UNICEF • UNICEF is part of the United Nations • Largest global organization working especially for children • UNICEF stands for the United Nations Children's Fund. – (formerly United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) http://www.unicef.org/why/index.html
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UNICEF
• UNICEF is part of the United Nations
• Largest global organization working especially for children
• UNICEF stands for the United Nations Children's Fund. – (formerly United Nations International Children's
Emergency Fund)
http://www.unicef.org/why/index.html
Types of Disabilities
Examples:
• Motor Impairments: A disability affecting the ability to control muscle movement.
(cerebral palsy, arthritis, paralysis, limb loss)
• Visual Impairments: any kind of vision loss
• Hearing Impairments: full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds
• Speech Impairments: difficulties producing speech sounds or problems with voice quality
• Learning Disabilities: when there is a significant difference between one's ability and achievement
• A girl living alone in Cambodia with her brothers because her mother had to go elsewhere to find a job
• A boy in Jordan working to help his family and unable to play with his friends
• An orphan in Botswana who lost his mother to AIDS • A girl confined to a wheelchair and unable to attend school in
Uzbekistan • A young boy working as a domestic in Nepal • An orphan who lost her father to armed conflict in Sierra Leone • A girl living in poverty in the United Kingdom
What do they have in common?
HOW DOES UNICEF HELP?
Health and Nutrition
•Providing food and Vitamin A supplements
•Making sure children are vaccinated against killer diseases, such as measles