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Child nutrition in Sudan: UNICEF in action

UNICEF UK Fundraising Team, Mon, Apr 8 2013 11:51 AM

This week, we'll be following members of UNICEF Sudan around their nutrition programmes to highlight the importance of the Live Below the Line challenge. Read on to find out more from Susan Lillicrap, UNICEF Sudan's nutrition manager.

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Living Below the Line at University of Nottingham

UNICEF UK Fundraising Team, Wed, Mar 13 2013 11:26 AM

Find out what our guest blogger, Katie Cox from Nottingham, has to say about challenging herself to Live Below the Line.

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Tom Hiddleston's Guinea field diary: Back in London

Tom Hiddleston, Fri, Feb 1 2013 3:08 PM

So that’s it. 

I’m back in London. I am back in my home. Back amid the hustle and the bustle. Back amid the humdrum and the mayhem and the madness. Back to running water and the warmth of central heating. Back to a bed without a mosquito net. Back to food in the fridge and food in the cupboard and food around the corner in the supermarket.

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Tom Hiddleston's Guinea field diary: Day 5

Tom Hiddleston, Thu, Jan 31 2013 3:51 PM

It's the last day of Tom Hiddleston's trip to Guinea with UNICEF UK. 

Day five is the day we drive. We drive west. We are in Kankan. We have a plane to catch tomorrow, and Conakry is just under 400 miles away. There's no three-lane freeway or motorway. It's the same old road. The dirt, red road. We drive.

We talk, we listen, we look. Along the way we make various stops. We stop at a town to stretch our legs. We stop to sit under a tree for some shade, for bread and vache qui rit. We stop just after recrossing the river Niger, when Julien spots something on the roadside. 

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Tom Hiddleston's Guinea field diary: Day 4

Tom Hiddleston, Tue, Jan 29 2013 3:31 PM

It's day three for actor Tom Hiddleston on his first trip with UNICEF UK, visiting Guinea in West Africa. 

My fourth day begins with a run. We are in Kankan. Julien knocks on my door at 6:45am. I haven't slept much, because it's only at night that I have time to write. But I'm only here for a short while. It's important to make the most of it. Julien and I run along the river. At this hour, the streets are already bustling with activity, but the riverbank is deserted. In a few hours' time it will be almost as busy as Oxford Street. People will come from all over town to wash their clothes, their cars, and their bodies. Perhaps it's because it's very early in the morning, when the mind is clear, when our thoughts are unfettered by politeness and self-censorship, but Julien and I end up discussing our passions.

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Tom Hiddleston's Guinea field diary: Day 3

Tom Hiddleston, Sun, Jan 27 2013 10:46 AM

It's day three for actor Tom Hiddleston on his first trip with UNICEF UK, visiting Guinea in West Africa. 

To set the scene. Since we left Conakry, we have been driving east, driving deep into the most impoverished parts of the country, where terrain is arid, burned and rough. The road is red and dusty. On either side the land is dry and charred. We are heading east towards the border with Mali, which is closed and too dangerous for us to approach because of current instability. We won’t go as far east as that, but it’s instructive to see the poorest and most remote parts of the country, because child malnutrition, education and access to clean water will be at their worst out there.

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Tom Hiddleston's Guinea field diary: Day 1

Tom Hiddleston, Wed, Jan 23 2013 2:29 PM

This week, actor Tom Hiddleston set off on his first journey with UNICEF UK to Guinea in West Africa. Tom will be meeting with Guinean children, families and communities. He'll also be visiting several UNICEF projects, finding out about our work in child protection, education, and water and sanitation. Read his first dispatch here.

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World Food Day: Keeley Hawes reports from Djibouti

Keeley Hawes, Tue, Oct 16 2012 5:10 PM

Actor Keeley Hawes visited Djibouti, East Africa earlier this year to see the work UNICEF is doing in the country. She recorded this diary during her trip. 

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Make children the real winners of London 2012

David Beckham, Fri, Jul 27 2012 10:59 AM

The eve of the London 2012 Olympics is finally here. For the next two weeks we will all be cheering on Team GB, hoping our athletes will realise the Olympic dreams they have trained so hard for.

But I hope they will not be the only winners of these Olympic Games. I hope the 180 million children who are currently suffering from the hidden hunger crisis - known as stunting - will be able to steal some of the limelight too.

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Soccer Aid: children kick off world record attempt

Brittany Glenn, Thu, May 3 2012 9:37 AM

On 1 May, Dan Magness started his Keep it Up for Soccer Aid challenge. He’s going to be walking from London to Manchester doing football keepy uppies.

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Ralph Fiennes: Time is running out for West Africa's children

Ralph Fiennes, Fri, Mar 30 2012 5:56 PM

UNICEF UK Ambassador Ralph Fiennes calls for an urgent response to the food crisis in West Africa.

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The Duke and Duchess: A Media Spotlight

Michael Charouneau, Tue, Nov 29 2011 1:34 PM
The dust has finally settled at UNICEF after the royal media frenzy . The day was a resounding success. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had said they wanted to put the world’s spotlight back on the East Africa Crisis, and their visit to UNICEF’s...

Away match: Bryan Robson visits Bangkok shelter

Andy Brown, Thu, Apr 14 2011 9:00 AM

Manchester United legends Bryan Robson and Andrew Cole were in Bangkok last week as part of a fundraising tour to help the club raise £1 million for UNICEF’s work with children. During their trip, I went with Bryan to visit Baan Phumvej Reception Home for Boys, to learn how UNICEF is supporting children who have been abused or trafficked.

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Trek for the Children of Morocco - the final day

Laura Calderbank, Thu, Nov 11 2010 9:47 PM

Laura reflects on the final day of the trek, when she was faced with a 25km hike with a painful blister on her right little toe. 

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Trek for the Children of Morocco - the hard slog to the end...

Jeanie Davison, Thu, Nov 11 2010 9:37 PM

Jeanie's final blog as the trekkers finally reach the end of their journey.

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