Official delegate of the Swiss comittee of UNICEF
„Education means freedom. Education is a powerful tool for individual, social and economical development. UNICEF is committed to ensuring that all children – regardless of gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background or circumstances – realize their right to a quality education. I am very proud to be officially elegated as a Swiss delegate of this important international organization.“ – Nathaly Bachmann.
Nathaly Bachmann has been elected among known Swiss public figures as Alex Frei (former captain of the Swiss National Football Team), Werner Augsburger (former Swiss Olympic Sporting Director) or Corina Casanova (former Federal Chancellor).
The United Nations Children’s Fund is a United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
UNICEF is funded entirely by voluntary contributions, and the National Committees collectively raise around one-third of UNICEF’s annual income. This comes through contributions from corporations, civil society organizations around six million individual donors worldwide.
There are UNICEF National Committees in 36 industrialized countries worldwide, each established as an independent local non-governmental organization. Serving as the public face and dedicated voice of UNICEF, the National Committees raise funds from the private sector, promote children’s rights, and secure worldwide visibility for children threatened by poverty, disasters, armed conflict, abuse and exploitation.