Tag: UNICEF

UNICEF launches Right Runner game to inspire players to take action on child rights

Stuart Mitchell

UNICEF has launched Right Runner, a fast-paced mobile game application to inspire, inform and empower children and young people on their rights. The first-of-its-kind game commemorated World Children’s Day and 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. “The most memorable way children and young people can learn about their rights is by playing,” said Bernt Aasen UNICEF Regional Director of UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean a.i. “Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention…

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Garnier Whole Blends And Mandy Moore Help Raise Funds Towards UNICEF’s Education Programs For Children Living In Emergency Situations

Stuart Mitchell

Garnier recently announced its third year in partnership with UNICEF, continuing a commitment to support education programs for children who are living in emergency situations caused by conflict and natural disasters. On November 4, Garnier Whole Blends invited the social community to comment a blue heart emoji on the @GarnierUSA Instagram post featuring the Whole Blends UNICEF Holiday Kit from 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST.  For each blue heart, the brand donated one dollar to UNICEF USA, up to $10,000; one dollar helps UNICEF to educate one child…

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Batonga Foundation, TOMS and UNICEF partner to give girls in Benin new shoes

Stuart Mitchell

More than 67,000 girls between the ages of 6 and 17 years old from across Benin have this week received new shoes as part of a partnership with Batonga Foundation, TOMS and UNICEF. Founder of Batonga Foundation and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo has concluded a visit to her native Benin where she met some of the girls who received the shoes. During her visit, Angelique spoke with girls at the Parakou Mathieu Bouké school and delivered an empowering speech on the right to education to more than 300 students.…

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UNICEF and the Islamic Development Bank launch first global Muslim philanthropy fund for children

Stuart Mitchell

UNICEF and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have launched an innovative fund that will open new opportunities for Muslim philanthropy to reach the millions of children currently in need of humanitarian support and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).   The Global Muslim Philanthropy Fund for Children (GMPFC) is the first fund focused on Muslim giving to be launched by a United Nations organization together with a Multilateral Development Bank (MDB). The fund will enable multiple forms of Muslim philanthropy, including obligatory giving such as Zakat and voluntary giving…

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UNICEF launches Cryptocurrency Fund

Stuart Mitchell

UNICEF will now be able to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies ether and bitcoin, through its newly-established UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund. In a first for United Nations organizations, UNICEF will use cryptocurrencies to fund open source technology benefiting children and young people around the world.  Under the structure of the UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund, contributions will be held in their cryptocurrency of contribution, and granted out in the same cryptocurrency.      “This is a new and exciting venture for UNICEF,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. “If digital economies and currencies…

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