The JEN Foundation is committed to projects aimed at curbing child labour and girl's abuse, preventing from HIV and establishing education and water projects.
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Each year in sub-Saharan Africa, more than four million children aged below five years die of diseases that could have been either prevented or cured. Polluted water spreads germs and diseases. Many children are undernourished and have therefore become rather weak. Another mortal peril is the fast dispersion of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome HIV. Also, the various armed conflicts, which often carry on for years, hurt children most, with many of them being abused as child soldiers. Elementary projects, such as the building of wells and latrines, are set up by UNICEF to guarantee the supply with drinking water and enhance hygienic conditions. Women are granted small loans to help them establish their own businesses and become economically independent. UNICEF supports programs for children who have lost their parents to HIV. During armed conflicts, UNICEF provides help and support for the children on both sides and cares for former child soldiers.
Education Makes Children Stronger
Succeeding in life, coping with problems, learning a trade - for poor children, education is the key to a better life.
Along with UNICEF, the JEN Foundation is committed to getting children to school - by applying a variety of approaches and methods, and sometimes off the beaten track. UNICEF endows elementary village schools, provides further education for teachers, and books, booklets, and pens for them and their pupils. Labouring children and urchins receive special educational packages. They are supposed to learn during their time off. Basic educational instruction is particularly crucial for children who have escaped war and emergency situations. Therefore, UNICEF sets up tent schools and provides the school-in-the-box kit, containing all the things necessary to conduct the instruction of 80 pupils.
Stop Exploitation
Under the motto "Stop Exploitation", UNICEF and the labelling organization TransFair call for donations for programs to curb child labour and provide for fair trade.
Through their joint efforts, UNICEF and TransFair are hoping to improve the working conditions of the manufacturing of cotton and textiles. By way of an over-dimensional T-shirt, being mounted on numerous cities pedestrian zones, the campaigners want to call attention to the link between Western bargain hunting and the working conditions in developing countries. Consumers are given the chance to take advantage of the "fair scoring"-card made of paper, which closely resembles the customer cards of many chain stores, and express their wish to buy fashion and textiles only manufactured from fairly traded cotton.
