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About us

UNICEF works to promote and protect the rights of children across India. We have spent 75 years in India working to improve the lives of children and their families.

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UNICEF India is committed to its continued support to the Government in this extraordinary journey of development to reach every child everywhere in India. Our goal is to enable every child born in India to have the best start in life, to thrive and to develop to her or his full potential. To achieve this, we use our technical expertise together with partners to tackle the root of several, deeply entrenched structural challenges.

We have been present in India for 75 years. UNICEF's key strength lies in our evidence-based technical expertise that informs policy action and implementation, while simultaneously building the capacity of partners.

With 450 staff members working in 17 states and the largest field presence among UN agencies – we are well positioned to reach the country’s most vulnerable children.

UNICEF believes, All children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

Globally UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.

UNICEF India relies on the support and donations from businesses and individuals to sustain and expand health, nutrition, water and sanitation, education and child protection programmes for all girls and boys in India. Support us today to help every child survive and thrive!

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Our history

UNICEF/UNI124761/Isaac In 1985 in India, an elderly couple from the nomadic Banjari tribe sits smiling with their grandchildren in a dwelling near the south-central city of Hyderabad, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh.

India and UNICEF – both have turned 75 in this decade.

We have a dream for every child. A dream of health, safety, and well-being. Looking back at these past 75 years, UNICEF celebrates its partnership with India.

Strong foundations that have nurtured children and their health.

The organisation began its work in India in 1949 with three staff members and established an office in Delhi three years later. Currently, it advocates for the rights of India’s children in 17 states.

UNICEF On 09 June 2023, Anita Purti, an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) known as a Sahiya, centre, along with ANMs (auxiliary nurses and midwives) Ranjita Kumari Nayar, left, and Marina Anna Lakda, right, cross Kaloo river on their way to visit the house of a child who has recovered from measles in Bada Jamda, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India.

Explore our presence and progress across the country where we are working to protect the rights of every child.

UNICEF has been active in promoting and protecting the rights of children in India for 75 years. It employs approximately 450 staff members in 17 states.

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories and in the world's toughest places to reach the children and young people in greatest need. Explore our work around the world.