unicef

Everyday

1. UNICEF is the part of the United Nations that works to help children around the world, giving them food, clean water, vaccines, schooling and protection. tree →
2. The letters first stood for «United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund»; today its name is the United Nations Children's Fund, but the old letters are kept. tree →

In the lessons

In lessons on human rights, citizenship and the world, UNICEF comes up with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and its Rights Respecting Schools award in the UK. In everyday life, schools raise money for UNICEF with charity days. Phrases: «UNICEF works with», «a UNICEF report», «support UNICEF».

Examples

• UNICEF helps children in more than 190 countries and territories. tree →
• Our school raised £300 for UNICEF on Day for Change. tree →
• UNICEF sends vaccines to children who need them. tree →
• After the earthquake, UNICEF brought clean water to families. tree →
• UNICEF was set up in 1946, just after the Second World War. tree →
• Our class learnt about children's rights from a UNICEF poster. tree →

Note

It is a name (of an organization), usually written in capitals: UNICEF. Say «YOO-ni-sef». It is an acronym — read as one word, not letter by letter. It is part of the United Nations, not a government of any one country.