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UNICEF

UNICEF

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A United Nations organization that helps children and mothers in poor countries
  • proper noun
  • /ˈjuːnɪsɛf/
translation icon : UNICEF
  • Yet in 2007, a UNICEF report ranked the UK bottom out of 25 industrialised countries for well-being enjoyed by children.
  • Children's Fund UNICEF
  • organizations such as UNICEF
  • UNICEF representative

You get, he says, write a check right now to UNICEF.

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Examples

  • The goal was to assist UNICEF in developing effective communication strategies for designing HIV/AIDS education projects.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I'm a human rights lawyer, and I've been working for UNICEF for the past few years, based in Southeast Asia.

  • And I think they got money with UNICEF India as well.

  • Dan and Michael point out that the UNICEF project is doing exactly that.

    Blog text (6)
  • According to UNICEF, that number is projected to reach 25 million by 2010.

    Academic text (2003)
  • A salute to UNICEF and children everywhere.

  • A wide variety of United Nations agencies, led by WHO and UNICEF, also invested in health care.

    Academic text (1993)
  • A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit UNICEF USA.

  • That's why receiving the UNICEF kits was extremely important," admits the school director.

    Blog text (19)
  • As a global leader in children's education, UNICEF works tirelessly to ensure that every child has access to school.

Synonyms

An organization of the United Nations that helps children and mothers in poor countries

emphasizes specific sectoral aid rather than broad humanitarian support

An organization that helps children and mothers with health, education, and basic needs in poor countries

is stated more generally as improving those areas rather than listing them

Surface Forms

UNICEF main

Etymology

UNICEF comes from the first letters of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. It started after World War II to help children in an 'emergency', and later the name became United Nations Children's Fund, but the short name UNICEF stayed, so it still means a UN 'fund' for children.