Global Reach 2012 Report by United Nations Foundation

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2011-2012

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“You do not have to be a world leader – or even a billionaire – to make an impact. If we are going to turn things around, we all need to do our part to make it happen. Change starts with you.”

“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.”

TED TURNER

founder and chairman

BAN KI-MOON

united nations secretary-general

a letter of welcome Dear Friends of the United Nations Foundation, The great challenges of the 21st century – poverty, climate change, energy access, population pressure, gender equity, and disease – are global in nature, overwhelming the capabilities and resources of any one nation or sector. The United Nations is the only institution with the international scale, reach, and capacity to address these “problems without passports.” Since 1998, the role of the United Nations Foundation has evolved from a traditional grantmaker to an actively involved problem solver. Within the framework of more than 10 specific issue campaigns, we continue to work closely with the UN to develop large-scale partnerships, build expert coalitions, and advocate for a strong, effective UN. Our campaigns are entry points for individuals and groups to become engaged in the life-saving work of the UN. Through the advocacy and fundraising activities of our campaigns, the UN Foundation and our partners have helped the UN to keep girls in school; prevent child marriage; increase access to reproductive health education, services, and supplies; provide families with clean and affordable energy solutions; cut measles deaths by 85 percent in Africa; distribute more than 6 million anti-malaria bed nets to 25 African countries; slash the geographic range of polio from 30 to now only 3 countries and reduce polio incidence by 99 percent worldwide; and successfully champion the payment of close to $2 billion in United States debt to the UN. We have reached out to many new UN allies, working with partners as diverse as the National Basketball Association, the United Methodist Church, the government of Norway, the American Red Cross, ExxonMobil, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We have paid great attention to recruiting

individuals like you, people who are willing to learn about and take action on problems beyond your backyard. Beyond organizations and governments, some of our most influential partners and supporters are moms, adolescent girls, and emerging entrepreneurs and innovators who personify both the global citizen and the deeply involved philanthropist of the future. From vaccinating the 1 billionth child against measles to delivering bed nets that prevent malaria, from sheltering victims of earthquakes, floods, and storms to stimulating a market for clean cookstoves that are safe and healthy for families and the environment – these are just some of the ways the UN Foundation empowers people to create a healthier and happier world. This is about more than raising money. This is about reaching new audiences to ask them to give and advocate, and creating linkages among sometimes unlikely partners that bring new energy to bear on old problems. And ultimately, this is about multiplying results and producing long-lasting, sustainable change. Almost everyone we meet wants to help their families and communities reach their potential. As philanthropists, as parents and grandparents, and as local and global citizens, we share this goal; and we believe that helping the United Nations is the best way to make this vision a reality. While it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the scope and scale of today’s challenges, the stories in this report make clear that by working together change is indeed within reach. We are honored to work with you and the United Nations, and ask you to continue partnering with us to make the world a better place, now and for generations to come. With our sincere thanks,

Ted Turner

Founder & Chairman

Timothy E. Wirth President

a better world is within reach The United Nations Foundation is driven by the belief that a better world is within reach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and that everyone has a role to play in helping the United Nations make this vision possible. We build public-private partnerships to address the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most pressing problems and broaden support for the United Nations through advocacy, public outreach, campaigns, and initiatives. The Foundation was created in 1998 as a U.S. public charity by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner and is joined in its work by corporations, governments, foundations, and individuals.

our leadership Global perspective is essential for global reach, connections, and change. The UN Foundation’s Board of Directors includes the most influential leaders of our time, whose pioneering work supports the UN’s vision of a more peaceful, prosperous, and just world.

Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway

Emma Rothschild U.K. Timothy E. Wirth U.S.A.

Igor Ivanov Russia

Yuan Ming China

President

Hisashi Owada Japan

R.E. Turner U.S.A. Andrew Young U.S.A.

Chairman

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah Jordan

Muhammad Yunus Bangladesh

Kofi Annan Ghana

Fábio Barbosa Brazil

Nafis Sadik Pakistan

N.R. Narayana Murthy India

our relationship with the United Nations We help tell the UN’s story, build support for the UN’s global programs, and advocate for a strong U.S.-UN relationship. We work closely with the UN Secretary-General, UN agencies, the UN Fund for International Partnerships, the UN Office of Partnerships, and other stakeholders to support the UN’s work. This includes working together on UN global efforts such as Sustainable Energy for All to make energy more accessible, more efficient, and cleaner by 2030, and Every Woman Every Child to mobilize and intensify global action to improve women’s and children’s health. Together with the Better World Campaign and the United Nations Association of the USA, we represent the single largest network of American supporters of the UN. We are proud to be part of a global community partnering with the UN for progress and change.

making a difference

Allocated

The UN Foundation has invested $2 billion to date to mobilize global change. With support from individuals, corporations, governments, and foundations, the UN Foundation is proud to continue to leverage Ted Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic $1 billion gift. So far, for every dollar donated by Mr. Turner, we have raised an additional $1.50.

$50 million for HIV/AIDS prevention programs with

Raised $20 million for clean

$33.6 million

dedicated to women and girls

Invested

energy projects

$51.7 million in programs benefiting adolescent girls

Awarded

533 grants totaling more than

Historic $1 billion gift from Ted Turner establishes the UN Foundation

$170 million in support of empowering girls and women

Empowering women and girls

Launched effort to decrease energy and water waste in more than 55 million square feet of U.S. building space

Engaged with

Helped reduce

Championing sustainable energy & combating climate change

Sent over 6 million anti-malaria nets to

25 African countries

Helped UN engage dozens of countries and secure hundreds of commitments for billions of dollars in support of Sustainable Energy for All

polio by 99% worldwide

Raised over $40

million for malaria prevention

Championed the payment of close to

120 UN Association chapters and divisions across the U.S.

$2 billion in U.S.

Advancing global health

dues to the UN

Helped reduce measles deaths in Africa by 85%

Involved 25,000 students & teachers in 23 cities in Global Classrooms速 and Model UN

Supporting the UN

women & population

Addressing the needs and rights of women and girls is essential to alleviating poverty, achieving social justice, stabilizing the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population, and accelerating progress on global development goals. The UN Foundation believes that empowering women and girls with educational and economic opportunities and securing their health and human rights is one of the best investments we can make for families, communities, and the world. We work with the UN, and NGO, corporate, and government partners to promote gender equality; address the unmet need for quality reproductive health and voluntary family planning services; advocate for increased resources and funding for programs and activities benefiting adolescent girls; eliminate gender-based violence; and improve maternal health care using integrated health systems and mobile technologies. When progress is made in improving the rights of women and girls, our world thrives.

Co-invested $43 million from individual, corporate, and foundation partners

Seeded the work of the UN

Adolescent Girls Task Force to improve adolescent girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives worldwide Energized more than 230,000 Girl Up supporters to help adolescent girls in developing countries

Leveraged close to $12 million from leading foundations to strengthen U.S. leadership on international family planning and reproductive health, resulting in a 30% increase in U.S. funding since 2008

energy & climate change Energy is essential to economic development. It provides mobility, heat, and light, and fuels the machinery that drives the global economy. But the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dependence on coal and oil harms public health and the environment, contributing to air pollution and climate change. We work with the UN and our partners to create building blocks for global action, such as targets for energy efficiency and renewable energy and innovative financing tools to support larger flows of private investment. Our goal is to move the world toward a safer, cleaner, more equitable, and climate-friendly energy future â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a world where sustainable energy powers a better future for everyone. 9

Released a report detailing

$3 billion to $9.5 billion in annual savings from wind power in the U.S. Midwest

Led 500+ practitioners in 125 countries working to achieve universal energy access by 2030

Developed an international framework to help the UN fight climate change, which 71 world leaders have endorsed

Promoted 25xâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;25, the Congressionally endorsed goal of 25% renewable energy in the U.S. by 2025

global health

We work closely with the UN to develop and expand major health initiatives to help families survive and thrive. Building on our success in creating the Measles & Rubella Initiative with partners, we continue to create new coalitions and campaigns. Through our anchor partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and public-private partnerships with Rotary International, the American Red Cross, the United Methodist Church, and others, we help deliver life-saving vaccines and anti-malaria nets to children, stimulate a market for clean cookstoves that are safe and healthy for families and the environment, harness the latest mobile technologies to improve public health, and address the major health challenges facing the most vulnerable women and children around the world.

Mobilized more than

$570 million for the

Delivered bed nets to 1.6 million people in Zambia three months ahead of schedule and before the peak of the deadly rainy season using the innovative financing of the Pledge Guarantee for Health

Measles & Rubella Initiative, helping to reduce measles cases by 85% in Africa by 2010

Convened more than 270 public, private, and non-profit sector partners across six continents through the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

Delivered more than 6 million anti-malaria bed nets through UN partners to 25 African countries

Distributed more than 1 million bed nets to refugees, helping move malaria from the top cause of death among refugees to number five

Facilitated approximately $200 million to help reduce polio by 99% globally

supporting the UN There’s never been a more important time to stand with the UN. Through the Better World Campaign and UNA-USA, we represent the single largest network of UN supporters in the U.S. We advocate in support of a strong, effective, and fully funded UN. We educate the media on UN efforts. We build public support for UN causes. We ensure the U.S. government pays its dues to the UN on time and in full. Why? Because a strong UN is the world’s most effective voice for international cooperation on behalf of peace, development, human rights, and the environment. 11

Engaged with 25,000 students and teachers in Global Classrooms ® and Model UN conferences in 23 cities across 15 countries

Sent more than 15,000 letters of thanks to UN Peacekeepers from our grassroots supporters

Connected 50 nongovernmental organizations with the UN through UNA-USA’s Council of Organizations

Engaged thousands of people in our “My World. My UN.” youth-focused campaign

mobilizing global change We imagine a world where children donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suffer from preventable diseases like polio, malaria, and measles; a world where women donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t die during childbirth; a world where girls go to school instead of being forced to marry as young as age 5; and a world where families everywhere have access to safe, sustainable energy. We are connecting resources, people, and ideas with the UN to bring this future into focus and to mobilize global change.

stories of impact It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the scope and scale of today’s challenges, but as the stories on these pages make clear, global progress is possible. Here are a few highlights.

Polio Eradication: Success is Within Reach In early 2012, the fight against polio reached a milestone – India celebrated a full year without a single new case and was removed from the polio endemic list, leaving only three countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. With our partners, we have been dedicated to the fight, facilitating $200 million to help reduce polio worldwide by 99 percent. 14

Measles: 1 Billionth Vaccination Confirms Partnerships Work

Igniting Change: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

In 2011, the Measles & Rubella Initiative helped vaccinate the 1 billionth child against measles. Working since 2001 in more than 60 countries, the initiative has cut measles deaths by 85 percent in Africa and 74 percent worldwide. Before widespread vaccination, measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year.

Three billion people use polluting, inefficient stoves to cook, and the resulting toxic smoke kills almost 2 million people a year. Since its 2010 launch, the Alliance has secured an unprecedented $100 million in funding and recruited more than 270 partners across six continents to reach the goal of 100 million homes adopting clean and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020.

Every Woman Every Child: Unprecedented Action for Global Health Launched in 2010 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Every Woman Every Child mobilizes and intensifies global action to improve womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health. The UN Foundation has committed $400 million through campaigns and partnerships over five years to support this essential effort which aims to save 16 million women and children by 2015.

Sustainable Energy For All: Powering the Future Recognizing that sustainable development is impossible without sustainable energy, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is leading Sustainable Energy for All, calling on all sectors of society to make energy more accessible, more efficient, and cleaner by 2030. We are providing support to raise global awareness and engage stakeholders worldwide to create the future we want.

Universal Access Project: Strengthening Women, Families, and Communities Approximately 222 million women around the world want but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to family planning services. Since 2008, we have spearheaded a collaborative effort of leading foundations to strengthen the U.S. governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in advancing reproductive health and rights globally by leveraging close to $12 million to support 25 NGOs.

mHealth Alliance: Big Numbers with Big Potential The mHealth Alliance, founded in 2009 and hosted by the UN Foundation, champions the use of mobile technologies to improve health throughout the world. The Alliance serves as a convener for the mHealth community to overcome common challenges by sharing tools, knowledge, experience, and lessons learned. With 7 billion people in the world, 5.9 billion mobile phone subscriptions, and one physician for 50,000 people in places like Malawi and Niger, the potential for positive change is exponential.

Girl Up: Mobilizing Philanthro-teens

Shot@Life: A Voice for the Value of Vaccines

Nothing But Nets: Protecting Refugees from Malaria

Because changing the future starts with a girl, we created Girl Up – a way for American girls to help girls in developing countries. Since 2010, more than 230,000 Girl Up supporters have channeled their energy and compassion — spreading the word through social media networks, contacting representatives in Washington, D.C., and donating money to UN programs that are making a difference for girls.

Since its launch in September 2011, more than 100,000 people have joined Shot@Life to contribute ﬁnancial support and engage in advocacy activities to promote vaccines around the world. Together, we can save children’s lives by expanding access to vaccines. Every child deserves a shot at a healthy life.

With the help of our supporters, Nothing But Nets and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have delivered more than 1 million life-saving bed nets to protect refugees from malaria. Even more importantly, we’re seeing incredible progress against this deadly, preventable disease. Since 2008, malaria has dropped from the number one killer of refugees to the number ﬁve cause of death, thanks in part to our partnership with UNHCR. 17

partnerships We are grateful for our partners around the world who help the UN extend its reach and our collective impact. Learn more at www.unfoundation.org/partners.

ExxonMobil Foundation

ABC News

Mashable / 92Y

The ExxonMobil Foundation has been a strong advocate and leader in the ﬁght against malaria, and in increasing economic opportunities for women. To build on its success in the ﬁeld, the Foundation partnered with the Nothing But Nets campaign over the last several years - contributing to the distribution of more than 6 million life-saving bed nets. In 2012, the ExxonMobil Foundation launched an exciting new research collaboration with the UN Foundation to identify the most effective program interventions to promote economic opportunities for women worldwide. ExxonMobil was honored at our 2011 Global Leadership Dinner for its commitment to ending malaria deaths by 2015.

In 2011, ABC News and the UN Foundation launched the Million Moms Challenge, an initiative to connect American moms with moms around the globe to improve maternal and child health worldwide. Through broadcast specials, including a Diane Sawyer 20/20 Special Report, online articles, and social media, the Million Moms Challenge has reached tens of millions of people and continues to raise awareness and funds to help mothers and babies everywhere survive and thrive.

Building on the success of the annual Social Good Summit started in 2010, the UN Foundation partnered with Mashable, the top online source for news in digital and social media, 92nd Street Y, and a unique group of inﬂuencial partners to host a similar dynamic discussion – Rio+Social – during the historic UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. The event trended globally on Twitter and catalyzed a global, online conversation to share solutions for pressing global challenges.

CLEAN & CLEAR®

Variety

American Academy of Pediatrics

CLEAN & CLEAR®, a brand owned by Johnson & Johnson, has used its vast network of partners, including MTV and Target, to raise awareness about Girl Up and to inspire action. Through our partnership, 20 girls were selected to be members of the inaugural HERo class, with one girl winning a trip to New York City for a mini-mentorship with Seventeen and Cosmopolitan, and a day at the UN. CLEAN & CLEAR® also offered mini-grants to Girl Up clubs across the U.S. for awareness and fundraising activities, funded scholarships for girls to attend the ﬁrst Girl Up Leadership Summit, and helped launch a toolkit for teens to start a Girl Up club.

Variety has helped the UN Foundation and the UN reach over 60,000 readers with an innovative partnership to engage the creative community, including groundbreaking advertisements in numerous issues. On April 25, 2012, World Malaria Day, Variety raised awareness for malaria prevention in a ﬁrst-of-its-kind way – Variety’s website and print issue were wrapped to resemble a life-saving bed net. In recognition of its leadership to activate the creative community in solving global problems, Variety was named an honoree for our 2012 Global Leadership Award.

As a founding partner of Shot@Life, the American Academy of Pediatrics is mobilizing pediatric leaders and its membership of 60,000 to provide technical health information to the campaign and to accelerate vaccine access goals. Through Shot@Life, pediatricians have the opportunity to talk to the public and the U.S. government about the critical role of vaccines in saving and improving the lives of children around the world. A pilot program, expanding from 30 ofﬁces, educates Americans about global vaccines at a critical moment—while in the pediatrician’s ofﬁce getting their child’s recommended vaccines.

reaching new audiences Through new technologies, new media, and a new generation, the UN Foundation makes it easy to stay informed, participate in the global conversation, and take action to help the UN – anytime, anyplace.

Social Good Summit: New Power, New Players, New Platforms

Think Global, Act Mobile: New App Puts Change in Your Hands

Launched in 2010 with Mashable and the 92nd Street Y, this event, dubbed the “Digital Davos,” brings the high-level discussions of the UN General Assembly each September beyond the walls of the UN headquarters and into the blogging community and the public conversation – where digital media delivers it to the world.

In September 2011, the UN Foundation teamed up with the UN, Stevie Wonder, and Monique Coleman to launch a free, ﬁrst-of-its-kind mobile and tablet application for people everywhere to connect with the UN. Available in all six of the UN’s official languages, the app delivers news from multiple UN sources in one integrated realtime stream, and makes it easy, for example, to donate $10 for an anti-malaria bed net to save lives in Africa, thank a UN peacekeeper, advocate for a better world, share facts about girls’ lives in the developing world, and even play “Pieces of Peace,” an interactive game that challenges users to unscramble photos that chronicle UN-related work. To download the mobile app, visit www.unfoundation.org/mobile.

In 2011, more than 1,600 people attended the event, which included Nobel Prize Laureates, government and business leaders, activists, movie stars, bloggers, and journalists. More than 100,000 have watched the Livestream proceedings, totaling more than 1 million minutes of footage, and over 100,000 tweets using #socialgood have been posted including those of several African First Ladies, who created their ﬁrst-ever Twitter accounts to support UN efforts on global health.

Sharing the message: Ads in Taxis, Airports, Malls, and Times Square As part of our work with Global Entrepreneurs Council, the UN Foundation, with Posterscope USA, the world’s leading out-of-home communications agency, and 18 of its media partners, is leveraging the power of digital advertising to engage Americans in helping the UN solve global problems. A recent six-month campaign representing $2.5 million in donated advertising space garnered more than 1 billion impressions across almost 300 cities. Call to action messages — combat malaria, help Haiti rebuild, ﬁght poverty, support adolescent girls, and more — blanketed the nation, appearing in malls, universities, taxis, train stations, airports, digital billboards, static wallscapes, and even a sky high, digital Times Square spectacular. This innovative public awareness partnership hit home the message that we all have a role to play and made participation easy with “text-to-donate” campaigns.

Global Classrooms Model UN: Engaging the World’s Youth as Global Leaders Global Classrooms® is the cornerstone of UNA-USA’s educational program. Annually, Global Classrooms engages more than 25,000 students and teachers at Model UN conferences and in classrooms around the world. Each year thousands of middle and high school students convene for the Global Classrooms International Model UN Conference at UN Headquarters in New York City. At the 2012 Conference, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed more than 2,400 students at the Opening Ceremonies, where he focused youth attention on Rio+20 and asked attendees to show their support for UN Peacekeeping through the Better World Campaign’s “Thank a Peacekeeper” campaign. Model UN has been the premier vehicle for building young people’s leadership skills and understanding of international affairs, world cultures, and the workings of the UN for more than 60 years. By stepping into the shoes of UN ambassadors and representing viewpoints of 193 UN member states, young people gain awareness of ideas and trends that deeply affect their generation.

everyone has a role to play in creating a better world No matter who you are, what you do, or where you live, everyone can help create lasting change. The UN Foundation makes it easy to support the UN by providing multiple opportunities for meaningful impact. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a billionaire, basketball player, world leader, or world famous to help the UN. We all have a role to play. By working together, advocating for change, and mobilizing resources, we can indeed make the world a better place.

connecting champions for global change The Foundation is grateful for the ongoing contributions of people committed to creating a better world. Celebrities, activists, musicians, chefs, mothers, students, teenage girls, and business leaders offer examples we can all follow, mobilizing their time, talent, and passion to help solve the greatest challenges of our time.

UNA-USA members: Active global citizens such as Karen Mulhauser, the leader of the National Capital Area Chapter, are the heart of UNA-USA. She is one of UNA-USA’s more than 11,000 UN advocates amplifying the message that a strong, effective, and fully funded UN is essential for a more peaceful and prosperous world.

Chad Holliday and Kandeh Yumkella: Chad Holliday, Chairman, Bank of America, and Kandeh Yumkella, Chair, UN-Energy and Director-General, UN Industrial Development Organization, are mobilizing commitments to expand energy access, improve efﬁciency, and increase renewable energy use as co-chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All.

“I was inspired to join the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves because its core mission is saving lives – especially children’s lives…” Julia Roberts: Academy Award-winning actor and Global Ambassador of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

Mandy Moore: The singer, actress, and Nothing But Nets Champion was in Cameroon to kick-start delivery of more than 225,000 anti-malaria nets to ﬁght the nation’s #1 killer and help reach the global goal of ending malaria deaths by 2015.

“…for too many women and children…the danger and difﬁculty of cooking has reached a crisis point…this issue [must be] on the agenda of advocates, chefs, business-owners, and policymakers worldwide.” José Andrés: World renowned chef and Culinary Ambassador of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

“I am only one girl, but I know I can make a difference.” Erica Lamberson: Girl Up Teen Advisor, who with other representatives of this UN Foundationsponsored teen movement, delivered 16,000 signatures to the White House in support of ending child marriage.

Faith Leaders: Faith leaders like United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton are signiﬁcant partners in the drive for global development by catalyzing change in their communities to support UN Foundation campaigns that include advancing women’s reproductive health and ending malaria. The UN Foundation has been proud to partner with the United Methodist Church in its Imagine No Malaria campaign, as well as the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Lutheran World Relief in their Lutheran Malaria Initiative, which will result in millions of dollars for the Global Fund to help end malaria deaths.

“I am often asked, ‘you must take so many photos to produce the work you do’…but on every occasion the magic…seems to materialize in just one shot, a captured moment in time. One shot is all you need. Here’s your one shot to make a difference.” Anne Geddes: World renowned photographer speaking about her work as a Shot@Life Advocate.

Moms: In partnership with ABC News, Johnson & Johnson, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Baby Center, and more than 30 partners focusing on global health, we’re galvanizing mothers everywhere to join the Million Moms Challenge to advance the shared values of safe pregnancy, childbirth, and children’s health worldwide.

UN Leaders: We work closely with UN leaders like Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet. In 2011, Bachelet traveled to Liberia to commemorate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day with President of Liberia Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Africa’s ﬁrst female head of state, and the next generation of women leaders: adolescent girls.

David Cook: The Season 7 AMERICAN IDOL winner and a champion for the UN Foundation and Girl Up donated a free download of his hit single, “We Believe,” to Girl Up supporters. The single was inspired by his trip to Ethiopia and the challenges facing adolescent girls there.

Global Entrepreneurs Council: This select group of some of the brightest entrepreneurs under 40 is helping the UN and the UN Foundation to engage a new generation of global citizens and bring fresh perspectives to pressing issues that demand innovative solutions. From left to right: Brian Gott, Publisher, Variety Magazine; Zaw Thet, CEO, 4INFO; Angela Mwanza, Senior Vice President, UBS Private Wealth Management; Shervin Pishevar, Founder and Executive Chairman, Social Gaming Network; Sergio Fernández de Cordova, Founder, Pvblic Foundation; Founder, Fuel Outdoor; Ryan Allis, CEO, iContact; Elliott Bisnow, CEO, Summit Series; Shauna Robertson, Co-Founder, Crowdrise. Not pictured: Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, R to Z Media.

join us: your reach, connections, and change The UN, our partners, and our champions all have many important stories to tell. The UN Foundation helps share these powerful stories to inspire people around the world to take action and join us in supporting the UN to create a better world.

We Partner with Companies. Every day, more international companies recognize the value of strategically investing their resources in global causes. The UN Foundation’s many corporate partners provide the UN with critical technical expertise, strategic planning support, human resources, marketing platforms, products, and technologies to overcome some of the world’s most intractable problems.

We Partner with Organizations.

What one organization can accomplish alone, two can double. We believe that partnerships built on common goals enable all of us to make a more sustainable and profound impact. By sharing our networks, leveraging existing resources, learning from one another’s best practices, and taking collective action, we will be one step closer to realizing our common goals and those of the UN.

We Partner with Individuals. We all have a role to play in creating a better world. Anyone can dedicate their time, energy or money to help the UN. Ted Turner started the UN Foundation to make it easier for anyone who wants to help others around the world take action. Whether you give $1 billion, or $10 to protect a family in Africa from malaria, take action on Facebook and Twitter, or simply tell a friend or neighbor, together we can extend the UN’s reach and create a better world.

Post, click, tweet or play – no matter who you are or where you are, we have multiple tools for you to connect with us and the UN. Connect to the UN today: www.unfoundation.org. Become a member of UNA-USA: www.unausa.org. unitednationsfoundation

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campaigns & initiatives The UN Foundation builds new coalitions and supports creative initiatives to connect individuals, governments, and organizations with the UN.

Better World Campaign Working with policymakers, media, and the American public to foster a strong U.S.-UN relationship that promotes core American interests and builds a more secure, prosperous, and healthy world.

Nothing But Nets Activating a grassroots movement to end malaria by advocating and sending insecticide-treated bed nets - $10 at a time - to families in Africa to prevent malaria, a leading killer of children.

Energy Future Coalition Building bridges between businesses, labor organizations, and environmental groups for broad-based and non-partisan solutions for a new energy future.

Pledge Guarantee for Health Improving the global health aid market for all stakeholders by utilizing private sector ďŹ nancial tools to bridge funding gaps so health supplies can be shipped as needed.

Girl Up Giving American girls the opportunity to raise awareness and funds for UN programs that help some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardest-toreach adolescent girls.

Polio Global Eradication Initiative Stopping polio worldwide by delivering vaccines through publicprivate partnerships with the UN, governments, companies, and individuals.

Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Creating a thriving global market for clean, efficient household cooking solutions to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change. Measles & Rubella Initiative Ensuring no child dies from measles or is born with congenital rubella syndrome by working with partners to deliver life-saving vaccines. mHealth Alliance Advancing the use of mobile technologies to improve health worldwide through policy research, advocacy, and support for the development of new technologies.

Shot@Life Educating, connecting, and empowering Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries.

United Nations Association of the United States of America Informing, inspiring, and mobilizing thousands of Americans to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations.

Universal Access Project Achieving universal access to reproductive health care, which leads to healthier women, stronger families, and more stable, prosperous communities.

Photo Credits Front Cover – Man with solar panel (Photo credit: Stiftung Solar Energie); Children with light (Photo credit: Foundation Rural Energy Services); Peacekeeper with baby (Photo credit: UN Photo/John Isaac); UN headquarters with ﬂags (Photo credit: UN Photo/Milton Grant); Mother and child (UNICEF/Noorani); Students in Nepal (Photo credit: Christine McNab/Measles & Rubella Initiative); Young mother (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Talia Frankel); Page 2 – Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon with students (Photo credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider); Page 6 & 8 – Women together with PDA (Photo credit: DataDyne); Page 6-7 & 9 – Men at solar lighting program in Haiti (Photo credit: Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH); Page 6 & 10 – Happy healthy kids playing leapfrog (UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); Page 7 & 11 – Peacekeeper feeding a child (Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino); Page 12 – Youth at bell ceremony (Photo credit: UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras); Page 14 – Secretary-General administers polio vaccine in Angola (Photo credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider); Child receiving measles vaccine (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); Page 15 – Smiling baby in rural Bangladesh (Photo credit: UN Photo/Mark Garter); Woman with lamp (Photo credit: TERI); Page 16 – Young pregnant mother in Liberia (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); Health worker with PDA (Photo credit: DataDyne); Page 17 – Mother and children (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); Boy with net (Photo credit: David Evans); Page 18 – Mother and child (Photo credit: David Evans); Mother and twins (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Talia Frankel); Page 19 – Shot@ Life “lives saved” count (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); Page 21 – Students (Photo credit: UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras); Page 22 – Mandy Moore (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Indrani); Page 24 – Julia Roberts (Photo credit: The Oprah Winfrey Network); Chad Holliday and Kandeh Yumkella (Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation); Nate Stafford (Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation); Page 25 – Jose Andres (Photo credit: Jason Varney); Erica Lamberson, (Photo credit: Nathan Mitchell); Page 26 – Faith Leaders (Photo credit: David Evans); Anne Geddes (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); Page 27 – Michelle Bachelet in Liberia (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); David Cook and little girl (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Stuart Ramson); Page 28 – Shot@Life PSA launch in Times Square (Photo credit: UN Foundation/ Diane Bondareff) Page 30 – Little girl at Girl Up event (Photo credit: Nathan Mitchell); Back Cover – Boy with bed net (Photo credit: Vestergaard Fransden); Child in Mongolia with solar panel (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe); Mother and child (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Talia Frankel); Kids playing jump rope (Photo credit: UN Photo/Logan Abassi);Woman with net (Photo credit: UN Foundation/Talia Frankel); Peacekeeper feeds child (Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino)

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