Posts Tagged: unicef

Tell Congress to Advocate for Palestinian Children

From our colleagues in the Office for Public Witness: The detention of Palestinian minors by Israel raises serious concerns about lack of due process and ill-treatment.  These concerns serve as a call to action for those who feel a responsibility to care for the most weak and vulnerable members of society. According to the Israeli… Read more »

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF 2014

Halloween costumes have appeared in New York City. However you observe the holiday, consider participating in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF this year. Started by Presbyterians, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is a prime fundraiser for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and improve… Read more »

Happy Birthday, United Nations

October 24th is United Nations Day.  This day marks the anniversary of the Charter of the UN that occurred in 1945.  The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long supported the work of the United Nations. The 220th General Assembly (2012) voted to “Affirm the church’s historic support for the United Nations as an instrument of peacemaking… Read more »

10 Minutes = 1 Day of Water

The UNICEF Tap Project invites you to go without your phone to help children in need of clean water. Are you up for the challenge? For every ten minutes you don’t touch your phone, UNICEF Tap Project donors and sponsors can fund one day of clean water for a child in need.* It’s that simple…. Read more »

Addressing Inequality in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

By Brendan Welsh The Post-2015 Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities hosted a side event yesterday to brief various ambassadors and representatives of NGOs on the Consultation and High-level Meeting that took place in Copenhagen in February 2013. At the event, several panelists offered their answers to the question; how might inequalities be addressed in… Read more »

Malawi: The Big Picture

from the email newsletter of the Presbytery of Wabash Valleyby Phyllis Wezeman, First Presbyterian Church of South Bend & Malawi Mission Network “Malawi:  The Big Picture,” a three-day seminar co-sponsored by the Malawi Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Presbyterian Ministry of the United Nations, was attended by twenty-two people from the… Read more »

UNICEF Tap Project

This year, the UNICEF Tap Project will live on Facebook. You can donate using the UNICEF Tap Project Facebook App and keep the water flowing with the help of your Facebook friends. With your support, we will turn the world’s largest social network into a water network. We will raise awareness about the world water crisis and… Read more »

Some groups working on behalf of children: World Day of Prayer and Action for Children

Presbyterian Mission AgencyPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Child Advocacy Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network of PHEWA Presbyterians in Covenant with Children Presbyterian Kids4Kids – helping children act A Vision for Children and the Church United Nations UNICEFUnited Nations Children’s Day Other Non-governmental Organizations Children’s Defense Fund World Day of Prayer and Action for Children   Thanks… Read more »

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

We are taking part in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. How about you? This program began in Philadelphia in 1950, the idea of Presbyterians Clyde and Mary Emma Allison as a way to respond to the needs of children in the aftermath of World War II.In the sixty years since those orange cartons (decorated milk cartons were… Read more »