Editing Extreme poverty (section)

====United Nations====
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The UN [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] (OCHA) works to synchronize the disparate international, national and non-governmental efforts to contest poverty. OCHA seeks to prevent "confusion" in relief operations and to ensure that the humanitarian response to disaster situations has greater accountability and predictability. To do so, OCHA has begun deploying Humanitarian Coordinators and Country Teams to provide a solid architecture for the international community to work through.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unocha.org/|title=Coordination Saves Lives|publisher=OCHA|access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>

The United Nation's Children's Fund ([[UNICEF]]) was created by the UN to provide food, clothing and healthcare to European children facing famine and disease in the immediate aftermath of World War II. After the UN General Assembly extended UNICEF's mandate indefinitely in 1953, it actively worked to help children in extreme poverty in more than 190 countries and territories to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child's path. Its current focus areas are 1) Child survival & development 2) Basic education & gender equality 3) Children and HIV/AIDS and 4) Child protection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/|title=Children's Rights & Emergency Relief Organization|publisher=UNICEF|access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>

The UN Refugee Agency ([[UNHCR]]) is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights of refugees by ensuring anyone can exercise the right to seek asylum in another state, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or resettle in a third country. The UNHCR operates in over 125 countries, helping approximately 33.9 million persons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.org/|title=UNHCR Welcome|access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>

The [[World Food Programme]] (WFP) is the largest agency dedicated to fighting hunger worldwide. On average, the WFP brings food assistance to more than 90 million people in 75 countries. The WFP not only strives to prevent hunger in the present, but also in the future by developing stronger communities which will make food even more secure on their own. The WFP has a range of expertise from Food Security Analysis, Nutrition, Food Procurement and Logistics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfp.org/|publisher=United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) |title=Fighting Hunger Worldwide|access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>

The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, articulating evidence-based policy decisions and combating diseases that are induced from poverty, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Moreover, the WHO deals with pressing issues ranging from managing water safety, to dealing with maternal and newborn health.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.who.org/|title=World Health Organization|publisher=WHO|access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>