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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Shantha Bloemen reporting from Mauritania
Avoiding a children’s catastrophe There is much talk these days of reaching the unreached. But as I drive with UNICEF colleagues through the remote Hodh Gharbi scrubland in Mauritania, in north-west Africa’s Sahel region, there is little sign of any outside effort making its way here where the whimpers and restlessness – the signs of [...]
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Our year ahead as UNICEF NZs 2012 Youth Ambassadors – Akane Sandom
As the first blog since our appointment as this year’s group of UNICEF NZ Youth Ambassadors, I hope we can be warmly welcomed in our roles! A question that’s already popped up quite often has been- ‘What do you do as a Youth Ambassador?’ So to start with, I thought it would be good to [...]
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Grains for Change…changing the world one bracelet at a time!
Our story began last year, when 6 of us at Diocesan School for Girls established the Young Enterprise Company, RICE. The team consisted of Harneet Golian, Shalyn Kumar, Cammy Leung Shannon Metcalfe, Jasmine Payne and Hayley (Ling Ling) Yu. The idea came from our passion and eagerness to make a difference even from half way [...]
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The Youth of Today
Last month I met six incredibly mature and bright people who happened to be half my age. This young and talented group of individuals are the new UNICEF Youth Ambassadors. They were in Wellington to learn about children’s rights, the mission and values of UNICEF and to share ideas about how to make a difference [...]
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World Education Games 2012