UNICEF UK are over the moon to announce that their new online giving website, My Fundraising, has managed to rustle up an amazing £105,000 since in launch in March 2011. That’s an astounding £10,000 a week! The new website ensures that 100% of the money you donate or sponsor is accounted for without commission, plus it’s an easy way to set yourself up online.
UNICEF charity officials have released startling figures that show some 100 million children are living on the world’s streets. The majority of the number sleeping rough are from the developing world. The majority of these poor souls ages range from 5 to 17 years old, with many of them begging to survive.
UNICEF UK are asking you to help them raise much needed funds for their work both at home and abroad, by joining them on one the the most picturesque half marathons in the world. The 12 mile Royal Parks Half Marathon will be taking place in London on Sunday 9th October 2011, and you too can be part of the fun if you so wish.
The royal wedding certainly caused a stir this year, and the two real stars of the show were not Wills and Kate, but Pippa Middleton and Princess Beatrice’s hat! Designed by milliner to the rich and famous, Phillip Treacy, this zany creation caused almost as big a stir as the Royal kiss on the balcony.
UNICEF charity officials are currently working on the frontline to provide aid to the hundreds and thousands of families who have had to flee their homes due to the incessant fighting in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). This video shows the first UNICEF supplies arriving to be distributed to those directly effected by the conflict which is a causing a mass exodus out of the war torn country.
UNICEF charity officials are still fighting the acute malnutrition that is affecting almost 25% off all children under the age of five in the Sindh Province in South Pakistan. Since the floods first struck in late July 2010, the crisis continues to grow as the childrens charity carry out their life saving work with the Government.
UNICEF UK have put together a great video highlighting their work through what proved to be a testing 12 months in 2010. With the Haiti earthquake and the flooding in Pakistan causing huge upheaval to millions of people, UNICEF have been working tirelessly on the front line of some of the world’s biggest disaster areas.
Now, I’m not Father Christmas, though it has been noted that I do have a rather rotund demeanour and a beard you could lose a badger in. I like to think of these points as a way of bringing festive cheer to the people all year round, for what is a beard if it doesn’t bring happiness to your friends and loved ones?
Tractor Road Run for Cancer Research UK
International Alert Women of Peace Concert – 08-03-12
Amnesty International Global Day of Action