This year Donncha and Dustin are buying Inspired Gifts and saying no to naff (including that Christmas Leinster jumper!). This Christmas look no further than UNICEF’s range of Inspired Gifts. We’ve got gifts that are perfect for everyone, from Mum and Dad to your best friend. What’s more, you can choose to take the strain [...]
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Dustin the Turkey & Donncha O’Callaghan are saying ‘No To Naff’ this Christmas
8th December 2011 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
A special Fathers Day message from UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Donncha O’Callaghan
15th June 2011 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
This Father’s Day, give a father in your life a UNICEF Inspired Gift of a football. Video Caption: UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Donncha O’Callaghan is joined by his nieces Aisling (12) and Rachel (9) and nephew Jack (aged 6) O’Callaghan to show you one of the best Father’s Day gifts you could buy this year! This [...]
Valentine’s Day: more than a dozen roses
11th February 2011 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
Valentine’s Day equals flowers, chocolates and hearts. So yes, absolutely get the flowers and the chocolates. And then also get your Valentine a UNICEF Inspired Gift. Once the flowers are no longer fresh, and the chocolates are all eaten up, your Valentine UNICEF Inspired Gift will still be helping children in another part of the [...]
A special Christmas message from UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Donncha O’Callaghan
22nd December 2010 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
I know many of you are mad busy doing your Christmas shopping so I wanted to tell you a little bit more about UNICEF Inspired Gifts. Last July, I was lucky enough to distribute some UNICEF Inspired Gifts during my visit to Haiti. Here’s a picture of me in a school in Leogane. The school [...]
After the floods in Benin, UNICEF provides education supplies and support for rehabilitation
21st December 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Inspired Gifts | No Comments
In the past two months, Benin has experienced some of its worst floods since the 1960s. And now, students in the flood zone are returning to school under harsh conditions. UNICEF’s Edward Bally reports on post-flood education efforts in Benin. Even in the lake districts of southern Benin, where villagers are used to floods and [...]
UNICEF supports emergency polio immunization efforts in Congo
16th December 2010 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
The Republic of Congo is carrying out a three-round emergency immunization campaign launched in the wake of a deadly polio outbreak. Unusually, most of the victims have been young adults aged 15-29, pointing to inadequate or failing childhood vaccinations. Fiedd report by Gaelle Bausson At the A. Cisse Hospital in Pointe Noire, Tony Boussana, 24, [...]
Inspired Gifts in Action
15th December 2010 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
In 2009 we sent a total of 8,089,818 Inspired Gift items to 76 countries, thanks to our supporters; check out where they went! Pink dots show where UNICEF Inspired Gifts were distributed in 2009. All Items delivered by UNICEF in 2009: Pencils (10 per box) Qty Delivered1,539,535 Afghanistan, Cameroon, Eritrea, Niger, Montenegro Water Purification Tablets [...]
UNICEF: Crisis far from over for Pakistan’s children
14th December 2010 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | 1 Comment
More than four months after the worst floods in the country’s history, UNICEF warns that winter will worsen the threats against Pakistani children who already suffer high rates of acute respiratory infections and malnutrition. New polio cases are spreading rapidly with 126 this year compared to 89 in 2009 – an enormous cause for concern [...]
ORS & Aquatabs in action in Haiti – one year on from earthquake
13th December 2010 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
In the cramped and squalid conditions of the tented city in Mais Gate, a camp for Haitians displaced by the January earthquake, baby Sebastian brings a sparkle to his mother Lucienne’s eyes. At eight months, dribbling from cutting teeth and tipping the scales at a whopping 11 kg, Sebastian is alert, sitting up, clambering over [...]
Football Stories – Ander from Honduras
18th June 2010 | by unicef | Inspired Gifts | No Comments
My name is Ander Vasquez from Honduras and I’m 14 years old. I live with my family in Villanueva, a neighborhood in Tegucigalpa which is mostly known for violent gangs. My life has changed a lot since I participated in “Fútbol para la vida” (Football for life). It was set up in 2002 by UNICEF [...]
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