24/12/2024

Education tender calendar

UNICEF Supply Division plans to initiate several tender processes for the renewal of global long-term arrangements (LTAs) for education products.Companies that can supply such products and are interested in being invited to those tenders should express their interest by completing the relevant web form(s) linked below.Please note:The tender calendar is only indicative and may vary substantially from the actual bidding exercise.Specifications for ...
24/08/2022

Building a supply pipeline amid war

The war in Ukraine has taken an unimaginable toll on children and their families. Almost 1,000 children have been killed or injured, while 5.2 million need humanitarian assistance. The loss and separation of families has caused intense trauma. With the growing needs of children, comes the challenge to send emergen...
26/05/2022

A photographic time journey: How UNICEF supplies have helped children

On 5 October 2022, UNICEF will celebrate 60 years since its global supply and logistics operations were set up in Copenhagen, Denmark. Images captured throughout this period are a testament to the work UNICEF has been carrying out for decades to ensure that essential supplies reach children and their families. The interactive iframe below cannot…
30/03/2022

UNICEF backpacks: An iconic symbol of hope and childhood aspirations

At the start of 2021 in many countries, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions kept classroom doors firmly shut. By September, UNICEF estimated that children worldwide had already lost 1.8 trillion hours of in-person learning. In the course of the year, UNICEF provided essential supplies needed to allow governments and ...
29/01/2021

In numbers: how we delivered for children in 2020

A year ago today - on 29 January - the first shipments of COVID-19 supplies were on their way from the UNICEF Global Supply Hub in Copenhagen, Denmark, to support countries in their response to the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak. As the virus spread and countries locked down, the world changed in a matter of weeks...
22/01/2021

Unboxing the School-in-a-Box

The School-in-a-Box Kit is a portable classroom that can be used almost anywhere in the world. Each kit contains school supplies and materials for one teacher and 40 students for up to three months. Embedded video follows