UNICEF stands for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. They are a group that has been dedicated for 60 years to saving children's lives all over the world. They have specifically done a lot of work in Africa. Their website is very informative and their services to children are worldwide.
In the letter they sent my grandfather, they were requesting money for their assistance of the children of Darfur. Their main objective is to battle malnutrition, provide safe water and sanitation, and provide vaccines and health care. They have set up feeding clinics and centers and health facilities in the area. The back of the letter was a list of possible donation amounts and what that can provide for the children of Darfur. I think it's amazing to see how far donations can go. Some of the donations were the following:
$25~ Can provide emergency health supplies to cover the basic health needs of more than 100 children for three months.
$35~ Can provide immunizations to protect two children for life against the six leading child-killing disease: measles, polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and tuberculosis.
$50~ Can immunize 50 children against measles for life.
$150~ Can provide 2,500 Oral Rehydration Salts packets to help save the lives of children suffering from diarrhea dehydration due to drinking contaminated water.
There are more amounts on the list and more things that they can provide, but I thought these were the most comparable to amounts I spend in my everyday life. For example, I could easily drop $150 on a shopping trip on Newbury or at the Prudential on clothes I don't really need. It's hard to compare the necessity of a new pair of shoes and some clothes to saving dehydrated, dying children. Wouldn't it be great if the latest "hot" trend was sending your money to those who actually could use it?
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