2.  The United Nations has a special section
called UNICEF that tries to help children.
 The UN has a convention on children’s
right. They would like all countries to
follow it, as a set of rules about the
treatment of children.

3.  A convention is a special meeting where
people share ideas about how to fix a
problem.

4.  Treatment means the way we act toward
people.

5.  Some countries use children in their
armies.
 Many children work in factories.
 Poor countries can’t afford to provide
schools.

6. Name: The United Nations
Children’s Fund is know as
UNICEF.
Started: 1946
Goal: To make sure that
children grow up in a safe
environment.
Motto: For Every Child- Health, Education,
Equality and Protection.
Logo: The world, a mother & child and
olive branches.

7. Name: The United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization.
UNESCO
Started: 1945
Goal: To contribute to peace
and security by encouraging countries to
work together through education,
science and culture.
World Heritage, part of UNESCO, protects
important places that represent the
culture of a country.
Logo: A Greek temple.

8. Name: The World Health
Organization is known as
WHO
Started: 1948- on World
Health Day.
Goal: To make sure people
have the best health possible.
Their main task is to combat infectious
diseases.
Logo: A world map, a serpent (snake) and
staff, olive branches

10. Name: Greenpeace
Started: 1971.
Goal: To help protect and conserve the
environment, using direct action,
lobbying and research.
Logo: The words ‘green’ and ‘peace’
combined to make one word.

11. Name: The World Wide Fund for Nature is
know and WWF.
Started: 1961
Goal: To make a future where people can
live together with nature and wild
animals.
Motto: For a Living Planet.
Logo: A panda bear.

12.  Connect the logo to the name!

13. GP WHO WWF UN UNICEF UNESCO

14.  Write the names of the organizations.

15.  I’ll give you a worksheet:
 Walk around the room and read each
problem.
 For each problem, decide which organization
would fix it.
 Write the number of the problem underneath
the organization on your worksheet.

16. 1. Garbage is killing many
endangered frogs.

17.
2. A country is cutting down all its
forests.

18.
3. Many children lost their parents in
an earthquake.

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4. An old temple must be protected
from people destroying it.

20.
5. Many babies are sick from
drinking bad milk.

21.
6. A bad bird flu is spreading across
China very quickly.

22.
7. People found a very old Buddhist
Temple.

23.
8. A country is making children work
in factories.

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9. People are hunting elephants in
Africa.

25.
10. A country is dumping garbage
in its oceans and rivers.