UNICEF Ambassador Lucy Liu will visit UNICEF projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo next week. If you have questions for Lucy Liu about the DR Congo and her trip there, please post them in the comments section of this post. She will post answers to some of your questions here. I'm sure she would appreciate your wishes for a productive, safe field visit too.
A long and brutal civil war in the DR Congo ended in 2003, but the people of the DR Congo are still struggling:
• Children who were associated with armed groups during the conflict now need help to re-enter society, re-connect with their families, and get back in school.
• Women and children who suffered horrifying violence during the conflict need psychological and medical care.
• Less than half the population has access to clean water. Diarrhea and other water-borne diseases are a constant threat.
Please visit unicefusa.org/drc to learn more about our work in the DR Congo or make a donation to support UNICEF's lifesaving work in the region.
Comments (4)
Miss Lucy
Be Safe and Be the angel you are to me to all the children you meet.
Posted by zachary | June 15, 2007 12:05 PM
Posted on June 15, 2007 12:05
dear lucy,
i think it is great that you are trying to make a difference in the world, you are truly trying to make a difference.
david
canada
Posted by david | June 20, 2007 2:00 PM
Posted on June 20, 2007 14:00
Dear UNICEF freinds,
this is very intreasting for me to hear that high ranking official serve thier services for the protection of the kids DR.
I would like to share my expreinces in the unicef programe community based of demoblisation and reintegration of under age soldiers visited 28 provinces of Afghanistan.I was heard from under age soldeirs came to know their socio-ecnomic conditions of the child soldeirs which they faced alot of trouble from their commanders and deprived from education.unicef organised the skills traning for earning of thier livelihood activities.children have a rights on us to serve them and protect them from abuse and give support of health
thanks and regards
Ibrahim
Posted by Mohammad Ibrahim | June 23, 2007 8:31 AM
Posted on June 23, 2007 08:31
Dear Ms. Liu,
We've subscribed to the feed for all of your updates. My 4 year old's favorite charity is UNICEF and she began trick-or-treating for them when she was 15 months old. Even today she was talking about how she wants to share money from her piggy bank so kids can get immunizations and have food and shelter and clean water - she really wants and hopes each of them can go to school. This came up because she wanted to remind me that after summer, Kindergarten will start and then it will be Halloween, so we "better remember to pick up our UNICEF boxes!"
We have a map from UNICEF hanging in our laundry room which we walk through several times each day to go to the garage. She likes to talk about the map and not only where we live, but also the colored zones about where the money we donate goes to help other children. Anytime she hears about a new country, she likes to run to her UNICEF map and look for it and then we spend more time talking about what we can do to help. Recycling has been a major choice for her in terms of how she personally earn some money to donate. She keeps half of her money earned and then asks us to donate the rest to UNICEF. These were her own choices - it's not a lot, but it's given from the heart.
We met you at a Lakers v. Clippers basketball game and you autographed her ticket for her - she keeps that and now sees your face and signature here and it just reinforces her choice about supporting UNICEF exclusively. You've made a difference in many ways as an ambassador!
Thank you for making a difference and thanks for these video clips to show us your visits as an ambassador. Very inspiring - hopefully you'll do one just for kids with a message for them about donating - I personally don't think that it's too early to let them know about others around the world who need our help.
Posted by Tanya | June 28, 2007 5:00 PM
Posted on June 28, 2007 17:00