2008 Annual Report
2008 Annual Report|U.S. Fund or UNICEF
1When a child dies needlessly, the Earth should stop spinning. Becausethe preventable death o a child — any child, anywhere — is unspeakable,unacceptable. But every day, more than 25,000 children die rom causes thatcould have been averted. They die or want o a ve-cent tetanus vaccine, orsae water to drink, or enough ood to keep them nourished. They die romcauses most people in the industrialized world rarely ever think about.UNICEF has made signicant headway against this grim toll. By doing whateverit takes wherever it is needed, UNICEF has saved more children’s lives than anyother humanitarian organization.In act, UNICEF just announced some remarkable news: the number oworldwide deaths o children under ve has dropped to the lowest level ever,9.2 million per year — or more than 25,000 per day. That’s a decline o 27percent since 1990 and o more than 60 percent since 1960 — and it shows thatUNICEF’s child survival strategy is working.Good news like this heralds even more progress or children in the uture, i weall work together. With your continued support, UNICEF and the U.S. Fund willstrive to roll back the number o needless child deaths all the way to
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2008: Believe in Zero
2008 Annual Report|U.S. Fund or UNICEF
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A Message rom the Chair andthe Presi
dent
It’s been a truly momentous year here at the U.S. Fund or UNICEF. Thanks toyour commitment and generosity, we were able to make signicant strides in theght or child survival.All over the world, your contributions have helped UNICEF counter grave threatsto children, giving them the chance to thrive and grow.Ater a cyclone lashed Myanmar — and then, ten days later, an earthquake hitparts o China — you helped UNICEF speed medicines, clean water, and schoolsupplies to vulnerable children in both disaster zones.In Haiti, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, and Eritrea — where the ood crisis has ueleddeadly malnutrition — your support means that children can get the therapeuticoods they need to survive.In countries like Swaziland, Belize, Jamaica, and Nepal — where AIDS continuesto claim the lives o so many children and leave so many others orphaned — yourcontributions have helped expand treatment, care, and prevention programs.From Angola to Madagascar, Pakistan to the Philippines, your support helpedUNICEF deliver immunizations and other liesaving health interventions tochildren and amilies.Your support enabled the U.S. Fund to reach a total revenue or scal year 2008o nearly $450 million. With your help, we have seen great success. Thank you.But we can’t stop now. Consider this: I you see ten children drowning … do youstop and pat yoursel on the back ater you have rescued ve … or do you reuseto rest until zero children are in danger?
We believe in zero.
Zero children dying rom preventable causes.Now let us join together and work toward a day when every child survives andhas a promising uture.
Caryl M. Stern Anthony Pantaleoni
President and CEO Chair
Organized under the laws o New York State as a not-or-proft corporation, the U.S. Fund or UNICEF is exempt rom tax under Section 501 (c) (3) o the Internal Revenue Code and is governed by an independent and non-salaried board o directors. The U.S. Fund or UNICEF qualifes or the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. U.S.Fund or UNICEF activities or the year ended June 30, 2008, are described in this report, which also includes a summary o fnancial highlights or the year.
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Your support enabled the U.S. Fund to reach a total revenue for fiscal year 2008
of nearly $450 million. With your help, we have seen great success. Thank you.
But we can’t stop now. Consider this:… (More)
of nearly $450 million. With your help, we have seen great success. Thank you.
But we can’t stop now. Consider this:… (More)
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