Archive for the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ Category
JERUSALEM, 22 June 2011 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and global education advocate Shakira visited the Max Rayne ‘Hand-in-Hand’ School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem yesterday, meeting with students to talk about the power of education. Report by Sarit Henig
VIDEO: 21 June 2011 – UNICEF reports on the visit by pop singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador [...]
Tags: Children, Jerusalem, Shakira |
Help UNICEF Ireland provide bikes for female healthcare workers in rural parts of Zimbabwe to reach vulnerable children in remote communities and improve health standards. These simple means of transport, as seen by Ireland rugby international Donncha O’Callaghan during his tour of Zimbabwe, can have a major impact on increasing the area covered by these [...]
Tags: Donncha O'Callaghan, Zimbabwe Visit |
Spending the last few days here in Port au Prince, there’s one thing I’ve really noticed – every green patch where kids used to play is now a sea of tents. To get your head around the number of families I’m talking about who are now living in tents in Haiti, it’s as if the [...]
Tags: Donncha O'Callaghan, Eartquake 6 Months On |
Hello from New York – I’m on my way to Haiti as part of my role as an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland
This is my second trip with UNICEF – last summer I visited UNICEF programmes in South Africa after the Lions Tour was finished. I know that this trip will be very different from last [...]
Tags: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador |
Field report by Kun Li – With football fever gripping fans across the globe, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo is using this moment to highlight the immense needs of South African children made vulnerable by poverty, violence, and HIV and AIDS.
Alongside other world-famous musicians, Ms. Kidjo performs today at a concert kicking off the FIFA [...]
Tags: Angélique Kidjo, FIFA World Cup 2010, South Africa, Soweto |
Messi’s relatively short career has taken him to the summit of world football. He was named the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2009, a year in which he also won the Golden Ball award for the best European footballer of the year. While Messi’s accomplishments as a player are well known, it is [...]
Tags: FC Barcelona, Goodwill Ambassador, Leo Messi, UNICEf |
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