UNICEF & ECHO - A common vision

UNICEF and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) have been helping children and women in emergencies since ECHOs founding in 1992.

ECHO is UNICEFs second-largest donor. In 2008, it provided more than $50 million to help countries manage disaster preparedness and relief response, with a special focus on assisting children and women.

As the challenges of providing humanitarian aid grow ever more complex, ECHO and UNICEF remain committed to their common vision: providing the most effective possible aid to women and children in need.

UNICEF and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) have worked together in more than 60 countries. They also bring key issues to the attention of national and world leaders, and advocate for humanitarian policy.

The goals of UNICEF and ECHO became even more closely aligned in 2007, when the European Commission developed a new humanitarian policy for children at risk. The policy supports education in emergencies and endorses the Paris Commitments on protecting children from recruitment into armed forces and groups.

UNICEF and ECHO also collaborate to bring nutrition, health care, water and sanitation, psychosocial counselling and other basic necessities to vulnerable children in emergency and post-emergency situations.

To learn more, please visit:
http://www.unicef.org/ec/index.html

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