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The UNICEF Philippines is one of over 190 national offices of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). One of the first UNICEF offices established in Asia, it works to uphold the rights of children in the Philippines, including their right to an education, healthcare and protection from abuse and exploitation. It also advocates for political change in support of children, and works with partner organizations from the public, charity and private sectors, to effect change. UNICEF International was created in 1946 to provide food, clothing and health care to children in Europe after the Second World War. In 1953, the UN General Assembly extended UNICEF’s mandate indefinitely and in 1989 it adopted the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which has since become the most widely adopted human rights treaty in history. The CRC now underpins UNICEF’s work around the world, including in the Philippines, and defines children’s rights to protection, education, health care, shelter and good nutrition. UNICEF Philippines’ specific objectives are: to strengthen local and national governments’ capacity to protect child rights and manage basic services; to increase the ability of civil society to support families in raising, nurturing and protecting children; to reduce under-five and maternal mortality and malnutrition; to improve the quality of education and increase the percentage of children completing school; and to reduce the number of children who are sexually abused, engaged in hazardous labour, exposed to substance abuse, or are in conflict with the law. ==Official UNICEF Philippines National Ambassador and UNICEF Special Advocate for Children== UNICEF Philippines officially appointed only two high profile supporters for the Philippines. Gary Valenciano and Daphne Oseña-Paez.〔http://www.unicef.org/philippines/partners_22238.html#.VDlaLimSwbJ〕 In 2008, Gary Valenciano – also known as ‘Gary V’ – celebrated his tenth year as a UNICEF Ambassador with a visit to Sitio Avocado, a former war zone in Negros Oriental. His visit aimed to draw attention to the power of community action and to show how education can be a catalyst for change in times of conflict. TV host, producer, and businesswoman Daphne Oseña-Paez is the first Filipina ever appointed Special Advocate for Children by UNICEF on March 2010 for her work in breastfeeding." -,〔 http://www.unicef.org/philippines/partners_22238.html.〕 She has also supported UNICEF with her Fundraising event Auction for Action which on its third year managed to raise 4.5 million pesos since 2011. 〔 http://www.unicef.org/philippines/media_21290.html 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UNICEF Philippines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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