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The role of business post-2015

Samah Abbasi, Tue, Mar 26 2013 3:49 PM



As we approach the target date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015, discussions on what will replace them are gaining momentum. This week the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on the Post-2015 agenda is holding its fourth meeting, focusing on global partnerships. The role of the private sector is high on the agenda.

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Happy 1st birthday, CRBP!

Samah Abbasi, Fri, Mar 22 2013 4:28 PM


No – it’s not my birthday, not even one of my children’s. Today, I’m celebrating the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Children’s Rights and Business Principles (CRBP).

As part of the annual World Child and Youth Forum taking place today in Stockholm, UNICEF, Save the Children, and the UN Global Compact will meet businesses, governments and civil society to take stock of how companies have – or indeed have not - put the CRBP into practice. 

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Domestos for UNICEF: clean toilets for life!

Isabelle Andrews, Wed, Jul 4 2012 12:13 PM

On 2 July we announced our new partnership with Domestos. What's UNICEF's work got to do with clean toilets? Quite a lot in fact. Up to 3,000 children die each day from diarrhoea as a result of poor sanitation. That's no laughing matter.

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Cyclone-proof schools: a corporate partnership success

Kate Robinson, Wed, Mar 14 2012 3:44 PM
UNICEF have been in partnership with CBRE, the world's largest real estate company, since 2011. In that time, CBRE's donations have made a real difference to the lives of children around the world. They've been funding a project in Madagascar that supports...

UNICEF and Pampers: Five years on

Romain Chenet, Mon, Jan 9 2012 10:47 AM
It’s great when an initiative stays in people's minds for years after its launch. This is what's happened with our work with Pampers. In 2012 - more than 5 years after it began - our groundbreaking campaign to combat maternal and newborn tetanus...

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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ART IS LIFE exhibition

Rebecca Sparling, Thu, Dec 23 2010 4:55 PM
Recently I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go along to an event at Le Méridien Hotel in Piccadilly. The event was to celebrate the second year of UNICEF and Le Méridien’s ART IS LIFE partnership, a pioneering programme...

United with UNICEF

Carlos Oliveira, Tue, Oct 19 2010 2:45 PM

Lifelong Manchester United fan Carlos Oliveira on his club's new commitment to raise at least £1 million to help save the lives of some the world’s most vulnerable children, through its partnership with UNICEF.

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Be our guest

Andy Brown, Tue, Dec 2 2008 12:27 PM
How donations from guests at Starwood Hotels are helping fund UNICEF’s work with orphans and vulnerable children Mattias, Namayo, Divona and Harrison Muotcha outside their home near Blantyre, Malawi © UNICEF UK/2007 Malawi/Fran Coyle In a village...

Changing the world

Andy Brown, Fri, Feb 1 2008 11:21 AM
How a partnership between UNICEF and Pampers delivered a tetanus vaccination programme for developing countries This baby doesn’t have to worry about tetanus, but those in developing countries do © Pampers In the UK, getting a tetanus booster...