• In line with 2015-2016 Inter agency Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan
• UNICEF mandate: – Health (support national health
system) – (Water, Hygiene, Sanitation) – Nutrition (prevention, rapid
assessments) – Protection (support national CP
system) – Education (NO LOST GENERATION
UNICEF- Education in Turkey
NO LOST GENERATION • System strengthening
– Support government – Education management system
• Promotion of access – Temporary Education Centres – Refurbishment existing schools – Schoolkits
• Increase quality of inclusive education – Teacher’s incentives
UNICEF- Education in Turkey – numbers – sept 2015
• 1,050,937 Child refugees: 542,920♂
508,018♀ • 391,207 Children out of school • UNICEF needs education Turkey:
42,000,000 USD • Currently funded: 22,330,000 USD
UNICEF- Education in Turkey – numbers – sept 2015
• 3,500 qualified teachers trained Result (Jan-August): 6,737 • 3,500 qualified teachers receiving
incentives Result (Jan-August): 5,503 • 40,000 children/adolescents receive
Non Formal Education Result (Jan-August): 0
UNICEF Objectives / Results 2015: • 180,000 school-aged children in
schools/learning programmes Result (January-August) 99,766 • 180,000 children have received school
supplies Result (Jan-August): 65,724 • 70 educational facilities
constructed/refurbished/accessible Result (Jan-August): 77
Soroptimists Netherlands
“The more funding we receive and the more people get involved the better”
• Strategic partnership 2014-2016
• Aim: - Fundraising €100.000 per year - awareness: Soroptimists are telling the story over and over again to as many people as possible to make them aware what is happing around the borders of Syria.
Soroptimist International
• Fundraising activities by Soroptimist in the Netherlands have been very succesful!
• Communication toolkit • Special website (Link) • Brochure • De Soroptimist Magazine (4x per
year)
Soroptimist International
€150.000 and counting! 75 clubs (out of 101) are participating in various activities and events, eg • Mothers/Daughters Day in Breda (local)
o UNICEF volunteer was present for a lecture on refugees
• Cycling for Syria!fundraising event in summer (local)
• Bookselling: (reading book for children) ‘Kip wil Eten’ (national)
• Concert by Misha Fomin, 24 april 2016 (national) o capacity: 1.400 persons, you are
welcome!
Soroptimist International
UNICEF congratulates Soroptimists Netherlands on… Winning the Best Practice Award 2015 on Education for Syria Back to School (31 May 2015, Lissabon)
Soroptimist International
Union Board SI NL UNICEF NL
National taskforce
Actvities team
Communications Team
FoundationSyria B2S
Formal partnership
Operational / material execution
Soroptimist International
• Do you agree on … No Lost Generation? • Please join us to upscale!
• Steps:
• Soroptimists NL + UNICEF NL will introduce you to your bilateral partner.
• Soroptimist SI UK > UNICEF UK • Bilateral agreement on grant for Education
Programme UNICEF Turkey • Promotional toolkit in your language at the start of
partnership • Including images + human interest stories • Report on Education programma (yearly,
June)
Please contact us!
Soroptimist International Netherlands Margit van Hoeve chair Syria 'Back to School' [email protected] +31 6 40725710
UNICEF Netherlands Mariska Burgstede Relationship manager major donors [email protected] +31 6 20380430
Please contact us!
English site: http://syrieback2school.weebly.com/english.html Info on UNICEF International and the Syrian crisis: http://www.unicef.org/emergencies/syria/
THANK YOU!