Catering to individuals, the Global Parent fundraising project is an initiative that aims to bring on board contributors with the concept that they can adopt – not one single child, but all vulnerable children.

This concept has been developed and successfully implemented by UNICEF in Australia, Ireland, Canada and elsewhere. Global Parents have been the heart and soul of UNICEF Iceland since the beginning. The former President of Iceland, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, is the patron of Global Parents.

By mid 2008, UNICEF Iceland received monthly donations from 14,000 Global Parents, or about 4.5% of the Icelandic population. The average monthly donation per Global Parent is 1,140 Icelandic kronur. In 2007, Global Parents gave a total of 158,684,163 Icelandic kronur - the Committee's biggest source of donation.