IKEA Foundation donates €24.9m to UNICEF
Howard Lake | 18 November 2014 | News
IKEA Foundation is marking the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child b making six grants worth €24.9 million to UNICEF. These will help the most marginalised and disadvantaged children living in poor communities, and strengthen UNICEF’s response in emergency and conflict situations.
Five grants will support UNICEF programmes in Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, and Rwanda.
The sixth, for €886,402, will enable UNICEF to develop information management tools to strengthen emergency response and monitoring.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises the universal rights of all children. It is the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history and has inspired changes in laws and practice that have improved the lives of millions of children in every region of the world.
IKEA Foundation
IKEA Foundation is UNICEF’s largest private sector donor. Over the last decade, this partnership has helped promote the rights of millions of children to survival, education and protection in Africa and Asia.
IKEA Foundation CEO Per Heggenes said:
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“We are very proud of our longstanding partnership with UNICEF, helping to develop new approaches leading to improved lives for millions of vulnerable children around the world. These new grants will ensure this work continues, helping even more young adolescents, children and families enjoy their basic rights.”
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.