A UNICEF volunteer administers vitamin A syrup to a boy from Nicobar Island at a tsunami relief camp in Port Blair, in India’s southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands archipelago, Wednesday ...

On this date IN 1946, the United Nations general assembly created a children's fund to help provide relief and support to children living in countries devastated by war. It’s best known as "UNICEF." ...

Unicef relies on contributions from governments and private donors - and Soccer Aid has raised a huge amount. The group's total income for 2015 was $5,009,557,471 (£3,735,276,337).

For more than 70 years, the U.S. affiliate of UNICEF has supported the global work of that U.N. agency, most of it focused on aiding children in developing countries.