St. Jude Celebrates 60

Diamond jubilee events planned nationwide for supporters to honor St. Jude visionaries, recognize expanding global impact of scientific, medical achievements WhenSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® founder Danny Thomas opened St. Jude on Feb. 4, 1962, he created an organization as rare today as it was then: a research hospital where children with catastrophic diseases receive free cutting-edge medical care. […]

Supporting Literacy

(Family Features) Reading is a foundation for learning, yet a vast gap exists in access to books for low-income neighborhoods. According to the Handbook of Literacy Research, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio of books per child is just one age-appropriate book for every 300 children. Without books in the home, children lack the opportunity to […]

World View: Yemen

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the situation in Yemen Earlier this month, Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called on all parties to the conflict to provide safe, rapid, unhindered humanitarian access to people in need, through all ports and airports, including Hudaydah port and Sana’a airport. […]

Funding Shortfalls Threaten Children

Funding shortfalls threaten education for children living in conflict and disaster zones Funding shortfalls are threatening education for millions of children caught up in conflicts or disasters, UNICEF said today ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg. Of the $932 million needed this year for its education programs in emergency countries, UNICEF has so far received recorded voluntary […]

FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP

The 2017 Gazprom International Children’s Forum “Soccer for Friendship” brought together children from 64 countries THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF CHILDREN “FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP” 2017, organized by Gazprom, official partner of FIFA and the 2018 FIFA World Cup ™, was held in St. Petersburg. More than 1,000 guests from 64 countries around the world attended the event. Young […]

TEAM UNICEF in Brazil

TEAM UNICEF UNICEF app aims to protect Brazil’s most vulnerable children Just in time for the Rio Summer Games, UNICEF launched a global sports initiative to engage people in its work for children. Sports enthusiasts worldwide can get involved in the Olympic and Paralympic action for free by signing up to Team UNICEF Get Active for Children, a […]

Beauty That Counts

Mary Kay’s ‘Beauty That Counts’ Raises $9 Million And Counting To Benefit Women And Children Worldwide While lipstick shades can change with the season, a new limited-edition* Mary Kay® Beauty That Counts® Hearts Together® Lipstick has the ability to change lives. Through the cosmetic giant’s global cause-related program, Beauty That Counts®, customers worldwide can make […]

THE FREEDOM CHALLENGE

Freedom Challenge Leads Groundbreaking Anti-Human Trafficking Law Approval Protecting 200,000 Women & Children In Top Slavery Area Thanks to the Atlanta-based Freedom Challenge, life-transforming legislation for more than 200,000 women and children is being enforced in one of the world’s high human-trafficking area centers. It has taken 27 years for the government to officially pass […]

SWIM TODAY WITH DARA TORRES

SWIM TODAY WITH DARA TORRES By Francesca Merced  When you think of summertime team sports, typically things like baseball, soccer or even track & field come to mind. But Olympic swimming champion Dara Torres is here to put everyone on notice that not only is swimming a terrific team sport, but it’s also “the funnest […]

THE WORLD’S MOTHERS

Save the Children released its 15th annual “State of the World’s Mothers” report today, revealing the best and toughest places to be a mom.  Finland tops the report’s 2014 Mothers’ Index, while Somalia, affected by both armed conflict and natural disasters, is at the bottom of the list. The United States, which 15 years ago ranked in the top five, has […]