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An Introduction to *UnicefGroup

Hello and thank you for visiting unicef on deviantART.
This group is dedicated to one of the best charities in the world and that is unicef. The group has been created to get deviants to join together and help raise money for Unicef, whether its through devMEETs or just simply right here on the web.

For every person that joins this group we will be donating 1p ( 2¢ ) direct to unicef. Odviously this wont happen at the time you join we will wait until the end of each month to donate. Though to you and 1p doesnt sound a lot, as long as we get enough members the money will soon add up. Also if you would like to make a seperate donation, those are also welcome, but to do that simply go to Unicef's Official Website
(Please Note: Membership donations will only run until 29th February 2008, so join soon).

*UnicefGroup was setup on the 18th January 2008 by two people from deviantART, they are =slaughteruk and *NickCreevy

A Little about Unicef, and what they do

The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name. Headquartered in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

A voluntarily funded agency, UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors. Its programmes emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006. In the United States, Canada and some other countries, UNICEF is known for its "Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF" program in which children collect money for UNICEF from the houses they trick-or-treat at on Halloween night, sometimes instead of candy.

Following the reaching of term limits by Executive Director of UNICEF Carol Bellamy, former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman took control of the organization in May 2005 with an agenda to increase the organization's focus on the Millennium Development Goals. Total income to UNICEF for 2006 was $2,781,000,000.

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Upcoming *UnicefGroup Events

Birmingham Unicef devMEET
Date: TBC
Event Outline: The usual devMEETs that happen usually involve people coming from all over to meet and get to know each other at pubs or going to exhibitions etc, we would like to change that in this case. This devMEET will involve us raising money for charity, we will be spending time with the general public raising money.

London Unicef devMEET
Date: TBC
Event Outline: The usual devMEETs that happen usually involve people coming from all over to meet and get to know each other at pubs or going to exhibitions etc, we would like to change that in this case. This devMEET will involve us raising money for charity, we will be spending time with the general public raising money.


Please note: This group is not an offical unicef group, and unicef are in now way reponsible for the content of this account.