UNICEF Campus Initiative Newsletter

February/March 2012 Volume 2, Issue 1

TAP PROJECT 2012! We are excited as ever for the UNICEF Tap Project, which will be held this year during the week of March 19th-25th. The idea behind this fabulous nationwide campaign is “When You Take Water, Give Water.” We ask you to recruit nearby, neighborhood restaurants (including your go-to take out place!) and encourage them to ask their patrons to donate at least $1 for the tap water that’s typically free. The UNICEF Tap Project has raised $3 million since 2007 when it was established. This year the funds will be specifically targeted towards Togo, Vietnam, Mauritania and Cameroon. Did you know that with just $1, UNICEF can provide one child access to safe, clean water for 40 days? YOU CAN IMPACT LIVES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

LEARN about water-related issues

SPREAD awareness about the UNICEF Tap Project and water-related issues

Register as a UNICEF Tap Project VOLUNTEER

RECRUIT restaurants

HOST an event

Promote the CAMPAIGN

Become an ADVOCATE

Once you register as a volunteer at www.tapproject.org you will gain access to an e-kit of resources! UNICEF, along with its partners, aims to reduce the number of people with without access to basic sanitation and safe water by 50% by 2012.

Inside this issue:

SCHOOL OF THE MONTH: CONGRATS TO PENN STATE!!!

The February school of the month is The Pennsylvania State University! Gathered together to raise awareness for quite the worthwhile cause, students

celebrated UNICEF’s work at their own Snowflake Ball. The winter blue and white soiree had in attendance over 90 students who were treated to a live DJ,

presentations circling around the survival of children, sweet treats, photographs, and plenty of room for dancing for the children of our world. Keep up the good

work, UNICEF at Penn State! We are very proud!

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Tap Project 1

Welcome New Chapters!

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School of the Month

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Sahel Region

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Alumni Council 2

Goals

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Campus Challenge

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Benedictine University - IL Dartmouth College - NH Denison University - OH

Diablo Valley College - CA Drake University - IA

Georgia Institute of Technology - GA Illinois State University - IL

Indiana University – Bloomington - IN Johns Hopkins University - MD Louisiana State University - LA

New York University - NY Newman University - MN

Northeastern University - MA Rochester Institute of Technology - NY

Santa Monica College - CA Seattle Central Community College - WA

University of Georgia - GA Virginia Commonwealth University - VA

WELCOME NEW CHAPTERS TO THE CAMPUS INITIATIVE!

UNICEF Campus Initiative Newsletter

Stay in touch with your national council member! Email us at: campus@unicefusa.org Don’t forget to include your zone number or at least your school name in the subject line. We’ll get back to you just as soon as we can!

Campus Challenge Register your campus team for “The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF and ACUI Campus Challenge”. Your members can create individual donation pages to send out to friends and family, while your campus can track your overall fundraising progress. Please remember to have all funds in by April 1st, 2012 to be considered for the Campus Challenge! For information about the initiative and where to register go to: www.unicefusa.org/campuschallenge UNICEF campuses across the country raised over $232,927 for UNICEF's life-saving programs during last year's Campus Challenge.

Prior to the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa coming to an end, a new crisis has emerged in West and Central Africa’s Sahel region. The failed rains and poor harvests of 2011 are predicted to make this year’s hunger season the most severe in years. In Chad, the hunger or lean season typically runs from April to September, but for many of the country’s impoverished people, it has already arrived. Children are the most vulnerable to the devastating health complications linked to malnutrition. A life-threatening condition, malnutrition leaves children at greater risk of opportunistic diseases such as diarrhea and skin and respiratory infections. UNICEF estimates that one million young children in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa are in danger of becoming severely malnourished in 2012 if the global community does not take action. In Chad, the dire financial strains for many families have also been compounded by the return of tens of thousands of Chadian nationals who have previously worked in Libya prior to the conflict there. Their return and subsequent loss of remittances means more mouths to feed and less money to go

Crisis in Sahel Region of Africa

Check-in with your National Council to provide an update on how Tap is going!

Follow-up with your National Council after TAP experience

Campus Initiative National Council Goals and Commitments – March 2012

We are very pleased to welcome to the UNICEF Campus Initiative Alumni Association the newly inducted Alumni Council! Headed up by a cohort of experienced and passionate leaders, the UNICEF Campus Initiative Alumni Association aims to unite all Campus Initiative alumni in their sustained commitment to advocate, educate and fundraise beyond university borders for the survival of the world’s children. The council cultivates global leaders as they graduate and transition into careers and outlets of higher education. By joining, members gain access to vast networking and engagement opportunities, nationwide alumni programs, and the chance to form a lifelong partnership with UNICEF and their staff around the world.

Campus Initiative Alumni Council 2011-2012

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Back-to-school Kits

Have you received the back-to-school kit yet? If not then send the updated mailing address for your school to campus@unicefusa.org as soon as possible! It contains some great tools such as posters, t-shirts, USB drive with a lot of important documents about UNICEF, ideas for different events and a lot of educational and awareness material!

around. UNICEF’s response plan includes the treatment of more than 127,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition among children under age 5, reinforcement of the nutrition surveillance system, control of micronutrient deficiencies, and promotion of appropriate infant and young child feeding practices. UNICEF also aims to scale up live-saving immunizations and vitamin A supplementation for two million children. The situation is grave, but by acting now, lives can be saved.

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Graduating seniors, please join our team and continue to fight for the survival and development of the world’s children beyond university borders. Despite the fact that you are graduating, 21000 children continue to perish every day from causes that we can prevent. The fight to reach zero does not end at graduation. Congratulations to our newly elected Campus Initiative Alumni Council members: Kelli Beyer, Laura Convery, Mark Deguzman, Dominique Figueroa, Maggie Griffiths, Ariana Hoet, Erin Milner and Laura Restrepo. To learn how to get involved, contact the UNICEF Campus Initiative Alumni Council at campusalumni@unicefusa.org or visit www.unicefusa.org/alumni

Become a member of the Campus Challenge if you haven’t already and send

in all funds before April 1st

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