Study the picture and answer the following questions:

(a) Identify the UN agency from the given logo. What is its primary objective?

(b) From where does this agency get its funds?

(c) List the functions of this UN agency.

(a) The given logo is of UNICEF. The primary objective of the UNICEF is to look after children's welfare, especially in the developing countries by providing low cost community services like maternal health, childcare, nutrition, immunisation, etc.

(b) UNICEF depends on the voluntary contributions from various governments, donations from private agencies, sale of greeting cards and funds raised through campaigns.

(c) The functions of UNICEF are:

1. It works for the survival, health and well-being of the children.
2. It provides training to the health and sanitation personnel, teachers, nutritionists.
3. It provides technical supplies and aids like pumps and pipes for bringing clean water to rural areas.
4. It helps children and mothers in emergencies, such as natural calamities and epidemics.
5. It makes efforts to prevent diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, skin diseases, etc. and to immunise people against these diseases.
6. It suppresses trafficking in children and women.