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Funds for the Sahel are needed now, Raúl says during Visit to Chad |
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Spanish football player Raúl González, who acts as a Goodwill Ambassador for FAO, travelled to drought-stricken Chad in support of joint efforts by FAO and the European Commission to help the most affected people get back on their feet. Raúl added his voice to urgent calls for funding to prevent a full-blown food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, where over 17 million people are at risk of hunger and more than one million children under five face acute malnutrition. |
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UN Special Adviser on Sport Concludes Visit to Kenya and Angola 25 May 2012
Geneva/Nairobi/Luanda (UNOSDP) – Wilfried Lemke, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, has today concluded a five-day mission to Kenya and Angola. There, he continued his work as a facilitator and advocate for sport as an engine for human development and peace-building.
Geneva/Nairobi/Luanda (UNOSDP) – Wilfried Lemke, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, has today concluded a five-day mission to Kenya and Angola. There, he continued his work as a facilitator and advocate for sport as an engine for human development and peace-building.
Funds for the Sahel are needed now, Raúl says during Visit to Chad 24 May 2012
24 May 2012, Brussels, Nyon, Rome (FAO) – On a visit to drought-stricken Chad, Spanish football star Raúl González added his voice to urgent calls for funding to prevent a full-blown food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, where over 17 million people are at risk of hunger and more than one million children under five face acute malnutrition.
24 May 2012, Brussels, Nyon, Rome (FAO) – On a visit to drought-stricken Chad, Spanish football star Raúl González added his voice to urgent calls for funding to prevent a full-blown food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, where over 17 million people are at risk of hunger and more than one million children under five face acute malnutrition.
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Barcelona (UNICEF) – In an event at the stadium of the legendary football team, Barcelona FC, the FC Barcelona Foundation and UNICEF today powered up their promise to improve the lives of millions of children through sport and education.
Barcelona (UNICEF) – In an event at the stadium of the legendary football team, Barcelona FC, the FC Barcelona Foundation and UNICEF today powered up their promise to improve the lives of millions of children through sport and education.
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Geneva (UNOSDP) – Today in Geneva, Dr. Hanns Heinrich Schumacher, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva, handed over a symbolic check of 450,000 Euros to Mr. Wilfried Lemke, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. Since 2008 and Mr. Lemke’s appointment to the position, Germany has been the main funding partner of the Special Adviser and of his office, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and P...
Geneva (UNOSDP) – Today in Geneva, Dr. Hanns Heinrich Schumacher, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva, handed over a symbolic check of 450,000 Euros to Mr. Wilfried Lemke, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. Since 2008 and Mr. Lemke’s appointment to the position, Germany has been the main funding partner of the Special Adviser and of his office, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and P...
30,000 spectators at charity match in Algiers for the benefit of UNESCO projects for children in Africa 24 April 2012
Source: UNESCO – No less than 30.000 people, including many families, came to the charity match organized by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Rabah Madjer, on Monday 23 April 2012 at 5.30 pm at the 5 July 1962 Stadium in Algiers (Algeria), for the profit of UNESCO programmes on African Youth.
Source: UNESCO – No less than 30.000 people, including many families, came to the charity match organized by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Rabah Madjer, on Monday 23 April 2012 at 5.30 pm at the 5 July 1962 Stadium in Algiers (Algeria), for the profit of UNESCO programmes on African Youth.
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