Product DescriptionWhen you buy this CD, you support the work of UNICEF to improve children's lives: Featuring artists such as Antonio Banderas, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rebecca Caine, Barbara Hendricks, and the Sylvia Young Theater School Children's Choir, UNICEF's Children First is a recording for, about, and in the benefit of children around the world. The goal of the album is to create an integrated sequence of songs that describe the human life cycle in music and text, with titles like Children First, All of These Things You Are to Me and Heaven's Lullaby.The music for Children First was written by Danish composer Carsten Morch with words by American Lyricists Lisa Freeman and Richard Rudolph. UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.