Unit 5.13, Exercise 5, Page 158 who we are and what we do the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, was created by the United nations on 11 December 1946 to provide emergency food and health care to children in0:01
countries devastated by World War II.0:22
These days we still work hard to protect the basic human rights of children, as spelled out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1990, which almost every country in the world has signed.0:25
These rights include the right to survival, to develop to the fullest, to protection from harmful influences, and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life.0:36
We focus on many areas such as sanitation, education, water and protection from abuse.0:46
Some of our projects Water, sanitation and hygiene.0:54
More than 2.6 billion people, 40% of the world's population, lack basic sanitation facilities and over 1 billion people still have unsafe drinking water.0:59
In 2007, as well as ensuring that water supplies were safe, we sent theatre groups to take a vital message of disease prevention to some of the 80,000 children who were left homeless after the Zambezi river in Mozambique broke1:10
The messages of the theatre groups were wash your hands, keep your food protected, go to the doctor teams.1:24
Auto showed films about health on huge video screens in different communities and distributed leaflets and soap.1:32
CHILD Labour an estimated 158 million children aged 5 to 14 are engaged in child labor, one in every six children around the world.1:40
Millions of them work in very dangerous conditions, such as working in mines, working with chemicals and agriculture, and working with dangerous machinery.1:52
One of the many towns we are helping is Coronel Oviedo in Paraguay, where many children sell snacks along the highway or wash car windows to help their families make ends meet.2:01
Many of these children now not only go to school, but can spend time afterwards in open centres where where they receive help with homework, one or two meals, basic healthcare and the chance to take part in fun activities.2:12
The project also has a training and employment centre to help parents provide for their families.2:25
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