BECOME A GLOBAL PARENT APPEALS BEQUEST / LEGACY WORKPLACE GIVING CORPORATE CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN DONATE SHARES HOME WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO PARTNERSHIPS MEDIA CENTRE SCHOOL ROOM CONTACT US For many children, the world is a relentlessly horrific place. The number of children orphaned by AIDS is now over 15 million and natural disasters like floods and earthquakes threaten children, almost daily. Many of these events don't even make it into the media, and millions of the affected children are in Asia, on Australia's doorstep. Christmas: Gifts That Won't Be Returned Give a gift that won’t be returned this Christmas. $210 can return 30 severely malnourished children back to full health and $110 can provide pencils and exercise books for 306 children. Read More Christmas: Oral Rehydration Therapy Every year almost 2 million children die from diarrhoeal dehydration. Yet just 30 cents can buy enough Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) to save a child's life. Read More Education Appeal Education isn't just about teaching children to read and write, it's about teaching them lessons for life. UNICEF needs your help to give children worldwide an education. Read More Malnutrition Appeal Child obesity isn’t a problem everywhere. In the global food crisis, children in Ethiopia, Somalia and other developing countries are among the first to suffer. Read More Cyclone Emergency in Myanmar UNICEF continues to support children and families in the worst affected areas of Myanmar, months after the devastating May cyclone. Read More Water and Sanitation Appeal Every child should have access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities. That's what UNICEF is working towards in 90 developing countries. Read More HIV/AIDS In the time it takes you to read about UNICEF’s HIV/AIDS appeal, another 10 children will be infected by a killer. Yet, $1.50 worth of medicine can help save a child from HIV. Read More Emergency Healthcare and Supplies Appeal In every emergency, children are hardest hit. Every year nearly 10 million children die from preventable causes. Malnutrition, poor hygiene and lack of safe water and adequate sanitation are responsible for half these deaths. Read More UNICEF and Football Federation Australia Partnership UNICEF Australia and Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced their new partnership to benefit vulnerable children in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific region. Read More Silent Emergencies Appeal There are many emergencies which you rarely hear about, but which kill at least 30,000 children under five every day - lives which could be saved with simple measures. Read More Schools for Africa Campaign Schools for Africa, a partnership between UNICEF and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, aims to see all children within the poorest countries in southern Africa attending school. Read More Crisis in Darfur, Western Sudan Children continue to be victims of the needless killing that continues in Darfur. It is estimated that more than 400,000 people have lost their lives in the continuing conflict. Read More School-in-a-box For just $280 you can provide a UNICEF School-in-a-Box for children caught in an emergency or conflict. Read More   Links & Publications  |  Privacy  |  International site  |  Donate 1300 884 233  |  Site Map