About UNICEF at USC
Created in 2005, UNICEF at USC is an organization working for UNICEF's initiatives to improve the lives of children world-wide. Built by a team of passionate, driven, and hardworking individuals, UNICEF@USC has grown from a young, lose-knit club to one of the largest and most recognized humanitarian organizations on the USC campus. Our organization acts as a vehicle for students develop their leadership skills and come together to promote awareness, encourage humanitarian consciousness, and provide tangible aid to children in need.
About UNICEF
The
United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name. Headquartered in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.