Check Out for Children
A UNICEF initiative since 1995
Check Out for Children: Making life-saving impact
For over 30 years, Marriott has mobilized to support UNICEF’s work to help children survive and thrive around the world. Since 1995, Check Out for Children has helped raise over $51 million and supported UNICEF in reaching more than 4.5 million children in 40+ countries.
In 2023, UNICEF relaunched and expanded the programme in partnership with Marriott International to accelerate progress for children and their families.
Guests at over 550+ participating Marriott International properties across the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions are invited to add $1 for each night of their stay — which equals life-saving impact for those who need it most.
Since the relaunch, Check Out for Children has raised over $500,000 and counting. Donations support UNICEF’s Core Resources, which ensures that funding goes to where it is most needed. It is the most effective way to save and improve the lives of children.
UNICEF’s 2023 Core Resources Annual Report evaluated that globally:
- 1.2 billion children live in multidimensional poverty;
- nearly 600 million children do not meet minimum reading standards;
- 35 million children suffer from wasting — a condition in children where they are too thin for their height, and is the most visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition;
- and a quarter of the world’s children live in or have fled from conflict zones.
Check Out for Children’s support of UNICEF’s work allows UNICEF to respond quickly to crises, anticipate future risks, and build resilience by allocating funds where there is the greatest need for children. Thanks to flexible funding, UNICEF can work in interconnected ways, addressing children’s holistic needs for good health, education, and protection throughout their childhood and adolescence, achieving systemic and long-term change.
About Marriott International
Marriott International encompasses a portfolio of approximately 9,000 properties across more than 30 leading brands in 141 countries and territories.
Marriott takes great pride in their legacy of being a force for good in communities and creating places of belonging all around the world.
In 1927, their co-founders, J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott, opened a nine-seat root beer stand in Washington, D.C., based on the same core values that still define and guide the company today. Through decades of innovation and growth, they have become the world’s largest hotel company — and are proud of their longstanding focus on the fundamental principles of taking care of people, communities, and the planet.
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UNICEF does not endorse any brand, company, product or service.
All proceeds go directly to support UNICEF’s work. Marriott does not profit from this partnership in any way.
Last updated 4 March 2025
