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UNICEF names Khaby Lame as a Goodwill Ambassador

Stuart Mitchell

Global content creator Khaby Lame has been announced as UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment – made at an event in Lame’s birth country Senegal – follows a four-day visit to meet children and young people who are driving positive change in their communities. “It’s a true honour to be appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and be part of an organisation that puts children’s rights front and centre every day,” said Lame. “From my own experience as a child fearing poverty, struggling to find my passion at school, and…

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UNICEF UK reaches funding milestone with People’s Postcode Lottery players raising £20 million to support children’s learning in emergencies

Stuart Mitchell

To mark the International Day of Education, UNICEF UK announced that since 2017 the charity has received £20 million thanks to funds raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, supporting education in emergencies programmes around the world. This staggering amount has been crucial in enabling the charity to support continuous learning for children in crisis and emergency contexts. This work is vital as currently there are more than 224 million children globally affected by crises who need educational support. For children in emergencies, education is about more than the right…

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The LEGO Group joins UNICEF in launching design toolbox to empower digital games industry to champion children’s well-being in digital play

Stuart Mitchell

The LEGO Group recently joined UNICEF to launch a new toolbox which will support game designers to embrace children’s well-being in their work whilst also responding to parents and caregivers’ concerns about their children’s digital gaming. The Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) Design Toolbox is a powerful new resource dedicated to fostering the well-being of children engaging in digital play and ensuring safe and enriching digital experiences for them. The online world is an area in which children’s needs and voices have historically been absent, despite the increasing…

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Stars Join UNICEF UK to Celebrate World Children’s Day Raising £670,000 at First Ever Once Upon Our Time Gala

Stuart Mitchell

Stars of stage and screen joined more than 200 guests at the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) inaugural Once Upon Our Time Gala on Wednesday night, at Frameless London. The celebration marked World Children’s Day, an annual day to champion the voices and rights of children around the world to shape their own stories, with the night itself raising £670,000 to support UNICEF in continuing its life-changing work to ensure children’s futures and their childhoods are protected.  Guests were welcomed by UNICEF UK President Olivia Colman, with an emotive…

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UNICEF appeals for US$58.8 million to address mpox crisis as cases among children rise

Stuart Mitchell

UNICEF has launched an appeal for US$58.8 million to address the rising mpox crisis across six African countries where children are most affected. Though child deaths are currently confined to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the data underscores their vulnerability, as UNICEF works to scale up prevention and response efforts across the region. Nearly 22,000 suspected and confirmed cases of mpox have been reported so far this year, with 60 per cent of cases in children under 15. Approximately 80 per cent of the more than 700 mpox-related…

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