In 1949 the first one was put up for sale UNICEF Christmas card (United Nations Children's Fund). That postcard was a drawing drawn by a seven-year-old Czech girl, Jitka Sankova, in gratitude for the medical and nutritional help she had received. This first Christmas was so popular that it prompted UNICEF to sell solidarity cards every year to congratulate on special occasions such as Christmas.
In 1952 the painter Raoul Dufy was the first who gave a watercolor to illustrate the postcards of those years. Other artists such as Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Salvador Dalí have also contributed after him.
This year UNICEF stores already have their catalog of cards to congratulate this Christmas. There are a variety of designs all made by artisans from Nepal. They come in a package of 10 cards for a price of between 9 and 12 euros. They can be compared online or in UNICEF stores where you can purchase them individually. You also have the option of sending electronic cards.
The benefit they get from the sale of Christmas cards goes to programs that the United Nations Children's Fund carries out in more than 160 countries. Projects aimed at improving health, nutrition, education, water purification in the most needy countries. For example, by sending an electronic card, six stories are purchased as reading material for libraries in India.
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