extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere famous words uttered by guyon and diplomat former secretary general of the united nations and nobel peace prize winner kofi annan his powerful words continue to resonate across the globe the united nations children's fund for unicef is a special program of the u.n. devoted to aiding national efforts to improve health nutrition education and the general welfare of our children a huge undertaking especially in a world where the child poverty rates continue to explode and the coronavirus pandemic is only making things worse. but when most people think of unicef and child poverty they picture underdeveloped nations in south and central america or even africa if you look to the developed world but in the middle child poverty also exists in the richest nation on earth according to a report by the national center for children in poverty 15000000 children in the u.s. lives in families with incomes below the poverty line and that's why unicef is launching its 1st ever aid program for u.s. children the agency will be investing 1000000 d