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UNICEF Australia Annual Report 2011

About UNICEF 4

Our Vision 5

President and Chief Executive report 6

UNICEF works everywhere, for every child 8

2011 in pictures 10

Crisis in East Africa 12

UNICEF responds in East Africa 14

Emergency response 16

Education and gender equality 18

Child survival and development 20

HIV/AIDS 22

Child protection 24

Listen to children 26

Our growing global family 28

Young Australians engage on child rights 30

Inspired gifts 32

Summarised financial report 34

Auditor’s report 38

Committed to best practice 39

UNICEF Australia Board 40

Community Fundraisers 41

Thank you 42

Contents“ UNICEF’s vision is of a world where the basic rights of every child will be met. Our mission in Australia is to raise resources for UNICEF’s work, raise awareness of what UNICEF does and win support for children’s basic rights.”

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All of UNICEF’s work is guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives for a world where the rights of every child are realised.

UNICEF has the global authority to influence decision-makers and the diversity of partners at the grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes UNICEF unique amongst international organisations and those working with children and young people. UNICEF works in over 190 countries to promote and protect the rights of children.

The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, clean water and sanitation, quality education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation and HIV. In Australia, UNICEF advocates for the rights of all children to be realised and works to improve public and government support for child rights and international development. UNICEF receives no funding from the UN, but relies on the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

About UNICEF Our Vision

We believe all children have the right to an education

• Thenumberofchildrenoutofschoolhasmore than halved in the past 10 years in South and West Asia, and in sub-Saharan Africa enrolment ratios have increased by almost one-third

We believe all children have the right to a full and healthy life

• 12,000morechildrensurvivedaily than in 1990

We believe all children and young people have the right to life and dignity in the face of HIV and AIDS

• NewHIVinfectionshavedroppedby 18 per cent over the past 10 years

We believe all children have the right to be protected

• In2011,6,000communitiesacross Africa abandoned Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation

We stand up for the rights of all children, everywhere

• InAustraliaUNICEFiscallingfora National Children’s Commissioner to ensure the rights of all children are met

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The UN declaration of the first famine for over 20 years in East Africa in June 2011 was a stark reminder of how the fragility of living in extreme poverty can quickly become an emergency. It brought into our homes heart-wrenching images of the suffering and vulnerability of children in emergency situations. UNICEF was again at the fore, delivering relief to the hardest to reach women and children at the epicentre of the famine in Southern Somalia. Australians at a personal, community, corporate and Government level responded quickly and generously to UNICEF Australia’s call for urgent funding.

When we look back on 2011 we will remember a year of enormous change. The 7 billionth person on the planet was born. Uprisings across the Middle East demanded an end to political and economic oppression. The Global Financial Crisis continued to profoundly impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world whilst Australians weathered the storm with our GDP doubling in the last generation. The tragedies of the Fukushima earthquake and its terrible aftermath shocked us all. We were moved to action as the perfect storm of drought, food shortages, fuel price spikes and conflict saw more than 13 million people in desperate need of nutrition, clean water, shelter and support across the Horn of Africa.

The trust placed upon UNICEF Australia to ensure all funds donated are utilised to maximum impact is something we take very seriously. Our commitment is to continually be accountable to our growing base of supporters. Following the unprecedented support of the Australian people to UNICEF’s Pakistan flood response in 2010, this year I travelled to the flood-ravaged Punjab region of Pakistan with the ABC’s Jon Faine to witness firsthand how our donors’ support had been utilised. Even though the scale of the aftermath on children and families is daunting, we were heartened to see schools and hospitals, roads and water systems being rebuilt in a way which offers better protection against future flooding. We visited a transitional school designed and constructed by UNICEF together with AusAID. Inside those three classrooms we were moved to witness young girls being given their first ever opportunity to attend school, and how eagerly they and their parents embraced this chance. This is the life-giving opportunity that aid, when delivered appropriately, can provide – the chance for a better life.

While emergencies will always achieve the most media awareness, UNICEF has been making great strides

In every instance UNICEF was there to lend a hand. Wherever and whenever children are in need, UNICEF is there to do whatever we are able.

I know that often when people consider the work of UNICEF they think of humanitarian emergencies caused by natural disaster or conflict. Responding to these emergencies remains a central part of our work and the generosity of the Australian public to people in these situations continually illustrates our compassion as a nation.

Yet the majority of UNICEF’s work is not emergency response but long-term development. Raising funds for this work is crucial and yet difficult. A tsunami or an earthquake leaves a trail of destruction that the media can use to bring to the world’s attention. Yet it is much more difficult to capture the 67 million children not enrolled in school or the millions of children in poor communities who aren’t getting proper nutrition and who will be stunted as a result, burdening them and their families for life.

This is why we are so grateful to our UNICEF Global Parents, who make a monthly contribution to our long-term development work that provides a crucial and certain stream of funding which tackles the stories that never make the nightly news.

in our underlying sustainable programs which are core to our mission of ensuring the rights of all children are realised. Today 12,000 more children survive every day than 21 years ago because of the work of organisations like UNICEF. This is testimony to the difference which is being made as a result of the sum of all support which our generous donors continue to make possible.

In addition to our growing supporter base, one of the most important achievements in 2011 was co-authoring the Listen to Children report on Australia’s performance against its obligations under the Convention of the Rights of the Child. This report brought together over 90 child-focused organisations to make recommendations to the UN that will then be reported to the Australian Government. It highlighted serious shortcomings in areas such as children in detention and raised the concern that our national progress was masking widening disparity and increasing marginalisation of the poorest children and young people, particularly indigenous Australians.

In such a productive year I can only express my admiration for our amazing team, which though modest in number, is expansive in their ambitions for children. Their commitment, energy and creativity are inspirational. A huge vote of thanks goes to all our corporate partners who are mentioned throughout this report. To our Board and President, my thanks for their unstinting support and counsel.

Norman Gillespie, Chief Executive

In 2011, Qantas achieved 20 years of supporting children in need through the UNICEF Change for Good initiative. Spare change and foreign coins collected by Qantas have made a colossal difference for children and we look forward to the sustained support continuing to make profound achievements for children.

Without these long-term commitments UNICEF would be unable to effectively tackle the long-term systemic and structural impediments which stop people breaking free from the cycle of poverty. Yet with this support we are literally changing the world.

This year UNICEF called on the help of so many people, from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to school children in the tiny town of Tongala in rural Victoria, to help us in our mission to protect and promote the rights of children. I thank you all for your personal contribution. I want to also mention particular contributions to UNICEF’s work here in Australia. Board members Justice Terry Sheehan, Ernest Bennett and Chris Leach have made a terrific contribution to the work of UNICEF.

Michael Gill, President

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UNICEF works everywhere, for every child

01 – Timor-Leste

UNICEF is working with the Government in Timor-Leste to improve the quality of schools across the country.

08 – Korea

UNICEF provided emergency food aid in North Korea, where food shortages impacted 6.3 million people.

02 – Bangladesh

Mothers in Bangladesh are almost twice as likely to survive today as they were two decades ago. Innovative maternal health programs developed by UNICEF, in partnership with the Australian Government through AusAID, are reaching 38 million women.

07 – Pakistan

One year on from Pakistan’s devastating floods, 190,000 children are benefitting from UNICEF’s Temporary Learning Centres.

03 – East Africa

During the crisis in East Africa UNICEF-supported campaigns vaccinated children against polio and measles in refugee camps along the Kenyan-Somali border.

06 – Laos

Children like Sinai are benefitting from clean water in Laos where UNICEF has installed new water systems that carry clean water directly to water points in his village.

05 – Ghana

UNICEF hygiene volunteer Abdullah inspired his community to build toilets to curb diarrhoea and sickness caused by open defecation. Every household in his village now has access to a toilet.

04 – Peru

One-year-old Luis is just one of the many children benefitting from UNICEF programs in Peru to ensure that more indigenous children are legally registered as citizens, enabling them to enrol in school and have access to national health services.

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Tim Cahill becomes UNICEF Australia’s Universal Children’s Day Ambassador

On Universal Children’s Day in October over 70,000 students around Australia participated in UNICEF Australia’s Day for Change, an education initiative to raise awareness and funds for their counterparts in Timor-Leste.

Bread for Good

Over 270 restaurants across Victoria and NSW took part in the UNICEF Bread for Good campaign, which encouraged diners to donate $2 or more when they ordered bread with their meals.

Pakistan: One year on

UNICEF Australia’s Chief Executive Norman Gillespie travelled to Pakistan one year after the ABC Radio Appeal to witness how funds had been spent assisting those affected by the floods.

Girl Guides use art to tackle poverty

Girl Guides across NSW and the ACT fostered their creativity by designing their own greeting cards for UNICEF. Winning designs were sold by Girl Guides Australia raising money for UNICEF’s work around the world.

Letters to Japan

Australian children sent drawings and messages of support and encouragement to children in Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

IKEA Ambassadors visit Cambodia

IKEA Ambassadors visited UNICEF education programs in Cambodia and saw firsthand how IKEA funds are changing children’s lives.

East Africa Appeal

UNICEF Australia launched a major emergency appeal to help the 13 million people affected by the food crisis in East Africa and raised more than $4.9 million.

Listen to Children

UNICEF Australia, as part of the Child Rights Taskforce, co-launched the Listen to Children report in July, a sobering assessment of the Australian Government’s failure to protect the rights of its most vulnerable children and the principal challenges it faces in realising rights for all.

Erica Packer supports education in Laos

UNICEF Australia Ambassador Erica Packer visited UNICEF education projects in Laos where UNICEF has helped over 1,600 schools achieve quality education, regardless of ethnic, gender or linguistic barriers.

2011 Kick for Kids

UNICEF’s annual six-a-side corporate soccer tournament attracted over 20 teams this year, the most participants since its launch in 2006. Over $96,000 was raised for vulnerable children around the world.

12,000 more children survive everyday

New figures show progress in the fight against under five mortality as 12,000 more children survive daily than in 1990. However, 21,000 children still die every day from preventable diseases.

Believe in Zero

UNICEF’s annual fundraising luncheon Believe in Zero raised over $139,000 to support UNICEF’s work. Hosted by Adam Spencer, it featured Roy and HG, Tara Moss, Josh Pyke, Tim Freedman, and renowned jazz singer Emma Pask with Phil Stack.

2011 in pictures

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It became known as the children’s crisis: a perfect storm of severe drought, sky rocketing food and fuel prices and the scourge of conflict that saw more than 13 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti in desperate need of aid.

Almost half of those affected were children in urgent need of clean water, medical assistance and therapeutic food to ward off malnutrition. UNICEF, who had already been working in all four countries responding to warning signs, scaled up its emergency response delivering thousands of tonnes of emergency aid to millions of people, specially focusing on mothers and children.

In September UNICEF Australia’s Chief Executive, Dr Norman Gillespie visited Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in Kenya to view the impact Australian support was making. At a UNICEF- supported Stabilisation Centre in Dadaab, Dr Gillespie heard the personal stories of this devastating crisis. One-year-old Mohamed was very ill when he arrived at the centre from Somalia with his mother. With the support of UNICEF he was provided with a special therapeutic food, Plumpy’nut. Mohamed gained weight and is one of the thousands of children UNICEF has helped survive this terrible crisis.

Crisis in East Africa

Jacki Weaver supports East Africa

Australian icon of theatre, television and film, Jacki Weaver, recorded a video campaign for UNICEF, calling on all Australians to support children affected by drought and famine in East Africa.

Bread for Good: East Africa

The UNICEF Bread for Good campaign was embraced by over 270 restaurateurs across NSW and Victoria in 2011.

The inaugural campaign, asking diners to donate $2 for their bread when they eat out, ran for six weeks and raised over $83,000 – helping UNICEF’s provision of therapeutic food, clean water and health services in East Africa.

Aden’s Story

Aden, a small boy of three, fled with his family from Somalia when the last of their food was gone and their crops had perished. On the way to Kenya, his mother died. When Aden arrived with his father at the stabilisation centre in Hagadera he was near death, weighting just 5 kilograms and lacking the strength to even swallow. Through therapeutic feeding provided by UNICEF, Aden’s health has improved and he is now a healthy little boy again, running around with his father.

Generous supporters of UNICEF Australia saw their impact to the East Africa crisis doubled between October and November 2011.

The exceptional need in the Horn of Africa required an urgent response and with donations from the public slowing, AusAID took the unprecedented step of offering UNICEF and other Australian development organisations, matching funding for each donation received from the public. From this initiative UNICEF secured an extra $1.04 million and utilised these funds to vaccinate and nourish hundreds of thousands of children in Somalia and Ethiopia.

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Over 13 million people need assistance750,000 malnourished children under 5, including over 320,000 severely malnourished children

6 famine-declared areas in Southern Somalia

336,000 malnourished children in the south, including 160,000 severely malnourished

A boy is vaccinated during the UNICEF-supported measles and polio immunisation campaign in Kenya, near the border with Somalia.

23-year-old Nafidha sits with her son Mohamed at a UNICEF-supported clinic in Dadaab refugee camp.

11-month-old Elijah was severely malnourished before he started the Plumpy’nut program.

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3.2 millionPeople provided with safe water

650,000Children helped to return to school or reached with learning materials

205,000Children reached through child friendly spaces or community care structures

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Pakistan

Accountability and transparency are key tenets of UNICEF’s mission, so it was a commitment of UNICEF Australia’s to venture back to Pakistan with the ABC in June 2011. Our aim was to witness firsthand how Australian public support delivered to Pakistan’s flood survivors was making a real difference, one year on from floods that had affected over 20 million people.

The change we witnessed was profound. ABC Journalist Jon Faine, who travelled with UNICEF, described the aid as ‘revolutionary’ in the change that it was bringing. He witnessed the relief on mother’s faces as they obtained medical assistance for their often crying babies. He observed the joy and pride in the eyes of 14-year-old girls as they recited the three times table, relishing their first ever chance to go to school. In fact, as many of the women told us, these were the first girls in their families to receive the opportunity of an education.

Pakistan is a country that remains fraught with challenges. Yet the commitment of its parents to provide a better life for their children we found no different to the hopes and ambitions of parents and children in Australia. UNICEF is a catalyst for change in Pakistan, providing support to give children in flood-affected Pakistan access to schools and learning.

Japan

The earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March prompted UNICEF Australia to take the unusual step of fundraising for a developed country. Following the crisis, UNICEF supported the provision of relief supplies, assisted in preparing for the reopening of schools, provided support to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and infants, and offered psychological care to vulnerable children. UNICEF Australia was greatly encouraged to see the generosity and compassion of Australians shine through for the people of Japan.

The support extended further than monetary donations. Australian school students responded to a call from UNICEF Australia and sent drawings and messages of support to the Japanese children affected by this disaster. The drawings were turned into posters and displayed in kindergartens and primary schools across the affected areas.

Libya

As violence escalated in Libya, hundreds of thousands of Libyans fled across the borders to Tunisia and Egypt.

UNICEF launched a Regional Flash Appeal to respond to the crisis. which resulted in hundreds of thousands of Libyans flee across the borders to Tunisia and Egypt.

UNICEF took the role as lead for water and sanitation, distributing hygiene kits, messages on health and nutrition to families. Within family-specific spaces in refugee camps, UNICEF established temporary schools and provided psychological support.

The Australian Government provided $5 million to organisations including UNICEF to support children and their families in the unfolding crisis.

Emergency Response

Hasam, Libya

Nine-year-old Hasam took part in a workshop about explosive remnants of war run by UNICEF and Handicap International in Benghazi, Libya. He says “I like playing the ‘strange object’ [game] where we have to guess if things are safe or not, and then we look at the different journeys that people take to stay safe. I love the puzzles, and this picture of the man keeping his family safe. Now I know how important it is.”

UNICEF responds to over 290 emergencies every year including those that often don’t make the news. Though emergencies grow increasingly complex, their impacts ever more devastating, UNICEF remains dedicated to providing life-saving assistance to children affected by disasters and to protecting their rights in any circumstances.

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Educated adults are more likely to have fewer children, to be informed about appropriate child-rearing practices and to ensure that their children start school on time and are ready to learn. Educated girls are more likely to ensure their own children receive an education. When a girl in the developing world receives seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has fewer children.

Yet, around the world, due to conflict or unrest, lack of access, poverty, linguistic or gender barriers, or in emergency situations, 67 million children continue to miss out on their right to education.

UNICEF takes a holistic approach to education through the Child-Friendly Schools model.

Our role involves training teachers to better equip their students with the knowledge they need; working with village chiefs, parents and community leaders to create a curriculum that is relevant to all members of the village; ensuring children are engaged in the upkeep of their classroom and playground and feel a sense of pride

in their surroundings; and working to ensure an inclusive environment that transcends ethnic, linguistic or gender barriers.

We want to ensure children are not only taught how to read and write, but are equipped with the knowledge to be active members of society.

In 2011, UNICEF continued to help countries improve educational quality and increase the number of children who attend and finish school. UNICEF increased the number of classes taught in mother-tongue languages and provided basic equipment like chalk, books and chairs. UNICEF helped build schools in over 41 different countries and sent over 18,000 child development kits to 32 different disaster-affected countries.

Australians contributed over $1 million to UNICEF education and gender equality programs in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Australian support is also helping over 5.5 million children in South Africa, Mozambique and Zambia attend Child-Friendly Schools through the Schools for Africa program.

Education and Gender Equality

Erica Packer supports education in Laos

UNICEF Australia Ambassador Erica Packer travelled to Laos in May to see the impact that UNICEF was having in one of the poorest countries in the world. The philanthropist and mother of two was moved to see the difference UNICEF support was making to the education system in Laos.

“The UNICEF-assisted schools contribute enormously to the quality of children’s education. In Laos, UNICEF has assisted 1,600 underdeveloped schools,” said Mrs Packer.

UNICEF is working with the Government of Laos to implement a new approach to education to ensure no child, despite ethnic, linguistic or gender barriers, misses out on their right to an education.

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IKEA helping kids access education

For more than 10 years, IKEA has been instrumental to UNICEF’s work through strategic social investments, cause-related marketing and fundraising activities via its customers and employees. In 2011 IKEA Australia not only supported critical education programs in Cambodia, but also created a team of IKEA staff ambassadors who were then sent to the field to see the impact IKEA funds were having on changing children’s lives. UNICEF is most grateful for IKEA’s deep commitment to social responsibility and their ongoing support in helping children access education across the globe.

Education is the foundation stone on which to build a future free from poverty, providing a ripple effect of opportunity that resonates for generations. Education enhances lives. It ends generational cycles of poverty and disease and provides a foundation for sustainable development.

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From famine in the Horn of Africa to flooding in Pakistan and uprisings across the Middle East, 2011 was a challenging year for families in the developing world.

Against this backdrop UNICEF’s work centred on child survival; from maternal health care to vaccinating children, from ensuring access to clean water and proper sanitation to early childhood education.

The under-five child mortality rate dropped to its lowest level in history in 2011, with 12,000 more children surviving every day than in 1990. These reductions are linked to many factors such as increased access to health care services particularly for newborns, prevention and treatment of childhood illnesses, improved nutrition, immunisation coverage and access to clean water and sanitation.

The Measles Initiative, which was launched in 2001, also reached an important milestone—it helped to vaccinate one billion children in more than 60 developing countries. Measles kills over 450 people every day with over 95 per cent of these deaths occurring in countries with low per capita incomes and weak health infrastructures.

Ghana also became the 21st country to eliminate neonatal tetanus. Despite this significant progress we cannot forget that 21,000 children under five are still dying every day. The majority of these are from preventable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and malnutrition. UNICEF is striving to reach a day when the number of preventable children’s deaths is zero.

Australia’s contribution

In 2011, Australians contributed more than $2 million to support UNICEF’s global child survival programs including immunisation campaigns in Laos and Somalia, improved access to water and sanitation in Timor-Leste and Mongolia and maternal and newborn health programs in Pakistan. These programs have helped save and improve the lives of thousands of children.

Becoming Baby Friendly

UNICEF Australia Ambassador Tara Moss was appointed as Patron for Breastfeeding for the Baby Friendly Health Initiative (BFHI) in October 2011. Developed by UNICEF and WHO in 1991, this global effort is geared at improving infant health by, among other things, supporting mothers to breastfeed their babies.

Child Survival and Development

Vicks Road to Relief

Two years ago Vicks, a product well-known for its ability to assist in the symptoms of flu, joined with UNICEF to help eliminate pneumonia in developing countries through the Vicks Road to Relief campaign. Pneumonia is a complication of measles and the largest killer of children under five. UNICEF would like to thank Australians who

purchased specially-marked Vicks packs over the last two years, as well as Procter & Gamble. Through Vicks Road to Relief, UNICEF has been able to immunise over 4.7 million children in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea, Laos and Somalia. This is a staggering achievement which is only possible with the fantastic support of Procter & Gamble and the Australian public.

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In 2011, the world took another step toward achieving an AIDS-free generation.

UNICEF reported that an increase in access to HIV services has resulted in a 18 per cent reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22 per cent decline in AIDS- related deaths in the last five years.

Despite this substantial progress, an estimated 1,000 children continue to be newly infected every day – the vast majority of them newborns infected through their mother. Without help, the majority of these children will die before their second birthday.

There is now a very real possibility of getting ahead of the epidemic. UNICEF has launched the audacious yet achievable goal of an AIDS-free generation. But this can only be attained by sustaining and accelerating the momentum made so far.

Preventing new infections is key. UNICEF’s priority is to work with mothers living with HIV to protect their babies from the virus. That means testing women for the virus, treating and counselling those living with HIV, tracking mothers and babies to ensure consistent care, giving babies the preventative medicines they need and testing babies for the virus at 6 weeks old.

Together we can ensure an AIDS-free generation.

HIV/AIDS

Jodie Matthews, Brand General Manager, M.A.C Australia and New Zealand

South Africa sadly has one of the highest rates of HIV globally with over a quarter of South African women in their reproductive age HIV positive. The M.A.C AIDS Fund is committed to working with UNICEF in order to reduce the number of new infections in babies as well as extend and improve the lives of affected women. It’s fantastic to see the huge impact these funds are having to most vulnerable in South Africa.

Siniza, Zambia

Threasa gives antibiotics to her one-year-old son, Siniza, in their home in Chilumba Village, Zambia. Siniza’s mother learned she was HIV positive during an antenatal consultation while she was pregnant. Siniza and his mother are participating in the preventative mother-to-child-transmission programme at Samfya Stage 2 Clinic. Siniza just received his 12-month HIV test; he remains HIV-negative.

M.A.C Cosmetics helping UNICEF save lives

The M.A.C AIDS Fund is the philanthropic arm of M.A.C Cosmetics and since 1994 has been providing critical funding to help combat HIV/AIDS. In 2011 M.A.C contributed 100 per cent of sales from their Viva Glam lipstick range to support a number of HIV projects around the world. Among other organisations, UNICEF received a substantial donation from M.A.C, which has allowed us to take HIV prevention, care and treatment services to community-based clinics to help prevent mother-to- child transmission of HIV in South Africa. Our immense gratitude goes to M.A.C Cosmetics for their significant support.

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All children have the right to be protected from violence, exploitation and abuse. Yet, millions of children worldwide across all ages, religions, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds, continue to suffer violence, exploitation and abuse every day.

UNICEF strives to create a protective environment for all children that prevents abuse and provides support to children who have survived abuse.

During 2011, UNICEF achieved major gains in the area of child protection at the international level. Five countries added their names to the ‘Paris Commitments’, bringing to 100 the number of states that have pledged to prevent the use of children in armed conflict.

Thanks to support from a joint program by UNICEF and the UN Population Fund, 6,000 communities across Africa abandoned Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation, a practice with serious immediate and long-term health effects and a clear violation of fundamental human rights.

By working with Governments, non-government organisations, religious leaders and community groups UNICEF is helping to make real progress to change discriminatory social norms and cultural practices, and communities are uniting to protect the rights of girls.

A key tenet of UNICEF’s child protection work in 2011 was formalising the inclusion of children with disabilities. In Athens, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Special Olympics to uphold the rights and dignity of children with disabilities.

“By strengthening the partnership between the Special Olympics and UNICEF we will help to protect these rights for more children with disabilities,” he said at the event.

Australia support

During 2011 UNICEF Australia continued to provide funding to the Mt Hagen family support centre in Papua New Guinea, assisting women and young girls who have survived assault.

Child Protection

Globally today, roughly one in 10 children under the age of 18 is living with a disability. Compared with other children, they are at greater risk of malnutrition and death; of disadvantage by extreme poverty; of exclusion from quality health care and basic education; and of discrimination, segregation, abandonment and abuse.

Sreynet, Cambodia

Sreynet, 10, had never been to school. She lives on the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with her mother and two-year-old sister.

With support from UNICEF she is now taking part in a school- readiness program so she can join her local primary school. UNICEF is assisting Sreynet go to school so she can learn to read and write. We are also teaching her that she has rights and these rights must be protected.

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In 2011, UNICEF Australia continued to advocate for the improvement of children’s rights for all Australian children.

As co-chairs of the Australian Child Rights Taskforce, a broad coalition of organisations working for the improvement of the rights and well-being of Australian children, UNICEF Australia provided leadership to the Australian NGO Delegation reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva. The Delegation, including six children and young people, presented the Listen to Children Report: a sobering assessment of the Australian Government’s shortcomings in protecting the rights of its most vulnerable children and the principal challenges it faces in realising rights for all.

Listen to Children involved consultations with around 750 children and was endorsed by over 80 organisations. It was rolled out nationally through child rights events at Parliament House in Canberra, and in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

UNICEF Australia’s vision is of a country where all children can fulfil their potential. Throughout 2011 UNICEF Australia played a key role in

leading the advocacy for a National Children’s Commissioner. As a national focal point for children, a National Children’s Commissioner would raise awareness of the importance of children’s rights and help to ensure the best interests of children were fundamental to all government decision making.

Targeted advocacy by UNICEF Australia led to the Australian Labor Party’s inclusion of the issue in its federal policy platform at its national conference in December 2011. UNICEF engaged extensively with members of federal parliament, young people and the media to galvanise support for this crucial appointment and will continue its campaign throughout 2012.

Under the leadership of its Chairperson Melissa Parke MP, and Deputy Co-Chairs Senator Simon Birmingham and Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, the Australian Parliamentary Association for UNICEF enabled federal members across all parties to engage with issues affecting children ranging from domestic children’s rights, to cluster munitions and humanitarian emergencies.

Listen to Children

UNICEF responds to Malaysia Solution

In 2011, UNICEF Australia’s role as an advocate on domestic child rights issues focused on protecting the rights of children seeking asylum in Australia. UNICEF Australia raised concerns about children in detention and the rights of unaccompanied minors, highlighting the fact that, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Australia has an obligation to protect and uphold the rights of all children.

Going to Geneva for children’s rights was an incredible experience. In meeting with the committee, I felt I was able to make a real difference in the CRC and its reporting process and it was amazing how interested and genuine the committee were.Sarah Hort, member of Australian youth delegation that reported to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva

Members of the Australian NGO Delegation stand outside the gates of the Palais Wilson, the head quarters of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.

Natalie El-Helou was the youngest member of the Australian Delegation to brief the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva in October.

“I am 11 years old and in Year 6 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School in Wentworthville. I am one of the Social Justice Leaders at my school. I think the two main children’s rights issues in Australia are children in detention and Aboriginal children. I am passionate about telling people about issues for asylum seekers and refugees. I think countries need to do a lot more to protect these children. Aboriginal children should be treated much better by the Government and the community, especially because they were the first people in Australia. In Geneva, I spoke to the UN about these issues and answered their questions about bullying and what it’s like to be a child in Australia. It was the best experience of my life so far.”

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Global Parents recognise injustice in the world and want to do something that makes a real difference. Their ongoing support helps UNICEF make it right for all children, not just one.

Global Parents recognise that UNICEF needs to preposition supplies to respond quickly to emergencies to save lives. Equally as important, Global Parents recognise that poverty needs to be tackled at the structural level and dealing with the symptoms is not enough.

Global Parents help to create a curriculum and train local teachers to ensure education for all children.

Global Parents help to vaccinate children against easily preventable diseases such as polio and measles.

Global Parents help to dig wells and provide clean water and sanitation.

Global Parents ensure children receive access to safe spaces where they can play and be children.

Global parents believe with UNICEF that all children have the right to survive and thrive. In 2011, 5,239 Australians joined our Global Parent family knowing that their support can help change the future for millions of children in poverty. Global Parents helped to immunise 58 per cent of the world’s children. They helped to deliver over 20,000 tonnes of therapeutic food for children to prevent malnutrition and respond to over 290 emergency situations.

Thanks to this support we are making significant, long-term progress. Every day 12,000 more children under five survive than in 1990. Global Parents are helping UNICEF reach children around the world with preventative interventions. These include 5c vaccines, $10 mosquito nets and 8c oral rehydration salts; simple and cost effective supplies are often all that’s needed to save lives.

Global Parents prove that we can make a positive change for the most vulnerable children. However, we can do much more. We need to refocus on the children who so often are forgotten: the poorest, most difficult to reach.

UNICEF has the global authority to influence decision-makers, to make change at a policy level as well as the variety of partners at grassroots level.With your help we are turning the most innovative ideas into reality and a better life for children and their communities.

To join the UNICEF Global Parent family visit www.unicefglobalparent.org.au

Our growing Global Family

Anita, Pakistan

12-year-old Anita is enjoying going to school for the first time. She attends UNICEF’s PLaCES (Protection Learning and Combined Emergency Services) in rural Pakistan. PLaCES provides a safe protective environment for children, adolescents and caregivers, fostering and nurturing resilience and well-being.

At this facility Anita spends the morning in class, learning about the importance of road safety and taking part in recreational activities. In the afternoon, parents come in for sessions focused on issues around child protection, health and hygiene.

“This is my third day here and I am really enjoying it,” says Anita smiling widely. “I like learning things and playing with the other children.”

Geoffrey Rush believes in zero

Every day, 21,000 children under five around the world die from preventable diseases. To help draw attention to this plight, Geoffrey Rush led the Believe in Zero campaign, bringing together well-known Australians to speak out to help reduce the number of children who die needlessly each year. UNICEF believes that number can be reduced to zero. Hear from Geoffrey Rush and other Australians at www.believeinzero.org.au

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UNICEF Australia is committed to supporting Australia’s children and young people to understand their rights, ensuring they have the opportunity to express their opinions freely and equipping them with the knowledge and skills that will empower them to bring about change in their own lives and communities.

In 2011, UNICEF Australia appointed eight Young Ambassadors: Adam Baidawi, Adelaide Reif, Angelica Tziotis, Dane Moores, Kaitlin Bakker, Roopa Varadharajan, Susanna Matters and Tom Morrison. These Young Ambassadors raised awareness for child rights among school and university networks, at state and national youth conferences and through local, national and social media.

Over 180 primary and secondary schools signed up to UNICEF Australia’s Youth Advocate Program pilot, accessing free educational resources to help students learn about their rights and develop skills to take action as advocates for the rights of others.

UNICEF Australia’s new Natural Disasters Education Kits helped schools discuss and respond to emergency situations, with more than 110 schools raising $76,000 to support UNICEF’s emergency responses in Pakistan, Japan and East Africa.

On Universal Children’s Day in October, over 190 Australian schools took action for children in Timor-Leste by participating in UNICEF Day for Change. Newly appointed UNICEF Australia Ambassadors, Socceroos star Tim Cahill and children’s author Morris Gleitzman, encouraged schools to make a change and substantial donations were raised to help children in Timor-Leste access clean water and sanitation at school.

The UNICEF Card Competition saw over 300 Girl Guides across NSW and ACT create card designs to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals. Five of these card designs were chosen by UNICEF Australia Ambassador Ken Done to create an exclusive gift card pack sold by Girl Guide units to raise funds for UNICEF.

Young Australians engage on child rights

Dane Moores, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador

The world is today populated with the largest youth group in history; 1.3 billion people are aged between 15 and 24 years old. That means that if ever there was a time to consult with young people and voice their needs, it is now.

I have enjoyed every moment representing UNICEF Australia as a Young Ambassador. From attending the United Nations High-level Meeting on Youth in New York to organising a youth conference for 70 high school student leaders, it has been a fantastic and utterly rewarding experience. The best part of being a Young Ambassador is the platform it gives you to address important child rights issues, both domestically and abroad.

Although my time as a Young Ambassador is coming to an end I’m sure I speak on behalf of all current Young Ambassadors when I say that advancing children’s rights is not a one-year stint; it’s a life-long commitment.

In 2011, UNICEF Australia appointed Socceroos star Tim Cahill and well-known Australian children’s author Morris Gleitzman as Ambassadors for Universal Children’s Day.

As enthusiastic spokespeople and supporters for children’s rights, both Ambassadors were involved in events with children, media interviews and promotional videos.

Tim Cahill hosted a soccer skills master class for 50 students from around Sydney, encouraging Australian students to kick goals for kids by getting involved on Universal Children’s Day. At Roxburgh Rise Primary School in Melbourne Morris Gleitzman took the Walk for Water Challenge, providing over 100 students with a hands-on experience of what life is like for children in Timor-Leste who don’t have access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

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The world is today populated with the largest youth group in history; 1.3 billion people are aged between 15 and 24 years old. That means that if ever there was a time to consult with young people and voice their needs, it is now.”


In April 2011, UNICEF Australia launched its Inspired Gift range, delivering field items to children in need around the world. Throughout the year Australians purchased 9,061 gifts for children ranging from polio vaccines to water pumps, equalling donations close to $400,000.

Inspired Gifts

Ambassador Jimmy Barnes

UNICEF Australia Ambassador and singer-songwriter, Jimmy Barnes is a passionate advocate for the importance of vaccination in saving lives. In the lead up to Mother’s Day he encouraged all Australians to give their mum a gift that would save 100 young lives, a measles vaccination Inspired Gift.

Shumi, Bangladesh

Baby Shumi is one of the millions of children immunised by UNICEF every year. Her mother took her to be vaccinated at a UNICEF- supported health centre in the Upazila Narial Sadar District of Bangladesh. Four decades ago less than five per cent of the world’s children were immunised against the six killer diseases of polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, pertussis (whooping cough), measles and tetanus. Today, the global effort to immunise children against life-threatening diseases has reached more than 109 million children.

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Disease Protection

Education

Play

Health

Nutrition

2,423Polio Vaccines

894Measles Vaccines

796Essential learning items

528 Footballs

260 First Aid Kits

236 Bicycles 2,913 Story books442,400High energy biscuits

7,920Exercise books

26,400Sachets of therapeutic milk

484,000Children Immunised

89,400Children protected against measles

327,000Pencils

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298,560Packets of micronutrient powder

105 school-in-a-box, providing education tools for 4,200 children and their teachers

Maternal Health Kits – completely kitting out 6 delivery rooms or maternity wards.

30,150Sachets of therapeutic food

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Summarised Financial Report

Where the money comes fromCommunity Support Income – includes donations and gifts from the Australian public and corporations: both monetary and non-monetary, as well as income from legacies and bequests.

Grants – AusAID – includes grants received from the Australian Government’s overseas aid program; specifically the East Africa Dollar for Dollar Initiative in 2011.

Grants – UNICEF Geneva – represents investment grants received from UNICEF Geneva to undertake new fundraising initiatives.

Other Income – includes investment income and revenue generated from the sale of cards and inspired gifts.

Total income in 2011 amounted to $25.4m, a 9% increase from 2010’s total of $23.2m. As in 2010, major emergencies dominated our fundraising activity with

Where the money goesPrograms Expenditure – includes long term development and emergency response work across both international and domestic programs, as well as community education which includes costs related to informing and educating the Australian public on development and humanitarian issues.

Fundraising Costs – public – costs associated with developing and retaining our donor supporter base in order to attract donations to fund our programs and community education work. Costs are funded from UNICEF Australia’s own resources.

Fundraising Costs – funded by UNICEF Geneva – costs associated with developing and retaining our donor supporter base; primarily the Global Parent

$4.98m raised from the Australian public and corporations for the East Africa emergency. An added component to this was UNICEFs involvement in the Australian Government’s matching initiative in October and November 2011, where an additional $1.04m in grant funding was secured from AusAID in relation to the emergency.

UNICEF continued to invest in its Global Parent pledge program; this growth primarily funded by investment grants received from UNICEF Geneva (2011: $2.74m)(2010: $0.8m). This investment has achieved an increase in Global Parents from 16,483 in 2010 to 21,722 in 2011. The projected long term benefits of this investment strategy are already reaping significant returns which will increase our impact and ensure more children not only survive but thrive.

The support we have garnered from the Australian public as well as businesses and corporations remains extremely healthy and provides a strong base from which we can increase our reach and our impact on serving children.

pledge program, that will provide long term, regular funding to development programs and initiatives. Costs are funded from investment grants received from UNICEF Geneva with a strict return on investment protocol.

Accountability and administration costs – covers administration and other costs required to efficiently run the organisation. It includes such items as staff costs for finance, human resources and administration as well as audit fees, insurance and office maintenance costs.

Retained Earnings Appropriate retained earnings are maintained to meet current and future responsibilities and obligations. At the end of the financial year our retained earnings were $2.99 million.

Where the money comes from – three year trend Where the money goes – three year trend

Where the money goes 2011

68% Programs Expenditure

14% Fundraising Costs – public

11% Fundraising Costs – funded by UNICEF Geneva

5% Accountability & Administration

2% Non-Monetary Expenditure

Where the money comes from 2011

82% Community Support Income

11% Grants – UNICEF Geneva

4% Grants – AusAID

3% Other Income


Key: 2009 2010 2011

Key: 2009 2010 2011

Programs Expenditure

Fundraising Costs – public

Fundraising Costs – funded by UNICEF Geneva

Accountability & Administration

Non-Monetary Expenditure

Community Support Income

Grants – AusAID

Grants – UNICEF Geneva

Other Income

0%$0 $5,000,000 $10,000,000 $15,000,000 $20,000,000 $25,000,000 20%10% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

2011 2010

REVENUE $ $

Donations and Gifts

Monetary 19,964,627 20,954,682

Non-monetary 574,914 314,032

Bequests and Legacies 260,979 372,562

Grants

AusAID 1,046,862 –

Other Australian – –

Overseas – UNICEF Geneva 2,747,493 765,477

Investment Income 299,280 246,934

Other Income 536,799 582,665

TOTAL REVENUE 25,430,954 23,236,352

EXPENDITURE

International Aid and Development Programs Expenditure

Funds to international programs 15,974,591 16,227,590

Program Support Costs – –

Community Education 901,586 870,136

Fundraising Costs

Public 3,334,275 3,716,891

Funded by UNICEF Geneva 2,747,493 765,477

Accountability and Administration 1,292,125 1,190,315

Non-monetary Expenditure 574,914 314,032

Domestic Programs Expenditure 50,000 151,911

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 24,874,984 23,236,352

EXCESS OF REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURE 555,970 –

2011 2010

ASSETS $ $

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents 7,270,708 2,816,075

Financial assets 206,332 –

Trade and other receivables 113,230 262,320

Other 284,100 326,756

Total current assets 7,874,370 3,405,151

Non-current assets

Plant and equipment 217,754 149,142

Total non-current assets 217,754 149,142

TOTAL ASSETS 8,092,124 3,554,293

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables 5,058,913 1,069,395

Provisions 39,782 47,439

Total current liabilities 5,098,695 1,116,834

TOTAL LIABILITIES 5,098,695 1,116,834

NET ASSETS 2,993,429 2,437,459

EQUITY

Retained earnings 2,993,429 2,437,459

TOTAL EQUITY 2,993,429 2,437,459

Statement of changes in equity Retained earnings Reserves Total Equity

$ $ $

Balance at 1 January 2011 2,437,459 – 2,437,459

Excess of revenue over expenditure 555,970 – 555,970

BALANCE AT 31 DECEMBER 2011 2,993,429 – 2,993,429

Table of cash movements for designated purposes Cash available Cash raised Cash Cash available at beginning during the disbursed at end of the financial financial during of financial year year year year

Haiti Earthquake 54,890 77,386 132,276 –

Pakistan Floods 79,450 244,109 303,541 20,018

East Africa - AusAID grant – 1,046,862 – 1,046,862

East Africa - emergency appeal – 4,985,520 3,679,441 1,306,079

Other purposes 2,681,735 18,572,873 16,356,859 4,897,749

TOTAL 2,816,075 24,926,750 20,472,117 7,270,708

Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2011

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2011

Summarised Financial Report

1. UNICEF Australia has no International Political or Religious Proselytisation Programs

2. At the end of the year the company had no balances in the following categories: - Current Assets - Inventories - Non - Current Assets - Trade and other receivables, other financial assets, Investment property, Intangibles or other non-current assets - Current Liabilities - Borrowings, Current tax liabilities, Other financial liabilities, Other - Non - Current Liabilities - Borrowings, Other financial liabilities, Provisions, Other - Equity - Reserves

3. The company has no reserves other than retained earnings during the year.

4. The Summary Financial Reports have been prepared in accordance with the requirements set out in the ACFID Code of Conduct. For further information on the Code please refer to the ACFID Code of Conduct Guidance Documents available at www.acfid.asn.au

5. For a copy of the full financial report for the year ending 31 December 2011 please contact the Administration and Compliance Officer on telephone (02) 9261 2811; or email [email protected]


Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited is committed to achieving best practice in corporate governance for not-for-profit organisations.

Although not a listed company, in developing and continuously improving its corporate governance policies and practices, the company has applied where relevant the best practice corporate governance principles laid down by the ASX for limited companies. The company’s Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and its Board regularly review the corporate governance framework to ensure continued best practice.

The company’s Directors are committed to adding value to the organisation by bringing to the Board their broad range of skills and experience. Brief details on each of the directors are included on page 40 of this report.

Establishment and operations

Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited is a public company limited by guarantee and established under the Corporations Act 2001. The company has Deductible Gift Recipient and Income Tax Exempt Charity status with the Australian Taxation Office and is registered in each State under applicable charitable collections legislation.

The company is a signatory to the Australian Council for International Development’s (ACFID) Code of Conduct which sets minimum standards of governance, management and accountability for member agencies. Adherence to the Code is monitored by an independent Code of Conduct Committee.

International affiliation

The company is one of 36 UNICEF National Committees around the world. Each National Committee operates under a formal Recognition Agreement and an individually agreed Joint Strategic Plan with UNICEF.

Governance

The company operates under a Constitution. The current Constitution was formally adopted by the Members at a Special General Meeting held on 15 December 2001. The Constitution provides for a voluntary and independent Board of Directors to be responsible for the company’s overall management and specifies, inter alia, the Board’s powers and responsibilities and how Directors are elected and re-elected by the Members.

The Board has adopted a formal Board Charter which articulates the role of the Board; the matters the Board has reserved to itself; Board composition; how Board meetings are conducted; and Directors’ ethical standards and leadership. The Board has established risk identification and management and corporate compliance protocols which are incorporated into the Policies and Procedures Manual.

Except for those matters which the Board has reserved to itself, it has delegated to the Chief Executive responsibility and authority for managing day to day operations but subject to the Board’s overall direction and control and full reporting to each Board meeting.

The Board regularly reviews the company’s financial performance and ensures the risk management and corporate compliance protocols it has approved are being followed. The Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board receive detailed budget and financial performance reports at each of their meetings.

An annual board performance assessment is conducted by the board and its directors.

The company’s audited financial statements are forwarded to its Members each year for consideration at the Annual General Meeting and are reported to ASIC, ACFID and State Government Departments responsible for State charitable collections legislation. An abbreviated version, which complies with ACFID Code of Conduct requirements, is included in this published Annual Report.

Copies of the full audited financial statements are available upon request.

Further Information

For further information about the company’s corporate governance framework, please see the company’s website at www.unicef.org.au.

About our Staff

At the end of 2011, UNICEF Australia’s team of 37 staff members comprised 28 full-time and 9 part-time employees. The gender ratio sees males representing 43 per cent of the team and females representing 57 per cent.

A formal performance management system is in place and is used to manage and measure staff performance, from the CEO through to all levels in the organisation. All staff undertake performance reviews twice a year. Whilst we have a formal process, UNICEF Australia encourages regular conversations and feedback between management and staff.

Risk Management

UNICEF Australia considers risk management an integral part of our organisational culture, and an essential component of our strategic planning and decision making. Our risk management policy identifies those risks facing the organisation, assigns responsibility to managing these risks and how these should be monitored and reported on an ongoing basis.

Committed to achieving best practice

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited

Report on the financial report The accompanying summary financial statements, of Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited, comprising the summary balance sheet as at 31 December 2011, the summary income statement and summary statement of changes in equity for the year ended on that date, which was derived from the financial report of Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited for the year ended 31 December 2011. We expressed an unqualified auditor’s opinion on that financial report in our auditor’s report dated 23 April 2012.

The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Australian Accounting Standards applied in preparation of audited financial report of Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited. Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial report of Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited.

Management’s responsibility for the summary financial statements Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial report on the basis described in Note 1.

Auditor’s responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standard ASA810 Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.

Auditor’s opinion

In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial report of Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited for the year ended 31 December 2011 are consistent in all material respects, with that audited financial report, on the basis described in Note 1 to the financial report.

Basis of Accounting and Restriction on Distribution and Use Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 1 to the financial report, which describes the basis of accounting. The summary financial statements have been prepared to assist Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited to meet the requirements of Australian Council for International Development Code of Conduct. As a result, the summary financial statements may not be suitable for another purpose. Our report is intended solely for the members of Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited.

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UNICEF Australia Board

Mr Michael Gill (President)

Title: Counsellor at Dragoman

Elected: May 1998

Full meeting of Director’s attendance: 6/6

Mr Rohan Lund

Title: CEO of Yahoo!7

Elected: April 2011


Mr Michael Batchelor

Title: Chartered Accountant and Consultant to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Elected: October 2005


Ms Belinda Rowe

Title: Managing Partner of Zenith Optimedia Worldwide

Elected: November 2008


Ms Deeta Colvin

Title: Chairman of Stella Concepts, Consultant to CPH and non-Executive Director Michael Hill International and Ecoya

Elected: May 2009


Ms Fiona Sinclair King

Title: Barrister-at-Law specialising in Commercial Law and Equity

Elected: November 2002


Mr John Stewart (Deputy President)

Title: Chartered Accountant and Managing Director of a Management Consultancy Firm

Elected: April 2005


Ms Rebekah O’Flaherty

Title: Executive Director of Telstra Country Wide

Elected: April 2011


Ms Christine Christian

Title: CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Australia and New Zealand

Elected: April 2011


Mr Terry Sheahan

Title: Justice of the NSW Land and Environment Court

Elected: May 2008


Resigned: 13 December 2011

Ms Lesley Grant

Title: Group Executive Asian Ventures

Elected: May 2006


Mr Greg Ward

Title: Deputy Managing Director of Macquarie Group Limited and CEO of Macquarie Bank Limited

Elected: May 2006


Some of UNICEF Australia’s passionate community fundraisers took a very personal approach to fundraising in 2011 and raised an impressive $143,850 towards our work with children. Many Australians felt compelled to take action following the famine in East Africa raising $11,865 towards UNICEF’s life-saving work in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti.

From hosting a bake sale to running a soft-sand marathon, here are some of the creative ways Australians got involved with our work in 2011.

Community Fundraisers

Thinking globally, acting locally

It was difficult not to be touched by the images of famine in East Africa, but 8-year-old Libby Smith was affected much more personally. Her 4-year-old sister, Georgia, was adopted from an orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, an area devastated by poverty, conflict and drought.

Realising her little sister was once one of the children affected, Libby told her mother that she wanted to hold a stall to raise money for other

children. Libby and her friends from Rozelle Public School spent the afternoon selling their toys outside the family’s home in Balmain, with all money raised donated to UNICEF. “We had three boogie boards, a pogo stick, a tricycle, a scooter and lots of toys,” Libby said.

Her goal was to donate $200, but the girls collected that before the stall had even started thanks to some pre-sales and donations. All up, more than $2,000 was raised.

Art Auction for Africa raised over $7,500 through the sale of inspiring works of art, with all funds going towards UNICEF’s East Africa Emergency Appeal.

Claudia and Mark Decker raised over $2,500 by asking their wedding guests to make a donation to UNICEF in lieu of receiving gifts.

Adriel Young ran 42 laps in the gruelling soft sand of Bondi Beach. Asking for $1 per lap from his friends and family he raised over $3,500.

Hannah Downes went to great lengths to raise $768 for UNICEF by shaving her head.

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Ambassadors

Erica Packer

Geoffrey Rush

Jimmy Barnes

Ken and Judy Done

Morris Gleitzman

Professor Fiona Stanley

Roy and HG

Tara Moss

The Wiggles

Tim Cahill

UNICEF Australia Patrons

Patron for UNICEF Her Excellency Quentin Bryce

Patron for Maternal and Child Health Thérèse Rein

Other Supporters

Adam Spencer

Australian College of Midwives

Boheem Design

BRW

Clayton Utz

Corner Store Media Productions

DHL

Emma Pask

Erik Thomson

Fairfax Media

Forestville Printing

Girl Guides Australia

Haworth

Heyday Group

Jacki Weaver

JC Decaux

Josh Pyke

Katie Noonan

Kylie Gillies

MAC Cosmetics

Magdalena Rose

Peace of Mind Technology

PHD Media

Phil Stack

Sandra Sully

SBS

SCI Projects

Tim Freedman

Zenith Optimedia

Champion for Children Australian businesses committed to a world fit for all children.

Platinum

ELK Accessories

Human Group Pty Ltd.

Moraitis

RCR International

Gold

Bio Dental Care

Silver

ABG Pages

Academia International

Australian Allstar Cheerleading Association

Australian College of Applied Psychology

Australian Pacific College

Be Fresh Carpet Care

Boschem Trust

Builder Selector

Cactus Jacks Restaurant

Camalee

cartridges.com.au

Chatters Cafe & Restaurant

Cowia Solutions

DCS Internet

Emerging IT

Engine Pty Ltd.

Favco

GMD Packaging

GO Markets

Interactive Freight Systems

Interactive Interior Images

Jinky Art Retreat

Molonglo Group

Montville Organic Skincare

Narellen Veterinary Hospital

Noja Power Switchgear

Paul Farris Learn Photography

Taygra Australia

The Sticker Family

Tom’s Airconditioning

Toodyay Hardware

Wacky Wisdom

WEB Profits

Westernex Supply

Volunteers

Adam Baidawi

Adelaide Reif

Alison Hiscocks

Alison Peet

Allison Briggs

Angelica Tziotis

Ann Eskens

Antonia Maiolo

Arzum Shahettin

Carly Muscardin

Chantelle Noorizadeh

Charlotte Green

Dane Mores

Deidre Lea

Emma Boughton

Florisa Anolin

Greg Hoyl

Jessica Punch

Josephine Gardiner

Kaitlin Bakker

Karin Foetsch

Ketayoon Bhathena

Lauren King

Leila Adaeddine

Margaret Huxley

Maria Ko

Matthew Crabtree

May Rahmani

Megan Fung

Michelle Kelly

Miriam Cox

Miriam Cox

Muarina Konrote

Natasha Handel

Natasha Patten

Nicole Reedy

Roopa Varadharajan

Samira Ahsan

Shaun Dougherty

Simone Berry

Sunny Kim

Susanna Matters

Susanne Weber

Tim Miller

Tom Morrison

Verity Smith

Victoria Chapman-Smith

Victoria Jack

Wei Jiang

Yumi Jung

Zerlinda Santoso

Zuhra Hamadi

Thank you Corporate Partners

Macquarie Group Foundation

We couldn’t achieve the impact we do without our valued Ambassadors, Patrons, volunteers and individual supporters who have made personal donations of time or money to UNICEF Australia. We are also grateful to the numerous companies, trusts and other organisations who have supported us through partnerships, gifts-in-kind and financial donations in 2011.

“ Completing an internship with UNICEF Australia has been a fantastic experience. It has been the perfect platform for transitioning from studying Development to beginning to build a skill set which enables me to make a real difference in upholding children’s rights. The work has been challenging and exciting, and I’m thrilled to be part of the team again this year. It’s my dream job.” Mia Cox, UNICEF Australia Advocacy Intern 2011

Partnering with AusAIDUNICEF acknowledges its valued, ongoing partnership with the Australian Agency for International Development. As well as providing core funding to UNICEF global programs and humanitarian responses, this partnership raises critical awareness of the importance and achievements of Australia’s overseas development work.

“ I like volunteering at UNICEF Australia because it’s a good place to work and I like helping children in developing countries who are in need. The people who work at UNICEF are nice and kind to help out the less fortunate. I hope to keep doing volunteering work at UNICEF for many years.” Tim Miller, UNICEF Volunteer for 6 years


Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited ABN 36 060 581 437 PO Box 488 Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230 Registered Office: Level 4, 280 Pitt St, Sydney, NSW, 2000

For general enquiries and donations: Phone: 1300 884 233 Fax: 1300 780 522 Email: [email protected] www.unicef.org.au

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