Responding to

COVID-19
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Responding to
COVID-19
UNICEF Annual Report 2020
Foreword

The global crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic And as children face a rapidly changing world, UNICEF
has been unprecedented in its scope and the inequality is standing with them, looking ahead to the challenges
of its impact. on the horizon. In my annual letter earlier this year,
I highlighted five opportunities to not only respond
In one short year, it wiped out hard-won development to COVID-19, but also to reimagine a better world for
gains for children and pushed more families into poverty. every child: providing equal access to vaccines for all;
It also revealed – and in many cases, widened – the revolutionizing learning through bridging the digital divide;
gulf between those people who have access to critical giving mental health the attention and investment it
services and support and those who do not. deserves; ending discrimination and ensuring no child is
left behind; and addressing the worsening climate crisis.
But the crisis also revealed the strength and character
of UNICEF and our global family. And it underscored This year, UNICEF celebrates its 75th anniversary. When
the critical importance of our organization’s work as the UNICEF was created in the aftermath of World War II, the
world recovers and rebuilds. scale of the problems facing children was immense.

As communities struggled to contain the virus, Undaunted, as a global community, we reimagined

UNICEF was there to provide information, deliver what was possible by building new health and welfare
supplies like personal protective equipment or PPE, systems, driving a revolution in child rights, survival
syringes and testing kits, and keep vital health and development, and creating new forums for global
services – like immunizations and treatment for coordination and action. The progress we achieved was
malnutrition – up and running. substantial and lasting.

As schools were closed, UNICEF was there to provide With 2020 behind us, we can do so again.
a range of remote learning options – including online
delivery of education. We must. And we are.

As families struggled economically, UNICEF was there to But UNICEF cannot do it alone. The long-term, large-scale
provide social protection initiatives, like cash transfers. change that children and young people require is only
possible through concerted action in partnership.
As the vaccines were rapidly developed, UNICEF was
there playing a leading role in the COVAX Facility to UNICEF is proud to be part of this extraordinary period of
ensure their equitable procurement, distribution and global recovery, standing with children and our partners
delivery – including working with transportation and with hope and optimism. Again, undaunted by the
logistics companies, and preparing communities and challenges before us.
health workers for the rollout with training and supplies.
Together, we will seize this moment in history and
As communities and countries alike rebuild and recover, reimagine a better future for children.
UNICEF is there once again to support them as they
strengthen all the systems upon which their populations
are relying – from health and nutrition, to water and
sanitation, to education and protection. In the face of
economic pressures, UNICEF will continue working
with governments to prioritize spending on these critical Henrietta Fore
needs of children and families. UNICEF Executive Director

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Contents
Foreword 2

Introduction 4

UNICEF at 75 years 9
How COVID-19 affected childen 10

01
Goal Areas
Goal Area 1: Every child survives and thrives 12
Goal Area 2: Every child learns 16
A world learning at home 18
Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from violence and exploitation 20
Goal Area 4: Every child lives in a safe and clean environment 22
Goal Area 5: Every child has an equitable chance in life 24
Cash transfers ease the economic strain of COVID-19 26
How UNICEF adapted to COVID-19 30

02
Cross-cutting Priorities
Gender Equality 32
Humanitarian Action 34

03 Change Strategies
Winning support for children and young people
Partnerships
Innovation
37
38
44

Financials 46

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Introduction

An unprecedented year

The year 2020 will always be remembered for COVID‑19 and the disruptions, uncertainty
and pain it caused worldwide. While children seem to be less vulnerable to the virus
directly, school closures, increased vulnerability to abuse, the mental health strains
of parents and families, distance from friends, and loss of access to vital health care
and protection services have hurt children deeply. But not all children were affected
equally. The pandemic exposed deep inequalities that have existed for too long, with the
worst impact on children in the poorest countries and communities and those already
disadvantaged by discrimination, social exclusion, fragility and conflict.

Aruna Patel, 28, gives

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
through skin‑to-skin contact
with her newborn child in
Baria District Hospital in
Gujarat, India. Mothers of
newborns are trained and
educated on benifits of KMC
by hospital staff.

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Top results in 2020

Providing leadership in the COVAX Facility,

resulting in the financing of COVID-19 vaccines
for 92 low- and middle-income countries and
The data bear this out: the number of children in preparing countries to deliver the vaccine
monetarily poor households is estimated to have
risen by 142 million by the end of 2020. At least Providing critical water, sanitation and hygiene
1 in 7 children and young people has lived under services and supplies (WASH) for 106 million
stay-at-home policies for most of the last year. Up to people, including 58 million children in
94 per cent of students worldwide were affected by 153 countries
school closures at the height of the pandemic and at
least one third were unable to access remote learning. Managing risk communication, disseminating
Disruptions in food systems and health and nutrition community engagement information and
services could leave 44 million children hungry. supporting activities that reached 3 billion
people, including approximately 1.53 billion
Widespread inequities and injustice mobilized women and girls and 810 million children
children and young people in 2020. It can be seen
in the streets of cities worldwide filled with youth
Providing personal protective equipment
that mobilized in the face of pervasive and deeply
for nearly 2.6 million health workers and
rooted racism and injustice to change their societies.
facilitating training on infection prevention
It can be heard in their passionate calls to address
and control for 4 million health workers
the climate crisis. And it can be read in the reflective
perspectives they contributed to UNICEF’s platforms
such as U-Report, Voices of Youth and GenU. Training more than 30,000 social service
workers in delivering essential services
UNICEF’s nimble and innovative response to the
pandemic allowed for new approaches to its work. Putting in place community-based mental
UNICEF’s Supply Division leveraged its logistical health and psychosocial interventions that
expertise to ship half a billion items of personal reached 78 million children, adolescents,
protective equipment in support of 138 countries parents and caregivers in 117 countries
in 2020. UNICEF used its data systems to rapidly
assess the pandemic’s impact on children and its Shifting the management of child wasting
extensive presence across more than 190 countries from facilities to the community level, which
and territories and dual humanitarian and development resulted in nearly 5 million children with severe
mandate to play a key role in the response to wasting receiving treatment and care
COVID‑19 across the United Nations.
Supporting more than 301 million children,
Beyond the pandemic, and often beyond the including approximately 147 million girls, with
spotlight, ongoing work continued in 2020 toward the
remote learning
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNICEF’s
2019 Annual Report, reflecting the mid-term review
Reaching over 130 million children in
of UNICEF’s 2018–2021 Strategic Plan, showed that
93 countries with its supported cash-transfer
the world was already off track to achieve child-related
programmes
SDGs even before COVID-19, contending with
mounting humanitarian crises, persistent fragility,
climate change and inequalities. Responding to 455 new and ongoing
humanitarian situations in 152 countries
beyond COVID-19

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INTRODUCTION

As always, partnerships and voluntary funding were essential to UNICEF’s

work to support and improve the lives of children and young people. Public
and private sector partners supported COVID-19 efforts. The pandemic also
demonstrated how essential flexible resources are to UNICEF’s ability to
respond quickly and effectively at the onset of sudden emergencies and
provide countries and communities with the long-term support that builds
resilience.

Behind all of UNICEF’s accomplishments in 2020 was the dedication of

over 15,000 UNICEF staff members around the world, living up to the
organizational values of care, respect, integrity, trust and accountability.

This year, UNICEF marks its 75th anniversary. In many ways, it is sadly
fitting that UNICEF marks this milestone during an unprecedented
global pandemic. UNICEF was created amid another historic crisis in
the aftermath of World War II. Like today, the scale of the challenges
facing the world’s children was daunting. But over the decades, UNICEF,
governments and partners reimagined what was possible, by building new
health and welfare systems, defeating smallpox, verging on eliminating
polio, and raising living standards.

In 2021, UNICEF is building on its COVID-19 response, delivering COVID-19

vaccines worldwide as part of the COVAX alliance so that no child, family
or country is left behind, bridging the digital divide and providing skills and
education to all children, and harnessing this moment as an unprecedented
opportunity to rebuild and reimagine the systems upon which children and
young people rely.

Now more than ever, the world’s children and young people need global
action to invest in health and education, build more resilient systems
and services that can reach everyone, and ensure that budget cuts and
economic downturns do not harm them.

UNICEF expenditure, 2020

(in millions of US dollars)

BUDGET CATEGORY
Development 5,841

Programme 5,681

Development effectiveness 160

Management 385

United Nations development coordination 12

Special purpose (including capital investment) 12

Private fundraising and partnerships 203

Other 82
Note: The UNICEF expenditure by budget
categories in this table is presented on a Total expenditure 6,535
modified cash basis.

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Direct programme expenses, 2020

(in millions of US dollars)

Total expenses Regular resources Other resources (regular) Other resources (emergency)
$5,715 million
Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.

1100

1000

900

800

700

EXPENSES 600

BY GOAL AREA:
500

400

300

200

100
1080.8
365.0

735.6

146.0
626.1
395.1

161.3
288.0
262.7

168.8
333.5
619.5

117.4
220.7
194.6
0

Survive Learning Protection Environment Fair chance

and
thrive

2181.4 1167.3 712.0 1121.8 532.6

1200

1100

1000

900

800

700
EXPENSES
BY REGION: 600

500

400

300

200
65.8
62.6

100
44.1
38.6
1182.3

32.8
533.2

714.2

219.9
525.3
239.4

105.4

213.3

123.9
123.5

525.5
878.6
86.8

Sub-Saharan Asia Interregional Europe and Latin America Middle East

Africa* Central Asia and and North
* Programme expenses the Caribbean Africa
for Djibouti are included
under sub-Saharan Africa. 2429.7 984.6 206.6 332.9 291.5 1469.9

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UNICEF AT 75 YEARS

“
While we must be clear‑eyed about the scale of the
challenges facing the world’s children, we can also advance
in partnership and solidarity by building on our past, with
ambition and confidence in our future.

Executive Director Henrietta Fore’s

Annual Letter, 2021

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INTRODUCTION

Reimagine the future

for every child

When UNICEF was On a global scale, children’s health and well-being have improved
significantly since 1946. Together with partners, UNICEF has developed
founded in 1946 during
life-changing innovations for children: the India Mark II family of water
the aftermath of World handpumps developed in the 1970s is still the world’s most widely used
War II, the world human-powered pump.
faced unprecedented
In the early 1980s, UNICEF launched the Child Survival and Development
devastation. The Revolution, a drive to save the lives of millions of children each year,
world’s children focusing on four low-cost measures: growth monitoring, oral rehydration
needed the support, therapy, promotion of breastfeeding and immunization.
services and advocacy
In the 1990s, UNICEF brought nations together under the banner
that UNICEF could of children’s rights and adopted a human rights-based approach to
provide. programming, placing human rights principles at the centre of its work.
UNICEF also developed School-in-a-Box, which continues to keep children
Today, the world once learning in emergency settings.
again faces immense
In the 2000s, UNICEF brought to scale a ready-to-use therapeutic food
global challenges which has become the global standard to treat children suffering from
such as inequality, malnutrition.
climate change and the
A decade later, UNICEF took a leading role in challenging systemic inequity
COVID-19 pandemic,
around the world.
which has had a severe
and widespread impact But there is still much to do. Deeply ingrained discrimination and
on child health and inequality are leaving too many disadvantaged children and young people
behind. UNICEF is dedicated to reaching children from the poorest, most
well‑being.
disadvantaged households, communities and countries.

As UNICEF celebrates its 75th anniversary, it is recommitting itself

to working with partners, supporters and staff all over the world to
allow millions of girls and boys to survive and thrive into healthy,
productive adulthood. Working in some of the world’s toughest places
– and maintaining our presence before, during and after humanitarian
emergencies – we remain in the front lines of the fight to provide a fair
chance for every child.

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How COVID-19 affected children

COVID-19 is a children’s crisis. Across virtually every key measure

of childhood, progress has gone backward since the pandemic was
declared by the World Health Organization in March 2020, leaving
children confronting a devastating and distorted new normal.

An additional 1.2 million children

under 5 years of age could die over a
12-month period in low- and middle-
142 million additional children were income countries as a result of the
estimated to fall into monetary poverty worst-case estimates of disruptions
by the end of 2020 and lack access to to health services and rising
social protection. malnutrition.

At least 1 in 3 schoolchildren has been unable to access

remote learning while their schools were closed, and
1.6 billion children and young people have been affected
by school closures.

200,000 additional stillbirths could Approximately 80 million children

occur in 12 months as women are under age 1 may miss out on
less likely or able to access health life‑saving vaccines in at least
services. 68 countries.

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As of late 2020, in 59 countries, An estimated 43 per cent of all

refugees and asylum seekers children (349 million) who are below
were excluded from national social primary school entry age need child
protection measures because of care, but do not have access to it.
discriminatory laws, policies and
practices.

Stress, confinement and poverty are

accelerating serious child protection
risk at a time when 1.8 billion children
live in the 104 countries where
violence prevention and response
An additional 6.7 million children under services have been disrupted due to
age 5 could suffer from wasting in the COVID-19.
next 12 months, a 14 per cent rise that
could translate into more than 10,000
additional child deaths per month
– mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and
South Asia.

Around 10 million additional child marriages may

occur before the end of the decade, threatening
years of progress in reducing the practice.

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 Goal Area 1
Every child survives
and thrives

In 2020, UNICEF adapted its health and nutrition TOP RESULTS

programming to respond to the wide-ranging impacts
of the pandemic, focusing on community-based and
30.5 million 17 million
digital solutions while ensuring primary health-care
systems became more resilient. live births were children in
delivered in health emergency situations
The pandemic severely disrupted essential health facilities with support were vaccinated
and nutrition services in 2020, exacerbating from UNICEF. against measles.
inequalities and threatening to reverse decades-long
improvements. By the end of October 2020, around
one third of countries faced declines of 10 per cent or
8.7 million 15 million girls
more in-service coverage for routine immunizations, and
children with
outpatient care for childhood infectious diseases, and
suspected 9.7 million boys
maternal health services compared to 2019.
pneumonia received were tested for
antibiotics. HIV.
In 2020, global programme expenses in Goal Area
1 across 156 countries totalled US$2.18 billion,
including US$1.14 billion for humanitarian action in
131 countries. Almost 244 million 5 million
children received children with
Health services for the severe acute
prevention of stunting malnutrition
In 2020, in the face of the pandemic, UNICEF adapted and other forms of were treated.
its health programming to support the global COVID-19 malnutrition.
response, ensure continuation of essential life-
saving services and engaging communities through
100 per cent 2.8 million
community-based and digital solutions while seizing
opportunities to make primary health care systems of targeted countries children in
more resilient. supported the emergencies
implementation participated in
UNICEF continued to strengthen maternal and newborn of high-impact early childhood
care in the face of COVID-19, supporting programmes gender-responsive development or
that assisted 30.5 million live births in health facilities. adolescent early learning
In 25 countries with high-pneumonia prevalence, interventions. programmes.
8.7 million children with suspected pneumonia received

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In April 2020 in Nigeria, UNICEF receives a delivery of vital

health supplies to support the fight against the COVID-19
pandemic. The supplies include 10,000 test kits, 15 oxygen
concentrators, personal protective equipment, vaccines,
emergency health kits and other vital health supplies, which
will support the government’s COVID-19 Response Plan and
UNICEF’s work in Nigeria.

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antibiotics. Insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria Nutrition

were distributed to 2.5 million people in humanitarian
situations, mostly in Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to undo years of
progress in improving child nutrition.
In August 2020, Nigeria was certified as wild poliovirus-
free. In 63 countries reporting humanitarian situations The pandemic unlocked a radical shift in approaching the
the same year, a total of 17 million children were management, prevention, detection and treatment of
vaccinated against measles. child wasting, shifting the management of child wasting
programming from facilities to the community level. More
The COVID-19 pandemic made clear that primary children received life-saving treatment and care in 2020
health care is critical to achieving universal health care, than 2019 (nearly 5 million children in over 70 countries).
accelerating progress on the SDGs and ensuring resilience
in the face of emergencies and future pandemics. In In 2020, the UNICEF-WFP Partnership Framework
2020, a new operational framework for primary health on Child Wasting was finalized and the two agencies
care was established that provides concrete actions worked together in Chad, Mali and Niger to improve
for countries to implement the global commitments school health and nutrition.
made in the Declaration of Astana. UNICEF supported
the institutionalization of community health workforce, UNICEF’s services reached nearly 244 million children to
improving quality of care and strengthening national health prevent stunting and other forms of malnutrition, ranging
sector supply chain strategies. UNICEF also facilitated the across ages and forms of malnutrition to include:
skills enhancement of 36,816 community health workers
in 18 out of 25 focus countries. Nutrition counseling in pregnancy care in
71 countries
HIV and AIDS
Scaling-up programming to improve dietary
Despite gains in preventing new HIV infections in diversity for young children in 58 countries
children – 85 per cent of pregnant women living with
Comprehensive national strategies to prevent
HIV globally receive antiretroviral treatment compared
stunting in 58 countries
with only 42 per cent in 2010 – much of this progress
was made in the first half of the decade. Since 2016,
Policy for the prevention of overweight and
progress has stalled. For children, the situation is even
obesity in 21 countries
worse. In 2019, only 53 per cent of all children living with
HIV were receiving the life-saving treatment they need.
Reaching 4 million children in humanitarian
situations for severe acute malnutrition
Even before COVID-19, the world was off track to
achieve the 2020 global target on new infections among
children and adolescent girls and young women. Early childhood development

Although the full impact of COVID-19 on HIV prevention Progress was made in early childhood development in
is not known, it is likely that lack of access to services, 2020 despite the pandemic, with 87 countries (4 more
interrupted treatment, increases in gender-based violence than in 2019) having established a national early childhood
and disruptions in education will lead to a surge in new development (ECD) policy or action plan. Recent data
HIV infections in women, children and adolescent girls. show that 117 countries (12 more than in 2019) have
government-owned multisectoral ECD programmes.
There is some good news. Virtual medical visits,
community-based service delivery and multi-month UNICEF supported almost 2.8 million children under age
prescriptions stemmed the tide, as antenatal care 5 to participate in ECD and/or early learning programmes
attendance and prevention of mother-to-child transmission in humanitarian contexts in 74 countries, using television
services bounced back to pre-pandemic levels by late 2020. and online programmes in response to COVID-19.

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Children at the nexus of conflict, health,

education, clean water and COVID-19 in Ukraine
Six years of conflict have ravaged eastern Ukraine As soon as they arrive home, David and his mother
and devastated the lives of the children in the region. Svitlana head for their basement with the water they have
COVID-19 has exacerbated their vulnerability – stressing collected from the council building. Svitlana says they
education, water and health systems. always keep some water in the basement, ever since the
early weeks of the conflict when their area came under
Around 430,000 children living with the psychological heavy fire and they were forced to take shelter there.
wounds of growing up around the protracted conflict
need ongoing support. Across eastern Ukraine, UNICEF David is too young to remember those days, but
and partners have provided child-centered social services reminders of the ongoing fighting are ever present.
to foster solidarity between host and internally displaced There’s no school and no consistent supply of tap water.
communities and provide psychosocial support and David has grown up with a stronger appreciation for the
mine risk education. It also has supported peer-to-peer value of water than many children.
initiatives reaching over 20,000 children and young
people with skills to build social cohesion and resolve “I like the summers because you can take an outdoor
conflicts. Through humanitarian aid from the European shower. In the winter you have to heat the water and
Union, UNICEF also supported repairs to damaged bathe in a bucket. But now that I’m too big for it I’ll have
schools and vital water and sanitation facilities. to bathe in a cauldron,” he says, laughing.

But the spread of COVID-19 has done what years of When COVID-19 first came to Ukraine in February 2020,
conflict didn’t: forced schools to close, making children health-care workers were most at risk. “It felt like the first
such as Anton, in first grade, lose one more connection days of the conflict [in eastern Ukraine],” Dr. Olha Kobevko,
to a sense of normalcy. an infectious disease specialist in Chernivtsi, recalls of the
initial influx of COVID-19 patients at her hospital. “We didn’t
“Anton feels good at school and can play there with other know what to expect, but we were on the frontline anyway.”
children. At home he gets bored and cries a lot,” says his
mother Ania. But despite the school closure, the family “I hope to God I don’t get sick. It’s so hard to see
will, for now at least, stay in their city. They have no choice. what’s happening, to see colleagues who have fallen
“I don’t have money to go anywhere,” she explains. sick or who are in critical condition,” says Dr. Ivan
Venzhynovych, a therapist working in the infectious
Years of conflict have also devastated the region’s diseases department in Pochaiv, a small town in
infrastructure and left many families struggling to western Ukraine. “But we have to keep working
access necessities like clean water. because no one else can do the job.”

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 Goal Area 2
Every child learns

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools In 2020, UNICEF responded to these challenges by
worldwide, children were already facing a global providing support to education in 151 countries at the
learning crisis. Over 50 per cent of 10-year-olds expense of US$1.17 billion. UNICEF supported education
in low-income and middle-income countries programmes in humanitarian contexts in 140 countries at
cannot read and understand a simple story by a cost of US$0.70 billion.
the end of primary school. More than half of the
world’s children and young people lack digital
connectivity, affecting access to remote learning.

COVID-19 has heightened the urgency to address the

digital divide and unequal access to quality education. TOP RESULTS
An estimated 23.8 million children and youth are
projected to drop out of school because of the 48 million
pandemic. out-of-school children participated in early learning,
primary or secondary education.
In 2020, UNICEF found innovative ways to address
exclusion and inequality and ensure that learning More than 43 million
continued. UNICEF adopted and adapted technology
children were provided with learning materials.
to provide distance learning, to help schools reopen
safely by coordinating with health, WASH and child 7.7 million
protection sectors; strengthening the resilience of
children participated in skills development
education systems; and protecting education funding.
programmes for learning.
UNICEF is on track to meet or surpass the 2021
More than 2.3 million
Strategic Plan targets for education for access and
equity. While performance at the output level has migrant,displaced, refugee and returnee children
been positive, more progress is needed in the areas were supported with distance/home-based
of learning outcomes and share of adolescents not in learning.
employment, education or training.

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Mosammat Ripa Akhter Hasna Hena, 13, has her daily

education lesson through remote learning via mobile phone in
Dhaka, Bangladesh on 28 December, 2020. Her teacher rotates
her lessons by talking to 10 students per day for 10 minutes
each. It takes three days to talk to each student in the class.

Ripa attends classes through the Ability Based Accelerated

Learning (ABAL) centre, a pilot project of the Education Equity
for Out of School Children (EEOOSC) project, supported by
UNICEF. Children living in slum communities are given a second
chance at education through the project, aimed at children ages
8–14 who either never went to school or stopped attending.

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A world learning at home

For parents and children all over the world, ‘remote learning’ became an everyday phrase in
2020. Never before in history were so many children out of school simultaneously. As with so
many other areas of children’s lives, COVID-19 exacerbated deep inequalities in education. As
students adjusted to remote schooling, the digital divide became impossible to ignore.

Digital tools can help children develop the skills they need to realize their potential – but
more work is needed. UNICEF is dedicated to connecting every child and school to the
internet through the Reimagine Education initiative, which focuses on learning and skills
development to provide quality education through digital learning, internet connectivity,
devices, affordable data and the engagement of young people.

Here are some of the ways UNICEF worked with partners to keep schools safe and students
learning, in classrooms or at home, online and offline – wherever they are.

Igihozo, 11, listens to a lesson on a

radio after his school was closed in
Rwanda. To keep children learning,
the country turned to one of its most
accessible mediums: radio. UNICEF
identified more than 100 radio scripts
from around the world focusing on
basic literacy and numeracy that could
be adapted to align with Rwanda’s
school curriculum. It then worked
with partners, including the Rwanda
Broadcasting Agency, to produce and
air the classes around the country.

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UNICEF Goal Area 2

Every child learns

A girl holds up a phone displaying an

online learning platform providing a range
of audiovisual material to help students
continue learning during COVID-19-related
school closures. Timor-Leste rolled out
its curriculum on the Learning Passport
platform after schools in the country
closed in March. The content available
to schoolchildren includes online books,
videos and additional support for parents
of children with learning disabilities.

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Maram, 12, studies at her home in Ar‑Raqqa,

the Syrian Arab Republic, after schools in
the country were suspended. Even before
COVID-19, millions of children in the country
were out of school or at risk of dropping
out as the country entered its tenth year of
conflict. Maram is using the Self-Learning
Programme books she received a few
months ago to help keep her education on
track. Designed to help children who have
either dropped out of school or who are
at risk of doing so, the programme helps
children to continue learning core subjects
such as Arabic, English, maths and science.

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Mila, 11, studies at her home in Gamboa,

Panama, after schools in the country
were suspended to prevent the spread of
COVID-19. By late March, around 95 per
cent of enrolled children were temporarily
out of school due to COVID-19 across
Latin America and the Caribbean – more
than 150 million children across the
region. To help keep children learning,
UNICEF launched the #LearningAtHome
initiative, providing a fun new activity
every day that parents can adapt and
share with others, from treasure hunt
puzzles to creative toy spiderwebs.

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 Goal Area 3
Every child is protected
from violence and
exploitation

Despite two decades of progress, significant TOP RESULTS

acceleration is required to achieve the
child‑protection related SDGs. COVID-19 47.2 million
threatens to even roll back the hard-won children, adolescents and caregivers were
progress made to date, straining fragile social provided with community-based mental health and
service, protection and justice systems, psychosocial support.
increasing gender-based risks and deepening
inequalities. 6 million
adolescent girls received prevention and care
Yet the crisis has also raised the profile of ‘hidden’ interventions to address child marriage through joint
issues such as mental health, violence in the home, programming with UNFPA.
and the needs of children without family care. The
essential role of the social service workforce can no Approximately 17.8 million
longer be dismissed. people reached with gender-based violence risk
mitigation, prevention or response interventions in
In 2020, UNICEF balanced the need to continue 84 countries.
its programmes and operations while pivoting to
proactively address the socio-economic impacts of 4.2 million
COVID-19.
children in 126 countries who experienced violence
were provided health, social work and justice services.
In 2020, global programme expenses for Goal
Area 3 in 154 countries were US$712 million.
More than 2.6 million
UNICEF supported protection programmes in
parents and caregivers across 87 countries were
humanitarian contexts in 145 countries at a cost
reached with parenting programmes, a 14 per cent
of US$393 million.
increase from 2019.

Close to 4.2 million

children and women across 126 countries were
afforded with safe and accessible channels for
reporting sexual exploitation and abuse, a five-fold
increase from 2019.

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GOAL AREA 3: EVERY CHILD IS PROTECTED
FROM VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION

Zeina, 22, one of a team of young volunteers working with

UNICEF in Al-Husn, the Syrian Arab Republic, talks to children
about their rights as part of an awareness-raising initiative on
child rights and protection from sexual abuse and harassment.

“We’re empowering children and reaching out to caregivers

to encourage both to speak up if children are faced with
abuse or harassment,” says Zeina. “When I first started
going to the field with the team, I was surprised to see that
in reality basic needs, such as protection, education or even
vaccines, are a privilege for too many children,” she says.
“Awareness-raising helps spread the knowledge needed to
combat many negative consequences of years of conflict.”

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 Goal Area 4
Every child lives in
a safe and clean
environment

From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, In 2020, UNICEF worked to provide clean water,
WASH became a critical component of the global sanitation and climate resilience in 143 countries at the
response effort through handwashing campaigns expense of US$1.12 billion. UNICEF supported WASH
to ensure equitable, affordable access to WASH programmes in humanitarian contexts in 120 countries
services including in health-care facilities and at a cost of US$0.76 billion.
schools.

Since 2017, UNICEF has provided an unprecedented TOP RESULTS

12,309 health-care facilities with WASH services, far
exceeding the target. 17 million
additional people gained access to safe drinking
Responding to COVID-19, UNICEF reached 106 million water.
people in 120 countries with critical water, sanitation
and hygiene services and supplies. 13.4 million
additional people gained access to basic sanitation
A total of 17 million people gained access to safe services.
water services, keeping UNICEF on track to exceed
the four-year goal of reaching 60 million people 56 countries
had child-sensitive national or local risk management
In 2020, 55 per cent of UNICEF country offices
plans that address disasters, climate change,
implemented programmes to build peace and social
conflict and other crises.
cohesion, including by supporting adolescent and
youth participation as agents of change and peace and 74 countries
leveraging the role of WASH, local government and
implemented child-inclusive programmes
child protection.
that foster climate resilience and low-carbon
development.
Child-sensitive risk analyses informed resilience-
building and 41 per cent of UNICEF country offices UNICEF supported increased social cohesion and
met organizational benchmarks on implementing peace through 55 per cent of country offices.
risk‑informed programming.

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GOAL AREA 4: EVERY CHILD LIVES IN A SAFE
AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

Fika, 3, reads a book near a newly constructed toilet in

her home in Tegaldowo village, Central Java province,
Indonesia. Fika’s home was inundated by tidal floods,
forcing her parents to build a temporary latrine outside.
The new toilet was built in July 2020 using government
assistance. The Government of Indonesia has made
universal access to sanitation a priority in an effort to
reduce the rate of stunting among children.

Safe sanitation is vital to health, child development and

social and economic progress and was an important part
of the response to COVID-19 in 2020.

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 Goal Area 5
Every child has an
equitable chance in life

In 2020, UNICEF continued to safeguard the TOP RESULTS

rights enshrined in the Convention on the
Rights of the Child by working to reduce child
poverty and end discrimination. 31 countries
reported that measurement, analysis or advocacy
COVID-19 and the socio-economic crisis it fueled led to policies and programmes that reduced child
have increased monetary and multidimensional poverty.
child poverty, and exacerbated the vulnerabilities
of children living in poverty, girls, children with UNICEF-supported cash-transfer programmes
disabilities, migrant and displaced children, and reached over 130 million children in
other marginalized groups. UNICEF’s social 93 countries
protection response enabled a more inclusive
recovery and created a unique entry point to 7.2 million adolescents in 122 countries
strengthen social protection financing and in 2020 participated in or led civic engagement
partnerships. interventions through UNICEF-supported
programmes, exceeding targets.
Global programme expenses in Goal Area 5
across 156 countries totalled US$533 million, In 2020, UNICEF reached more than 2.2 million
including US$255 million for humanitarian children with disabilities across 144 countries
action in 112 countries. through disability-inclusive development and
humanitarian programmes.

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GOAL AREA 5: EVERY CHILD HAS AN
EQUITABLE CHANCE IN LIFE

Syaiful (left), 12, a child with a physical impairment, and his best friend Kevin Saputra, 9, who
has a visual impairment, play near Syaiful’s house in Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia.

Both attend a madrasa that is part of the inclusive education programme under the 1 in 11
partnership – a collaboration between the government of Indonesia, UNICEF and Lembaga
Pendidikan Maarif Nahdlatul Ulama (LP Maarif NU), with support from Reach Out to Asia
(ROTA) and the FC Barcelona Foundation.

Through the partnership, teachers receive training on inclusive education, enabling them to
support children with disabilities, like Syaiful and Kevin.

In 2020, UNICEF reached over 2.2 million children with disabilities worldwide through
disability‑inclusive programmes.

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INTRODUCTION

Cash transfers ease the economic

strain of COVID-19

Before COVID-19, children were twice as likely as adults to be living in extreme poverty.
Now, the number of children living below their respective national poverty line could soar
by as many as 117 million, leaving 700 million children’s futures even less certain. Cash
transfers can shield families from financial catastrophe, unlocking better access to food
and regular health care and school. Cash transfers can also alleviate debilitating stress,
which can lead to violence and poor mental health.

UNICEF Goal Area 5

Every child has an
equitable chance in life

In Thailand, the economic and

social impact on the country’s
most vulnerable families is
severe. With the Thai economy
shrinking, UNICEF and partners
have advocated for measures to
soften the impact of the crisis on
children and families. As a result,
the government is providing
a three-month replenishment
to recipients of cash-transfer
programmes, benefitting around
8 million families, including Tukta’s.
“My children must have a better
chance than I did for proper
schooling, and this money will
help their education,” Tukta says of
the additional 1,000 baht (US$32)
per month she receives under
the programme.

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 The strict lockdown in Guatemala
was particularly devastating for
the roughly 60 per cent of the
population already living in poverty.
Telma was one of the many parents
who lost their main source of
income during the pandemic and
who were left scrambling to find
a way to put food on the table.
But with cash assistance from a
government programme supported
by UNICEF and the World Bank,
Telma has been able to find a new
source of income – making face
masks to protect against COVID-19.
Telma’s priority upon receiving the
cash benefit was to buy food for
her children. “My greatest fear
was not being able to afford food
for them,” she says. The money
also goes to the flour she needs to
make pancakes, which she sells to
try to make ends meet.

© UNICEF/UNI388986/MUSSAPP

Even before the pandemic,

66 per cent of Sierra Leone’s
children were living in poverty. Isatu,
an informal trader from Freetown,
says sales have been extremely
slow since the pandemic began.
A government-led emergency
cash-transfer programme for
informal workers in urban areas
has provided a lifeline for parents
struggling to put food on the table,
including Isatu. The emergency cash
transfers have helped her diversify
her business. She’s now able to
add soap powder to the school
goods she usually sells to better
provide for her family. “Sales have
improved, so I’ve been able to buy
better food for my children,” she
says. “And I’m happy that I’ve been
able to [save some money to] help
them get ready to go back to school
in October.”

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GOAL AREA 5: EVERY CHILD HAS AN
EQUITABLE CHANCE IN LIFE

Child poverty and public finance for children Gender equality

In 2020, UNICEF swiftly responded to COVID-19 by Countries promoting gender-sensitive or -responsive

engaging in 70 socio-economic impact assessments programmes or systems more than tripled compared
and 62 country-level child poverty-focused analyses on to 2019, reaching 88 – demonstrating growing
the disproportionate impact of the crisis on children. attention to the needs of women and girls, including
the need to transform harmful gender norms and
Countries continued to monitor child poverty using other gender outcomes.
nationally owned measurement and reporting systems
(66 countries on multidimensional poverty and 79 on Adolescent empowerment
monetary poverty).
In 2020, 7.2 million adolescents (53 per cent girls
Social protection based on data from 99 countries) across 122 countries
participated in or led civic engagement interventions
UNICEF-supported cash-transfer programmes reached through UNICEF-supported programmes in
over 130 million children in 93 countries. Since 2017, humanitarian and development settings, exceeding the
the number of countries (61) with strong or moderately 2021 target of 5.2 million.
strong social protection systems has almost doubled.
UNICEF continued to strengthen shock-responsive Online platforms for adolescents during the pandemic
social protection systems in 16 countries. provided new opportunities. In collaboration with over
200 partners – representing governments, United
Children with disabilities Nations agencies, the private sector, and youth –
Generation Unlimited reached more than 100 million
In 2020, UNICEF reached over 2.2 million children young people (aged 10–24) in over 40 countries in 2020,
with disabilities across 144 countries through and accelerated the scale-up of digital platforms for
disability‑inclusive development and humanitarian learning, skilling, entrepreneurship and empowerment
programmes. to change the trajectories of young people’s lives.
Thirty-nine countries supported the development of
In emergency contexts, 44 per cent of UNICEF country 66 adolescent-friendly policies, surpassing the 2020
offices systematically included children with disabilities milestone of 37 countries.
in their response efforts, as in the construction of
82 accessible latrines in Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh.
UNICEF worked to address the impact of COVID-19 on
children with disabilities, who are at risk of being left .
even further behind. In Rwanda, UNICEF supported
individualized home-based learning for 7,282 children
with disabilities. Globally, more than 152,000 children
with disabilities were provided with assistive devices
and products.

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 Discussion groups support parents’ mental health
and protect children in Ecuador
The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly changed the mental health initiative differs from the psychoeducation
daily lives of families in Ecuador. Confinement, coupled or parenting modality in which generic manuals on how
with teleworking and school closures, meant that to be a good parent are taught. Unspoken parenting
parents had to spend long hours with their children. experiences cause parents to accumulate unprocessed
In some cases, this led to anguish and stress in their experiences that can manifest themselves in impulsive
relationships with their children. behavior towards each other or towards the child. The aim
is to open a listening space for parents to express the
“I started to notice unusual reactions in my son, he discomfort related to their parenting with confidentiality.
started screaming, getting angry and sad because he
couldn’t go out ... many times I have said ‘Oh God, we Through group work, parents shared their diversity
have been together but I never saw this side of him,’” of experiences, encouraging culturally and socially
says Esther, from Guayaquil. accessible alternatives for more humane parenting.
Being able to talk about their experiences allowed them
“I noticed that my 5-year-old daughter cried every time I to reorganize preconceived ideas and generate self-
turned on the computer for school, and I forced her to criticism free of external judgments.
sit down and do her homework ... I think I am the one
with the problem, because my daughter was free at After attending the discussion groups, most parents
school, she ran, sang ... and I can’t help her with this,” experienced relief knowing they are not the only ones
says María, from Quito. going through these difficulties. They proposed to
continue as a group, and they began to get closer to
The added isolation and the absence of support to talk their children. “Before I yelled at them all day long, and
about these anxieties could lead parents to unload their now I am starting to talk to them. The mother I was
frustrations on their children, creating an environment before no longer exists.” says Sara, from Cuenca.
conducive to violence.
Based on this work and with the aim of creating a
UNICEF, with the support of the Pontificia Universidad methodology for psychosocial interventions in parenting,
Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), launched a parent support seven parenting guides were created, reaching more than
group called ‘Let’s talk’ to listen and support parents. This 600,000 unique users through Facebook and Instagram.

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How
For example, in Mali, UNICEF worked with
children and youth journalists, parliamentarians,
artists and youth organizations in advocacy and
dialogue to reduce mistrust around COVID-

UNICEF
19 and share prevention measures across
generational divides. These risk communication
and community engagement (RCCE) campaigns
took place in the most marginalized and at-risk

adapted
communities, including in local markets,
mosques, prisons and in internally displaced
persons camps and host communities to gain
greater acceptance for protection and safety

to
measures. These initiatives implemented
2,981 dialogue sessions and reached a total of
184,721 people.

COVID-19
Seyodu, a 10-year-old who shines shoes to earn
spare money and received free masks through
the initiative says, “Now I can do my job without
being exposed to the dangers of Coronavirus
contamination … I tell my friends to wear the
masks and not to get close to each other that’s how
they won’t get the coronavirus.”
Social and behavior change
and community engagement
Given the absence of biomedical Data collection
solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 challenged data collection to
UNICEF played a lead role in social monitor impacts on children. UNICEF
and behaviour change and community pivoted to the careful use of a wider
engagement: variety of data collection including phone
surveys, machine-learning analysis of
In 148 countries, UNICEF co-led with
social media streams and interviews,
governments the establishment of national
risk communication and community applying rigorous analysis. Real-time
engagement (RCCE) committees to evaluations of the COVID-19 response
coordinate community participation, develop kept UNICEF as effective as possible.
feedback mechanisms and influence Data were rapidly turned into analysis
adherence to recommended practices. through short reports, digests, interactive
dashboards and an electronic library of
UNICEF introduced community rapid
research on COVID-19 and children.
assessments on COVID-19 in multiple
countries, providing regular community-sourced For example, with access to the field cut off in
data with insights into protective practices, Somalia, it was hard to monitor the impact of
coping strategies and emerging needs. COVID-19 on children and services. The Risk
Informed Response Mechanism, initiated in
At the global level, UNICEF co-created 2020, consolidated all data into a single hub using
with the World Health Organization and the multi-hazard scenario planning, tracking where
International Federation of Red Cross and emergencies are evolving and highlighting supply
Red Crescent Societies the RCCE Collective challenges. It allowed UNICEF to understand
Service, providing oversight for the RCCE the situation at the subnational level and adapt
pillar of the global pandemic response. programmes accordingly.

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 In spite of extremely complex supply and logistics
Providing the world with
challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,
life‑saving supplies UNICEF shipped half a billion items of PPE in
support of 138 countries in 2020 alone.
As the COVID-19 outbreak unfolded in
China in early 2020, it became clear that Because COVID-19, when severe, can lead to
supplies were a central component of the pneumonia, UNICEF also provided global, rapid and
response – especially PPE to safeguard the multi-faceted oxygen support during the pandemic.
health of frontline workers. However, with
much of the world’s PPE manufacturing With the groundwork already in place through the
concentrated in China, the outbreak had a oxygen therapy innovation project with the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF was uniquely
sharp impact on the global market.
positioned to propel an extensive global oxygen
UNICEF supply operations engaged with more than response to meet both the imminent need caused by
1,000 suppliers and industry leaders around the world COVID-19 and the critical needs of 800,000 children
to identify solutions to the market constraints and under age 5 whose lives pneumonia takes every year.
secure supplies needed at appropriate prices to support
PPE equitable access for programme countries. In 2020 alone, 16,795 oxygen concentrators were
shipped to 94 countries. These life-saving machines
Partnership efforts also intensified. UNICEF take in air from the environment, remove nitrogen
brought its expertise, assets and networks to these and produce a continuous source of oxygen. In
collaborations, including the WHO-led COVID-19 addition, UNICEF distributed over 12,050 oxygen
supply chain system and the ACT-Accelerator initiative accessories (such as pulse oximeters, flow splitters,
– a global collaboration launched in April 2020 and oxygen analyzers and humidifier bottles) and
aimed at developing and accelerating access to 920,575 consumables (such as nasal cannula, face
COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. masks and tubing).

A UNICEF staff member inspects a shipment

of vital health supplies, including personal
protective equipment, which had just landed in
pandemic-struck Latin America.

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Cross-cutting priority:
Gender Equality

As the pandemic compounded the impacts

of gender inequality, UNICEF redoubled
efforts in addressing gender-based violence;
maintaining gender-responsive health and
education services; caring for caregivers,
especially through quality maternal care; and
strengthening gender data and analysis.
TOP RESULTS
Around 17.8 million people received gender-
based violence risk mitigation, prevention or 6 million
response interventions in 84 countries, while adolescent girls in 45 countries reached
over 210,000 UNICEF personnel and partners with child marriage-related prevention
completed training on gender-based violence and care interventions through joint
risk mitigation and referrals for survivors in programming with UNFPA.
83 countries with COVID response plans.
COVID‑19 accelerated the scale-up of protection
88 countries
from sexual exploitation and abuse; 91 countries
promoting gender-sensitive or gender-
now have safe and accessible reporting channels,
responsive programmes or systems, a number
country action plans, training for partners, and
that more than tripled compared to 2019.
strengthened referral pathways.

Countries promoting gender-sensitive or 91 countries

-responsive programmes or systems tripled now have safe and accessible reporting
compared to 2019 – demonstrating growing channels, country action plans, training for
attention to the needs of women and girls, partners and strengthened referral pathways.
including the need to transform harmful gender
norms and other gender outcomes.

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CROSS-CUTTING PRIORITY:
GENDER EQUALITY

Civil society volunteers in Ahmedabad, India work with

adolescents to discuss their perceptions and experiences on
violence and safety with focus on gender-based violence.
Reports of violence against children and young people rose
dramatically in many countries in the face of the COVID-19
pandemic.

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Cross-cutting priority:
Humanitarian Action

Often beyond the global headlines and spotlight, Almost 1.2 million girls and women in humanitarian
UNICEF responded to 455 new and ongoing settings (up from 1 million in 2019) received menstrual
humanitarian situations in 152 countries health and hygiene services in schools, temporary learning
alongside its response to COVID-19, including spaces and other child-friendly spaces. Menstruation
102 natural disasters, 72 sociopolitical crises, supplies were included as a mandatory item in most
211 health emergencies, 38 nutrition crises and hygiene kits delivered to communities in crisis.
32 other situations.
UNICEF helped 13.4 million people gain access to basic
Revenue for humanitarian assistance (US$2,356 million sanitation services in 2020, and an additional 5.6 million
in 2020) was 15 per cent higher than in 2019. The people were reached with shorter-term sanitation services
humanitarian funding requirement increased to through emergency response programmes.
US$6,315 million in 2020, from US$4,133 million in
2019, representing the largest-ever funding request
for humanitarian action by UNICEF. TOP RESULTS

In humanitarian settings, 39.1 million people Responding to COVID-19 across 153 countries,
accessed safe drinking water, cooking and personal UNICEF reached:
hygiene, including 4.5 million people in Yemen,
where more than 1.7 million also received a standard 3 billion people
hygiene kit from UNICEF. (approximately 1.53 billion women and girls; 810 million
children) with risk communication and community
UNICEF supported community-based
engagement (RCCE) information and activities.
handwashing promotion programmes in
110 countries, more than ever before, with a nearly 2.6 million health workers
strong focus on COVID‑19–related messaging. with personal protective equipment (PPE).
Through the ‘pandemic doesn’t stop for
4 million health workers with training on infection
periods’ campaign, UNICEF helped girls and
prevention and control (IPC).
women get access to menstrual pads and
culturally- and age-specific information and more than 30,000 social workers with training to
is still on-track to provide menstrual hygiene deliver adapted case management.
services to 50,000 schools by the end of 2021.

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 CROSS-CUTTING PRIORITY:
HUMANITARIAN ACTION

A young refugee girl practices alternatives to hand shaking at

the Um Rakoba refugee camp in Hamdayet Reception Centre in
Gedarif state, Sudan.

Fighting between regional and government forces in Tigray,

Ethiopia began in November 2020, displacing people within the
northern province and pushing thousands to seek shelter in Sudan.
Up to 5,000 people a day crossed the border in November, rapidly
overwhelming the humanitarian response capacity on the ground.

UNICEF is responding in eastern Sudan with life-saving

humanitarian assistance including providing water, sanitation,
hygiene, health and nutrition services for refugees.

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CROSS-CUTTING PRIORITY:
HUMANITARIAN ACTION

In 2020, as a result of UNICEF support, 48 million

out-of-school children (49 per cent girls) accessed
education, including 4 million children on the move and
33 million in humanitarian settings. Learning materials
were provided to 43 million children (52 per cent in
humanitarian settings); 59,223 school management
committees or similar bodies received training; and
7.7 million children (48 per cent girls, 79 per cent
in humanitarian settings) benefited from skills
development programmes.

In Bangladesh, UNICEF supported 4,000 early learning

centres offering mother-tongue based instruction,
including for Rohingya children in refugee camps.

Out of the 47.7 million children targeted in the

Humanitarian Action for Children appeal in 2020,
33 million (49 per cent girls) were reached. In addition
to responding to the pandemic, UNICEF continued to
negotiate with parties to conflict and armed groups to
protect education from attacks and to encourage the
endorsement and implementation of the Safe Schools
Declaration.

Within the Global Polio Eradication Initiative partnership,

UNICEF continued to lead in vaccine procurement and
key strategic communication. In 63 countries reporting
humanitarian situations, a total of 17 million children
were vaccinated against measles.

UNICEF provided protective services to millions of

children affected by armed conflict, natural disasters
and public health emergencies, including COVID‑19,
across 145 countries, compared to 74 in 2019. Around
47.2 million children, adolescents, parents and
caregivers benefited from community-based mental
health and psychosocial support, including targeted
community awareness campaigns. In 2020, there was a
142 per cent increase in the number of unaccompanied
and separated children supported by UNICEF and a
163 per cent increase in unaccompanied and separated
children registered and provided with alternative care
and/or reunification services, compared to 2019.
Three siblings in the Al-Kharaib Refugee Camp,
Sana’a, in Yemen. The conflict has left three million
Four million children in humanitarian settings were
people, including 1.58 million children, internally
treated for severe acute malnutrition, including
displaced.
227,480 children aged 0–59 months in Yemen (86 per
cent of target), from among 3,072,407 children under © UNICEF/UNI338488
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Change Strategy:
Winning support for
children and young people

Winning support for the cause of children from was implemented globally, positioning UNICEF as a
decision makers and the wider public was a core trusted and credible advocate for children’s rights.
strategy UNICEF applied in 2020 to achieve results for
children. Communication and advocacy became even In addition, at least 6.9 million children were reached
more critical in the face of the global pandemic, with through child rights education (CRE). As a result of
digital channels widely used and advocacy playing a concerted effort in response to COVID-19, the number
key role in securing the rights of children in COVID-19 of volunteers grew from 1.3 million in 2019 to 9.6 million
environment. in 2020, with 84 per cent being 24 years or younger.

In 2020, UNICEF introduced four global advocacy

priorities, focusing on Vaccines, Education, Mental TOP RESULTS
Health and Water and Climate. At the outset of the
pandemic, UNICEF introduced a global COVID-19
UNICEF’s supporter base grew to
Advocacy Framework that was backed by 172 Member
128.6 million, comprising over 110 million
States and launched a call to ‘Reimagine’ the world
digital supporters, 9.6 million volunteers, and
for children.
9 million active donors.
Eighty-one per cent of countries made positive changes
UNICEF featured in more than
in national child-focused policies, including changes
240,000 online and over 16,000 pieces
linked to:
in top-tier media outlets on critical issues
affecting children’s rights.
End Violence against Children (97)
UNICEF’s global and country office web
Early Childhood Development (87) platforms had 107 million users and
156 million unique page views.
Child Survival (56) and
In 106 countries UNICEF actively engaged
Children Uprooted (30) with young people on various topics,
including climate advocacy, through U-Report,
A total of 185 country offices marked World Children’s Voices of Youth and GenU platforms.
Day through a series of events and activities promoting
child and youth participation. UNICEF’s brand strategy

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Change Strategy:
Partnerships

PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS

In 2020, UNICEF’s public sector partners, including 146 government partners along with
intergovernmental organizations and inter‑organizational arrangements, contributed a
record $5.5 billion in resources for children globally. The three largest contributors in 2020
were the United States, Germany and the European Union.

The United States was UNICEF’s largest donor, In 2020, the United Kingdom continued to play
contributing a historic $801 million ($759.8 million a leading role in supporting UNICEF operations,
in 2019). This contribution included vital COVID-19 providing $510 million in vital support to various
funding and support to countries that have not tra- programmes worldwide including COVID-19
ditionally received support from the United States. response and playing a key advocacy role around
child protection, gender, nutrition, health and
Germany was UNICEF’s second-largest financial humanitarian response. The United Kingdom is
partner, growing its contribution to $744 million UNICEF’s second-largest humanitarian partner.
in 2020. The partnership between UNICEF and
Germany continued to focus on a multisectoral In 2020, the Nordic partners (Denmark, Finland,
approach for resilience building to strengthen the Iceland, Norway and Sweden) were the top
capacities of vulnerable children and communities partners for strategic and high-quality funding for
in difficult-to-reach contexts. UNICEF programmes focusing on child protection,
education, WASH and humanitarian assistance
2020 was a strong year of partnership with the for the most vulnerable children. Norway made
European Union. UNICEF received $514 million the first and largest contribution to Global Health
of earmarked resources and $66 million through Thematic Funding Pool and established an
Joint Programming. The top four sectors receiving innovative multi-year Partnership Framework for
support from the European Union included Disability with flexible funding.
education, child protection, health and nutrition.
The European Union and UNICEF, together with the The Netherlands was the largest contributor to
African Union, consulted over 450,000 European the Global Nutrition and Humanitarian Thematic
and African adolescents and young people through Funding pools, which allows UNICEF to speedily
the U-Report to listen to their opinions on climate respond to emergencies with high-quality flexible
change, jobs, education and digitalization, and funding.
shape the upcoming European Union-African Union
Heads of State Summit.

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With the support of the European Union, UNICEF is working with

the Government of Mozambique to support people displaced
by internal conflict in Cabo Delgado Province. The partnership
provides housing, nutrition and health services as well as integrated
emergency assistance and chld protection services.

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In 2020, Japan was one of the first and In 2020, the World Bank Group and UNICEF
largest donors to the UNICEF’s COVID-19 tripled their country footprint establishing
response appeal providing $112.2 million that projects for children in nearly 50 countries. The
enabled UNICEF to provide personal protective contribution to UNICEF was $99 million directly
equipment to frontline health workers, and $104 million through tripartite agreements.
enhanced risk communication and community In addition, the World Bank Group funded
engagement with key COVID-19 prevention $93 million through UNICEF Procurement
messages, improved access to safe water Services. UNICEF was the Bank’s lead United
and sanitation facilities as well as education, Nations partner for the COVID‑19 response.
child protection and psychosocial service to UNICEF also partnered with the World Bank
over 660 million children and their families in Group on health and nutrition, WASH, digital
66 countries. education/connectivity, cash transfers/social
protection, and jobs/skills for youth.
The 2020 contribution from Spain to UNICEF
grew from $5.3 to $6.8 million; from Switzerland In 2020, UNICEF continued its collaboration
to a record $51 million; and from France from with the World Bank, UNHCR, ILO and IFC
$22 million in 2019 to $34 million in 2020. under the PROSPECTS Partnership, funded
In addition, UNICEF signed the watershed by the Government of the Netherlands and
Framework Agreement with the French implemented across eight countries in the Horn
Development Agency, the first of its kind of Africa and the Middle East.
within the United Nations system.
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the Group
Humanitarian pooled funding mechanisms of Friends on Children and the SDGs, in
continued to play a critical role in the UNICEF collaboration with the European Union and
humanitarian response in 2020. The Central together with a group of Latin American
Emergency Relief Fund provided US$177.1 and Caribbean States, issued a statement
million to more than 40 countries, including committing to “Protect our Children” and
COVID-19 response. Country-based pooled prioritize their education, food security, health
funds awarded US$42.6 million in contributions and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The
to 12 countries to address the challenges statement garnered wide support, receiving
outlined in country humanitarian response over 170 endorsements from United Nations
plans. Combined, both pooled funds amounted Member States and Permanent Observers.
to 10 per cent of the total funds received.
Luxembourg continued to provide predictable
2020 was an unprecedented year for UNICEF’s multi-year contributions to the UNICEF’s Core
engagement with the Global Programme Resources and Global Thematic Funding Pools
Partnerships whose contribution to UNICEF on Education, Health and Nutrition, WASH
more than tripled in 2020 to an all-time high and Gender Equality. The Republic of Korea
of $551 million directly and $150 million provided multi-year Humanitarian Thematic
indirectly from $270million in 2015. The Global Funding and the Government of China
Partnership for Education was the top Global provided $7.6 million support to UNICEF’s
Programme Partnerships donor, providing COVID-19 response and recovery in Cameroon,
$363 million with significant growth with Gavi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana,
the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund. Liberia, Senegal and South Sudan.

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PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS

For the first time, UNICEF raised more than $2 billion for children from the private sector, and
partnerships across the spectrum delivered on all fronts.

In 2020, 133 million children were reached through non-financial partnerships with business, compared
to 34.3 million children in 2019. The number of shared-value partnerships increased from 15 in 2019 to
21 in 2020. The Business for Results initiative continued to develop the knowledge, resources and skills
across UNICEF to ensure the relevance of business is mainstreamed into programmes to achieve results
for children. One hundred and twelve UNICEF offices and National Committees engaged with business to
support advocacy and integrate children’s considerations into responsible business conduct. The Business
for Results training has been rolled out in 25 countries. UNICEF’s work on Child Rights and Business
continued to accelerate, with 49 country offices and 12 National Committees reporting on activities.

Child rights and business Corporate partnerships

In 2020, UNICEF worked with governments, In 2020, UNICEF and partners raised $244 million,
businesses, investors and multi-stakeholder 21 per cent more than in 2019 and exceeding the
initiatives to promote and improve responsible $182 million target. This was made possible partly
business policy and practice for children, including thanks to these partnerships:
in the context of COVID-19 response and recovery
measures. Unilever donated millions of hygiene
products across 23 countries, including over
In collaboration with the International Labour 30 million bars of soap, reaching people
Organization, UN Women, United Nations Global around the world with critical hand-washing
Compact and national partners, UNICEF issued supplies.
recommendations, engaged in advocacy and
worked with businesses in more than 50 countries As a response to COVID-19, LIXIL and
to promote family-friendly policies and other good UNICEF expanded its ‘Make a Splash!’
workplace practices to mitigate the socio-economic partnership to include handwashing along
consequences of COVID-19 on families and children. with existing sanitation targets.
UNICEF expanded its partnership with Norges Bank
Investment Management and strengthened its A five-year partnership with Louis Vuitton,
collaboration with other partners to improve industry which has raised $13 million, has been
practices and expand the range of child rights criteria renewed with a five-year commitment to
in environmental, social and governance frameworks. support children in emergency situations.
In partnership with Germany and members of
the European Parliament, UNICEF expanded The Learning Passport, powered by a
the integration of children’s rights in forthcoming partnership with Microsoft, was rapidly
European Union mandatory due diligence for expanded during school closures to ensure
business. Developed with long-standing partner the children and young people could continue
Lego Group and other ICT businesses right at the learning from anywhere. Since 2020, the
start of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF issued platform has reached students, teachers and
guidance on respecting children’s rights for the online caregivers in 10 countries.
gaming industry.

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Foundation partnerships Multi-stakeholder partnerships

In 2020, the foundation partnership portfolio grew The World Economic Forum positioned UNICEF
32 per cent over 2019, mobilizing $223 million, of which as a lead partner, for example in the Stewardship
more than $34 million supported COVID-19 efforts. Board for the New Economy and Society and the
Jobs Reset Summit; in the Global Future Council
UNICEF worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates on Mental Health; and on COVID-19, including
Foundation on COVID-19 efforts, with the by issuing a ‘Supply Chain & Transport Industry
foundation’s support of the ACT-A/COVAX initiative Charter’.
being critical to the global response. UNICEF
and the foundation also launched the Joint The International Chamber of Commerce and
Investment Mechanism, a co-financed flexible UNICEF collaborated on a joint call to action,
funding instrument (totalling $50 million) that Reimagining the World We Need, for a resilient and
will scale up proven interventions in Africa. sustainable COVID-19 recovery, and on a guide to
Family-Friendly Business Continuity shared with
Several foundation partners supported UNICEF’s 45 million ICC member companies.
COVID-19 response, including landmark
investments from the United Nations Foundation UNICEF and the Global Battery Alliance initiated
through the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund the Cobalt Action Partnership in the Democratic
and the Mastercard Foundation, and major Republic of the Congo and launched a country-
contributions from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, pooled ‘Fund for the Prevention of Child Labour
Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Qatar Charity. in Mining Communities’, mobilizing an initial
UNICEF’s partnership with Educate A Child led $1 million of a three-year programme, totalling
to $20 million in new commitments to support $21 million.
300,000 out-of-school children in Kenya and the
Sudan. UNICEF is among the foundation’s most Mobilizing Hand Hygiene for All – a UNICEF-
important strategic partners in helping children convened, public-private coalition with the World
access education in humanitarian, conflict and Economic Forum, World Health Organization,
development contexts. UNICEF has expanded its World Bank and private-sector partners –
partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund addressed 3 billion people’s lack of access to
Foundation, including launching a new multi- handwashing in the fight against COVID-19, with
country collaboration to transform the prevention the objective to shape local markets to produce
and treatment of child wasting. and deliver hand hygiene products and services.

Philanthropy partners
Rotary International renewed its commitment to
In 2020, philanthropists, faith and membership eradicating polio worldwide by contributing more
organizations contributed $191 million to improve than $61.6 million.
children’s lives. UNICEF’s International Council – a
collective of UNICEF’s closest and most influential Latter-day Saint Charities continued its support
private philanthropic partners – grew from 63 to of immunization and early childhood development
76 members and advanced their commitments programmes and responded to COVID-19 by
to children with financial contributions exceeding providing $3 million for infection prevention and
$37 million in 2020. control, and WASH services.

Arigatou International, marking 30 years Zonta International contributed $3 million

of partnership, continued its engagement to to renew its commitment to preventing child
secure the well-being and rights of children, marriages globally and helping girls access
with a focus on ending violence and on education in Madagascar, in addition to new
inter‑religious dialogue. support to ensure adolescent girls in Peru have
access to health care..

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UNITED NATIONS PARTNERSHIPS

The WHO-UNICEF Strategic Collaboration

Framework enhances collaboration and accelerates
public health efforts through universal health coverage,
mental health, public health emergencies, and
maternal and child nutrition while working together at
BELOW: An officer from the Integrated Child the frontline of the global response to COVID-19 and
Welfare Services Centre (right) invites Farah the rollout of vaccines.
Nizza and her mother Yuliati to play after
handing over a recreational kit for children UNHCR and UNICEF Blueprint for Joint Action for
affected by COVID‑19 at their home in Refugee Children will accelerate efforts in line with the
Jombang, Indonesia, October 2020. Global Compact on Refugees to promote and protect
the rights of refugee children and the communities
UN agencies in Indonesia including UNICEF, that host them through their inclusion in national plans,
UNDP, UN OCHA, UN WOMEN, and WFP budgets and service delivery systems across protection,
are working together on the COVID-19 education, and water, sanitation and hygiene.
Multi‑Partner Trust Fund (COVID-19 MPTF) and
the Joint SDGs Fund. The objective of both UNDP and UNICEF joined forces to support the
programmes is to support the government socio-economic response to COVID-19 pooling
of Indonesia to enhance policy and capacity assets and expertise in development financing,
to scale up and expand social protection to youth empowerment and innovation, and climate
cover affected and marginalized populations, change, resilience and adaptation. The two agencies
particularly women and children. also strengthened collaboration on financing for
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Innovation

With the launch of UNICEF’s first Global Innovation Strategy in the beginning of 2020,
UNICEF continued its shift towards integrated, strategic, problem-driven innovations
that focus on solutions that can be scaled up. The Strategy aims to position innovation
as a key tool to achieve widespread and lasting change for children. Through a portfolio
management approach, UNICEF has established nine global innovation portfolios to focus
efforts and resources on identifying and scaling up innovations that are transformational.
The pandemic opened up new ways of thinking that have accelerated the scale-up of
innovation and ushered in a new era of innovative problem-solving.

TOP RESULTS

UNICEF signed agreements with 14 mobile Deployment of durable, multi-purpose high-

network operators, spanning more than performance tents, for use in emergencies,
100 countries and territories and 1.8 billion generated after two years of consultations with
subscribers enabling access to data and the private and public sectors.
educational content, as well as aiding in the
prevention of violence. The Leading Minds Series went digital and
reached thousands, presenting experts and
UNICEF helped more than 1.3 million young research on the impact of COVID-19 on children.
people in 34 countries gain transferable social
innovation and entrepreneurship skills through the UNICEF rolled out 9 frontier technology
UPSHIFT programme. Seventeen countries rapidly solutions in 14 countries. The solutions include
digitized UPSHIFT in response to the COVID-19 Bothub, an open-source language processing
pandemic. system used in the creation of HealthBuddy,
a multilingual, interactive chatbot using AI to
Giga, a UNICEF and ITU global initiative to answer questions and provide local information
connect every school to the Internet, is now active on COVID-19 and INVENT, a global platform
in 15 countries, and has mapped 800,000 schools. for innovation and technology for development
that boosts the visibility of innovative work
Released Policy Guidance on AI for Children across UNICEF and enables resources and
in consultation with stakeholders including AI investment to be targeted towards promising and
developers and young people. transformational innovations.

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Somaya Faruqi, 17 (centre) led the Girls’ Robotics Club

from Herat, western Afghanistan, in developing a prototype
low‑cost ventilator in 2020 to contribute to the fight against
COVID-19 at a time when a limited number of ventilators
across the country threatened the most vulnerable.

“Every girl in Herat and across Afghanistan has the capacity

to bring positive change in her community,” said Somaya.
“Though, not everyone is privileged, or has access to
education or gained the support to pursue her passion.”

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Financials and Stewardship

UNICEF’s work for children Despite the challenges of COVID-19, 2020 was a record-breaking year for
is funded entirely through UNICEF, with a total revenue of $7,548 million, an increase of 18 per cent
individual donations and from 2019. Revenue from the public sector and private sector was essential
the voluntary support of to UNICEF’s rapid and agile response to COVID-19.
government, civil society and
private sector partners. COVID-19 reaffirmed the importance of flexible funding. It allows for rapid,
efficient and agile emergency response while also sustaining essential
longer-term programming that builds resilience. However, the ratio of
regular resources to total revenue decreased by 3 percentage points from
2019 (from 22 per cent to 19 per cent).

Total UNICEF revenue by source

and funding type, 2020*
(in US dollars)

Other Total funding: $7,548 million

iona
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nizatents me
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Regular resources: $412 million 6%

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Other resources: $4,517 million 60%

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me

ent
ctor and non-govern

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Private sector and non-governmental organizations

encies

Regular resources: $773 million 10%

Other resources: $837 million 11%
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Inter-organizational arrangements
vat
Pri

Other resources: $767 million 10%

Other revenue*

Other revenue: $242 million 3%

* Other revenue includes revenue from investments, procurement and other sources.
Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.

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UNICEF revenue, 2014–2020

(in millions of US dollars)

Regular resources Other resources (regular) Other resources (emergency)

$4,000

$3,500

$3,000

$2,500

$2,000

$1,500

$1,000

$500

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Top 10 countries, contributions received by donor and funding type, 2020*

(in millions of US dollars)

$700 Government: Regular resources Private sector: Regular resources

Government: Other resources Private sector: Other resources

$600

$500

$400

$300

$200

$100

United Germany United Japan Sweden Norway Netherlands Canada Republic France
States Kingdom of Korea

* Includes contributions received from governments and UNICEF National Committees; excludes intergovernmental,
non-governmental and inter-organizational arrangements

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Top 20 partners to regular resources Thematic contributions received,

by contributions received, 2020 2018–2020
(in millions of US dollars) (in millions of US dollars)

COUNTRY REGULAR RESOURCES OUTCOME AREAS 2018 2019 2020

United States 154 1. Health 13 14 24
Japan (NC*) 133 2. HIV and AIDS 9 7 7
Germany 102 3. Nutrition 7 16 21
Korea (NC) 82 4. Education 100 84 122
Sweden 70 5. Child Protection 29 34 26
Spain (NC) 65 6. WASH 66 32 24
Germany (NC) 57 7. Safe and Clean Environment 1 1 1
United Kingdom 51 8. Social Inclusion 6 9 7
Sweden (NC) 48 9. Gender Equality 1 3 4
France (NC) 48 10. Humanitarian 154 145 202
Netherlands (NC) 40 Total 386 345 438
Italy (NC) 39
Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.
Norway 39
Netherlands 36
United Kingdom (NC) 30
Switzerland 21
United States (NC) 21
Japan 20
Belgium 18
Australia 15

* National Committee for UNICEF.

Multi-year regular resources partners, 2016 – 2020

(revenue* in millions of US dollars)

DONOR COUNTRY REVENUE* MULTI–YEAR

PERIOD
NAME AGREEMENT**
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Sweden 4 years (2018–2021) – – 294 0 1 295
United Kingdom 3 years (2018–2020) – – 122 18 14 154
Netherlands 3 years (2019–2021) – – – 110 3 114
Australia 5 years (2016–2020) 16 49 (3) (1) 15 76
Belgium 4 years (2017–2020) – 72 (1) (1) 1 71
Switzerland 3 years (2018–2020) – – 61 0 0 61
Canada 4 years (2018–2021) – – 48 1 (0) 49
Denmark 3 years (2020 –2022) – – – – 21 21
New Zealand 3 years (2019–2021) – – – 12 0 12
Qatar 2 years (2019–2020) – – 8 – – 8
Total 16 121 529 141 55 860

* Revenue is recognized, for the most part, in the year the agreement is signed and amounts in other years represent revaluation due to
exchange rate fluctuations.
** Revenue data exclude write-downs.
Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.

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Top 30 resource partners by contributions received, 2020

(in millions of US dollars)*

REGULAR
PARTNER OTHER RESOURCES TOTAL
RESOURCES
Regular Emergency
United States 154 97 550 801
Germany 102 586 57 744
European Commission – 372 142 514
United Kingdom 51 182 278 510
Global Partnership for Education – 363 – 363
United States (NC**) 21 206 59 286
Norway 39 166 12 218
Japan 20 22 176 217
Sweden 70 100 43 213
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs *** – 0 210 210
Japan (NC) 133 20 20 173
United Nations Development Programme **** – 115 25 141
Canada 12 69 48 129
Netherlands 36 70 21 128
Germany (NC) 57 27 35 119
World Bank Group – 58 41 99
Korea (NC) 82 12 1 94
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – 94 – 94
United Nations Development Group Joint Programmes – 91 1 92
United Kingdom (NC) 30 29 29 88
Spain (NC) 65 8 7 80
France (NC) 48 11 8 66
Sweden (NC) 48 7 8 63
Netherlands (NC) 40 9 6 54
Denmark 9 14 31 54
Switzerland 21 13 17 51
Democratic Republic of the Congo ***** 0 39 10 49
Republic of Korea 3 32 13 49
Saudi Arabia 1 0 47 48
Italy (NC) 39 2 4 45

*Contributions received in cash and in kind.

** National Committee for UNICEF.
*** Contributions received from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs include $177.1 million related to the Central Emergency
Response Fund, $32.5 million related to humanitarian country–based pooled funds and $0.7 million from other sources.
**** Contributions received from the United Nations Development Programme include $78.2 million related to joint programmes and the One UN
Fund, $52.3 million from other sources and $10.1 million related to humanitarian country–based pooled funds.
***** Contributions received from the Democratic Republic of the Congo include $31.7 million pass–through funds from Gavi, the Vaccine
Alliance and $17.3 million pass-through funds from the World Bank Group.
Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.

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Private foundations, major donors, partnerships with subregional governments,

membership-based and faith-based organizations contributing $100,000 or more
to UNICEF programmes in 2020

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Foundation Mr. Duchao Kwok Foundation Natalie Serrino
Agencia Asturiana de Cooperación Education Above All, Educate A Child Latter-day Saint Charities Shinnyo-en
(Spain) Mr. and Mrs. Edwards Téa Leoni Slaight Family Foundation
Agència Catalana de Cooperació al EIB Institute Johan and Ms Claire Levavasseur Sobrato Philanthropies
Desenvolupament (Spain) Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Eisenson Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Spurlino
Agencia Vasca de Cooperación al Elbert H, Evelyn J, Karen H. Waldron Mr. Jeremy Lin Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Desarrollo-Elankidetza (Spain) Charitable Foundation D.G. and Kimberli Macpherson George Stein
AJA Foundation Eleanor Crook Foundation James Maitland Stichting de Lichtboei
Akelius The Eleva Foundation Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Stichting Samenwerkende
Naza Alakija Elton John AIDS Foundation Margaret Alkek Williams and Hulporganisaties (SHO)
Alkhayyat Foundation The Estate of Penny Allyn the Albert and Margaret Alkek Heike und Reinhold Fleckenstein
Anthony and L. Britt Giuffre Family Eva Ahlström Foundation Foundation Stiftung
Fund FIA Foundation Mastercard Foundation Henryk Sznap Stiftung
The Ariadne Getty Foundation Stefan Findel and Susan Melody Wilder Wilson and David Klaus Friedrich Stiftung
Arigatou International Cummings-Findel Wilson Maßvoll Stiftung, under the aegis of
Ayuntamiento de Gijón (Spain) Five Together Foundation Micky And Madeleine Arison Family Fondation de Luxembourg
Ayuntamiento de Madrid (Spain) Fondation Botnar Foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung
Brenda and Stéphane Bancel Ford Foundation Megha and Mr Aditya Mittal Colin and Ms. Sue Stone
Band Aid Charitable Trust Virginia Fulton The Moondance Foundation Suk Soo Kim
Mr. and Ms. Paula H. Barbour Fundación Leo Messi National Philanthropic Trust Sheikh Mohammad Suliman
Stefan Bengtsson G. Barrie Landry, Landry Family New Venture Fund Tanoto Foundation
The Bezos Family Foundation Oak Foundation Julie Taymor
BF&Happy The Garrett Family Foundation Gloria Principe and John O’Farrell Mr. Phil Telfeyan
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Generalitat Valenciana (Spain) Christine M.J. Oliver The Tom Mikuni and Minnie Obe
Thomas C. Bishop GHR Foundation Open Society Initiative for West Hirayama Charitable Fund
Peter and Charlotte Bolland Gobierno de Aragón (Spain) Africa Trott Family Philanthropies
Patrick and Michele Boushka Gobierno de Navarra (Spain) Mr. Surin and Ms. Somporn Niccolò Moriconi Ultimo
George and Danielle Boutros Gobierno Vasco-Eusko Jaurlaritza Osathanugrah United Nations Foundation
Robert and Hilary Brinker (Spain) Purvi and Harsh Padia University of Edinburgh
Dr. Lori Brown Ms. Kaia Miller Goldstein and Mr. Andrea, Luisa and Annagreta University of North Carolina
Rob & Amy Brown Jonathan Goldstein Panconesi, LUISAVIAROMA Mr. Randall Van Wolfswinkel
Bruce and Jina Veaco Foundation Deborah Hart and Bill Goodykoontz Power of Nutrition Victor E. Clarke Charitable Foundation
Carolyn and Preston Butcher Govern de les Illes Balears (Spain) Qatar Charity Wellcome Trust
Cabildo de Gran Canaria (Spain) John A Herrmann Jr. Randell Charitable Fund Mr. Robert J. Weltman
Ms. Anne Champsaur Marisa I. Hormel Rissho Kosei-kai Philipp Widmayer
The Charles Engelhard Foundation Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation Eleanor Robbins Xunta de Galicia – Cooperación
The Child & Tree Fund Mr. and Mrs. Dariush and Nazanin Mrs. Betty Robinson Galega (Spain)
Children’s Investment Fund Hosseini The Rockefeller Foundation Zonta International
Foundation IKEA Foundation Alejandro Roemmers
Chiquitita International Budget Partnership Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rogers
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Islamic Relief USA Ms. Susan Littlefield and Mr. Martin
The Constance Travis Trust J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation, Inc. F. Roper
Leonardo Maria del Vecchio Japan Committee, Vaccines for the The Roots & Wings Foundation
The Delta Fund World’s Children Rotary Australia and New Zealand
The Derek A.T. Drummond Fund Joe Jarvis The Rotary Foundation of Rotary
DFID Jina Jeong International
Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Junta de Castilla y León (Spain) Nicolas Poitevin and Juliana V.
Association Kayhau Wu Memorial Fund Ruecker
The Dietz Family Fund Dr. Sipper Kaur Khurana and Mr. Ajay Crystal and Chris Sacca
Diputación Foral de Bizkaia-Bizkaiko K. Khurana Mr. Osama Saeed
Foru Aldundia (Spain) Peter Kim and Kathryn Spitzer Kim The Schwab Fund for Charitable
Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa- Kiwanis International Giving
Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia (Spain) Klaus und Gertrud Conrad Stiftung Scottish Government
Dubai Cares Amy Kuehner Pooja Bhandari & Caesar Sengupta

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Corporate sector alliances contributing $100,000 or more to UNICEF programmes in 2020

MULTI-COUNTRY ALLIANCES Orbia China India Kimberly Clark de México

Amadeus IT Group Pandora A/S BYHEALTH Co., LTD DBS Bank India Limited Laboratorios Liomont
Arm Ltd Philips Foundation Springs Capital (Beijing) Hindustan Unilever Limited The Netherlands
AstraZeneca Young Health Primark Limited Johnson & Johnson Pvt Ltd Avery Dennison
Programme Procter & Gamble Springs Capital (Hong Kong) Sun Foundation ERG Gemeente den haag
Belarto PwC Limited UNGCNI/Capgemini Nationale Postcode Loterij
Big Hit Entertainment SAP SE Colombia Indonesia Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend
BT Group Takeda Pharmaceutical Banco de Bogota Kimberly Clark – Softex Nederland (RVO)
CCC Company Limited Banco de Occidente Prudential Indonesia TUi Care Foundation
Change for Good [Aer Lingus Telenor Group Deportivo Cali Wings Group Indonesia New Zealand
(Ireland), American Airlines Temasek Foundation Denmark Italy Bybit Fintech Limited
(United States), Asiana Tik Tok AP Møller Mærsk Fondazione Generali The Nigeria
Airlines (Republic of Korea); Unilever Group Augustinus Foundation Human Safety Net IHS Towers
Cathay Pacific Airways Vivendi (Paddington) DSB Schwarzkopf Henkel Norway
(Hong Kong, China), Cebu Volvic Haldor Topsøe Tempo Essity DNB
Pacific Air (Philippines), YouTube, LLC Hempel Foundation Japan Hydro
easyJet (United Kingdom), Novo Nordisk Foundation AEON 1% Club Foundation KIWI Norge AS
Japan Airlines (Japan), NATIONAL ALLIANCES Poul Due Jensen Foundation Azbil Corporation Peru
Qantas Airways Ltd. Angola Saxo CONSUMERS CO‑OPERATIVE Banco de Crédito del Perú
(Australia)] Banco de Fomento Angola Ecuador KOBE (BCP)
Chloé Argentina Diners Club Del Ecuador Consumers’ Co‑operative Mirai Philippines
Clarios Foundation BIND Banco Industrial Egypt Co-op Deli Consumers’ Johnson & Johnson Global
Clé de Peau Beauté HSBC Argentina S.A. American Chamber of Co‑operative Union Community Impact Fund
Cubus AS Prisma S.A. Commerce in Egypt COOP SAPPORO Republic of Korea
DSM Australia Finland Daiwabo Information System BGF Retail
Ericsson Commonwealth Bank of Ahlström Collective Impact Co, Ltd Blue Industry
Facebook, Inc. Australia France Fuji Television Network, Inc. SAMSUNG Electronics
Fundación FC Barcelona IMC Pacific Foundation Animoca (FNS Charity Campaign) SD Biosensor
Gardena GmbH Newcrest Mining AXA Honda Motor Co., Ltd. SM Entertainment
Gina Tricot PayPal Giving Fund Australia Clairefontaine Rhodia IDOM Inc. Romania
Google, Inc. Belarus Ethereum Foundation ITOHAM FOODS Inc. Lidl
Grohe Wargaming Group Limited Fondation EDF Japanese Consumers’ Serbia
H&M Foundation ZAO Itransition Fondation L’OREAL Co‑operative Union Nordeus
H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB Belgium Fondation SANOFI Japanet Holdings Co., Ltd. Schneider Electric DMS NS LLC
Hallmark Cards, Inc. Umicore Gémo Kao Corporation Novi Sad
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Brazil Petit Bateau MUFG Bank, Ltd. South Africa
ING B3 Social Showroomprivé Nippon Life Insurance British Telkom
Johnson & Johnson, Inc. Bayer Germany Company Standard Bank
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Colgate-Palmolive AmazonSmile Nitto Denko Corporation Woolworths
L’Occitane EDF BASF Foundation / BASF SE The Pokémon Company Spain
LEGO Foundation Fundação Itaú H&M Hennes & Mauritz Saraya Co., Ltd. Abertis
LEGO Group Fundação Vale Deutschland SL Creations Co., Ltd. Amgen
LIXIL Corporation Gemini IKEA Deutschland GmbH & Sony Group Corporation El Corte Inglés
Louis Vuitton Malletier Johnson & Johnson Brazil Co. KG Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Forletter
Marriott International, Inc. Lojas Americanas United Internet for UNICEF Corporation Ibainefico
(Check Out for Children®) Malwee Foundation Sumitomo Mitsui Card Iberia
Meliá Hotels International MPT Viessmann Werke GmbH & Company, Ltd. ICT-Foxy
Merck for Mothers Omega Energia Co. KG Sumitomo Mitsui Financial La Liga
Microsoft Profarma Würth Group Group, Inc. Original Buff
Millicom Solvi Gulf countries Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. Pymes Amigas
MMG Limited Bulgaria SAFEIS – Gamers Without U CO-OP Consumer We Are Water Foundation –
Moncler VAN Holding (FANTASTICO) Borders Co‑operative Society ROCA
MSC Foundation Canada Tik Tok MENA Mexico Sudan
Nordic Choice Hotels AS B2Gold Corp. Hong Kong Essity Higiene y Salud CTC Group
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA Pan American Silver Corp. Prudence Foundation Fundación MetLife México / Sweden
Novo Nordisk A/S Teck Resources Ltd. Sunshine Forever Limited MetLife México Akelius Foundation

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Boråstapeter AB Ukraine Vodafone EPAM Target Corporation

Companies for Malawi EPAM Systems United States Global Impact The UPS Foundation
Pictura AB The First Ukrainian AbbVie Inc. GP Cellulose Verizon Services Corporate
Sandvik Coromant AB International Bank American Express Global Gucci Group
Swedish Postcode Lottery PrivatBank Ukraine (Charity Business Travel Hasbro ViacomCBS
Switzerland fund ‘Helping is simple’) Apple Inc. IKEA U.S. Retail Visa Foundation
ALDI SUISSE AG United Kingdom Applied Medical Jefferies LLC Visa International, Inc.
Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SA Clarks Astellas Global Health L’Oréal USA: Giorgio Armani Wells Fargo
Pictet Group Foundation Ethical Tea Partnership Foundation Fragrances The World Bank
Roche Employee Action and Extreme E Autolotto Inc. Medtronic, Inc. World Wrestling Entertainment
Charity Trust Formula E Baker Hughes Foundation NBC Universal Xylem Inc.
Swiss Re Foundation Kurt Geiger Bank of America Foundation Newell Brands Viet Nam
Thailand London Stock Exchange Group Baxter International Foundation Prudential Financial Shopee Co.
Central Food Retail Co., Ltd People’s Postcode Lottery Bethesda Softworks Roblox
Central Group Standard Chartered Cigna Foundation S&P Global Foundation
Osotspa PCL and Tetley Cognizant Foundation Salesforce.org
Osathanugrah Foundation Twinings Cook Children’s Health Care Sony Corporation of America
Sansiri Public Company Limited Vitality System The Starbucks Foundation

Top 20 National Committee donors, 2020

(revenue* in millions of US dollars)

COUNTRY REGULAR RESOURCES** OTHER RESOURCES TOTAL

United States 18 301 319
Japan 141 40 180
Germany 61 64 125
United Kingdom *** 22 73 95
Republic of Korea 77 14 91
Spain 61 18 79
France 51 21 72
Sweden 43 22 65
Netherlands 42 15 57
Italy 44 7 51
Canada 9 24 33
Denmark 8 22 31
Switzerland 10 18 28
Finland 16 6 22
Norway 7 12 19
Belgium 15 4 19
Hong Kong, China 13 5 18
Australia 5 8 12
Poland 9 2 11
Portugal 8 2 10

* National Committee ranking is based on revenue amounts in order to be comparable to fundraising plans that are also revenue based.
** Regular resources excludes other contributions.
*** 2020 contributions from the UK national committee include $0.6 million from Jersey Overseas Aid, which is an independent
international aid agency, funded by the British Crown Dependency of Jersey.
Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.

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Total UNICEF revenue by source of funding, 2020

(in US dollars)

OVERVIEW

Regular resources Other resources Other Contributions ***

Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Total

1. Countries* 411,694,325 719,970,767 3,105,529,317 836,794,043 375,000 52,393,066 5,126,756,518

2. Intergovernmental
– – 1,411,262,807 – – – 1,411,262,807
agencies
3. Non–governmental
– 961,076 – (11,712) – – 949,364
organizations
4. Inter–organizational
– – 767,347,247 – 79,355 – 767,426,602
arrangements
5. Other revenue** – – – – – – 241,955,405
Total 411,694,325 720,931,843 5,284,139,371 836,782,331 454,355 52,393,066 7,548,350,696

* Includes contributions from governments and UNICEF National Committees.

** Other revenue includes revenue from investments, procurement and other sources.
*** Contributions for specific management activities.
Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.

1. DONOR COUNTRIES AND AREAS*

Regular resources Other resources Other contributions **
Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Total
Countries 411,694,325 719,970,767 3,105,529,317 836,794,043 375,000 52,393,066 5,126,756,518
Afghanistan 67,853 – 37,823,204 – – – 37,891,057
Andorra 28,011 337,537 9,938 548,909 – – 924,395
Angola 180,000 – – 246,304 – – 426,304
Argentina – 4,569,859 – 11,333,570 – 5,446,891 21,350,320
Armenia 120,790 – – 20,050 – – 140,840
Australia 15,144,498 4,919,210 35,082,155 7,543,254 – – 62,689,117
Austria 1,187,648 3,937,468 2,106,634 653,278 – – 7,885,029
Bangladesh 161,235 – 10,852,291 4,608 – – 11,018,133
Barbados 195,575 – – – – – 195,575
Belarus – – – 438,848 – – 438,848
Belgium 1,180,076 15,334,288 157,941 3,796,104 – – 20,468,408
Benin 24,124 – 6,086,559 – – – 6,110,683
Bhutan 13,118 – – – – – 13,118
Bolivia (Plurinational
140,000 – – 233,620 – – 373,620
State of )
Brazil 1,892,473 1,332,662 273,986 12,564,916 – 3,202,980 19,267,017
Bulgaria 78,500 56,362 85,193 618,919 – 259,520 1,098,495
Burkina Faso 5,106 – 5,154,761 – – – 5,159,867
Burundi – – 10,514,147 – – – 10,514,147
Cabo Verde 350,000 – – – – – 350,000
Cambodia – – 3,688,041 – – – 3,688,041
Cameroon – – 2,234,466 90,000 – – 2,324,466
Canada (479,385) 8,966,309 57,810,495 23,798,409 – – 90,095,828
Central African
44,000 – 1,636,419 – – – 1,680,419
Republic
Chad 57,704 – 1,456,655 – – – 1,514,359

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Total UNICEF revenue by source of funding, 2020, continued

Regular resources Other resources Other contributions **

Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Total
Chile – 4,753,114 – 2,706,832 – 2,467,568 9,927,514
China 1,845,453 1,011,764 8,346,391 18,373,944 – 3,885,595 33,463,147
Colombia – 1,381,331 424,798 5,135,095 – 2,078,969 9,020,193
Comoros 70,000 – 750,000 – – – 820,000
Congo 748,450 – 1,244,885 – – – 1,993,335
Costa Rica 19,176 3,124 – – – – 22,300
Côte d'Ivoire 12,600 – 14,086,226 50,000 – – 14,148,826
Croatia 23,002 165,847 – 3,186,602 – 1,060,124 4,435,574
Cyprus – 10,577 59,744 – – – 70,320
Czech Republic – 2,819,752 2,202,825 900,907 – – 5,923,484
Democratic People's
130,070 – – – – – 130,070
Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic
434,093 – 43,387,977 – – – 43,822,070
of the Congo
Denmark 22,713,526 8,465,322 40,346,885 22,140,958 – – 93,666,691
Dominican Republic 88,000 – 163,651 750,817 – – 1,002,468
Ecuador 3,600 889,992 – 4,359,193 – 1,626,846 6,879,631
Egypt – 20,026 – 1,217,912 – – 1,237,938
Equatorial Guinea 104,305 – – – – – 104,305
Estonia 354,006 – 702,446 – – – 1,056,452
Ethiopia 285,246 – 1,528,068 – – – 1,813,314
Fiji 134,241 – 1,504,926 – – – 1,639,167
Finland 6,432,749 16,277,640 13,628,740 5,543,082 – – 41,882,212
France 6,133,084 51,395,534 32,949,107 20,735,454 – – 111,213,180
Gabon 89,452 – 1,206,675 – – – 1,296,127
Gambia – – 1,008,801 – – – 1,008,801
Georgia 155,000 – – – – – 155,000
Germany 101,505,459 60,879,035 654,510,921 64,307,052 – 60,000 881,262,466
Ghana 190,512 – – – – – 190,512
Grenada – – 2,369,464 – – – 2,369,464
Guinea 350,000 – 13,927,209 – – – 14,277,209
Guinea–Bissau 621,000 – – – – – 621,000
Haiti – – 3,612,815 – – – 3,612,815
Honduras 49,510 – – – – – 49,510
Hong Kong, China – 12,628,742 – 5,309,854 – – 17,938,596
Hungary 3,457,584 551,860 – 59,229 – – 4,068,672
Iceland 925,148 3,530,231 4,461,423 389,597 – – 9,306,399
India 101,500 100,000 8,897,679 11,304,727 – 3,040,861 23,444,768
Indonesia 144,970 1,580,165 636,627 4,541,459 – 2,834,494 9,737,716
Iran (Islamic
10,000 – – 273,429 – – 283,429
Republic of)
Iraq 48,785 – – – – – 48,785
Ireland 7,860,262 3,802,577 14,102,856 3,312,398 – – 29,078,093
Israel – – – 12,509 – – 12,509
Italy 5,305,365 44,004,843 20,434,089 6,613,986 – – 76,358,283
Jamaica 7,319 – – 16,023 – – 23,342
Japan 19,750,436 140,898,935 207,152,937 39,589,389 – 52,859 407,444,557
Jordan 802,963 – – – – – 802,963
Kazakhstan 165,310 – 179,690 40,000 – – 385,000
Kenya 150,000 – – 25,000 – – 175,000
Kuwait 200,000 – 4,000,000 – – – 4,200,000
Kyrgyzstan 55,000 – – 25,000 – – 80,000
Lao People's
– – 348,138 – – – 348,138
Democratic Republic
Lebanon 2,500 – – 186,420 – – 188,920
Lesotho 120,000 – – – – – 120,000
Liberia – – 1,597,213 – – – 1,597,213
Lithuania – – 80,713 3,111 – – 83,824
Lithuania – – 80,713 3,111 – – 83,824
Luxembourg 3,275,109 1,976,173 8,267,084 2,937,409 – – 16,455,774

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Total UNICEF revenue by source of funding, 2020, continued

Regular resources Other resources Other contributions **

Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Total
Madagascar – – 8,168,605 – – – 8,168,605
Malawi – – 26,835,381 – – – 26,835,381
Malaysia 284,000 6,652,812 100,000 5,077,974 – 9,254,182 21,368,968
Mali 33,500 – 4,045,370 – – – 4,078,870
Malta – – 33,765 – – – 33,765
Mauritania 20,610 – 101,865 – – – 122,475
Mexico – 1,667,136 – 6,167,904 – 2,609,863 10,444,902
Monaco 27,473 – 477,235 – – – 504,707
Mongolia 101,408 – – 20,000 – – 121,408
Montenegro 21,912 – – – – – 21,912
Morocco 103,567 – – – – – 103,567
Mozambique 7,500 – 197,551 – – – 205,051
Myanmar 43,078 – 36,559,524 2,094 – – 36,604,696
Namibia 120,000 – – – – – 120,000
Netherlands 3,253,924 42,021,109 24,117,733 14,825,299 – – 84,218,065
New Zealand 154,061 2,561,573 10,166,198 3,220,050 – – 16,101,882
Nicaragua 40,000 – – 128 – – 40,128
Nigeria 1,758,911 – 12,317,182 1,679,176 – – 15,755,268
Norway 38,796,366 6,899,938 239,727,107 12,257,729 – – 297,681,140
Oman 442,411 11,576 750,000 – – – 1,203,987
Pakistan – – – 191,504 – – 191,504
Panama 749,934 – 350,000 6,981 375,000 – 1,481,915
Papua New Guinea – – 8,294,911 – – – 8,294,911
Peru – 152,582 – 3,196,601 – 1,877,541 5,226,724
Philippines 56,774 948,066 – 2,867,259 – 2,454,908 6,327,006
Poland – 9,350,059 417,668 1,553,374 – – 11,321,102
Portugal 45,970 7,629,066 56,883 1,936,762 – – 9,668,681
Qatar 571 6,588 (571) 23,777,789 – – 23,784,377
Republic of Korea 2,931,885 77,347,332 45,511,293 13,784,711 – – 139,575,221
Republic of Moldova 54,000 – 262,447 – – – 316,447
Romania 50,000 238,665 333,673 999,685 – 360,311 1,982,333
Russian Federation 1,000,000 – 2,492,242 – – – 3,492,242
Sao Tome and
19,500 – 612,889 – – – 632,389
Principe
Saudi Arabia 639,184 – 48,095,368 6,609,029 – 286,700 55,630,281
Senegal 398,500 – 978,432 – – – 1,376,932
Serbia 51,000 76,452 298,670 1,954,668 – 512,888 2,893,678
Sierra Leone 384,000 – 16,343,999 – – – 16,727,999
Singapore 50,000 389,829 – 2,000,000 – – 2,439,829
Slovakia 11,025 32,390 – 127,770 – – 171,186
Slovenia 30,400 1,058,762 44,150 203,788 – – 1,337,100
Solomon Islands – – 1,544,328 – – – 1,544,328
Somalia 435,700 – 6,000,000 – – – 6,435,700
South Africa – – – 1,298,928 – 49,761 1,348,690
South Sudan 166,720 – – – – – 166,720
Spain 2,339,899 60,861,565 4,150,716 17,725,531 – – 85,077,712
Sri Lanka 15,630 – – 221,078 – – 236,708
Sudan 121,400 – 8,597,879 1,090,909 – – 9,810,188
Sweden 688,671 43,444,625 124,150,668 21,583,126 – – 189,867,090
Switzerland 102,035 10,388,662 27,074,842 17,898,220 – – 55,463,759
Tajikistan 32,400 – 7,777,756 – – – 7,810,156
Thailand 525,344 6,084,847 – 6,721,572 – 7,097,011 20,428,774
Timor-Leste 100,000 – – – – – 100,000
Togo 26,000 – – 16,445 – – 42,445
Tonga – – 735,126 – – – 735,126
Trinidad Tobago 15,000 – – – – – 15,000
Tunisia 30,224 – – – – – 30,224
Turkey 54,835 1,707,535 – 505,370 – – 2,267,740
Turkmenistan 62,746 – – – – – 62,746

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Total UNICEF revenue by source of funding, 2020, continued

Regular resources Other resources Other contributions **

Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector Total
Tuvalu – – 640,647 – – – 640,647
Uganda 469,000 – 3,640,801 – – – 4,109,801
Ukraine – 3,000 – 1,456,609 – – 1,459,609
United Arab Emirates 631,670 556,930 347,498 3,618,887 – – 5,154,985
United Kingdom 14,262,002 22,231,591 328,374,124 73,087,657 – – 437,955,375
United Republic of
22,000 – – – – – 22,000
Tanzania
United States 134,000,000 18,123,803 860,106,725 301,135,281 – 191,100 1,313,556,909
Uruguay 72,450 2,519,124 – 1,571,926 – 1,682,093 5,845,593
Uzbekistan 310,000 – – – – – 310,000
Vanuatu – – 1,623,081 – – – 1,623,081
Venezuela (Bolivarian
– 5,401 – 123,513 – – 128,914
Republic of)
Viet Nam 14,254 4,775 – 168,507 – – 187,536
Zambia 257,520 – 427,009 – – – 684,529
Zimbabwe – – 14,344,198 – – – 14,344,198
Other 14,370 394,696 – 806,960 – – 1,216,026
Revenue
(48,816) – (54,954,856) (634,927) – – (55,638,599)
adjustments***
Total 411,694,325 719,970,767 3,105,529,317 836,794,043 375,000 52,393,066 5,126,756,518

* Negative amounts against countries, for the most part, are due to revaluation.
** Contributions for specific managements activities.
*** Revenue adjustments includes $34.7 million other resources revenue write-down from the United Kingdom.

2. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES

Asian Development Bank 25,649,720

Development Bank of Latin America 150,000
Education Cannot Wait Fund 37,425,119
End Violence Against Children 145,000
End Violence Against Children Fund 2,924,427
European Commission 696,701,897
GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance 93,677,372
Other resources
Global Financing Facility 24,127,314
Global Partnership for Education 431,467,597
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 5,902,449
Nutrition International 8,509,494
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) 87,843,743
UNITAID 659,640
Revenue adjustments (3,920,965)
Total 1,411,262,807

3. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Other 961,076
Regular resources
Subtotal 961,076
Other resources Revenue Adjustments (11,712)
Subtotal (11,712)
Total 949,364

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4. INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2,964,856

International Labour Organization (ILO) 2,048,447
International Organization for Migration (IOM) 13,520,459
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 212,699,228
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations 404,337
United Nations Development Group joint programmes 99,753,336
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 137,520,891
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 4,477,068
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) 1,602,256
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1,703,458
Other resources United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) 22,204,416
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 20,000
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 24,207,611
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 8,656,891
United Nations The Resident Coordinator Office 111,017
United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) 250,855
World Bank Group 222,364,680
World Food Programme (WFP) 11,195,837
World Health Organization (WHO) 6,072,846
Other 9,000
Revenue adjustments (4,440,241)
Subtotal 767,347,247
Other contributions United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations 79,353
Revenue adjustments 2
Subtotal 79,355
Total 767,426,602

5. OTHER REVENUE*
Total 241,955,405

GRAND TOTAL
2,421,594,178

Note: Numbers may not add up because of rounding.

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Top 10 National Committees by advocacy

contribution to children, 2020
(revenue in US dollars)

COUNTRY ADVOCACY CONTRIBUTION

Netherlands 4,753,391
Germany 4,569,587
France 3,672,191
United Kingdom 3,414,814
Spain 2,828,675
Switzerland 2,593,717
Japan 2,285,554
Australia 1,961,234
Italy 1,852,895
Sweden 1,468,317

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