UNICEF Case Study

The United Nations International Children 's Emergency Fund or UNICEF is predominantly reliant on volunteers and donor dollars dedicated to the purpose of protecting children by improving their general welfare and well being both nationally and internationally. UNICEF in primary focus helps protect vulnerable children which focuses mostly on those in poverty, and includes children with mental, physical, or cognitive disabilities. UNICEF in Canada is only supported by 62 full-time and 18 part-time employees (cite this). Because of this UNICEF is highly dependent on volunteers to operate in Canada and around the world to help complete initiatives. UNICEF 's governing body expects UNICEF Canada to offer support all over the world. However, UNICEF

The oppression from the state has been viewed as problematic and dangerous. The volunteers are put in locations where they can help children in need; however, it may not be a safe place for them. To continue with their initiatives to supply aid, the government of whichever state or country that the volunteers are located in may be corrupted and put the volunteers at risk for helping. In this way the social economy perseveres even in an oppressive governmental system that tries to remove any empathy or aid to its people. Organizations like UNICEF allow a social economy to exist under the extenuating circumstances of an unjust or poor government. Some examples are, war and any lack of freedom among children who are not able to grow up without fear and good health. UNICEF was established after World War II on December 11,

UNICEF was formed by the United Nations to provide food, clothing and health care to the children. Later in the years, in 1953 UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations and the United Nations General Assembly extended UNICEF’s mandate for the foreseeable future. Therefore, UNICEF began a flourishing global campaign against diseases affecting millions of children, and many children are now disease-free because they have access to being cured with penicillin. During the year of 1961, the objective of UNICEF was focused primarily on education. Subsequent more than a decade of the institutions focus was on child health issues, UNICEF expands its interests to address the needs of the whole child. Thus begins an abiding concern with education, starting with support to teacher training and classroom equipment in newly independent countries. (http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_history.html) The history of UNICEF institutes a great deal of why UNICEF is a social economy. To continue, The United Nations is based on the state directing it. However, based on the high volume of volunteers UNICEF 's main objective is to stop poverty and the health issues of