The United Nations Children Fund

United Nations Children Fund: The United Nations Children Fund is launching a $3.1-billion appeal for funds, saying a record number of children face threats from armed conflicts around the world. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. David Morley, the Canada president, says the four-year-old Syrian civil war and other crises in Iraq, the Central African Republic and South Sudan are straining resources to an unprecedented extent. David Morley, president and CEO of Canada, is pictured in a recent handout photo.The United Nations Children Fund is launching a $3.1-billion appeal for funds, saying a record number of children face threats from armed conflicts around the world. THE HO, Canada Last year, the aid agency raised only 52 per cent of its $2 billion target, forcing cuts to programs for Syrian refugees and other children in crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.