International Organization- UNICEF

(Trying to find an organization to relate to Big Brothers Big Sisters was kind of challenging but in the end I chose to pick the UNICEF. I will explain in further and then tell you in the end why it can be related back to my local organization)

UNICEF:

This group concentrates on children lives around the world and specifies areas of their lives in which they could help. Some of the main areas of concentration are through child survival, basic education, HIV/AIDS education, and protecting children against violence. People who work within this organization say they do it because children deserve rights and they need a voice in which most times they cant be heard themselves. Every child they believe should also not have to die from many preventable causes.

In America, our base is in New York. There are also offices in other parts of the United States as well. On the website it shows many career opportunities that are available as well. Most of the ones I found were for research positions (not in America).

Some websites to go to: to receive more information on this group. http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/ http://www.unicef.org/index.php http://www.unicefusa.org/ The last web link is for the United States fund in which we can get involved to help save children lives all over the world.


Sitting here thinking about how to relate this back to Big Brothers Big Sisters is really quite simple. BBBS is an organization that pairs youth up with their older peers to help give them an opprotunity to have a better outlook on life. To become a "little" brother or sister you have to come from a family that is struggling and who needs some extra help. I think these two groups do similar things just on different levels. The Unicef concentrates on medical reasons as well and to prevent children from dying but in the end both groups want better lives for young children. With out these groups many more children would die or be involved in illigel activites just to survive from day to day.



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