Your Role

Your Role

You can get involved in lifesaving work in everyday ways, just like the United Nations. Every individual and organization can make a difference—what path will you take to help create a better future for the world? Join us and take action today!

Five ways you can make a difference right now:

ACTIONS

  1. Urge President Obama

    Action Area: Better World Campaign

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  2. Thank UN Peacekeepers

    Action Area: Better World Campaign

    Join George Clooney and thank 110,000 UN Peacekeepers in 17 countries for the hard work they put into making this a better and more peaceful world.

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  3. Thank someone special who invested in you

    Action Area: Coalition for Adolescent Girls

    Is there a special someone who invested in you so that you could make a difference? In celebration of International Women’s Day around the world and our commitment to investing in adolescent girls, send a special note of thanks.

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  4. Thank Secretary Clinton for championing women's rights

    Help us to commemorate World Population Day, July 11, by sending an eCard to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, thanking her for championing women’s rights around the globe. Her leadership has played a key role in obtaining much-needed funding for family planning and reproductive health services.

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  5. Thank our UN Peacekeepers

    Action Area: Better World Campaign

    Join us in thanking the 100,000 brave men and women from 118 countries serving as UN peacekeepers in 16 of the most volatile countries in the world, rebuilding societies wracked by violence, restoring confidence in people who have known little but war, and bringing peace to some of the tensest conflicts on earth.

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  6. Thank a UN Peacekeeper

    Action Area: Better World Campaign

    What does a blue helmet mean to you? To some it means a favorite sports team, to others a blue helmet can mean the difference between life and death.

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  7. Test Your Knowledge: MDG Quiz

    Action Area: Better World Campaign

    The UN Millennium Development Goals are important steps toward progress - take our quiz and see how you do.

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  8. Tell Us What You'll Lose to Climate Change

    We're all in danger of losing people, places, and things we love to climate change. What will YOU lose to climate change? Take action now and save it!

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  9. Tell Us How You Want to Work with the UN Foundation in 2010

    Help us help you -- take one minute to answer one question about how you’d like to work with the UN Foundation in 2010.

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  10. Support UN Ambassador Rice

    Action Area: Better World Campaign

    Welcome our newest member to the team!

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Becoming a partner

Becoming a Partner

Whether you're a corporation or an organization, you can change the world through a partnership with the UN Foundation.

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Connecting YOU and the UN

The United Nations Foundation connects your ideas, resources, and contributions with the efforts of the United Nations to achieve global goals of creating a better world for generations to come. By charting a new energy future, empowering women and girls, improving health and saving lives, assisting the UN in disaster response, and protecting world heritage, we are working together to solve the world’s toughest challenges. Join us in our efforts to raise awareness, donations, and hope for a more promising future. Visit www.unfoundation.org to learn how you can help.

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