Tag: UNICEF

21-year-old Sathviga Sridhar from India wins first ever UNICEF Climate Comic Contest

Stuart Mitchell

Sathviga ‘Sona’ Sridhar, a 21-year-old artist from Chennai, India, is the winner of the first ever UNICEF Climate Comic Contest for her character ‘Light’ – a half tree-half human who uses special powers to save nature from a warming planet. Sridhar was inspired to take action on climate change after her community was hit by devastating floods in 2015. Together with her family, she provided food and water to people living in severely affected neighborhoods. The contest was created by UNICEF to inspire and engage children and youth to take…

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The United Nations, UNICEF and the World Economic Forum are the Most Followed International Organisations on Social Media

Stuart Mitchell

The United Nations and UNICEF are the two most followed international organisations on social media, with 16.9 and 16.3 million followers, respectively, on all platforms combined. The Geneva-based World Economic Forum is in third place with 10 million followers and subscribers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Google+. The study looked at 97 multilateral organisations and selected non-profit organisations on the six main social media channels. The World Economic Forum has by far the largest number of interactions (likes and retweets), totaling 33.5 million interactions over the past 12…

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Disney’s Empowering #DreamBigPrincess Photography Campaign to Be Exhibited at UN Headquarters in New York

Stuart Mitchell

Disney today announced that its series of empowering #DreamBigPrincess photographs will be going on display as an exhibit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City through the first week of January in collaboration with Girl Up and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund. The images captured by nineteen female photographers from fifteen countries showcase the inspiring stories of real-world girls and women, as part of Disney’s Dream Big, Princess initiative launched in 2016, which taps into the power of Disney Princess stories to encourage kids to follow their dreams.…

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Unicef Launch ‘Furniture that Hides from Hurting’ Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

UNICEF have launched a new report A Familiar Face: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents uses the latest data to show that children experience violence across all stages of childhood and in every region of the world. “It is unacceptable that children of all ages in every region of the world face violence in the places where they should be safe – their homes, schools and communities. The devastation caused by violence canlast a child’s entire life andis often passed down from one generation to the next,” said…

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The LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation join UNICEF’s #KidsTakeover campaign to trumpet every child’s right to play

Stuart Mitchell

The LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation have opened their doors to the world’s most creative geniuses, children, to help them voice support for their peers and share their thoughts on why every child deserves to have the right to play. World Children’s Day marks the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 54 essential rights for all children, including the right to voice their opinion and the right to play. For the LEGO® contribution to “Kids Takeover”, a select group of children will assume a key…

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