Khaby Lame Appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

By Anastasios Gordon Sekandi – updated at 13:14 EAT Saturday 02 February 2025 Global content creator champions children’s rights following four-day visit to see UNICEF’s work in Senegal. DAKAR|HICGI – Global content creator Khaby Lame has been named UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador. The announcement was made at an event in Senegal, Lame’s birth country, following…

Malawi – Over 500,000 Children At Risk of Malnutrition, Unicef Warns

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking nearly $88 million to assist 6.5 million people in Malawi, including at least 573,000 boys and girls who are at risk of malnutrition. Although the southern African country has made recent progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, the agency said these gains have been threatened by acute food insecurity, compounded by other challenges…

Iceland Donates U$300,000 to sustain hygiene in Uganda schools.

Updated at 0520 on Tuesday, March 21, 2022 The Government of the Republic of Iceland has donated to UNICEF up to $300,000 (about Shs1.07 billion) to get critical hand washing facilities and supply it to 600 primary and secondary schools across the country in a move aimed at maintaining hygiene in schools. Provision of safe…

World Children’s Day National Contest 2021

Campaign Join us, let’s hear your story UNICEF Uganda/2021  November 20th is a very important day. It is World children’s Day, a day for children by children. It is a fun day for children, with a serious message. For the second year, we celebrate World Children’s Day amidst a global COVID-19 pandemic. As the big…