UNICEF and Global Citizenship: Building Learning Communities
Nick Leisey, fellow for GC
Works with schools and local foundations, domestic efforts. The US committee. Fundraising, awareness, fee into UNICEF. Program and community engagement, promotion of awareness of what the fund does, some on global issues, global competencies.
UNICEF started as an emergency fund, not an education fund.
Mission of UNICEF -190 countries around the world.
Flagship publication each year - state of the world
The US has not ratified the CRC! (Rights of children) once a country has ratified it, the UN can send people to work.
UNICEF provides immunization for half the world's children! Also involved in WASH. (Water& sanitation) it is an enormous issue in developing countries.
They teach nutrition to families, and on child protection (32 billion dollars are earned in trafficking each year!!!) All 50 states have child trafficking problems.
Provocative Topic: Too bad you're thirsty. Too bad you don't have enough clean water.
Believe in Zero
In 1990, 33000 children died each day for preventable causes
In 2010, 21,000
Today, 19,000
PSA about Believe in Zero can be found on YouTube. Funds are: Public Policy and Advocacy; TAP project (water); END trafficking; Trick or Treat (created by Children!); George Harrison Fund(Bangladesh); Eliminate (tetanus)
Meaning of Global Citizenship Wordle: one of them was ACTION. The UN-usf has a definition. They have 8 global fellows in the US.
Film: how the UN teaches GCompetency.
teachunicef.org - lesson plans, issues, videos and more.
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