Tag: COVID-19

Global Partnership for Education announces US $8.8 million in funding to help UNICEF with COVID-19 response

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) announced today a US $8.8 million contribution to UNICEF to help children and young people in 87 developing countries access learning opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationwide school closures in 156 countries have already disrupted learning and access to vital services for more than eight out of ten children and young people. “There is an urgent need to invest now in education systems to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in developing countries. These funds are an initial step to kick-start…

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BP Foundation commits $2 million to WHO’s COVID-19 pandemic response fund

Stuart Mitchell

The world is rallying together to support the dedicated doctors, nurses and other health care workers leading the response to the Coronavirus pandemic and BP is proud to play their part by contributing to the World Health Organization (WHO). The BP Foundation will donate $2 million USD to the WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, which supports medical professionals and patients worldwide by providing critical aid and supplies. The Solidarity Response Fund also helps track and understand the spread of the COVID-19 virus and supports efforts to develop tests, treatments, and ultimately, a vaccine. The Fund was…

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PRCA & CIPR issue joint statement on COVID-19 outbreak

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) have issued a joint statement praising the efforts of communications professionals during the coronavirus outbreak. The two bodies have also published an open letter to the Chancellor calling for more support for freelance practitioners.  The letter to the Chancellor can be read here. Joint statement:   The coronavirus outbreak and the extraordinary measures brought in to protect public health have had an unprecedented impact on the public relations industry.   PR organisations across the UK have already lost staff, while up to 8,500 freelancers face the prospect of losing clients and being unable…

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UNESCO convenes an emergency meeting of the Principals of Multilateral Education Partners to join hands in education response to COVID-19 pandemic.

Stuart Mitchell

Twelve multilateral organizations met virtually on 24 March 2020 at UNESCO’s call to an emergency meeting of the Multilateral Education Platform (MEP) on COVID-19 education response. The MEP was launched in July 2019 in the face of the global learning crisis and the urgency to accelerate progress towards SDG4. In welcoming the MEP members, Ms Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, recalled the unprecedented educational impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 138 countries forced to close schools and universities, affecting 1.37 billion children and youth–or 80% of the world’s student…

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McCann Colombia and its clients launched a campaign to raise awareness of the current situation in the world for Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

It is a time to be more conscious than ever. For this reason, McCann Worldgroup Colombia launched a vital message hand in hand with its clients and its brands, telling Colombians that in order to maintain the best of human contact, it is important that we stay at home today; and that we do it for the most important reasons for each one. Our loved ones, our future, our country. The campaign developed by this important Advertising Agency, which is supported by more than 25 companies and institutions from all…

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