The Unilever Foundation has signed on to support Save the Children’s EVERY ONE campaign, by donating 15-million Euros over the next three years. Children and mothers in China, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Kenya will benefit.

Unilever’s involvement will help reach over two million children by 2015, improving thier access to health care and life-saving vaccines. It will also help generate more public and political interest in children’s health around the world.

“Today, over 6.9 million children die before their fifth birthday each year – that’s one child every four seconds,” explains Paul Polman, Unilever CEO. “We have an ambition to double the size of our business whilst reducing our environmental footprint and increasing our social impact; looking after the future generations is an intrinsic part of our vision, and it is also our responsibility.”

Janti Soeripto, Save the Children International’s Deputy CEO said: “Unilever’s support will bring us a step closer to ensuring that a health worker is within reach of every child, life-saving vaccines are available for all, and children have enough as well as the right food to grow up healthy. Combining our global reach and joint ambition we can achieve long-lasting change for the world’s most vulnerable children.”