Sir Roger's charities - NewsBob Geldof, the founder of Live Aid, and a host of fellow celebrities, have joined aid charities in a public thank you to the Government for promising to boost Britain's aid for poorer countries. In his spending review last month, Gordon Brown announced that official development assistance would increase to £6.5 billion - 0.47 per cent of national income - by 2007, and reaffirmed the Government's aim of meeting the United Nations target of 0.7 per cent by 2013. (...)
Celebrities estimated that the additional funding could provide clean water for 14 million people, educate 2 million children or avert the premature death of up to 250.000 infants. (...)
The letter read: "It's unfashionable to congratulate politicians in public but we're going to do it anyway, to say thanks for increasing the funds available to tackle world poverty now and for committing to reach the UN aid-giving target by 2013 at the latest. (...)
Also signing the letter were actors Minnie Driver, Colin Firth, Helen Mirren, Michelle Collins, Joseph Fiennes and Tony Robinson, screenwriter Richard Curtis, designer Katharine Hamnett, author Ben Okri, businesswoman Anita Roddick and Unicef ambassadors Jemima Khan and Sir Roger Moore.
The letter was backed by six of Britain's leading aid charities: Data, Oxfam, Plan UK, Tearfund, Unicef UK and WaterAid.
(c) AP - telegraph.co.uk, 02/08/04
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsAfter watching the Asian Cup final Roger Moore will pay a visit to Xi'an, location of UNICEF's protecting project to meet the AIDS orphans.
© Chinaview.com, 06/08/04
Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsTheir first major engagement was the Asian Football Confederation’s 50th Anniversary Gala Evening at the Beijing Grand Hyatt Hotel, where table sales, an auction of football memorabilia and an innovative pledge campaign linked to the number of goals scored in the Asian Cup are all being used to raise funds for a UNICEF-assisted project that provides support to China’s AIDS orphans, now believed to total some 78,000.
Sir Roger has talked about his work for UNICEF and the situations regarding HIV/AIDS and IDD in China in a series of interviews with international and national media, including APTN, Xinhua News Agency, China Daily, China Radio International and the Football Asia TV Channel. Sir Roger paid tribute to China as “a bright shining example to other countries in the world” through its achievements with IDD. He had also been pleased to note the Governments determination to address HIV/AIDS so that China would never have to face the situations he had seen at first hand in Africa. He movingly recalled an old lady he had met in an African village who had told him that “we used to live like human beings, but now we live like animals”.
Tomorrow evening, Sir Roger and Lady Kristina will attend the Asian Cup Final between China and Japan at the Workers’ Stadium in Beijing. Sir Roger is really looking forward to seeing the game. “I hope that we will see a lot of goals” he said. “Not just because this will make for an exciting game, but because every time a goal is scored, AIDS orphans all over China will reap the benefits of UNICEF’s Goals For Children campaign.”
Sir Roger and Lady Kristina will travel to Xian on the 8th August, where they will look at the production and use of iodised salt. Sir Roger has been heavily involved over the years with IDD, both for UNICEF and Kiwanis, and points out that “Iodine Deficiency is one of the few global problems for which we have readily available and affordable solutions.”
Upon his return to Beijing, Sir Roger and his wife will attend the Opening Ceremony for an AIDS orphans Summer Camp, which will be held at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday 10th August. During this event, Sir Roger will meet AIDS orphans in person and talk with them about their experiences.
© UNICEF Press Centre, 07/08/04
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsPlease note photos are © UNICEF.
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe British actor Roger Moore has criticized hotels and schools in China's capital that refused to offer lodging to a group of children whose parents died of AIDS.
Mr. Moore is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund. In Beijing Wednesday, he said establishments that refused the AIDS orphans should hang their heads in shame.
The kids were in Beijing for a three-day summer camp this week. They are not infected with AIDS, but their parents died from the virus after selling their blood at unhygienic collection stations in central China.
Mr. Moore, a former James Bond film star, said there should be no stigma or discrimination against the orphans. One hotel on the outskirts of Beijing eventually did give the children lodging.
© AFP - Aug. 11, 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsActor Roger Moore, goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, on Wednesday lashed out at the Beijing hotels and schools which have turned away a group of 71 AIDS orphans who came to the Chinese capital for a summer camp.
The former James Bond star said the schools and hotels who closed their doors on the children whose parents died from AIDS after selling blood in central China "should hang their heads in shame" for not helping them, Xinhua news agency reported.
The children are not infected, but the schools and hotels worried their students or guests would feel uncomfortable knowing their facilities had been used by AIDS orphans.
The summer camp was organized by AIDS activists and volunteers partly to raise awareness about the plight of the orphans, many of whom are left to fend for themselves with no help from the government.
Their parents sold blood to earn money, often to build their homes or pay their school tuition. The blood was pooled and reinjected unscreened into sellers after the plasma was extracted, causing large scale infections.
Moore applauded another hotel, located in the western outskirts of Beijing, which later accepted the children, the report said.
Moore was quoted as saying "there should be no stigma or discrimination" against the orphans and they should not lose their friends and jobs.
Some 78,000 children have lost parents to AIDS in China, said UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund.
Emerging from early denial that China has a exploding AIDS problem, the central government has now vowed to fight discrimination against the growing population of The true figure is believed to be much higher and the United Nations says the number could rise to 10 million if the epidemic is not treated seriously.
© Sapa-AFP, Aug. 12, 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsSOMEBODY IS DOING A GREAT JOB
Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe year
Appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991.
The thought
"My curiosity got the better of me after Audrey Hepburn introduced me to UNICEF. I wanted to find out more than just the facts and figures."
The work
:: Raises millions of dollars for eliminating Iodine Deficiency Disorder.
:: Rallies attention and raises funds for various UNICEF National Committees.
:: Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his work with UNICEF.
:: Travelled to China to raise awareness and funds for children orphaned by AIDS
:: Urged governments and business leaders in Japan and Korea to put children in need at the top of their priorities.
:: Spoke out for children in the Philippines, Mexico, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ghana, Indonesia and Zambia, where he visited UNICEF-assisted projects.
:: Traveled on his first advocacy mission to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala to meet government leaders and children and visit UNICEF projects.
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsBravo Marie-France pour ces infos qui nous permettent de suivre le voyage de sir ROger en chine
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsHarassment and discrimination against people affected by HIV/AIDS in China are still widespread in spite of government pledges to tackle the epidemic by boosting awareness.
Organizers of a group of 72 “AIDS orphans” who arrived recently in Beijing to attend a summer camp said they had been turned away by some 40 schools, hotels, and hostels who feared their presence would unsettle guests and students.
The children are not infected, but the schools and hotels worried that their students or guests would feel uncomfortable knowing that their facilities had been used by AIDS orphans.
The move prompted a strong reaction from the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, whose goodwill ambassador Roger Moore slammed the attitude of the schools and hotels at a news conference reported in official media.
“The schools, resting houses and hotels should hang their heads in shame who refused to take the 72 orphans, believing in some unfounded way that these children could infect other guests and children,” Moore was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying.
The AIDS orphan summer camp, jointly organized by the China Youth Concern Committee, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and UNICEF, started Aug. 10 in Beijing. “Despite being healthy, they were still refused by nearly 40 hotels and school dormitories in the past two months,” camp organizer Li Qimin told Xinhua.
International research has shown that high levels of social inequality and discrimination in a society are frequently found alongside high rates of HIV/AIDS infection.
In July, authorities in the central province of Henan closed down a school set up by non-governmental activists for AIDS orphans whose parents contracted the virus from selling blood in government-backed schemes in the 1990s, which have caused a major epidemic in China’s countryside.
China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention predicts the country will have between 138.000 and 260.000 AIDS orphans by the end of 2010.
Non-governmental AIDS activist Hu Jia told RFA’s Mandarin service that local officials feared the publicity that surrounded such schools. “The existence of this non-governmental work on behalf of AIDS orphans will attract the attention of volunteers, the media, and society. This will constantly put AIDS-related news out into the world. At this time, officials have a great aversion to that; it is something they will go to great lengths to resist,” Hu said.
The Dongzhen School in Henan’s Shangqiu City was set up by Li Dan and other AIDS activists. Last year, a similar school providing basic education to 38 AIDS orphans in Houyang Village was shut down on the grounds that “the conditions for running a school were lacking.” Houyang has also been ravaged by AIDS, with 200 deaths among the adult population and around 100 children orphaned as a result.
Part of the problem is the attitude of local officials to any sort of non-governmental social activity. “The government has never supported orphanages run by non-governmental organizations, non-governmental assistance lines, or any aid activity by non-governmental organizations,” Liang Yanyan, one of the Dongzhen school’s founders, told RFA’s Mandarin service.
“They still have that old kind of thinking, they think that if non-governmental organizations do something that the government is not doing, they are basically questioning why the government isn’t doing it,” Liang said.
Growing economic insecurity in recent years has led to a deepening of territorialism on the part of the local officials, who depend on the appearance of order for their jobs and therefore their livelihoods and social status.
“Henan is among the places that are rather closed; so, for example, provincial officials have a kind of punitive system,” Hu said. “If, for example, county or township level officials do not prevent this kind of information [about AIDS] from leaking out, or if they allow reporters to come in from the outside, they may be fired.”
Li said during his visit to Bangkok to attend an AIDS conference that he had informed Henan officials of his attendance at the conference before he left, and that they apparently feared greater international exposure of Henan’s dire AIDS situation.
Also in Shuangmiao Village, Zhu Longhua, a doctor in the local clinic who ignored official limits for medicine for HIV/AIDS patients, was detained as Li was released, for giving out more than the officially sanctioned amount of medicines to patients under his care. Some 400 people from Shuangmiao’s population of 3.000 are HIV-positive.
Official figures put the number of China’s HIV/AIDS infections at around 840.000, but officials acknowledge the real number could be much higher.
According to a recent survey, only 8.7 percent of Chinese people are fully aware of how HIV is transmitted. Some 25 percent of rural residents have never even heard of the virus, according to the survey conducted by Futures Group Europe and Beijing-based Horizon Research Group.
The survey also found that few people express caring attitudes and acceptance for those infected by HIV or living with AIDS. Only 33.9 percent of urban residents and 19 percent of town residents think that HIV carriers should be allowed to continue working.
© Radio Free Asia - Aug. 16, 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsHowever, the 14-year-old girl of the Yi ethnic minority group in Southwest China's Yunnan Province could not help but give a performance two weeks ago as she took part in a Beijing summer camp for AIDS-orphaned children like herself.
"I was so happy to see people around me all applaud and cheer for me, and Sir Roger Moore even gave me a hug," the slim girl said. "I was so overjoyed that I could be a happy dancing girl like other children."
The five-day camp was sponsored by the China Youth Concern Committee (CYCC), Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
The first of its kind in China, it hosted 72 AIDS orphans from nine to 16 years of age from five provinces, including Henan, Shanxi, Sichuan, Jilin and Yunnan. During the encampment the orphans were taken various famous Beijing sightseeing destinations as well as to the theatre to enjoy children's operas.
Sir Roger Moore, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador and former James Bond actor, visited the camp to meet with the orphans. That was when Liang danced for the first time in five years.
Liang enjoyed many other firsts at the bivouac: She left her hometown;, hopped aboard a train for a ride, made a cross-country journey which took two days and three nights, had pictures taken by a digital camera, and saw a musical on stage, just to mention a few.
"Life is so fantastic outside, even the air is different," the girl said.
Since her parents' death, she and her little brother have been living with their grandmother.
Supporting them is her uncle's meager annual income of 1,000 yuan (US$122), which affords them a simple diet of vegetable porridge.
Along with the hard life the young Tingting lives comes discrimination she must face each day. She says her classmates seldom play with her and often sneer at her at school. "They say my parents died of a kind of ashamed disease, and I am doomed and should be isolated," the child said.
Sadly, when it first got to Beijing, the camp suffered the same discrimination when it was rejected by nearly 40 hotels and schools for fear that the presence of children associated with AIDS might affect businesses' reputations, says Li Qimin, CYCC's executive director.
Although the organizer finally found the Xicui Hotel in Beijing's western suburbs to take in the 72 children and arrange the best rooms the hotel had for them, Li says the previous rejection "indicates a prevalent misunderstanding of AIDS in society at large."
"The summer camp aimed to help these children widen their horizons and walk out of shadow and isolation as well as urge all of society to eliminate biases against people living with HIV/AIDS and their relatives and take care of them," he says.
The Xicui Hotel received wide public praise for opening its heart and rooms to the children, something any good business should have done in the first place.
© China Daily - Aug. 27
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsA four-year-old Qatari boy yesterday demonstrated what generosity is all about when he led a line of donors at the Deira City Centre during a six-hour telethon to help his Iraqi counterparts.
The telethon, titled Getting Iraqi Children Back to School, held under the patronage of General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence, and aired over the Dubai TV Business Channel, generated a total of Dh5,908,627.
Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of Dubai Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corp, opened the campaign by offering Dh3.65 million.
The event was a joint effort of Unicef, Dubai Aid City (DAC), Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, the UAE Red Crescent Authority, Dubai TV, Mashreqbank and other establishments.
Several Arab stars, including Safeyya Al Omary, Eman Al Bahr Darweesh from Egypt, Naseer Shamma from Iraq, Soaad Al Abdallah and Mohammad Al Mansour from Kuwait, came to Dubai to join yesterday's live telethon.
British actor Roger Moore also took part with a pre-recorded message in which he called on the public to contribute generously.
Walid Toufiq, a prominent Lebanese singer, called during the telethon and urged people spending their money on SMS contests to instead help Iraqi children.
Barbara Castek, Head of DAC, said: "In this humanitarian initiative, our biggest achievement is to put together the international and local humanitarian groups to pursue a common goal."
DAC seeks to establish itself as a local and regional training centre for humanitarian causes.
"As part of its mission, it plans to offering courses on crisis management, offer trainings and other humanitarian-related events alongside Unicef and UAE Red Crescent Authority.
"Our primary aim is to help major international organisation in their procurement needs," she said.
Mohammad Ali Bile, Project Officer, Education at Unicef's Iraq Support Centre based in Amman, said: "We're trying to bring back students to school. The current need for reconstruction in the educational sector in Iraq is estimated to run into billions of dollars.
There are seven million Iraq students going to school and out of that, the Unicef supports 6.2 million."
Unicef Gulf Area Representative Stefan Toma expressed appreciation to the government and people of Dubai for their generosity. He also thanked the stars who readily agreed to join in the telethon.
© Gulfnews.com - Sept. 4, 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe fourth annual Southport Ball in aid of Henshaws Society for Blind People will be held on Saturday, October 2 at the town's Floral Hall.
The event, which will have a 'James Bond' theme with casino tables and cocktails, has even attracted the support of 007 himself, Roger Moore!
Although he is unable to attend in person due to commitments in Switzerland, Roger has donated signed photographs for auction and has urged people on Merseyside to help Henshaws in any way they can: "Support Henshaws Society for Blind People, and raise money for visually impaired children across the north of England."
Link: http://www.hsbp.co.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90448
© icLiverpool - Sept. 4, 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - Newsconference at the British Library.
The press conference was presided
over by HRH Crown Prince Frederik and HRH Crown Princess Mary of
Denmark. The conference was hosted by the Royal Danish Embassy in
London and the British Library in association with the Hans Christian
Andersen 2005 Foundation.
At the press conference, HRH Crown Prince Frederik appointed eight British public figures as Hans Christian Andersen Ambassadors.
The Ambassadors are: actress and model Elizabeth Hurley, TV host Sir
David Frost, actor Sir Derek Jacobi, children's book author Michael
Morpurgo, author Dame Antonia S. Byatt, TV host and comedian Sandi
Toksvig, writer Jackie Wullschlager, and actor Sir Roger Moore.
They are all to contribute to the wider appreciation and awareness of
Hans Christian Andersen in Britain and the rest of the world.
Furthermore, the Hans Christian Andersen Ambassadors will represent
the humanitarian foundation, the HCA-abc Foundation, which has been
established in the name of Hans Christian Andersen to address
illiteracy world-wide.
Secretary General Lars Seeberg, of the Hans Christian Andersen 2005
Foundation, states:
"In 2005, Hans Christian Andersen's native country, Denmark, will
celebrate its national poet - Andersen - with a wide variety of
events within the arts and culture, education and tourism. Yet we
regard Andersen as more than a son of Denmark. Therefore, we have
invited the world to contribute with new artistic renditions of the
life and work of Hans Christian Andersen, and our invitation has been
well received, also in Britain. It is my hope that many in Britain
will rediscover the Andersen they thought they knew so well."
Sir Roger Moore's statement:
"Hans Christian Andersen created a magical world with his tales of Emperors, Kings, Princesses, birds, trains, toys, along with those of simple people and, of course, the unforgettable little match seller. Oh what a tragedy that 120 million children are denied access to a primary school education. They can and never will know the wonder of this great author, playwright and poet. It is a great honour for me to be a UNICEF Ambassador; and an equally great honour to now be a HCA Ambassador."
Link: http://www.hca2005.com/
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsAnd the fact that Sir Roger Moore was there celebrating H.C. Andersen by reciting one of his fairytales just made me so happy and proud (2 of my favourite artists linked together).
Thank You, Sir Roger.
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Celebrity designed plates in Los Angeles, Ca
04.10.04 Celebrities have designed their own personal plate for The Carousel of Hope charity that helps people with diabetes. They range from the wacky to the weird and will be auctioned off in Beverly Hills, Ca. Pictured here is the plate designed by actor Roger Moore.
Does anyone know more about that?
In the meantime I decided to collect the images of the artworks made by sir Roger on a page on my site:
http://it.geocities.com/vaccari.geo/foto/artwork/artwork.htm
If someone have picture and description of any artwork made by sir Roger could be so kind to send it to me? Thank you.
Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe actor, who has been a goodwill ambassador for the children's charity since 1991, is urging people to root out their old European currency and hand it in to one of 1,600 HSBC branches for the Change For Good campaign.
Sir Roger, who is best known for playing smooth-talking spy James Bond, showed he still had the golden touch when he attended the launch outside HSBC's Chatwood safe. The safe, in the City of London, featured in the 007 movie Goldfinger.
Posing in front of the 74-year-old, 35-ton metal door, he begged people to help make a difference to children's lives all over the world.
Sir Roger, who celebrated his 77th birthday this month, said: "We hope by the appeal people will be encouraged to help change the lives of children."
Change For Good, since it was started by British Airways 10 years ago, has raised £18 million for Unicef, just 9% of which is spent on administration, he said.
"I have seen various projects entirely funded by the British Airways' Change For Good campaign in Mexico City. I saw children literally in the slave market, coming from poor provinces in Mexico to seek work in the city. We have a project there where they encourage children to come and play. Every penny goes for good."
New research has shown that three out of 10 Britons still have old European currencies, such as francs, pesetas and lire, at home, with more than a quarter estimating they have more than £10 worth, which would provide nearly 300 children with a litre of clean drinking water each.
Given the choice, the ICM research showed more than 70% of Britons would donate their unusable European currency to charity.
Sir Roger, who was born in south London, said: "People forget about it. A wallet gets emptied, goes to the bottom of the drawer and they say 'Oh dear, it's too late to change this'. We are begging people to look in their drawers and, if you get any old currency, please pick up a Change For Good envelope and hand it in."
© PA - October 19, 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThis November, acclaimed lighting
designer Ingo Maurer and Baccarat, the 240 year-old French-based luxury goods
company whose name is synonymous with the world's premier hand crafted luxury
crystal, will unveil their latest creation -- a 16-foot outdoor chandelier
that sparkles with 12,000 glittering Baccarat crystals. This magnificent
creation, which will grace the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in
Manhattan for the entire holiday season, will be lit by actress and U.S. Fund
for UNICEF National Ambassador Sarah Jessica Parker on November 18 at 7:00 pm during a special outdoor ceremony open to the general public. The event will feature UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore, actor Barry Bostwick and a performance by UNICEF's newest National Ambassador, the Grammy Award winning singer songwriter India.Arie. The UNICEF Snowflake Lighting Ceremony will be
aired live during a one-hour special on CBS 2. Town & Country magazine
Editor-in-Chief Pamela Fiori is the founding chair of the UNICEF Snowflake
Project.
"I was extremely honored when UNICEF contacted me about designing the new
UNICEF Snowflake," said Maurer. "I envisioned thousands of crystals to help brighten the world for children. Baccarat came to my mind, one of the world's leading crystal makers."
The lighting of the new UNICEF Crystal Snowflake, designed by Ingo Maurer
with Baccarat will mark the beginning of another festive holiday season. The
Snowflake, which has been a New York City holiday attraction for the past 19
years, was dedicated to UNICEF by The Stonbely Family Foundation as a beacon
of hope, peace and compassion for vulnerable children around the world.
"It is an honor to be partnering with UNICEF in their mission to 'brighten
the world for children' this holiday season," says Victor Luis, President and CEO of Baccarat. "As we celebrate our 240th anniversary this year, the UNICEF Crystal Snowflake project has served as a great rallying point for the whole Baccarat team and we hope that our efforts, as small as they may be, will help UNICEF make a difference by protecting and improving the lives of children worldwide."
"We are proud to be the broadcast partner of UNICEF's Snowflake project
and to support their mission to improve the lives of children," said CBS 2 President and General Manager Lew Leone. "This event has become an exciting and meaningful New York tradition that we look forward to sharing with our viewers."
This year's lighting ceremony -- a live, outdoor holiday entertainment
event open to the public -- will feature CBS 2 news personalities Lynda Lopez and David Price and musical performances by India.Arie, Wyclef Jean, Mindy Smith and the Young People's Chorus of New York City, as well as the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the cast of Mamma Mia! among others. Additionally, John C. Whitehead, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, will be honored with the UNICEF Snowflake Distinguished Leadership Award. As chairman, Whitehead presides over the largest and most challenging rebuilding project in Manhattan's history. Since the late 1980's, Whitehead has been
instrumental in persuading the United States to become a more active member in the United Nations.
The UNICEF Snowflake is anchored by four of New York's most prestigious
retailers: Tiffany & Co.; LVMH & Louis Vuitton; Bergdorf Goodman and The Crown
Building. The Lighting Ceremony is made possible, in part, through the generosity of broadcast sponsors, Aaron Basha, Bank of America and GMC Truck with additional support from sponsors including Baccarat, Town & Country/The Hearst Corporation and CBS 2, which are bringing their extensive resources to support the UNICEF Snowflake program.
The lighting ceremony will be preceded on November 16 by the first annual
UNICEF Snowflake Ball, presented by Baccarat, at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel,
hosted by Bryant Gumbel and featuring Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Dianne
Reeves. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF will shine a light on children's champions at this black-tie fundraiser, presenting the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award to Sir Roger Moore, longtime UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; and the Corporate Philanthropy Award to Pfizer, Inc., a key UNICEF partner.
© NEW YORK, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire
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Two even bigger legends from different ends of the spectrum, 007 Roger Moore and US civil rights leader Rev. Jessie Jackson, both received honourary fellowships from the UCD Literary & Historical Society. Could Jessie be the first black American president? If not we're sure Roger would be up for the job!
© www.showbizireland.com
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe 16-foot outdoor Baccarat designed "Snowflake chandelier" sparkles with 12,000 crystals and will be unveiled and lit by Sarah Jessica Parker during a special outdoor ceremony open to the general public. It will grace the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street for the entire holiday season.
In addition to performances by MAMMA MIA!, the Young People's Chorus of New York City and the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the event will feature Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore, actor Barry Bostwick and performances by Grammy Award winning singer India.Arie and Wyclef Jean.
© Broadway World, Nov. 18
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On November 18, the lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake — a beautiful ornament gracing the intersection of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City — marked the beginning of another festive holiday season. The Snowflake, which has been a mid-Manhattan holiday attraction for 19 years, was dedicated to UNICEF beginning in 2002 as a beacon of hope, peace and compassion for vulnerable children around the world.
For the Snowflake's 20th anniversary season, acclaimed lighting designer Ingo Maurer and Baccarat, the French-based luxury goods company, have unveiled their latest creation: a 16-foot outdoor chandelier that sparkles with 12,000 Baccarat crystals. The new UNICEF Crystal Snowflake is the world's largest outdoor crystal chandelier.
But this New York icon is much more than a symbol or a tourist attraction. It is the centerpiece of an ambitious program to raise millions of dollars for UNICEF's programs providing immunization, education, health care, nutrition, clean water and sanitation to children in developing nations.
The November 18 UNICEF Snowflake lighting ceremony — an outdoor holiday event open to the public — took place during a special live TV broadcast on CBS 2 in New York. The event featured longtime UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore, actor Barry Bostwick and a performance by UNICEF's newest National Ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter India.Arie. Also performing were Wyclef Jean, Obie Bermudez, Mindy Smith and the Young People's Chorus of New York City, as well as the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the cast of Mamma Mia!
The lighting ceremony was preceded on November 16 by a UNICEF Snowflake Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. This black-tie fundraiser included a special performance by Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves. Broadcast journalist Bryant Gumbel was master of ceremonies.
At the gala, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF presented the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award to Sir Roger Moore and the Corporate Philanthropy Award to Pfizer, Inc., a key UNICEF partner.
© unicefusa.org - Nov. 22, 2004
www.unicefusa.org
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsSir Roger Moore is making his animated debut as Father Christmas in a short cartoon to support Unicef's festive season appeal.
The former 007 actor ditches his tux and martini for Santa suit and sack in The Fly Who Loved Me, available online from next month.
The cartoon's been written and produced by Olly Smith, whose scriptwriting credits include Pingu and the Koala Brothers. Direction comes from Dan Chambers (The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers and The Pygmy Shrew).
The Fly Who Loved Me will get its own website from 10 December (flywholovedme.com), linking back to the Unicef online shop as well as Sir Roger Moore's own website.
The cartoon sees Rudolf laid up on the sofa and Father Christmas fretting over how to get presents out to the children this year, until a fly from his bin insists on taking on the job.
© C21Media, Nov. 26
http://www.unicef.org.uk
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsEx-James Bond Roger Moore will have to shed his image of the suave British spy and adorn the garb of Santa Claus in a cartoon to promote the children's charity, Unicef, according to The Sun.
Moore, who has performed the role of 007 in seven films stretching over a period of 12 years, agreed to collaborate with animation duo Olly Smith and Dan Chambers to make the hilarious flick, The Fly Who Loved Me, after seeing other cartoons they had made about him.
"He was such a good sport and really good humoured. He is the most lovely man to work with," Smith was quoted as saying.
The pair was so inspired after hearing about his work for the UN children's charity, that they decided to make the flick "to spread a bit of festive joy".
In the flick Roger will appear as Father Christmas who has a crisis when Rudolf is too injured to pull the sleigh on Christmas Eve.
Between 1962 and 1999, there have been 20 Bond movies. Moore's first movie
© webindia123.com - December 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsSir Roger Moore has added his voice to the international appeal for aid to help the people of Asia.
The former James Bond star is a Unicef Ambassador, and says people should not forget the plight of tsunami victims while they are celebrating the New Year.
He said: "As we celebrate the New Year, it is hard to ignore the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Asia.
"Hundreds of thousands of children are in need. In need of finding their parents, their families. In need of access to clean water. In need of safety. In need of help.
"Unicef needs your support to help these children and make a difference to their lives.
"Your donations to Unicef will help make that difference in the New Year."
© channel4.com - 31 Dec. 2004
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsHollywood stars such as Sandra Bullock and Steven Spielberg, sports champion Michael Schumacher and rock heroes Linkin Park have made huge donations to the Asian tsunami disaster relief campaign.
Seven-time world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has made the biggest donation by an individual so far offering $US10million.
"The dawning of the New Year has not been as joyful for us this year because of the catastrophe in Asia. We sympathise with the victims in their grief," Schumacher said.
Publicist Marvin Levy says the Spielberg family have pledged $US1.5 million to charities including Save the Children, CARE and Oxfam.
Sandra Bullock has given the Red Cross $US1 million.
"Sandra continues to enable our lifesaving work and is a model for personal generosity," Marsha Evans, president of the American Red Cross, said.
Leonardo di Caprio has given UNICEF a donation for victims in Thailand which, according to Access Hollywood, also reached $US1 million.
Di Caprio filmed The Beach on the Thai island of Phi Phi, which has been severely damaged by the tsunami.
UNICEF says Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the City has volunteered her image to entice donors.
Actors Mia Farrow and Roger Moore have also offered their support.
Rockers Linkin Park have set up their own foundation to collect funds for the American Red Cross, kicking off the fund with $US100,000.
"As a band we were in a position to help, but this needs to be a lot broader effort, both by our fans and by other musicians," Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson said.
Even the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which each year sponsors the Golden Globe awards, has donated $US250,000 to Action Against Hunger, Save the Children USA, the Asian Earthquake Fund and Doctors Without Borders.
"Never before has a natural disaster been so global in scope, affecting so many people in so many countries," HFPA president Lorenzo Soria said.
"Although our charitable contributions are usually devoted to scholarships and film preservation, we realise that our international organisation must contribute whatever money we can immediately to help the millions of victims of this unprecedented catastrophe," he said.
© AFP - January 5, 2005
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe film "The Magic Snowman II" will be produced partly in Vermont next year.
Prime Rate Investors, Inc. announced its subsidiary High Angle Media, Inc. will be working on this sequel to the 1988 feature family film distributed by Miramax Films and Artisan Entertainment.
The character of the Magic Snowman is again to be voiced by Sir Roger Moore, with principal production taking place in Vermont and Slovenia in the winter of 2005-06. The production budget for the U.S. portion of the sequel's production is $1.6 million.
The holiday-oriented film shot in high definition video format will also benefit UNICEF, the principal motivation for the casting of Moore and Vanessa Redgrave, in addition to other cast members still in negotiation.
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsSo says Sir Roger Moore, who played one of the big screen's greatest heroes, James Bond, in calling on Americans to support the efforts of UNICEF to help child Tsunami victims.
Sir Roger and Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG), the country's largest premium television movie service, announced today that they are teaming up to create and run a series of public service announcements urging Americans to help UNICEF, for which Sir Roger serves as Global Goodwill Ambassador.
The spots urge Americans to provide financial support for UNICEF as it works to help hundreds of thousands of children affected by the Tsunami. Starting January 18th, the PSAs will run on teen-oriented channel WAM!, on Starz Family and on Encore, the most widely-distributed network in the SEG family. Approximately 24 million U.S. homes subscribe to the Encore channel.
In addition, SEG said it will make the spots available for free to all its affiliates, cable and satellite, to run on other channels. SEG also made a corporate contribution to UNICEF.
In expressing appreciation to SEG, Sir Roger noted, "At UNICEF we see tragedy all the time. We also see hope, and it is the generosity of individuals and corporations such as Starz Entertainment Group that brings us hope."
SEG President and CEO Robert Clasen said, "Like all people everywhere we have been deeply moved by the Tsunami disaster, and particularly its impact on children. We have been searching for a way to use our medium and the creative talents of our employees to help the storm's victims. So we are delighted that Sir Roger brought us together with UNICEF to focus our efforts on the need to help children impacted by this disaster."
Sir Roger and SEG had been working together to promote their "Ultimate Bond" festival running on Starz On Demand in the first part of January. The festival allows Starz subscribers in cable systems with on demand service to watch 17 Bond movies whenever and as often as they wish with all the features of a DVD - fast forward, rewind and pause - at no additional charge.
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe ex-007 is now a leading ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for which Sharon Harrison and her work colleagues at Milton Keynes based Amway UK raised the money.
She travelled to Monaco and spent the morning chatting to him as he filmed a video message for staff back home.
The money will go towards UNICEF's work to immunize third world children against diseases like measles and diptheria.
Amway UK, based in Snowdon Drive, Winterhill, has since raised a further £92,000 for victims of the Asian tsunami.
Sharon said: "Meeting Roger to talk about the work Amway has done with UNICEF was a wonderful experience.
"He was very knowledgable about just how the money is spent. Knowing we've made a real difference is fantastic, but we can't stop here.
"Everyone wants to help. The 90 staff that work at our Winterhill offices themselves donated £2,600 within a week of the tsunami and are helping co-ordinate donations from our network of agents across the country."
Since 2000 Amway have raised a total of £843,000 for UNICEF.
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe competition www.posterchallenge.com is open to creative talent in advertising agencies throughout the world, with a closing date of 18 April 2005. The winning creative will run in August 2005 and appear on Clear Channel billboard and street furniture panels, across more than 50 countries spread over five continents.
Clear Channel will give $5000 to the winning entrant plus a further donation of $5000 to UNICEF. Judges will include Sir Roger Moore, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador; and Lord Puttnam, UNICEF UK Chairman.
Sir Roger Moore, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador said, "The world's two billion children and adolescents are at the centre of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Today, more than half of all new infections strike people under the age of 25. Success in responding depends upon massively stepped up and immediate support from governments and the international community. This global ad campaign will play an important part in helping UNICEF raise worldwide awareness of this massive, growing and long-term crisis."
Roger Parry, Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel International said, "The winner of this creative competition will see their work for UNICEF displayed on billboards and street furniture poster sites in over 50 countries worldwide, reaching audiences in towns and cities 24 hours a day. The judges will be looking for an ad that will successfully inform a global audience of UNICEF's work with HIV/AIDS and young people."
Entrants should log onto www.posterchallenge.com for full judging details, application forms and details of entry costs.
Commenting on the participation of Clear Channel Independent (Pty) Ltd, Clear Channel's joint venture partnership on the African Continent, the CEO, Barry Sayer, expressed his delight that advertising agencies in Africa will also be given the opportunity to test their creative mettle against the best in the world in the pursuit of such a noble cause.
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe STARS, (Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures) charity, is this week celebrating the publication of the government's new guidelines for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, or arrhythmias.
STARS worked alongside the Department of Health and other heart charities to help formulate the new National Service Framework Chapter on Arrhythmias, taking part in extensive consultations to ensure that arrhythmia patients get the diagnosis and treatment they deserve.
The new chapter is expected to be unveiled by the Secretary of State for Health, John Reid, during the Coronary Heart Disease Collaborative Meeting in Birmingham, 3-4 March. It coincides with ArrhythmiA Awareness Week 2005 from 2-9 March 2005. The awareness week is run by Arrhythmia Alliance, a coalition of heart charities and medical groups set up during the first AAAW last year. The consultation was announced during last year's AAAW after a relentless political campaign by heart patients and their representatives to try to improve arrhythmia care in the UK.
AAAW 2005 aims to raise awareness among the medical profession and the general public with a view to improving the diagnoses and treatment of these common cardiac conditions - some of which are potentially lethal.
STARS helps people affected by blackouts, known as syncopes and Reflex Anoxic Seizures. RAS is mainly found in children, but can affect any age. Any sudden shock or pain can cause the heart and breathing to stop in a ‘mini cardiac arrest'. The patient always recovers, but can suffer many attacks in a short space of time, which can be very debilitating for the whole family. Some severely affected people have been fitted with pacemakers, though 30% of people with the condition are initially misdiagnosed with other illnesses such as epilepsy.
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STARS patrons include Sir Roger Moore, who helped launch AAAW in 2004 and Celebrity Chef John Burton Race, of Channel 4 TV's French Leave and Return of the Chef. Both have suffered from syncope and have pacemakers fitted. Additionally, the AAAW campaign is backed by Arrhythmia Alliance patron, Bill Beaumont, former England rugby captain.
© medicalnewstoday.com - 3th March, 2005
Visit: http://www.stars.org.uk
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsRoger Moore did hand over the prize for the best Czech movie for last year on Czech movie contest "Czech Lion " in Lucerna hall at Prague 05 March 2005
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsNot that I am particularly a Royalist, but I do like Princess Mary.
Re: Sir Roger's charities - News For your information and anybody else Roger is coming to Denmark on April 2 celebrating H.C. Andersen; the party is held in Parken and will be televised world wide
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dinner in the evening, with VIA - UNICEF Norway's latest corporate partner.
And then at the airport departure area, before leaving, he posed for photos at the "Sand Gallery" - an exhibition in aid of UNICEF - ans accepted a cheque from the editor of Se&Hor magazine, from money raised for UNICEF and the Tsunami victims.
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsCape Town agency Bester Burke has won the UNICEF Global Poster Challenge, a competition run in association with Clear Channel and the UK's Campaign magazine. Agencies around the world were invited to submit posters which highlighted the devastating effects of AIDS on families.
UNICEF and Clear Channel, in conjunction with Campaign, set a creative challenge to advertising agencies and creatives around the world to provide a global outdoor advertising campaign for UNICEF. The brief was to design a poster awareness campaign for UNICEF's HIV/AIDS work as it relates to children and young people.
Over 600 entries were received from around the world for the campaign which will be flighted on billboards in over 50 countries.
The judging panel included Lord Puttnam, the UNICEF UK President and Sir Roger Moore, UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador.
The winning Bester Burke team was Graeme Taylor and Stuart McCreadie.
Barry Sayer, Clear Channel Independent CEO, says: 'It is befitting that an advertising agency with its roots firmly planted in Africa conceived the most appropriate creative execution to combat a scourge that has so concentrated its vicious attack on our continent.
"Clear Channel Independent will promote the campaign free of charge throughout sub-Saharan Africa as its contribution to its parent company's international effort."
bizcommunity.com - May 29, 2005
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThis year is the perfect opportunity to join in the action to "Make Child Poverty History" and help change the lives of children.
You can send a message to Tony Blair, just like Sir Roger Moore by clicking on this link:
http://www.unicef.org.uk/messagetotony/form.asp
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsSir Roger Moore arrived to Dubrovnik to participate in the «Julian Rachlin & Friends» chamber music festival. He used this opportunity to raise more awareness and funds for UNICEF in Croatia. During the press conference held in the city of Dubrovnik, he talked about his work for UNICEF and emphasised that only 1 cent from each dollar invested in UNICEF covers the cost of administration.
After the concert, in which Sir Roger Moore participated as narrator in “The Carnival of Animals” by C. Saint-Saëns, a charity auction was held during which UNICEF raised additional funds for the “Every Child Needs a Family” project. Sir Roger Moore’s appearance was supported by Ms. Bojana Gregoric, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Croatia who thanked the concert organisers as well as Mr. Julian Rachlin for dedicating their concert to UNICEF. His visit and the concert received extensive media coverage and provided UNICEF with the opportunity to present its international work to the Croatian audience.
During his visit, Sir Roger Moore and his wife Lady Kristina met with the Mayor of Dubrovnik, Mrs. Dubravka Šuica. During the meeting, Sir Roger Moore spoke about UNICEF’s project “Cities – Partners of UNICEF” and suggested that Dubrovnik could take the lead and become the first city in Croatia to become UNICEF’s partner.
His visit was very important for reintroducing and reinforcing UNICEF’s international role in ensuring children’s rights around the globe to the Croatian audience. UNICEF Croatia is now preparing for international fund raising.
Dubrovnik, Croatia, 9 September 2005
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe medias seem to care very little about this very important work; I appreciate so much being able to keep up with Roger´s work for Unicef this way.
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsUNICEF says children are missing from the international AIDS response
Who: Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General
Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director
Dr. Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director
Bill Roedy, President, MTV Networks International
Mrs Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Sir Roger Moore & Spike Lee,
young people affected by HIV/AIDS and other participants
What: Launch of UNICEF/UNAIDS Campaign:
Unite For Children, Unite Against AIDS
This event will be followed by the opening of a photo exhibit and two roundtable discussions on AIDS with technical experts and young people.
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Listen to Sir Roger message:
www.unicef.org/videoaudio/ramfiles/5468h_mooreeducation.ram
Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - News- every day more than 1000 of children under the age of 15 are infected by HIV
- every day more than 1000 of children under the age of 15 die from AIDS
- every day more than 6000 of young people between the age of 15-24 are infected by HIV
Shocking facts indeed...
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsI once saw an interview with young people who was infected by HIV; they were all victims of sexual abuse. Not only had their lives been destroyed by the abuse, but they also had to deal with the fact that one day they would die from AIDS....it was heart-rending I can tell you..
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - News-- Whoopi Goldberg, Sir Roger Moore, Lord Richard Attenborough and Yvonne Chaka Chaka Unveil Outdoor Ads at Same-Day Events in New York, London and Johannesburg
-- Joint campaign from UNICEF and Clear Channel Outdoor will appear in 50 countries
What
The first ever global outdoor advertising campaign to raise
awareness of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children will be unveiled by UNICEF and Clear Channel Outdoor. The creative
resulted from a worldwide competition that received a tremendous response from the world's advertising agencies. The winning creative, by Bester Burke, an agency in Cape Town, South Africa, was chosen from over 300 entries. The campaign will debut globally starting November.
Who
Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director
Paul Meyer, Global President, Clear Channel Outdoor
Whoopi Goldberg, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Sir Roger Moore, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Kami, HIV-positive Muppet from Takalani Sesame
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsBy Ben Fenton
(Filed: 25/10/2005)
Unicef has launched a campaign to tackle ignorance about the devastating disease that kills 500,000 youngsters a year.
A global campaign to lift the veil that hides the shattering effects of HIV/Aids on the children of the world is launched today by Unicef, the United Nation's children's arm. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the UN, will join the actor Sir Roger Moore and the film director Spike Lee for the main launch in New York. Jemima Khan, the Unicef UK ambassador, will lead the London event, while Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, another ambassador for the organisation, officiates in Geneva.
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Local celebrities, aid workers and children will feature at events in 24 other cities in an attempt to change perceptions of the disease.
From Auckland to Bangkok, from Washington to Moscow, from Dacca to Nairobi, Unicef is seeking to correct popular impressions of Aids that lead us to believe that it mostly strikes adults and is preventable because it results from unprotected sex, especially between homosexual men, or from intravenous drug use.
But the truth, trumpeted by Unicef today, is very far from that. Children account for one in seven of all new infections of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, which leads to Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or Aids.
Unicef estimates that the chances of a male child living in the most heavily affected areas of sub-Saharan Africa catching the disease at some stage of their lives are approaching 90 per cent.
It is not just that children catch and suffer from the disease, of course, but that in some of the poorest countries of the world, where family bonds are the only security against starvation, hundreds of thousands of parents are dying from Aids.
The statistics on this page show how children suffer as victims of the disease, by being denied even the most basic healthcare and medicines and from being orphaned.
Thrust into adult roles at far too early an age, the "missing face of HIV/Aids", as Unicef refers to these forgotten victims of disease, millions of children lose out on education and become vulnerable to exploitation and coercion by ruthless adults.
Even if we are able to slow down and reverse the devastating effect that Aids has had in many parts of the world, the effects on the planet's children will last for generations to come, Unicef warns.
1. Every minute of every day a child contracts HIV and last year alone 640,000 children under 15 became infected.
2. In South Africa, life expectancy has dropped from 60 in the mid 1990s to 47, while in Botswana it has plummeted from 62 in the mid-1980s to 36.
3. More than 85 per cent of the world's children living with HIV/Aids are in sub-Saharan Africa.
4. In Botswana, where HIV-prevalence is over 35 per cent, the lifetime risk of dying of Aids for a 15-year-old boy at current infection rates is almost 90 per cent.
5. Only one in 10 people living with HIV has been tested for HIV.
6. The UN says HIV/Aids has reversed the effects of much development and progress in southern Africa in the past 50 years.
7. The world's fastest-growing epidemic is in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where injecting drug use is driving infection, especially among young men.
8. Asia is expected to overtake sub-Saharan Africa in absolute numbers of HIV infections by 2010.
9. An estimated 1.5 million children in Asia have already been orphaned by Aids and a further 3.5 million have at least one HIV-positive parent.
10. Outside Africa, the highest rate of HIV-infection and Aids is in the Caribbean where it is now the leading cause of death among adults.
11. In the Middle East and North Africa, cultural inhibitions over discussing sex mean that potential epidemics are being overlooked.
12. Paediatric HIV accounts for one in every seven new infections.
13. The Joint UN Programme on Aids (UNAIDS) estimates that 2.2 million children under 15 currently live with HIV/Aids.
14. HIV/Aids has started to reverse gains made in child mortality rates, particularly in countries where child mortality due to other causes had been significantly reduced.
15. In Zimbabwe, 70 per cent of all deaths in children under five are due to Aids.
16. Under-five child mortality rates are set to more than double by 2010 in the worst affected countries of southern Africa.
17. Nine out of 10 children under 15 who are HIV positive contract the virus from their mother during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding.
18. In rich countries, the use of antiretroviral drugs combined with elective caesarean delivery and safe infant feeding has reduced mother-to-child transmission to almost zero.
19. Without treatment, about 45 per cent of children born with HIV will die before their second birthday, and almost all before the age of five.
20. HIV-positive children often die from common childhood illnesses such as chicken pox and measles as their weakened immune systems struggle to respond.
21. The antibiotic cotrimoxazole gives highly effective protection against these diseases and at just 1.7p a day, could make a real difference to the lives of four million children.
22. Only one per cent of HIV-positive children in need of treatment are currently receiving it.
23. In Zimbabwe, seven out of 10 boys aged 15 will die of Aids at current infection rates.
24. In rich countries, more than 80 per cent of HIV-positive infants are still alive at the age of six and some survive to have children of their own.
25. Early diagnosis in infants is difficult in poor countries because of a lack of simple and affordable tests for HIV.
26. Relatively speaking, children's medicines for HIV are more than six times as expensive as the equivalent for adults.
27. Even for the lucky few children that have access to treatment, formulations are rarely packaged for children so they have to break up adult-sized tablets or swallow unpleasant-tasting liquids.
28. At present, 500,000 children a year die of HIV/Aids.
29. A child of an HIV-infected mother born free from infection has close to a 100 per cent chance of becoming an orphan.
30. Globally, 15 million children have been orphaned as a result of Aids, more than the number of Britons under the age of 20.
31. In South Africa alone, Aids will have orphaned two million children by 2010, more than the entire populations of Namibia and the Gambia.
32. By 2010, Aids will have orphaned around 22 per cent of all children in Lesotho, and 18 per cent in Swaziland.
33. Despite predictions that burgeoning numbers of orphans in sub-Saharan Africa will create insecurity on the continent, a recent study of 40 African countries shows 90 per cent of orphans are cared for within extended families.
34. The worst is to come: long delay between infection and death means even after HIV declines, the number of orphans will rise for many years.
35. By the year 2010 it is predicted that in sub-Saharan Africa alone, 18 million children will have been orphaned by Aids.
36. In Asia, where the total number of HIV infections is expected to overtake sub-Saharan Africa by 2010, the orphan crisis is yet to unfold.
37. The sexual transmission of HIV means that children orphaned by Aids are more likely to lose both parents than children orphaned by other causes.
38. Children living in households with sick or dying parents are often more vulnerable, disadvantaged and malnourished and less likely to go to school than children that have actually lost their parents.
39. Children with HIV-positive parents are often forced prematurely into adulthood when their parents become ill and die.
40. More than 120 million children around the world are missing out on a primary education that could help protect them from HIV infection.
41. In areas of high and rising prevalence, HIV/Aids is threatening the supply of teachers, resources available for schools and the quality of teaching.
42. Fear of HIV-related stigma and violence also deters adolescents and young people from finding out their HIV status or even using condoms.
43. Orphans are vulnerable to exploitation, abuse and recruitment into exploitative labour, and may resort to exchanging sex for food or basic items to survive.
44. Evidence suggests that children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/Aids are more likely to contract HIV.
45. In poor countries, less than five per cent of orphans and vulnerable children receive state-financed care.
46. People aged 15-24 constitute half of all new infections.
47. Adolescents are more likely to practise safe sexual behaviour than adults, but remain vulnerable if they do not know the facts about HIV transmission.
48. In Swaziland, where HIV-prevalence is approaching 40 per cent, only 27 per cent of girls aged between 15 and 19 years know how to protect themselves from the virus.
49. Adolescent girls and young women make up 60 per cent of 15 to 24 year olds living with HIV/Aids.
50. About one million children are abducted or coerced into the sex trade each year. In Cambodia, more than a quarter of sex workers aged 15 to 19 are HIV-positive.
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsI once heard a shocking report by Sky News saying that in Zimbabwe people are told having sex with children makes adults get rid of the desease. If that unbelievable story is true, one does not need to wonder any more...
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsNEW YORK, USA, 27 October 2005 – The winning poster design of an international advertising competition to promote UNICEF’s global campaign UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS was unveiled today in a ceremony at UNICEF headquarters. The competition was co-sponsored by UNICEF and Clear Channel Outdoor, one of the world’s leading outdoor advertising companies.
The poster shows a child standing beside the graves of her parents. UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman said it illustrated the disproportionate impact of the AIDS pandemic on children.
“The image we unveil today demonstrates the devastation of HIV/AIDS very simply and powerfully,” Ms. Veneman said. “We often speak about what children are missing because of AIDS. They are missing their parents and caregivers, missing the childhood they deserve, missing their future.”
The poster design will be seen on billboards in 50 countries, as part of the first outdoor advertising campaign of its type.
Celebrities
Among celebrities present at the event was UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore, who said the winning image had a universal appeal. Also present were Kami, the HIV-positive Muppet, and fellow UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Whoopi Goldberg, who explained the importance of the campaign.
“This poster is to do with children and AIDS because, unfortunately, they are the last group anyone thinks about,” said Ms. Goldberg. “Sometimes we remember that children are left without parents, but we don’t really think about the impact that AIDS has on children as another group.”
“We invited ad agencies from around the world to submit copy,” said Paul Meyers, Global President of Clear Channel Outdoor. “The contest received submissions from 300 agencies [including] 17 from Africa and 61 from Asia. The result was the winning poster that you’ve seen this morning, and that we’ve now committed as part of our initial effort to display in 50 countries, on six continents, with approximately $5 million of free advertising to promote awareness of the AIDS epidemic.”
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsAlthough I don't have aids, I sympathise with her and her family, as I was not allowed to go to a certain kindergarten because other parents learned of my disability and didn't want me mixing with their kids.
NB You cannot catch what I have. I don't hate many things, but I hate narrowminded people.
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsATP players joined other celebrities such as Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham, Robbie Williams, Claudia Schiffer, Rafidah Abdullah and Susan Sarandon on Tuesday to help UNICEF launch its Unite For Children, Unite against AIDS campaign. At the New York City global launch, headlined by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, ANDY RODDICK appeared during the hour-long event in a video that featured the World No. 3 along with Sir Roger Moore, Ewan McGregor, Jimmy Cliff, Hayley Westenra, Dirk Nowitzki as well as numerous heads of state, dignitaries and other Ambassadors. In addition, ATP players at events in Basel, Lyon and St. Petersburg played with cyan-blue shoestrings as a show of support to the UNICEF campaign to raise awareness to the plight of the millions of children who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. ATP officials and tournament ballkids joined these players in wearing blue shoestrings to support UNICEF: In Basel : Tomas Berdych, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Tommy Haas, Jiri Novak, Kristof Vliegen, Filippo Volandri and Alexander Waske. In Lyon : Sebastien Grosjean, Nicolas Lapentti, Michael Llodra, Tommy Robredo and Olivier Rochus. In St. Petersburg : Mahesh Bhupathi, Jonas Bjorkman, Martin Damm, Vadim Davletshin, Nikolay Davydenko, Teimuraz Gabashvili, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Thomas Johansson, Julian Knowle, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Max Mirnyi, Juan Monaco, Jarkko Nieminen, Mark Philippoussis and Fernando Verdasco.
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsROGER MOORE IMPRESSED BY ZAMBIANS
ROGER MOORE is constantly amazed by the people he meets in the troubled African nation of Zambia, because they remind him about the priorities in life.
The former JAMES BOND star works for the UNITED NATIONS' UNICEF branch, trying to help AIDS and drought-stricken communities in the troubled country, and the experience has radically altered his own values.
He says, "If the parents are still alive, they're too weak to work. Old people can't, so the children have to. We go to places where there are no adults, only children. It's frightening.
"And yet they are far more civilised than we are. You don't find people scrambling over each other to get things.
"I am enormously impressed by their spirit and courage. They're not saying, 'Give us something.' They want to know how to do things. So we provide the sanitation engineers, the tubing, and they supply the labour. We supply the knowledge.
"When I was swanning around the world as James Bond, my priorities were, would my jacket be pressed and what's for lunch. I just never noticed the poverty.
"It has changed my life. Made me less aware of my own problems, more aware of other people's."
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsJaipur: Former James Bond star Roger Moore will visit this Rajasthan capital Thursday as a peace ambassador of UNICEF to create awareness about illnesses caused by iodine deficiency in children.
During his visit, Moore will speak on diseases that occur due to lack of iodine and suggest methods to check and cure these illnesses. He is also slated to meet Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
Moore - who was appointed peace ambassador by UNICEF in 1991 - had earlier visited Rajasthan in 1982 to shoot the James Bond movie "Octopussy".
During his current visit to India, the actor will meet several salt producers and promote the production of iodised salt.
Iodine-related diseases are considered a serious health problem in India. According to UNICEF, 50 percent of all babies born in India every year - or 13 million out of a total of 26 million - are unprotected against iodine deficiency disorders.
newkerala.com - Nov. 16, 2005
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - News Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsI think I should have said 'input'. Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThough iodine deficiency does not lead to death, it can severely hinder people from leading normal lives, making it "life threatening" in a different sense, Hollywood star Roger Moore said here Friday.
"It may not be a life threatening disease. But the problems it can create in people's lives certainly makes it life threatening in a different sense," Moore said at a press conference here.
Famous for his portrayal of British secret agent James Bond, he is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and is currently touring India to promote universal salt iodisation.
The 78-year-old Moore said: "I have seen the results of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and I think it is insidious for children to grow up without reaching their full potential.
As part of Unicef's campaign to end IDD in India, Moore, who has been with the organisation since 1991, met several celebrities and officials and discussed the problem with them and ways to eradicate it.
Among those with whom Moore interacted were Bollywood baddie Gulshan Grover, director Mahesh Bhatt, actress and activist Nafisa Ali and Secretary, Women and Child Development Department, Vandana Krishna.
Making a brief but comprehensive presentation at the press conference, Chandrakant Pandav of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences said salt was being promoted as the ideal vehicle for iodine consumption because it was cheap, widely available and used regularly and universally.
"IDD leads to problems like goitre, cretinism, spontaneous abortions speech and hearing disability. But the most overlooked problem it creates is lower development of the brain," Pandav said.
"Ninety percent of the brain development takes place between the third month of pregnancy and the third year of life and that is when utmost care needs to be taken in terms of iodine nourishment," he said.
On steps taken in India in this regard, Pandav said with 95 percent of salt being produced in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, the government's priority was to make iodisation compulsory among salt producers in these areas.
"An important statistic that should be borne in mind is that out of the 26 million children born in India every year nearly 13 million are unprotected in terms of iodine deficiency," Moore added as a precautionary note.
newkerala.com - 19 Nov 2005
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThe man who has huge fan following where ever he goes and carries the label of James Bond was in Mumbai recently to support and promote the use of iodized salt among the people.
A major section of the people consume non-iodized salt, which causes many diseases like goitre.
Moore, who is also the UNICEF Ambassador said " I am lucky enough that people listen to me and are curious to known about issues that cause sufferings to common people. When you enter into this sea of sufferings, only then you come to know what actually it is".
"James Bond is a very easy role where I know my script and I act, whereas being an Ambassador is a real role, which has lot of challenges with it," he added.
Deepali Shaw, the glamour girl from tinsel town was also there to support this cause and said," Many people from the film industry have joined hands to support the cause of iodine deficiency which is being overlooked. We are here to do something, to create awareness on the side effects of the non-iodized salt".
During his visit, Moore also met film personalities like Mahesh Bhatt, Vinita Nanda and others and urged them to support the cause and to create awareness among people about dangers of consuming non-iodized salt.
webindia123 - 19 Nov. 2005
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsMumbai: Though iodine deficiency does not lead to death, it can severely hinder people from leading normal lives, making it "life threatening" in a different sense, Hollywood star Roger Moore said here yesterday.
"It may not be a life threatening disease. But the problems it can create in people's lives certainly makes it life threatening in a different sense," Moore said at a press conference here.
Famous for his portrayal of British secret agent James Bond, he is a goodwill ambassador for Unicef and is currently touring India to promote universal salt iodisation.
The 78-year-old Moore said: "I have seen the results of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and I think it is insidious for children to grow up without reaching their full potential.
As part of Unicef's campaign to end IDD in India, Moore, who has been with the organisation since 1991, met several celebrities and officials and discussed the problem with them and ways to eradicate it.
Among those with whom Moore interacted were Bollywood baddie Gulshan Grover, director Mahesh Bhatt, actress and activist Nafisa Ali and Secretary, Women and Child Development Department, Vandana Krishna.
thepeninsulaqatar.com - 19 Nov. 2005
Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsGet ready to witness the clash of bad man Gulshan Grover and former Mr Bond Roger Moore on the Indian silver screen. While Gulshan will play the villain, Moore is slated to play the hero under the direction of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt in a short film highlighting the importance of iodised salt.
"Unicef wanted to spread awareness about the need to consume iodine through a feature film. And I found the idea exciting enough to grab it," says Grover. In the film, Grover plays a man who initially doesn’t believe in the concept of iodised salt, but gets convinced by the end of it. But is he nervous working with Moore? "Not at all. I have acted and interacted with many Hollywood stars till date. So, it’s nothing new for me but yes it is great for me to work with a legend like Sir Roger Moore whom I have always admired," exclaims Grover.
For the last few months, there have been rumours about him working in the next James Bond film. He clarifies, "Things will get clear at the right time. Currently, I am working positively towards it and hopefully, will end up bagging it."
At the moment, Grover is excited about his projects back home after his negative role in the recently released Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena.
"I am playing completely different roles in Pooja Bhatt’s Holiday and Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Family. If Holiday will see me as an admirable person, Family portrays me as a heartless man," he says.
By Prashant Singh - asianage.com
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Re: Sir Roger's charities - NewsThat sum will primarily be used for development work in Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, more specifically for projects that aim to help young children and their families.
Guinea-Bisseau has the highest rate of infant mortality in the world: one in three children die before the age of five. Furthermore, it is one of the world's poorest countries, with 88% of the population having an income of merely ISK 70 per day.
The project will be ongoing for two years, beginning in spring 2004. Its aim is, on the one hand, to provide support for children under the age of eight in the country's rural regions, particularly the youngest ones, and on the other hand to develop a comprehensive national policy for this age group, in cooperation with authorities.
The project is undertaken following extensive collaboration with members of the community and community organisations, and is carried out in cooperation with authorities and various international organisations. Baugur's contribution is able to fully finance the project.
The project is multi-faceted and its aim is to develop knowledge and experience on-site so that the relevant problems may be addressed. The main task will be to construct 65 day-care areas where children are cared for while their parents are at work. These day-care areas will provide the foundation for the children's education and basic health care, making it possible to provide the youngest generation with a stimulating environment where health care and education play key roles. Some 700 children are expected to attend these day-care areas, and subsequently this method will be used as a model in other locations throughout the country.
Re: Sir Roger's charities - News“We know what we need to do to stop children being born with HIV. We know how to keep them and their parents alive so they don’t have to stand by and watch each other dying. We know what support and protection vulnerable children need if they’re to have any hope of a future; we know how to stop teenagers becoming infected with HIV. We know enough. It’s time to start taking action.”
Lord David Puttnam
Under the slogan, Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS, the UNICEF campaign seeks to bring children - the missing face of AIDS - into the spotlight and scale up action on their behalf.
Set in a classroom, the image of UNICEF Ambassadors (Andrew O’Hagan, Martin Bell, Sir Digby Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Jemima Khan, Lord Puttnam, Sir Roger Moore, Claudia Schiffer, Ewan McGregor) represents the importance of education as the only vaccine the world currently has against the disease. The UNICEF supporters from the arts, media, industry and sport came together to focus attention on the fundamentals of childhood – love, school, parents, sometimes life itself - which children are missing because of HIV/AIDS.
Fifteen million children have lost a parent to AIDS-related disease; millions more miss out on school and just ‘being children’ to look after ailing parents, or siblings when parents die. Children are missing basic care, help and protection as a whole generation of teachers, doctors and nurses is lost to AIDS. Around 95 per cent of the 510,000 children living with HIV are missing out on the medicines that could keep them alive; and millions of young people are unaware of a single way to protect themselves from HIV infection.
HIV/AIDS is robbing children of their potential and any chance or hope of a future. Yet nearly 25 years into the pandemic, 90 per cent of AIDS orphans and vulnerable children miss out on external support of any kind.
To sign up to UNICEF’s campaign, find out more or make a donation, visit the Unite for children, Unite against Aids campaign website.
* Fewer than 5 per cent of HIV-positive children have access to treatment they need.
* Less than 10 per cent of children who have lost parents to AIDS get public support or care.
* Only 10 per cent on pregnant women have access to services that can prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
While important gains have been made in global funding for HIV/AIDS, children remain dangerously underserved. As long as this continues, the number of children infected, killed, orphaned, and left vulnerable due to AIDS will continue rising.
UNICEF
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Martin!!!!!you have to get to him anyway....then sen him all our regards, love & congratulations....Ahhhhhhhhh
invite him to chat w us on friday!!!
Scotty beam me to Roger...
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