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 launches Right Runner game to inspire players to take action on child rights
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…
Read MoreMillie Bobby ‘Blue’ leads cast of stars in new UNICEF video for World Children’s Day
Actress Millie Bobby Brown has teamed up with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson and Lilly Singh; singer-songwriter Dua Lipa and performance artists Blue Man Group, in a new video released by UNICEF ahead of World Children’s Day, celebrated on 20 November. The short video shows the 14-year-old star – who has symbolically changed her name to Millie Bobby ‘Blue’ to mark the occasion – overseeing a global ‘go blue’ operation. Alongside her team of young helpers, Millie calls on fellow UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and supporters to join her in…
Read MoreThe LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation join UNICEF’s #KidsTakeover campaign to trumpet every child’s right to play
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…
Read MoreChildren to ‘take over’ business, government and entertainment on World Children’s Day
In a month’s time, children from around the world will be taking over key roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment to voice their support for millions of their peers who are unschooled, unprotected and uprooted, UNICEF said today. The takeover, set for November 20, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the mobilisation of the first World Children’s Day. “From Auckland to Amman and from New York to N’Djamena, we want children to campaign in their schools and communities…
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