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Proof That You Save Children’s LivesReaching Every Child in Angola

We Built Back Better: The Indian Ocean Tsunami, Ten Years On

Rebel With a Cause: Accomplishing The Impossible in India

Parting With Your Most Loyal Soldiers: Reclaiming Childhoods

UNICEF Canada MagazineFall 2014

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4/ Usher’s Story One boy’s story of healing and triumph.

5/ Rebel With A Cause How do you accomplish the impossible? Simple: you innovate.

6/ FROM THE FIELD

Parting With Your Most Loyal Soldiers Children lucky enough to be alive in the Central African Republic have lost their childhoods. We’re working to get it back.

8/ CRC @ 25 On November 20, 1989, the way children in the world were viewed and treated changed forever.

9/ We Built Back Better We revisit Indonesia and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ten years after being devastated by the Indian Ocean Tsunami.

12/ EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Hope Is Never Lost South Sudan is in crisis. The country is on the brink of famine. But hope is never lost.

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Reaching Every Child Together, we are protecting children against the deadliest of diseases.

16/ Saving Every Woman, Every Child Canadians are leading the world in saving the lives of mothers and children everywhere.

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Tell Extraordinary Stories One visionary merges her passion for design with development. The result is beautiful.

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News In Brief From creating a new Canadian dream to drawing for UNICEF, we are working with Canadians across the country to make a di� erence.

T he world is facing an unprecedented number of emergencies – from the brutal situation in the Central African Republic, to the plight of Syrian refugees and now, the spread of Ebola. We have

a long road ahead of us. It’s not an easy time to be a child.

Over the past few months, I’ve travelled to some of the most di� cult places to be a child.

In South Sudan, I met incredible children, mothers, fathers and sta� who are doing everything they can to survive to the next day.

You might think that what I saw was bleak, and it was. The situation is dire there, just as it is for children in countless other countries around the world.

But what you probably aren’t expecting me to say is that I know, with time, the right resources and all of the determination we have, we will overcome these challenges. I saw the proof of that everywhere around me.

Your support has an incredible impact each and every day in some of the toughest places on earth. This issue is dedicated to showing you that. To show you that from helping a little child named Usher, to accomplishing what was always considered the impossible in India, to overcoming the most devastating natural disaster the world has ever seen – the proof that you save children’s lives surrounds us.

Thank you for doing all that you do.

Thank you for supporting children around the world.

Sincerely,

PRESIDENT AND CEOUNICEF Canada

UNICEF is the world’s leading child-focused humanitarian and development agency. Through innovative programs and advocacy work, we save children’s lives and secure their rights in virtually every country. Our global reach, unparalleled infl uence on policymakers, and diverse partnerships make us an instrumental force in shaping a world in which no child dies of a preventable cause. UNICEF is supported entirely by voluntary donations and helps all children, regardless of race, religion or politics.

FOREVERYCHILD

For Every Child is a magazine published by UNICEF Canada.

We welcome your comments and suggestions at [email protected].

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Project Manager: Kersti Kahar

Creative Director: Meghan D’Mello

Art Director: Man Greig Farin

Contributing Writers: Jay SomersetPeter Alexander

Translation Coordinator: Emmanuelle Gilbert

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Baby Maseo is four months old. He has just been weighed, measured and vaccinated at a UNICEF-supported vaccination site in the municipality of Kalumba Kiashi, on the outskirts of Luanda, Angola.

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COVER STORY SPOTLIGHT IN CANADA EMERGENCY RESPONSE FROM THE FIELD

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M y name is Usher Renu Olivera Sanca and I’m seven years old. I live in Guinea Bissau. Two years ago, I couldn’t walk because

my body was bent; I could only crawl. The doctor said I was handicapped and that I would never learn to read or write or do any of the things other children get to do. I had to stay home. Then, one day, a teacher came to my home and told my grandma about a new school. The teacher said he was with UNICEF and that at his school, every child was welcome. He promised me I could learn to read and write.

Now I’m in Grade 1 at Ponta Nova Primary School. There are 48 children in my class. Unlike most other schools, we get books and pencils and I sit at a desk. There are even washrooms and clean water for drinking. I’m learning to care for myself. When I grow up, I want to work in the fi elds or be a driver. That’s my dream.

W hen a child is vaccinated against the ravages of disease, it’s a success. When 24 million children a year are vaccinated

throughout India, it’s a miracle. And though Dr. Sharad Sapra would deny the label of ‘miracle worker’, his more than two decades with UNICEF have proved him to be just that. With a simple belief that one should never say

“this cannot be done,” he and his team innovate solutions that have saved millions of children from su� ering.

With limited funding and access to electricity, Dr. Sapra was desperate to fi nd a way to bring vaccinations to children in remote villages. He found inspiration in the refrigerated ice cream carts being pedaled around the streets of India. They became an ideal way to preserve vaccines. And the pressure cookers found in many Indian homes have become a safe means of providing

desperately needed sterilization for needles. Fishing boats in Maldives also inspired him to develop a cold chain on waterways, using the same walk-in freezers the fi shermen used to keep their catch cold while at sea.

Using many of his own street-level innovations like the ones above, Dr. Sapra went on to develop the plan that brought universal immunization to the children of India. The same plan set the stage for one of humankind’s greatest public health achievements: the eradication of polio from India, now celebrating its third anniversary.

While Dr. Sapra continues to solve some of the most di� cult problems a� ecting children, it’s only with the support from generous donors that his ideas that help children stay free from disease, and to save their lives, are possible.

Usher’s Story

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W hat’s it like to be a child in the Central African Republic (CAR)? Two years ago, there wasn’t much di� erence between kids

from here, and children from neighbouring countries.

But that was before civil war broke out in December 2012. For the children lucky enough to be alive, however, it meant a loss of childhood.

“We were here in our neighbourhood having a normal life when they came and started killing us,” says one boy.

Just 15 years old, he is a member of what’s called the “anti-balaka,” the mostly Christian militias that rose up in CAR in the last year in response to attacks from mostly Muslim ex-rebels, also called the Séléka. All

told, fi ghting amongst these guerrilla groups has wreaked havoc in the country, and left thousands dead. Among the fi ghters are an estimated 6,000 child soldiers.

In a confl ict with little regard for basic human rights, Souleymane Diabaté has found himself in the challenging position of negotiating the release of these child soldiers.

As the UNICEF representative in CAR, Diabaté spends his time meeting with commanders of these brutal groups, trying to convince them it is in their best interest to let these children free.

Known for his calm but determined demeanour, Diabaté arrived in CAR in fall 2012, just before the Séléka had taken power. He immediately tried to set

up a meeting. UNICEF had maintained a presence in the country for decades but while they respected UNICEF, they weren’t willing to part with their best, most loyal soldiers: the children. Many of the child soldiers are forced to join and are threatened with death if they abandon their posts. Of particular concern are young female combatants, many of whom are also used as sexual slaves. Diabaté warned them that the international community was watching and that using children in battle was a crime.

Eventually, in what Diabaté called a “symbolic gesture”, 50 children were released and placed in a UNICEF-led camp. Here, they receive psychological care, and, in time, will eventually be trained in vocational skills before being reunited with their families or communities. “This sort of training can

mean everything to someone there,” says Diabaté. So far, UNICEF has secured the release of more than 1,000 child soldiers.

But while progress is being made, it’s not always for the right reasons. The children aren’t being released because the commanders have had a change of heart; rather, it’s because they can’t a� ord to feed them. And it’s for this very reason that many children become soldiers in the fi rst place.

UNICEF is making a di� erence. Thanks to individual donations like yours, progress is being made. Nearly one-quarter of children in CAR now have access to safe temporary learning spaces, and a growing number are benefi tting from recreational activities and psychological support.

Parting with your most loyal soldiers

Sabir, 16, holds a self-portrait he made while living in a UNICEF-assisted transit centre for recently

released former child soldiers in the town of Nídele, Central Aftrican Republic. His drawing

contains phrases in several languages, including ‘Téte-de-mort’, ‘rebel’, ‘punisher’and ‘hero’.

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UNICEF’S ADVANCES FOR CHILDREN

• In 1990, Brazil followed ratifi cation of the Convention with a new Statute of the Child and Adolescent based on its principles – national laws designed specifi cally to meet the needs of children.

• Burkina Faso created a Children’s Parliament to review proposed legislation, in response to the principle of child participation set forth by the Convention.

• The CRC was the fi rst international convention to be ratifi ed by South Africa, leading to changes such as the prohibition of corporal punishment and development of a separate juvenile justice system.

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A delia hadn’t even been born when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit Aceh province in Indonesia’s far west. But to

meet Adelia is to catch a glimpse of the long-term impact of the massive relief e� ort that followed.

On December 26, 2004, the tsunami devastated Aceh, the epicentre of the storm, including Adelia’s home on Abang Island.

As one of the deadliest natural disasters in living memory, the Indian Ocean earthquake and the massive tsunami that followed a� ected nine countries, devastated millions of lives, left over 1.5 million children and their families displaced, and killed 240,000 people – with more than 170,000 dead in Aceh alone.

It also triggered an unprecedented outpouring of support and solidarity. Donors like you helped us launch one of UNICEF’s largest emergency operations ever. There were thousands of ways that this support helped hundreds of thousands of children and their families heal.

On November 20, 1989, the way in which children were viewed and treated changed forever.

On that day, The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted and became the fi rst legally binding international convention to a� rm human rights for all children. As a binding treaty of international law, it codifi es principles that Member States of the United Nations agreed to be universal – for all children, in all countries and cultures, at all times and without exception, simply through the fact of their being born into the human family.

For the fi rst time, children came to be viewed as human beings with a distinct set of rights, including the right to be protected; the right to be free from harm; and, the right to play.

For 25 years, the treaty has inspired changes in laws to better protect children, altered the way international organizations see their work for children and supported an agenda to better protect children in situations of armed confl ict.

As the only organization named in the most rapidly and widely ratifi ed international human rights treaty in history, it has also helped UNICEF make some of the greatest advances for children.

None of this would be possible without you.

CRC@ 25

WE BUILT BACK BETTER

Thanks to generous supporters like you, there is much to celebrate this November 20 as we mark the 25th anniversary of the CRC – from more children enrolling in school each and every day, to more and more children reaching their fi fth birthday than ever before.

On November 20, let’s pause to remember the progress we’ve made together.

10 YEARS LATERLEADERSHIP

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Minhaz Haque, 15, stands in his neighbourhood, destroyed by the tsunami. When the tsunami struck on

December 26, 2004, he clung to a roof as the water rose, but the house collapsed from under him. He managed

to fi nd shelter on the roof of another building. When the water receded, Minhaz found his family – both his

parents and fi ve siblings – all of whom survived.


Recovery and reconstruction e�orts were based on the principle of ‘building back better’ – helping communities re-build to be better than they were before the disaster. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake recently visited the region to see what had changed nearly a decade on.

With support from people like you, UNICEF and other partners, Indonesia invested heavily in emergency preparedness. The goal was to reduce risks that stem from the natural hazards that a�ect the archipelago of more than 17,500 islands on a regular basis. Programs included strengthening the country’s health system by integrating immunization, antenatal care, malaria control and other health interventions that build the resilience of children and their families.

Today, Adelia lives in a home reconstructed following the tsunami and goes to school that is built to last, with a child-friendly program designed for indigenous children.

Building schools to last

In Aceh province and on the north Sumatran island of Nias, which were a�ected by the tsunami and also hit by a major earthquake three months after, 300 schools have been built back better.

Muhammadiyah primary school in Banda Aceh was completely destroyed by the tsunami. Only 17 pupils of the some 300 who had attended the school survived the disaster. Muhammadiyah was the first permanent school rebuilt in Banda Aceh, based on safety standards to withstand earthquakes of up to 8.0 on the Richter scale. The new schools have well-ventilated classrooms with wide exit doors. The buildings are built on an elevated platform to prevent flooding during the rainy season. And the design works: in 2013, an earthquake of 6.7 on the Richter scale left hardly a scar on the school walls.

Mr. Lake witnessed one of the regular emergency drills at Muhammadiyah school, which include training in first aid and songs to remember what needs to be done when the earth starts to shake.

“Some of the children here probably wouldn’t be alive today if their school hadn’t been rebuilt that way,” he said.

Transforming the future

The 572 islands of Andaman and Nicobar Island form an 800-kilometre-long arc in the centre of the Indian Ocean between Thailand and India. Here, the ocean rose from its seabed during the tsunami, wiping out the seaside settlements of Andaman and Nicobar, changing survivors’ lives forever. At least 3,500 people were killed on these islands and 650 children were left orphaned or in single-parent homes.

Since the tsunami, UNICEF has trained teachers in providing psychosocial support. The focus of psychosocial care has broadened to empower children through learning life skills, focusing on communication, interpersonal skills, negotiation and personal safety. Through the Quality Education

Program, UNICEF has worked with the governments of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand to develop an activity-based and child-centred curriculum for first and second grades, supported by learning materials in local languages. This is expected to help reduce the number of school dropouts and boost the number of children passing grade 10 board exams.

“Education here has now become child-centric. There is a better classroom environment and facilities, along with the development of curriculum,” says Subhash Misra, UNICEF’s Program Coordinator for Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

By building back a better education system, we are increasing the number of children who receive an education, helping them to build a brighter future for themselves and their community.

The 2004 tsunami was utterly devastating but, together, we have helped build communities that are stronger than they were before it. More importantly, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands heal and return to a life as close to normal as possible.

10 YEARS LATER

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killed in the tsunami. The new school was rebuilt with UNICEF assistance. Today, 190 children attend the school, which can accommodate 400 students.


We’re in a tiny 15-seater plane, looking down at South Sudan. From above, it looks green, even vibrant, but as we

approach Malakal, the green turns to the ashen grey of burned-out villages. On the ground, things look even worse. Mud is everywhere and when it rains, it sucks at your shoes (if you’re wearing any). The water is stagnant and families stay in crowded tents, living cheek by jowl. It’s like we’ve reached the fi rst circle of Dante’s Inferno.

South Sudan is in crisis. Since gaining independence in 2011, the country has become a desolate warzone. More than 1.5 million South Sudanese have had to fl ee their homes, their families torn apart. For the children, things are especially dire. Malnutrition is above global emergency levels and unless more aid gets here, 50,000 children will die before the end of the year. That’s more than 200 child deaths a day, or one death every fi ve minutes.

And yet, there remains hope. Thanks to our donors, UNICEF is making a di� erence, in the short-term and for the long haul.

“We can either wait for a famine to come, or we can do something about it,” says Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF representative in South Sudan.

Veitch has been here since February. He knows UNICEF is making a di� erence and is trying to help every single child.

Each rapid response mission includes specialists in nutrition, health, water, sanitation, child protection and education. The goal: to treat malnutrition and supply emergency aid, such as clean water; and to lay the groundwork for long-term survival in form of education supplies and guidance related to health,

hygiene and child protection. Since March, UNICEF and its a� liates have administered more than 60,000 vaccinations, provided 50,000 people with clean water, helped reunite thousands of children separated from their families and set up temporary learning centres.

Getting help to the countryside is a herculean challenge – not only because there are armed groups, but because the rainy season makes transportation almost impossible. It took UNICEF volunteers nearly two weeks to send a convoy of 12 trucks to Bentiu. When they fi nally arrived, they had to turn back because the roads were like quagmires.

But not all hope is lost. There are signs of community life: there are now bookshops, butchers, charcoal shops and stalls where you can charge your phone.

“We will be here and support these services for as long as we can,” Veitch says. An optimist by heart, Veitch is

always quick to smile, but even he can’t hide the sense of desperation in the air. “We need more money. We need more people. We need more supplies. The acute malnutrition rate is too high. We can’t just wait for more children to get severe malnutrition – they need food now, or far too many will die.”

These missions aren’t easy to run, but for the people living hand-to-mouth in the war-torn pockets of the country, they are a reminder that they have not been forgotten by the outside world.

And they remind me of something important. More people want to build up than to destroy. That is why there are so many heroes here in the midst of the horror of South Sudan – the countless nurses and doctors and teachers and parents helping create a sense of a life and purpose, wanting to see their children smile again.

But most of all, when I think of heroes, I think of Grace, a girl who dared to return to Bor so she could go back to school. “If you are educated, life is better,” she said. “Education is peace.”

It’s her dream and I hope we can make it come true.

Hope is never lost

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

On 27 March, two displaced young girls hold hands near rows of tent shelters, at the UNMISS (United Nations peacekeeping mission in South

Sudan) base in the city of Malakal.

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to donors like you, and the hard work of UNICEF fi eld sta� . Together, we are working to ensure that every child in Angola receives the life-saving immunizations they need to survive.

Vaccinations have become even more important here since news of a measles outbreak in Kalumba Kiashi. Further reports of cholera outbreaks around the country have also been making the news. Rosa knows from experience that vaccinations are imperative in order to protect her children. She protects herself by receiving her tetanus vaccine at the same time her children receive their vaccines.

“I feel like my children don’t get as sick as other children,” Rosa says.

Not everyone in her community is aware of the importance of immunization in preventing disease but she hopes that one day it will be the norm.

“We don’t talk about it,” she said. “Maybe we should.”

“He has a card,” she says pointing to Maseo’s yellow vaccination card. “This helps us keep track of when we need to come again.”

The story of Rosa and Maseo is just one example of how we are helping the hardest to reach children and their families in Angola.

M aseo is the youngest of mother Rosa’s three children – all of them boys. He is four months old and is waiting to be weighed,

measured and immunized at a vaccination site in the municipality of Kalumba Kiashi, Angola.

Raising a healthy baby, let alone three, is hard in Angola, but Rosa is trying her best.

Evidence of the civil war that ended in 2002 is all around. The standard of living is very low for most of the country and life expectancy is even lower. The country is one of eight with the lowest rates of vaccination, and infant mortality rates are amongst the highest in the world.

Rosa knows that if her children reach their fi fth birthdays, it is a gift – one that is made possible thanks

Reaching Every Child


By developing a strategy designed specifi cally for each community, called Reach Every District (RED), UNICEF is working with local leaders and organizations to map out and reach areas with high numbers of missed children. The RED strategy has made rapid progress and has already reached 97 of 164 municipalities.

With your support, we can reach all of the children in all of these districts. Together we can protect children against deadly diseases like measles and cholera. Our mobile teams will not stop until they reach every child, despite the challenges of getting to the most remote areas, because, like you, we believe that no child is too far.

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The national cold store receives and stores all vaccines for the country.

24-hour generators power refrigerators that keep vaccines fresh and ice packs frozen.

Vaccines are transported overland or by boat to county health facilities.

A vaccine team collects a carrier, which holds ice packs and 200

doses of tetanus vaccine.

Here, women receive the immunizations that will keep them and their future newborns from dying of a tragic but easily preventable disease.

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IMMUNIZATION POINT

Chain of LifeA brief look at the Cold Chain process.


In May, the Canadian government united global leaders at the Saving Every Woman, Every Child summit in Toronto, Canada. The summit had one

aim: to improve maternal, newborn and child health.

UNICEF Canada President and CEO, David Morley, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and Goodwill Ambassador Hannah Godefa joined Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Queen Rania of Jordan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, philanthropist Melinda Gates and others to examine the progress made, as well as, the challenges encountered in saving the lives of the most vulnerable women and children worldwide.

The result: Prime Minister Harper announced Canada’s renewed commitment to improving the

health of mothers and children for the period of 2015–2020, supporting global e�orts to end the preventable deaths of mothers, newborn and children under age five.

Canada will be leading the world in ending the preventable deaths of women and children by helping every woman and every child receive the critical assistance that they need – assistance like maternal and neonatal care, essential care that will help children survive the vulnerable first five years and grow to reach their full potential.

Because with the generous support of the Canadian Government and Canadians like you across the country, UNICEF will save the lives of more vulnerable mothers and their children around the world.

A lexandra Weston, the visionary behind the H Project for Holt Renfrew found an innovative way to merge her passion for

design and development.

Like many Canadians, Alexandra has fond memories of carrying UNICEF’s iconic orange box around her neck every Halloween. She recalls learning early on the importance of giving back and helping children in need.

Today, the mother of two young boys, Alexandra is merging her passion for her work with her passion for philanthropy through the H Project – a unique in-store concept featuring extraordinary products with extraordinary stories from around the world, and supporting UNICEF’s work.

“H Project is a stage for brands that are proud to tell their stories and whose work is creating positive change

Saving Every Woman, Every Child

Tell Extraordinary Stories

IMPACT SPOTLIGHT

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Sadia, 8-months-old plays with her mother Lovely at their home in Bhaluka, Mymensingh in

Bangladesh on 25 February 2014.

Alexandra Weston and House of Waris designer, Waris Ahluwalia

inspect textiles in Jaipur, India.

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around the world,” says Alexandra. “I am proud of, and inspired every day by the products in H Project and the stories and people behind them.”

Alexandra recognized the opportunity to support unique fashion brands, using trade and commerce as a catalyst for change. Most recently, her travels led her to India as part of H Project’s Uncrate India initiative. In collaboration with designer, Waris Ahluwalia, of the House of Waris, she went on a mission of discovery to ‘uncrate’ the extraordinary stories, richness and diversity of India through its products, while giving back to UNICEF’s education and health programs in India.

Alexandra was keen to support UNICEF for a number of reasons. Of particular interest to her was UNICEF’s work with governments and policy leaders to drive change and create sustainable solutions in remote communities around the world, including India.

Her time in India made a real impact. “It was amazing to spend a day with UNICEF in India. We visited the School of Smiles – which was rightfully named as the smiles were contagious,” recalls Alexandra. “The school is made up of almost all first generation learners, all of whom were so excited to be at school and hungry to learn. I asked a few students what they wanted to be when they grew up and the answers were everything from a police woman to a doctor. I left with a great sense of hope that they would achieve those goals. Goals that perhaps weren’t as achievable, especially for girls, in the recent past. Our children are our future and as a mother, there is nothing more important than nurturing children to be positive leaders and good people to others.”

Through important collaborations and partnerships like the H Project, UNICEF is able to reach, transform and save thousands of children’s lives.

CREATING A NEW CANADIAN DREAM

The well-being of children is perhaps the single most important indicator of the well-being of a society.

In Canada, the place of our children and childhood in our public debate is relatively remote and diminished in contrast to their prominence in our lives.

It’s no coincidence then that the well-being of Canada’s children is lower than should be expected. In fact, half the world’s industrialized countries achieve a higher level of well being – some with smaller economies and larger populations than Canada.

But we’re working to change that.

We are creating a new Canadian dream – one designed specifically to meet the needs of our children and developing a course to aid the most vulnerable of Canada’s children.

Over the course of the past ten months, UNICEF Canada has met with thought leaders, advocates and innovators to craft a vision of a Canada that helps our children be all that they can be by delving into research on issues critical to their well-being.

In the coming year, we will continue this critical work and advocate at the highest levels of our country for their well-being.

PIER 1 GREETING CARD CONTEST

Do you have a little one with a flair for the creative in your life?

For 9 years, Pier 1 Imports® and UNICEF have partnered together to provide Canadian children an opportunity to feature their creative designs on an exclusive card sold only in Pier 1 Imports® stores. 100% of the proceeds from all UNICEF cards sold at Pier 1 stores are used to support UNICEF’s work to ensure that even children in remote and hard-to-reach communities around the world are reached.

Contest entry forms will be available beginning November 2 on pier1.ca and unicef.ca.

ETHICAL, HAND-MADE AND HELPFUL

Hallmark will be featuring UNICEF products in their stores beginning mid-October. Featuring beautiful artisan products and inspiring, beautiful cards, 15% of all proceeds from UNICEF items will be used to support UNICEF’s work to ensure every child has the opportunity to survive and thrive regardless of where they live.

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Two young girls are excited to meet the H Project participants at the UNICEF-supported School of Smiles in Krishnapuri Rakadi, Jaipur, India.

At the Batik Art Studio in Udaipur, India, a woman demonstrates Batik – the skilled craft of applying and re-applying wax to fabric, which is then dyed to create complex forms of painting.

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