happy kids

25,000 children die every day from preventable causes. We believe that number should be zero. Join us.

September 19, 2008

UNICEF report highlights risk of maternal mortality in developing world

A new report on maternal mortality, released by UNICEF today, highlights the risks faced during pregnancy and childbirth by women in developing countries. According to the latest data, more than 99 percent of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries, with some 84 percent concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

September 18, 2008

UNICEF scales up emergency response as children suffer from resumed fighting in North Kivu, DRC

Increased fighting over the last two and a half weeks is causing more suffering to children in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Clashes between different armed groups have forced over 100,000 people to flee their homes, social services to close, and humanitarian organizations to suspend assistance.

September 17, 2008

Delivering lifesaving aid to children and families in Haiti

Two-year-old Fernando has the look of a toddler who is all cried out as he buries his tear-stained face in his mother's shoulder. But this is no ordinary temper tantrum. Fernando and his mother, Judith, are crammed into a schoolroom in Gonaïves, Haiti, where they have taken refuge from flash floods along with nearly 200 other people.

September 19, 2008

Just ONE question

September 18, 2008

Denver and Chicago: Volunteer leaders still needed

September 17, 2008

The biggest flood you may never have heard of

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Charity Navigator

Partners in Action

For a limited time, Malaria No More
will match each donation made
in the fight to defeat malaria.

Merck supports the
worldwide fight
against river blindness