Friends of UNICEF Club
The most vulnerable children in Serbia depend on society’s support.
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What is the Friends of UNICEF Club?
Why is the Friends of UNICEF Club important?
- As many as 8.3% of children in Serbia live in absolute poverty, and 24.2% are at risk of poverty
- Only 11% of children from poor families attend kindergarten
- 20% of children have not received all recommended vaccines
- Only 11% of children from poor families attend kindergarten
- 45% of childrenexperience violent disciplining at home, and in Roma settlements the percentage is 67%
- The youth unemployment rate is 23%
*Information from UNICEF’s MICS 6 survey from 2019
How do companies participate in the work of the Friends of UNICEF Club?
The support we receive from the business community has shown to be an invaluable and irreplaceable driver for creating better conditions for children in Serbia and their families:
- In the For 1,000 Families from the Edge campaign, the Catena Media company gave a financial donation which provided assistance to as many as 300 of the poorest families struggling to survive
- Owing to a donation made by the Delhaize Serbia company for the So Small They Could Fit Inside a Heart campaign, the Centre for Neonatology in Kragujevac received a vehicle fitted with special equipment and designed to transport prematurely born and sick babies
- Owing to donations made by the Schneider Electric company, the Institute for Health Care of Children and Youth of Vojvodina received as many as five devices enabling children with severe respiratory conditions to breathe.
Why should your company support the Friends of UNICEF Club?
And what does your company receive as a member of the Friends of UNICEF Club?
By reading our News, you will be able to monitor regularly where we are channelling your donations, how they are helping children and what results we are achieving together with you. In addition, your donations will be recognised in your tax balance sheet in an amount of up to 5% of total sales. Here you can read about the benefits brought to companies by the membership in the Friends of UNICEF Club
All of this would not have been possible without the compassion, generosity and support of the business sector!