UNICEF People
Nana Mouskouri Activity Highlights
2008 • May • In Romania, Ms. Mouskouri attended a UNICEF fundraising event that aired on Romanian National Television and raised €250,000 for the development of ‘baby-friendly’ hospitals in the country. (Newsline)
2006 • October • In Canada, Ms. Mouskouri was the keynote speaker at Chefs for UNICEF Fundraising Gala in Calgary, organized by UNICEF Canada.
2005 • October • In South Korea, Ms. Mouskouri visited UNICEF-supported projects and raised funds for UNICEF at her concerts there.
2004 • August • In Athens, Greece, Ms. Mouskouri officially opened a youth camp where young people participated in workshops organized by the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee and UNICEF. (News note)
2003 • March-April • In Russia, Ms. Mouskouri visited UNICEF-supported projects. In St. Petersburg, she visited a shelter for girls from age 14 to 18 in difficult circumstances. In Moscow, she went to a community-based rehabilitation/safe space for children. In Bulgaria, she toured a UNICEF-supported child centre and met senior government officials.
1999 • July • In Geneva, Ms. Mouskouri gave a concert performance at the High-Level Meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
1999 • May • In Guatemala, Ms. Mouskouri visited schools and health centres, presented the Annual Communications Award to local journalists in recognition of their coverage of child-related issues. She also performed in a concert to benefit education projects.
1999 • April • In Kenya, Ms. Mouskouri gave a concert as part of a gala that raised more than US$300,000.
1998 • July • In Kenya, Ms. Mouskouri met with government officials to advocate for child rights and for the passing of a children’s bill. She also visited Nairobi’s Children’s Home and a centre for children affected by HIV/AIDS. In Nyanza Province, she visited a health centre and a residential care facility for children in need of special protection; she also attended a market place puppet theatre presentation of AIDS prevention education messages.
1998 • May • In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms. Mouskouri visited a school which was built with funds she helped raise.
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| Nana Mouskouri speaks with a girl outside the Kamdira-Kochieng Nursery School. Kenya, 1998. |
