UNICEF has several OnCampus groups throughout the UK – OnCampus groups are student groups who work together to fundraise and campaign for UNICEF. We plan and arrange events to raise awareness and funds for UNICEF and their invaluable work around the world. We are the Open University OnCampus group and we hope to be able to contribute towards UNICEF's amazing efforts as much as we can as individuals and as a group.
UNICEF works in the UK to champion children’s rights, win support and raise money for our work with children everywhere. For over 60 years UNICEF has been the world’s leading organisation for children, working to help them survive and thrive from early childhood through adolescence.
Throughout our work, UNICEF is guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which sets out the rights of all children to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse. UNICEF is the largest global organisation working specifically for children and their rights.
UNICEF works with families, communities and governments in more than 190 countriesworldwide to help every child reach their full potential through long-term and emergencywork on health care, education and protection for children at risk.
Our work is underpinned by a shared commitment to UNICEF’s vision, mission and beliefs, and to our organisational values. These are to be child focused, effective, cooperative, challenging, rights based and to act with integrity.
We believe that every child has the right to the best possible start in life. It is wrong for children to die needlessly; it is imperative to prevent their unnecessary deaths. Every child has the right to the highest standards of health and education. It is imperative to work to attain these standards.
Every child possesses rights inherent equal to every other child’s. It is imperative to defend all children from violence, exploitation and discrimination. To protect the rights of every child, and invest in her or his well-being, is the surest way to end poverty and to build peace and security in the world.
It is possible to give every child a good start in life. The world can, if it chooses, ensure that every child grows and develops to their full, human potential. Children are citizens of the communities and the societies that they live in. Their voices should be heard and their opinions heeded by all.
