We started the day Monday at the Unicef offices, inside a very large UN building in Luanda. There we had a briefing from the team on the work being done in Angola in the 8 years since civil war ended and the work has moved from emergency to development. The main focus of Unicef's work here now is around the 11 commitments to Angolan children a government initiative launched in 2009. The 11 commitments are:
- Life expectancy
- Food and nutritional secuirty
- Birth registration
- Early childhood education
- Primary education
- Juvenille justice
- Prevention of HIV/AIDS on children and families
- Prevention and mitigation of violence against children
- Family capacities
- Children and the media
- Children in the state budget
Everything UNICEF does here correlates to one or more of these commitments. The great thing about UNICEF is that while they are in the field helping children they are also at table making policy with the government. This allows them a unique influence.
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