United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF's mission is to help every child in the world have a healthy life with their needs being met. They work to ensure "all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential - to the benefit of a better world" (UNICEF, n.d.). UNICEF works to provide children in need with food, shelter, healthcare, and protect children from war and other harm (UNICEF, n.d.). Currently, UNICEF is looking for "new and emerging talent." They need workers who can speak English and at least one other language, are willing to work in other locations around the world (even in a location of hardship), have at least a graduate level degree, and 2-5 years of experience working in a profession (UNICEF, n.d.). I think working for UNICEF to help children in need around the world would be highly challenging but rewarding as well.
Save the Children
"Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children" (Save the Children, 2015). They are established in 120 countries, working towards protecting children's rights, promoting healthy development, and saving children's lives (Save the Children, 2015). Save the Children works to help children that have experienced natural disasters and other crisis situations around the world. In 2015, they helped more than 4 million children (Save the Children, 2015). The organization "makes sure that children affected by floods, famines, earthquakes, diseases outbreaks and armed conflict get life-saving medical aid, shelter, food and water – fast. [They] safeguard children and help reunite separated families. And [they] help children recover from crises by providing emotional support and safe places to learn and play" (Save the Children, 2015). Currently, jobs are available in many countries in the Middle East, Africa, and the United Kingdom. Program/Project managers and directors are needed in many areas around the world.
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO believes that "peace must be established on the basis of humanity’s moral and intellectual solidarity" (UNESCO, n.d.). The main goal benefitting children is that UNESCO works to ensure that every child has access to a free and high quality education. "UNESCO strives to build networks among nations that enable this kind of solidarity, by: Mobilizing for education: so that every child, boy or girl, has access to quality education as a fundamental human right and as a prerequisite for human development" (UNESCO, n.d.).
Some personal qualities that would be necessary to work for one of these organizations are following:
-A strong passion for children,
-Strong leadership and organization skills,
-Strong communication skills,
-Cultural competency and bilingual skills,
-Strong writing skills, and more.
References:
Save the Children. (2015). Retrieved October 7, 2015, from https://www.savethechildren.net/
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015, from http://en.unesco.org/
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved October 7, 2015, from http://www.unicef.org/about/
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteUNESCO has a great philosophy for providing a free and high quality education for young children. You made a great list of personal qualities that would be necessary to work for this organization. I believe one personal quality you could add to this would be "buying in" to the vision and mission of UNESCO. This would mean fully believing in the vision and mission and understanding what this means to you and the organization.
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteSave the Children and UNICEF are two organizations that somewhat remind me of one another and I truly support both of their vision and mission and how they both help support children and families recover from crisis by meeting their needs and well-being. I would enjoy working for either one of these organizations because they both help promote and support children and their families, which is my passion.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteI too chose UNESCO and Save the Children. I am curious to know if you believe you would want to work more for one organization over the other. If so, why? I know for myself I did not choose UNICEF because it is such a large organization. I also know some parts of UNICEF with international adoption that I would like to see them make changes to improve their policies, but again I think this tends to happen when an organization that is trying to do good gets so big. It seems to me they begin to become very political causing them to lose sight of their mission. The Save the Children organization seemed a bit smaller and more of what I think I could be a part of.