Giorgio Armani Fragrances has returned to help children around the world get clean, safe water, as the National Sponsor of the UNICEF Tap Project. On March 1, for the fourth consecutive year, Giorgio Armani Fragrances launches its month-long “Acqua for Life” campaign. The campaign provides a number of ways for people across the country to join the company in raising funds to support UNICEF’s water, sanitation and hygiene programs for children.
Attention mobile users: UNICEF Tap Project National Sponsor Giorgio Armani Fragrances is introducing an opportunity for UNICEF supporters to use their phones for good this September to support UNICEF’s clean water programs for children. From September 1-30, for every person who texts “ACQUA” to UNICEF (864233) and donates $5 to support the UNICEF Tap Project, Giorgio Armani Fragrances will match each donation, thereby doubling texters’ impact.
On May 31, a crowd of 300 young New York City professionals gathered in Tribeca’s R 20th Century Gallery for the 3rd Annual Photo Benefit hosted by UNICEF’s Next Generation. UNICEF’s Next Generation—a diverse group of young professionals, ages 21 to 40, who share a commitment to UNICEF’s future and a belief in zero—sold out the event, reaching its goal of raising both funds and awareness for the charity’s activities.
As an employee of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, I often hear stories about how our work helps children in far-away places. Togo, Vietnam, Haiti and the Central African Republic are just a few of the countries that have directly benefitted from my work on the UNICEF Tap Project. However, as a former teacher in the New York City Public School system, I am all-too-familiar with the ways in which poverty deeply affects children here in the United States as well.
It’s World Water Week, time for our annual campaign UNICEF Tap Project. We are very excited about some new additions to the program as well as the national attention and excitement you may have seen in the media, on Facebook and in the twitterverse! Brand new this year, the UNICEF Tap Project steps up its inclusion of celebrity support with the introduction of “Celebrity Tap.”
Thirty years ago, only one out of five children were immunized against killer diseases like measles and polio. Throughout the developing world, millions of children were dying of illnesses that had all but disappeared in the world’s wealthier countries. Since then, a near miracle has taken place. Now, four out of five children are protected by vaccines. Polio is on the verge of elimination. Measles and tetanus deaths have been reduced dramatically. This miracle did not happen by itself.
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