UNICEF India Ambassador

• In the 75th year of partnership of UNICEF with India, Kareena Kapoor Khan appointed as the organization’s National Ambassador.
• Kareena Kapoor Khan will support UNICEF India in furthering every child’s right to early childhood development, health, education and gender equality.
• She has been an instrumental support in several UNICEF’s global campaigns on #EveryChildRights.
• UNICEF India also announced the appointment of its first ever Youth Advocates (16 to 24 years), who are peer leaders and champions on issues like climate action, mental health, innovations and Girls in

ABOUT UNICEF

• The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established in 1946 to improve the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children affected by WWII.
• Its Headquarter in New York , USA
• It became permanent part of United nations in 1953.
• It is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.
• It was Awarded by the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1965 for “promotion of brotherhood among the nations”.