UNICEF: A Good Life For Every Child
UNICEF is the world's largest and most influential children's organisation. We work in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential, in times of peace and crisis.
What is UNICEF and what does it do?
Largest children's organisation
UNICEF is the most influential children's organisation in the world. We promote children's rights in over 190 countries.
A good childhood for every child
We take care of children's basic needs, such as access to clean water, quality education and health.
Help in times of need
UNICEF is one of the world’s leading humanitarian agencies. Every year, we help children in hundreds of humanitarian crises around the world.
27 800 000
UNICEF supported 27.8 million out‑of‑school children with education in 2025.
UNICEF in Finland
UNICEF Finland is one of UNICEF's national committees. We work to ensure that child rights are taken into account in society and help to build a child-friendly future in Finland. We do:
- fundraising for international programming and humanitarian work.
- communication, that increases understanding of child rights and their realisation in Finland and elsewhere in the world
- domestic programming and advocacy, that promotes the realisation of children's rights in municipalities and welbeing service counties, development policy and corporate activities
- global education in schools.
