ANNUAL REPORT 2016

UNICEF continues to work relentlessly to bring life-saving aid

and hope for every child.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE REPORT 2016

stories of New Zealanders. So, we’ve innovated - shifting our media and communications to share local stories about social challenges, personal triumph, and those doing good for kiwi children.

It’s one way the youth voice has become an integral part of informing our everyday work. Alongside our partners we supported young people to conduct research on other young people, giving rise to a commitment of introducing the U-Report youth platform by 2017. It will give youth a voice too often lacking in decision making processes.

Globally, Syria remained a focal point, one where unimaginable atrocities were inflicted upon children. Amid that desperation UNICEF ensured the reliability of supply lines, reunited families, kept children immunised, and provided them with shelter, sustenance and education.

By the end of 2016 we were beginning to see first signs of a major famine developing throughout East Africa, which will likely become a major focal point for 2017 and beyond.

Since UNICEF emerged as a response to the growing humanitarian crises after World War Two, it has changed the lives of hundreds of millions of children for the better. But our work is still needed, desperately.

The number of children affected by violence, impacted by poverty, and displaced by climate events is growing. Children are still missing out on education, protection and medical attention, simply by being born in the wrong place.

Seven decades on, our work is as vital as ever. Internationally, and at home.

The fifth review of New Zealand’s progress under the United Nations Convention of Rights of the Child (UNCROC) suggest our Government has much work to do on its commitments to New Zealand’s children. We’ve watched, with growing concern, a growing inequity within our society, which helped us determine an ongoing advocacy campaign to run through the 2017 election.

For some time we’ve been asking ourselves how to better tell the

UNICEF responded to humanitarian emergencies in 102 countries throughout 2016. But with an estimated 535 million children affected by conflict or disaster, we can never think our job is done.

After 70 years, there is so much good to show, and so much more good to do. I thank you all - our supporters, partners, and donors who make UNICEF’s work possible. Our trustees, interns and staff. It is with your help we continue to improve the lives of children everywhere.

Thank you all.

VIVIEN MAIDABORN

UNICEF New Zealand Executive Director

2016 marked the seventh decade of UNICEF’s work to improve the lives of the world’s children.

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*********BOARD REPORT 2016

Major investments in digital fundraising and marketing have opened new avenues. After years of knowing we had to improve our presence within that space, we now have the technical capability and expertise to do so.

Knowledge in online marketing and engagement, technical know-how, and a closer teaming between communications and fundraising are absolutely vital. We cannot afford to sit back, and we aren’t.We are already seeing results. We’re faster, smarter, and more efficient. And ultimately, that means we can do a better job of providing for the world’s children.

Our board members are here to ensure that UNICEF NZ continues to innovate and excel in an effort to better serve the world’s children. I am pleased to report that UNICEF NZ is doing that - in accounting, media and communications, best business practice, and good governance - all of the vital areas that make for an effective organisation.

For 70 years UNICEF has been at the forefront of global efforts to help children, providing meaningful change to the lives of children.

We are innovating, and exploring, and that couldn’t be more exciting. Because with every innovation comes more opportunity to help the world’s children.

Once again UNICEF NZ has increased the amount it is contributing to the global cause, and delivering programmes that will have an immediate, positive impact on the lives of children. Our mandate supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and our advocacy work is aligned to the Rights of the Child, which NZ and other nations have overwhelmingly signed up to.

We are exploring exciting opportunities with corporate partners - an area with enormous potential for growth - where we can both fundraise and advocate for children. We’re working more closely with MFAT and the Government than ever before, with partners such as the Morgan Foundation, and we also received an incredibly generous legacy of $1.4m, which was used to provide sustainable water infrastructure in Ethiopia, a country now facing the devastating effects of a brutal drought.

New Zealand is often described as a small country that punches above its weight. It’s a lovely sentiment, with a lot of truth behind it. And it’s in organisations like UNICEF NZ that we see that truth.

UNICEF NZ is proudly a part of that effort, but this work could not be achieved without our donors.

I thank you for your support. It is with your help that the staff of UNICEF NZ, a small and dedicated team, can work to ensure a better future for every child.

JON RAMAGE

UNICEF New Zealand Board Chair

were affected by

cyclone winston

423,000 CHILDREN

TOGETHER KIWIS GAVE

$$353,626See how it changed

CHILDREN’S lives in FIJ I

WHEN A CATEGORY 5 CYCLONE SLAMMED INTO FIJI

OF THE POPULATION WERE AFFECTED

62 per cent

88 health clinics

30,369 houses

& 495 schools

WERE damaged or destroyed

MORE THAN 40,000 CHILDREN REQUIRED

COUNSELLING

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the day when parents and caregivers are focusing on recovery efforts and livelihoods.

UNICEF supported more than 33,000 school children across more than 400 schools by providing temporary classrooms, emergency school supplies and supporting teachers. Donations from the NZ public and funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Aid Programme enabled UNICEF NZ to provide a major contribution to UNICEF’s education response.

3. WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE (WASH)

Clean drinking water was a major challenge for communities.

Thanks to donor support and funding received from the David Ellison Trust, UNICEF and partners provided nearly 200,000 people affected by the cyclone with safe water and around 65,000 people with essential WASH kits.

We also restored water and toilets in schools, helping 11,200 children and 200 teachers in 64 schools. 21,000 children at 110 schools also received school WASH kits.

For TC Winston, UNICEF responded immediately, releasing essential humanitarian supplies. UNICEF NZ contributed through providing funding for pre-positioned supplies in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Aid Programme.

Fiji also faced extensive flooding in December, 2016. UNICEF supported the Fiji Government by providing WASH response and dignity kits which benefitted 75 households and were funded through UNICEF NZ and MFAT’s disaster response partnership.

2. EDUCATION“The cyclone took my house and my school too” said Temo. The roof of her school was completely ripped off by the storm.

497 primary and secondary schools in Fiji were damaged or destroyed which disrupted the education of 85,972 students.

Helping children and teachers to return to school is essential after an emergency. School provides a routine and a sense of normality – keeping children safe during

On the night of February 20th 2016, Tropical Cyclone Winston slammed into Fiji and left almost total devastation along its path. 44 people were killed, 540,400 people were affected and certain areas were nearly decimated.

Natural disasters have the biggest impact on children – your donations enabled UNICEF to respond immediately.

1. PRE-POSITIONED SUPPLIESBy pre-positioning emergency supplies, UNICEF is always prepared. We are able to respond when the need is most urgent, within hours of a disaster, anywhere in the world.

UNICEF has supplies stored in a number of Pacific countries.

4. JUST PLAYUNICEF had previously established Just Play as a chance for ‘children to be children again’ after an emergency.

The programme reached 10,860 children and promoted physical and emotional well-being through sports and the practice of good hygiene, healthy eating and other life skills.

5. PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORTThousands of children in Fiji who survived the horrors of Cyclone Winston, were still severely affected many months afterwards.

More than 40,000 children and 1,800 teachers received counselling.

On landfall, Cyclone Winston had some of the highest wind speeds recorded globally, reaching 306 km/hr. “It was like a tornado and cyclone and tsunami that hit us that day” said Temo’s Mother.

HELPING THE CHILDREN OF FIJ I AFTER CYCLONE WINSTON

Left: 9 year old Temo lost her home and her school.

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CHILDREN IN KIRIBATI WERE SUFFERING WITHOUT CLEAN WATER

OF SCHOOLS HAve ACCESS TO TOILET FACILITIES

4 percentONLY 3 PERCENT

OF SCHOOLS HAve

CLEAN WATER

together KIWIS gave

See how it changed CHILDREN’S lives in KIRIBATI

$$125,965

ONLY

Many communities lack toilets, and open defecation IS a

HEALTH RISK

CHILDREN were Vulnerable in

36 schools in remote villages

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Children in Kiribati are affected at an alarming rate by diarrhoeal disease, which is both deadly and preventable. Only 4 percent of schools have access to toilet facilities and only 3 percent have a clean water supply so children are frequently ill.

Girls are at an even greater disadvantage because of a lack of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and availability of appropriate and affordable materials to manage menstruation, resulting in their absence from school an average of three days per month.

1. WASH IN SCHOOLSImproved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities and practices are essential to the health and education of boys and girls.

With support from our generous donors and funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Aid Programme, UNICEF partnered with the Government of Kiribati and the New Zealand Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) to implement the ‘Kiribati WASH in Schools’ project.

Each school selected the solutions which best suited their needs. Under the project, 36 schools (approximately 4,800 pupils) on four outer islands of Kiribati (North Tarawa, Maiana, Abaiang and Marakei) received toilets, hand washing facilities and water tanks, according to their needs. Often the communities worked with the schools to install and maintain them.

UNICEF also worked with the Kiribati Ministry of Education on the release of its WASH in Schools Policy and the development of a WASH Safety Planning Toolkit for schools which increased the knowledge and skills of teachers, students and the wider community.

your donations helped children in KIRIBATI

2. CHILDREN AS CHANGE-MAKERSChildren themselves can play a role in spreading the word of the importance of children and communities having access to clean water, sanitation facilities (such as toilets), and good hygiene practices (such as hand washing).

In Kiribati, UNICEF continues to support children as agents of change in their communities, spreading the message about safe hygiene practices. A number of community mobilisation and WASH awareness events have been held where children act as ‘WASH champions’ and raise awareness in their villages and communities.

3. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT (MHM)

A lack of sanitation and hygiene facilities impacts the most on girls. To address gender issues, each school built separate, clearly marked, toilets for girls and boys.

In many schools, changing rooms were attached to toilet facilities to allow girls to manage menstruation while at school, and toilets were constructed to ensure privacy.

On completion of the project in 2017, all 36 targeted schools will have improved WASH facilities and practices that will reduce illness (and associated absenteeism) caused by unclean water and poor hygiene practices.

All children have the right to a quality education. The ‘Kiribati WASH in Schools’ programme provides children with a healthier learning environment, which has reduced child illness and improved school attendance for students in Kiribati.

Above: Children use a tippy-tap (a water bottle hanging from poles) to wash their hands.

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652 children were killed

There were at least

338 ATTACKSagainst hospitals and

medical personnel

TOGETHER KIWIS GAVE

See how it changed CHILDREN’S lives in syria

2016 WAS THE WORST YEAR FOR SYRIA’S CHILDREN

$$705,655

AT LEAST

850 CHILDREN WERE RECRUITED TO FIGHT IN THE CONFLICT

MORE THAN

children living under siege,

almost completely cut off

from humanitarian aid

280,000255 childrenwere killed in

or near a school

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5. Adolescent Development & Participation

In 2016, investing in the second decade of a child’s life was a key priority for UNICEF.

Many Syrian adolescents and youth (10-24 years) have experienced limited access to quality education, protection and basic services, high unemployment and restricted livelihood resulting in a loss of engagement opportunities.

UNICEF reached over 750,000 girls and boys (10-24 years) with programmes that included life skills, citizenship education, vocational and entrepreneurship training.

2016 has scarred Syrian children for life. Thousands more children have been displaced and at least 652 children were killed. In more than two thirds of households, children were forced to work to support their families, often in harsh conditions.

In eastern Aleppo, doctors funded by UNICEF ran out of medicines – forced to decide which children would live or die.

Despite security and access constraints, UNICEF and partners reached more than 9 million people with critical assistance including an estimated 840,000 people living in hard-to-reach areas and 330,000 people in besieged locations.

1. life-saving waterAs a direct result of investments in clean water, hygiene, and sanitation, there were no major disease outbreaks or water borne diseases in 2016.

UNICEF provided over 6,437 metric tonnes of water disinfectant which allowed 14 million people to access clean water every month.

Nearly 1.5 billion litres of water were trucked into Syria along with 5 million litres of fuel for generators to run water pumping stations.

2. educationUNICEF supported over 12,000 students from hard-to-reach and besieged areas to participate in their grades 9 and 12 exams.

The bravery of children and teachers was extraordinary – 2,600 children had to cross active conflict lines in order to sit their final exams.

School enrolment increased from 3.24 million children in 2015 to 3.66 million in 2016. Interventions in education (focusing on quality, access, and institutional strengthening) contributed to the increase in children attending school.

The nationwide ‘Back to Learning’ initiative reached over 3.1 million children with textbooks, stationery, and school bags.

UNICEF and partners rehabilitated 401 schools which beneffited over 189,000 children and provided 324 prefabricated classrooms that ensured learning spaces for close to 25,000 children.

3. WINTER CLOTHING

UNICEF provided 700,000 children with seasonal clothes and blankets, including 173,000 living in hard-to-reach and besieged locations.

In Aleppo, 2,000 children with disabilities received cash transfers for the first time, helping their families better respond to their needs.

4. HEALTHSyria remained polio-free in 2016, with 3.5 million children immunized against polio, including children in besieged and hard-to-reach areas.

Over 1.64 million children and women accessed health services through 16 rehabilitated public health centres, as well as 95 health centres and 30 mobile health teams run by UNICEF-supported NGOs.

UNICEF reached close to 350,000 children and mothers in hard-to-reach and besieged locations with therapeutic nutrition supplies and micronutrient supplements.

Your donations continued to support Syrian children through the horrors of war

Left: 6 year old Malak attends Grade 1 in one of 17 classrooms rehabilitated by UNICEF and education partners.

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300,000 CHILDRENARE USED IN CONFLICT AND WAR WORLDWIDE

AN ESTIMATED

OF CHILDREN IN SOUTH SUDAN caN’T GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT

TOGETHER KIWIS GAVE

See how it changed CHILDREN’S LIVEs

CHILDREN have been driven from their homes, more than

half of them by conflict

CHILDREN HAVE NO PLACE IN WAR, YET MILLONS ARE LOSING THEIR CHILDHOODS

$$70,627

50 PERCENT

NEARLY

50 MILLION

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As many as 300,000 children are estimated to be serving as soldiers in armed conflicts around the world – deprived of a normal childhood and an education.

Children are used in war zones in at least 20 countries. They are forced into child labour to earn money for their refugee or displaced families.

Some Syrian girls are married off early as families seek to protect and secure the future of their daughters.

Together, we helped transform the lives of children whose childhoods had been taken from them.

1. Negotiating THE RELEASE OF CHILD SOLDIERS

UNICEF successfully negotiated with armed forces and armed groups for the release of children.

UNICEF worked with the Government of South Sudan’s National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission to secure the release and reintegration of 145 children in one day. A total of 1,932 children were released in 2015/16.

Despite the commitments of South Sudanese leaders to end child recruitment, children continue to be used as soldiers. More than 800 children are estimated to have been recruited in 2016 alone.

2. counselling & psychosocial support

When Mwindo was only ten years old he was forced into an armed group.

While other children his age were going to school, he was learning to kill. After escaping his captors, Mwindo reached the safety of a UNICEF supported Transit Centre.

UNICEF designated safe spaces where former child soldiers received medical treatment, psychological counselling and help reintegrating back into their community.

Psychosocial support was provided to 3.1 million children globally in 2016.

3. reunificationUNICEF provided children’s families with three months’ worth of food assistance as a take-home package as well as livestock to supplement household income during the reintegration process.

4. GETTING CHILDREN BACK INTO SCHOOL

UNICEF continued to support the recovery and reintegration of child soldiers into their communities.

The priority is to get children into school and to provide services to communities so the children are able to see a more promising future.

5. CHILD PROTECTIONChildren fleeing war are easy targets for trafficking into slavery and child labour.

you are SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN CONFLICT ZONES AROUND THE WORLD

Below: After years as a child soldier, Mwindo is receiving counselling and support from UNICEF in South Sudan.

2 million women and children in crisis-affected countries benefited from UNICEF interventions aimed at protecting them from gender-based violence in emergencies, a nearly five-fold increase from the year before.

UNICEF’s global awareness campaign led to more adults and children reporting abuse.

More than 5.6 million children in 30 countries were spared from the risk of child labor as a result of UNICEF and partner efforts.

A new global initiative against child marriage, launched with UNICEF’s help and promising to protect millions of girls, saw representatives from 30 African countries commit to hastening the end of the practice. Additionally, 2,000 communities in 14 countries of officially pledged to abandon the practice of female genital mutilation.

UNICEF established a pioneering global effort to tackle the scourge of online sexual exploitation of children, bringing together governments, civil society and private-sector partners.

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Making kiwi voices heard

In September, UNICEF NZ ensured the voices of New Zealand children were heard at the highest levels of the United Nations, when the Committee on the Rights of the Child examined the New Zealand Government’s progress implementing children’s rights.

UNICEF NZ asked 1,198 children what they know about their rights, what makes them happy, and what issues are important to them? Their voices painted a picture of what childhood is like for children in New Zealand. What we were told by children is that family and friends are most important when it comes to ensuring a child’s happiness. Children were more concerned about education, poverty, living in substandard housing, being subjected to violence, and access to healthy food, than they were about material goods. Worryingly, 75% said they were treated differently - with ethnicity and socioeconomic status being the two most common reasons given for negative treatment.

Those findings were published in the Our Voices Our Rights report,

which was proudly launched at an event at Parliament, attended by over 150 guests. Besides providing recommendations about how the Government can improve the lives of young people, and the importance of informing children about their rights, the report was also submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Children’s experiences, ideas and insights enrich our society, but often their voices are absent in many decisions concerning them. Our Voices Our Rights is an important step toward ensuring that children are listened to and have authentic opportunities to participate.

A fairer future

Make My Future Fair was an online advocacy tool introduced to draw attention to issues affecting New Zealand’s youth. It told the story of child rights in New Zealand and highlighted areas of concern including housing, education, health, and justice.

Notable experts in child development and wellbeing came together on this project to support UNICEF’s work creating a brighter future for children.

We partnered with Film For Change to develop a series of bespoke videos involving those experts. These were later shown at a film evening at Wellington’s Paramount Cinema.

The online tools encouraged involvement and interaction from visitors, including signing a petition, which attracted more than 6,400 signatures.

PAcking down with partners

2016 saw our partnership with NZ Rugby and the All Blacks reach new heights.

The All Blacks not only raised awareness about UNICEF’s international work by visiting youth outreach programmes in Argentina & Ireland, but also delivered a massive financial outcome for the world’s most vulnerable children.

In July 2016 NZR approached UNICEF NZ with the opportunity to collaborate in an online auction during the team’s European tour. NZR international sponsor IVECO, an Italian heavy vehicle manufacturer, donated a bus and a truck for the purposes of an auction, with the proceeds going to support a charity of NZR’s choice.

The collaboration involved UNICEF NZ ,NZR, IVECO, and the UNICEF Italy office working together on the promotion, and raised nearly $350,000 for UNICEF as a result.

The auction demonstrated what incredible results can be achieved through a combination of the All Blacks brand, the assets of corporate partners, and the strength of UNICEF’s global team.

advocating for children in new zealand

Left: Nardos Tilahun, Ethyn Sturm - UNICEF NZ Youth Ambassadors, Amandie Weerasundara, Adut Riak - Save the Children Youth Ambassadors

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Solomon Islands children RECEIVED better learning environments Having a safe and clean school has a profound impact on the learning and health of children, especially for girls.

A recent UNICEF study of schools in Guadalcanal province of the Solomon Islands revealed that only 56% of schools have toilets, 59% of schools have no hand washing facilities, and practically none of the schools had soap.

To address this, UNICEF, in partnership with the Solomon Island Government, launched the ‘Solomon Islands Better Learning Environments’ project in December 2016.

With funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Aid Programme and public donations, this 5 year project is providing safe water and sanitation facilities and is supporting the promotion of good hygiene practices for 44 schools on Guadalcanal.

Solar power is also provided to 10 schools for lights, fans and educational tools (such as computers and digital libraries for teachers). Approximately 6,500 school children will directly benefit and a large number of communities will indirectly benefit from project support.

The pilot project will also enhance institutional capacity of the Government, assist in developing actionable national and provincial level policies and standards and further contribute to strengthening monitoring systems and scale up WASH in Schools in all 1,200 schools in the country.

Vanuatu Water for Life Imagine having to walk long distances across rough terrain every day to collect water for your family. That is the reality for many women and children on Tanna Island in Vanuatu.

7 years ago, Kiwi engineer Adam Pearse and his sister Lisa began the process of designing and modifying a ‘ram’ water pump to improve water access for their friend Iahlu George’s village, one of many on Tanna Island where water must be collected from streams or springs at the foot of ravines.

After modifying and refining the pump design, the Pearses partnered with UNICEF NZ, and with funding from New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Aid Programme and public donations, has been able to provide pumps to 30 villages on Tanna.

Through the ‘Water for Life’ project, UNICEF, in partnership with the Government of Vanuatu and CARE International, has ensured these 30 communities (many of which were

International Development Programmes

also heavily impacted by Tropical Cyclone Pam in 2015) are also provided with water and hygiene systems, tap stands, latrines, and assisted in developing their own drinking water safety and security plans.

Women and children on Tanna Island no longer need to spend their time collecting water and now have much more time to spend with family members, tending gardens or develop small businesses to supplement their income.

Right: Children like Nalam can now turn on a tap and get fresh water.

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With funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Aid Programme, UNICEF NZ has supported UNICEF Lebanon’s ‘Reaching All Children with Education’ (RACE) programme. This has provided Syrian refugee children affected by the Syria crisis, and vulnerable Lebanese school-aged children, with access to quality learning opportunities in safe and protective environments.

International Development Programmes

The project has enabled the enrolment of an additional 1,000 children in the community-based early childhood education programme, in and around Syrian refugee settlements in Lebanon, mostly in the Beka’a valley region. The programme is providing children with structured play and learning opportunities, focused on five domains of development: cognitive, social, psychological, physical and communicative.

Left: Bashar, 11, grins while using a laptop computer at a UNICEF supported Makani centre in the Za’atari camp for Syrian refugees.

Syrian Refugee Children missing out on educationA 2016 UNICEF Household Survey indicated that only 11 per cent of Syrian refugee children – around one out of every ten children – living in informal settlements and shelters in Lebanon have access to kindergarten or early learning.

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financial HIGHLIGHTS report 2016

ACCOUNTS SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2016

2016 2015 $000 $000

INCOME

Fundraising 9,730 11,679

Project Funding 1,497 1,074

Other Income 326 1,022

TOTAL INCOME 11,553 13,775

ALLOCATION OF UNICEF NZ INCOME

Programmes Overseas (Note 1) 6,237 8,617

Programmes in New Zealand 552 450

Programmes/Emergencies 6,789 9,067

Communications 354 320

Fundraising 3,142 3,147

Administration (NZ) 1,327 1,241

UNICEF NZ Expenses 4,823 4,708

TOTAL INCOME ALLOCATED 11,612 13,775

Note 1: Comprises $8,454,634 remitted by UNICEF NZ plus $161,613 for Vanuatu and Kiribati projects paid direct.Note 2: Admin includes new CRM, Finance and Website

FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO UNICEF INTERNATIONAL FOR PROGRAMMESFUNDS TRANSFERRED TO UNICEF INTERNATIONAL FOR PROGRAMMES

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

4,000

2,000

0

$000

Funds transferred by UNICEF NZ to UNICEF International for programmes and emergencies have increased 49% over the past seven years.

INCOME DISTRIBUTION 2016

$

Programmes 58.5%

Fundraising & Communication 30.1%

Administration 11.4%

ALLOCATION OF INCOME OVERSEAS 2016

$

Global 27.3%

Ethiopia 19.4%

Syria 12.5%

Solomon Islands 11.7%

Fiji 11.3%

Kiribati 10.2%

Timor-Leste 4.9%

Nepal 2.4%

Lao 0.3%

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financial HIGHLIGHTS report 2016

FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO UNICEF INTERNATIONAL FOR PROGRAMMESPROGRAMMES AS % OF INCOME TREND

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

80.0

70.0

60.0

50.0

40.0

30.0

20.0

10.0

0

Where the money comes fromFundraising income includes donations and gifts from individuals and communities across New Zealand, incuding major donors, businesses and bequests.

Project funding includes grants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ NZPFID programme for overseas projects.

Other income includes grants for monitoring international projects, grants from UNICEF Geneva to undertake new fundraising initiatives, investment income, a grant from the Children’s Foundation and grants for New Zealand advocacy and child rights education work.

Where the money goesProgrammes expenditure includes humanitarian development and emergency response work internationally, as well as activities to inform and educate New Zealanders on development and humanitarian issues.

Communications expenditure is used to keep donors informed and up to date about the work their support makes possible. The money allocated to fundraising is used to fund all aspects of UNICEF’s income generation, which guarantees that our work for children will continue next year and each year to come.

Administration costs are costs required to efficiently run the organisation and help it meet its accountability requirements. Costs include items such as staff costs for finance and administration as well as audit fees, insurance and office maintenance costs.

In 2016 these costs also included the building of a new CRM system, a new finance system, and a new website. These updated systems will ensure greater efficiency, and lower costs in coming years.

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Funds allocated to programmes