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- OUR STORY 2012
2012: A YEAR OF PROGRESS
A YEAR OF ‘FIRSTS’
The world is changing, and so are we. The old rules no longer apply. We stand at the intersection of enormous challenges and enormous opportunities. In 2012, UNICEF responded with renewed determination to meet the needs of the most disadvantaged. And it was, we are happy to report, a year of important ‘firsts’.
JANUARY
INDIA COMPLETES A YEAR
WITHOUT POLIO.
In February, it’s removed from the
World Health Organization’s
list of polio-endemic countries.
FEBRUARY
UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR
MIA FARROW
takes part in the first UNICEF Google Plus Hangout as part of her
visit to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She
talks about polio eradication, and violence against children.
WHO WE WORK WITH
MARCH
COMMISSION ON LIFE-SAVING
COMMODITIES FOR WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.
Its aim is to ensure that the most vulnerable don’t die for want of
cheap, easily available medication.
WHAT UNICEF ACHIEVED FOR CHILDREN
APRIL
UNICEF joins the
INTERNATIONAL AID
TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE
(IATI), as part of our commitment to being more
open about our business.
HOW WE WORK
MAY
UNICEF unveils its
SOCIAL PROTECTION
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
It lays out guidelines and a plan to protect all children,
especially the most disadvantaged.
HOW WE WORK
JUNE
UNICEF joins the Governments of Ethiopia, India and the United
States of America to launch
COMMITTING TO CHILD SURVIVAL:
A PROMISE RENEWED.
This revolutionary, broad-based global partnership aims to ensure that
all children reach their fifth birthday.
WHAT UNICEF ACHIEVED FOR CHILDREN
JULY
UNICEF sends
WATER, SANITATION
AND HYGIENE KITS
to help stop a cholera outbreak in Mali.
RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES
AUGUST
UNICEF launches the
INNOVATE FOR
CHILDREN WEBSITE.
It’s designed to encourage creative solutions to problems that
children face worldwide.
UNICEF INNOVATION
SEPTEMBER
Children with disabilities have an international
platform at the first Forum of the
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
HOW WE WORK
OCTOBER
On the first
INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF THE GIRL CHILD,
UNICEF and those we work with call for more
political will and more money to prevent child marriage.
WHO WE WORK WITH
NOVEMBER
UNICEF welcomes a 30 October declaration by
the World Health Organization that
CHINA HAS
ELIMINATED
MATERNAL AND NEONATAL TETANUS.
WHAT UNICEF ACHIEVED FOR CHILDREN
DECEMBER
More and more people ‘like’ UNICEF’s social media.
By December, we have
2.3 MILLION GLOBAL
FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK,
1.5 MILLION ON TWITTER.
In 2012, we have
3.5 MILLION VIEWS ON
OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS.