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  Six East African youth projects raise awareness about African World Heritage

Six East African youth projects raise awareness about African World Heritage Skip to main content Toggle navigation Building peace in the minds of men and women Member states Staff Search form Search Search English English Français Main shared menu In brief Introducing UNESCO Mission and Mandate UNESCO House Strategic Transformation Portal Who's Who? (...) Michael Berhe and his team collected data, designed a prototype, coded and tested the mobile App that aimed to increase awareness of Eritrea’s first World Heritage site, Asmara: A Modernist African City . To raise awareness of their project, the team granted several media interviews including with Voice of America, the Eritrean National Newspaper, and raised awareness through various popular social media outlets. (...) Sewnet Tesfaye Lema from Ethiopia visited several schools and universities to establish World Heritage Clubs and set up training and capacity-building workshops with youth and journalists on the protection and promotion of World Heritage sites in Ethiopia. Through popular FM and community radio stations , he also conducted awareness-raising campaigns on the importance of safeguarding and protecting World Heritage sites, which is especially important during the ongoing conflict in the north of the country.

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  Spreading healthy practices through entertainment | UNICEF Nigeria

Search Close Search UNICEF Fulltext search Max Article Spreading healthy practices through entertainment Raising awareness about healthy practices and convincing people to change sometimes long-held beliefs. (...) Many people believe, for example, that babies need to be given water in addition to breastmilk – a practice that is harmful for the development of the child and can even be dangerous. Raising awareness about healthy practices and convincing people to change sometimes long-held beliefs can be challenging and UNICEF has a dedicated programme on Communication for Development, or C4D, that works at many different levels to promote positive change. (...) UNICEF/Nigeria/2017/Kanya Battery from a car powers the popular performance, which is recorded to be broadcast on local radio.

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  Priyanka Chopra | UNICEF India

Search Close Search UNICEF Fulltext search Max Page Priyanka Chopra UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra is one of India’s most popular actresses with global following. UNICEF/UNI188759/Kaur Available in: English हिंदी UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra is one of India’s most popular actresses with global following. (...) She has been associated with a number of NGOs to raise awareness about ways to improve the condition of the girl child in India. (...) She has also given her voice to the “End Violence against Children” campaign, which aims at raising awareness about different forms of violence, including physical, emotional and sexual, and child marriage.

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  International Youth Day - Background | United Nations

The Forum recommended that an International Youth Day be declared, especially for fund-raising and promotional purposes, to support the United Nations Youth Fund in partnership with youth organizations. (...) Educational radio show. Contact popular local/national radio stations to request a slot to have a discussion with distinguished individuals and youth. (...) Try to involve young people in the domains of culture, arts and music, to raise awareness on youth-related issues. United Nations Donate A-Z Site Index Contact Copyright FAQ Fraud Alert Privacy Notice Terms of Use

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  International Youth Day - Background | United Nations

The Forum recommended that an International Youth Day be declared, especially for fund-raising and promotional purposes, to support the United Nations Youth Fund in partnership with youth organizations. (...) Educational radio show. Contact popular local/national radio stations to request a slot to have a discussion with distinguished individuals and youth. (...) Try to involve young people in the domains of culture, arts and music, to raise awareness on youth-related issues. United Nations Donate A-Z Site Index Contact Copyright FAQ Fraud Alert Privacy Notice Terms of Use

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  210511 Meeting Minutes CdP Caribbean FINAL

. • There are many reasons to communicate the VNR process, including inviting target audiences to follow the VNR presentation during the HLPF; raising public awareness and commitment on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs; sharing key results of the VNR during and after the HLPF; enhancing transparency with regards to the VNR preparation process and build trust and commitment with stakeholders; strengthening partnerships with existing stakeholders or raise interest of potential partners; and informing and involving a wider range of stakeholders in the VNR process and the overall implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. • There are many good practices of VNR communication and dissemination in Latin America and the Carib- bean, that can be tapped into by future VNR presenters. 2 The communication and dissemination strategy of the VNR process in Trinidad and Tobago in 2020 The intervention by the RCO included the following key points: • Trinidad and Tobago successfully presented its first VNR report at the virtual HLPF in July 2020, focusing on eight of the 17 SDGs, namely Goals 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16 and 17. (...) The country still managed to conduct fact-to-face meetings with stakeholders before the off-set of the global COVID-19 pandemic. • Ahead of the VNR presentation, Trinidad and Tobago set to raise awareness about the VNR process and managed to generate more than 45.000 engagements on various social media channels. (...) UN RCO illustrated the different use of online platform depending on the national context and how they might be used depending of their use/popularity in different countries/groups. In addition, the outreach in a small Caribbean island state might be easier due to the small size and population.

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  Football legend, Figo, joins the TB community with a goal to raise awareness

Football legend, Figo, joins the TB community with a goal to raise awareness Global Regions WHO Regional websites Africa Americas South-East Asia Europe Eastern Mediterranean Western Pacific When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Select language Select language English العربية 中文 Français Русский Español Português Home Health Topics All topics » A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Resources » Fact sheets Facts in pictures Multimedia Publications Questions & answers Tools and toolkits Popular » Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Ebola virus disease Air pollution Hepatitis Top 10 causes of death World Health Assembly » Countries All countries » A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Regions » Africa Americas South-East Asia Europe Eastern Mediterranean Western Pacific WHO in countries » Statistics Cooperation strategies Yemen crisis » Sadeq Al Wesabi Hasan An internally displaced family in a camp in Hudaydah © Credits   Newsroom All news » News releases Statements Campaigns Commentaries Events Feature stories Speeches Spotlights Newsletters Photo library Media distribution list Headlines » Timeline: WHO's COVID-19 response »   Emergencies Focus on » COVID-19 pandemic Ebola virus disease outbreak DRC 2021 Syria crisis Crisis in Northern Ethiopia Afghanistan Crisis Latest » Disease Outbreak News Travel advice Situation reports Weekly Epidemiological Record WHO in emergencies » Surveillance Research Funding Partners Operations Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee Health Emergency Dashboard » WHO © Credits Data Data at WHO » Global Health Estimates Health SDGs Mortality Triple billion targets Data collections Dashboards » COVID-19 Dashboard Triple Billion Dashboard Health Equity monitor Mortality Highlights » GHO SCORE Insights and visualizations Data collection tools Reports World Health Statistics 2021 » WHO © Credits About WHO About WHO » People Teams Structure Partnerships Collaborating Centres Networks, committees and advisory groups Transformation Our Work » General Programme of Work WHO Academy Activities Initiatives Funding » Assessed contributions Flexible funding WHO Foundation Accountability » Audit Budget Financial statements Programme Budget Portal Results Report Governance » World Health Assembly Executive Board Election of Director-General Governing Bodies website Home / News / item / Football legend, Figo, joins the TB community with a goal to raise awareness Football legend, Figo, joins the TB community with a goal to raise awareness 24 January 2008 Departmental news Portugal Reading time: WHO/G. (...) Figo, a football star beloved around the world, will capitalize on his fame and popularity to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and the need to fight this disease, which takes the lives of 4400 people every day.

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  Mali: How a peace radio station is helping to fight COVID-19 | Africa Renewal

"Between two questions put to listeners on COVID-19, I play songs that also help raise awareness about the pandemic, and other public service messages," he explains. (...) "We produce spots during which we answer children's questions on COVID-19," says Mimi Konaté, another popular radio presenter. “Through a show called The Coronavirus explained to Children, we explain the pandemic in a simple language that is accessible to them." (...) Recently, renowned Malian artists, including Amadou and Mariam, Oumou Sangaré, Cheick Tidiane Seck, and Ami Koita, recorded video messages in French and local languages to raise awareness about the pandemic. The video messages are disseminated on social media, and broadcast as radio spots on Mikado FM as well as on dozens of partner radio stations in different regions across the country.

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  Madhuri Dixit | UNICEF India

Today, as a mother-of-two, Madhuri Dixit still wins hearts of millions of Indian viewers through her presence as judge in an immensely popular dance reality show on television. Madhuri Dixit was appointed UNICEF Celebrity Advocate for child rights in India in 2014. (...) In this powerful capacity and considering her immense popularity across community and class divides In India, she is aptly suited for spreading the message of fundamental rights of children. (...) Madhuri Dixit’s immense popularity across ages, gender and geography makes her just the right voice to raise concerns on these issues.

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  #WindowsOfMusicAndHope in Llíria, UNESCO Creative City of Music

In response to the confinement of Spain’s inhabitants to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Llíria, through its social media campaign # WindowsOfMusicAndHope , aims to spread a message of hope while raising awareness on the importance of staying at home. (...) They played ‘Paquito el Chocolatero’, a popular and festive song associated to the ‘Fallas’, a Valencian traditional festival. (...) The campaign has gathered significant attention from local and national media who  broadcast live the campaign events through digital and traditional media channels. Being popular amongst the youth, hundreds of videos interpreting Beethoven’s ninth symphony can be found on popular social networks.

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