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Business Connexion

This  5  year  partnership  between  UNICEF  and BCX aims at scaling-up the UNICEF  Techno  Girls  Career  Mentorship Programme in various Provinces of South  Africa  to  promote young women’s advancement in the fields of math, science  and  technology.  Secondly  this  partnership  will allow Business Connexion  to  use  its  position within the business community to leverage additional support for children on behalf of UNICEF. Business  Connexion  is a leading integrator of competitive, innovative and practical   business  solutions  based  on  Information  and  Communication Technology.  BCX   has  a proven track record in designing and implementing business  solutions  for many of the continent’s most successful public and private  sector  organisations.  These include companies in the healthcare, petrochemical, communications and mining industries.

Mango

Low cost airline Mango announced today its partnership with UNICEF to raise funds  for  the  organisation’s  work  in  youth  development through sport initiatives.  The  association  will see Mango fundraise for UNICEF through its  website,  allowing  airline  Guests  to contribute R 10 toward various initiatives.  The initiative is Mango’s second foray into sport development initiatives;  the airline also collaborates with car rental partner Tempest to  provide  under privileged schools with soccer kit and hosts tournaments as  part  of  the  Dreamfields project. To date, 52 schools have benefited from this association.

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MontBlanc

Globally, MontBlanc and UNICEF have partnered on ‘Signature for Good’, a worldwide initiative which includes the ‘Signature for Good’ Special Collection of products, of which a large portion of profits go towards UNICEF. Half of the proceeds from the campaign will go directly to the Schools for Africa programme. The partnership was formally launched at the MontBlanc store in Sandton Johannesburg on the 8th September 2009 and many UNICEF Celebrities were in attendance to lend their support. UNICEF Good Will Ambassador Yvonne Chaka Chaka was on hand to deliver a moving address about the importance of the partnership to children.

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Mr Price Group

UNICEF, the Mr Price Group and the RedCap Foundation (a non-profit organisation established by the Mr Price group) have launched a partnership to benefit low-income communities in South Africa.  All funds raised through the campaign will be channelled to both UNICEF and the RedCap Foundation with specific focus on education and early childhood development.  Fundraising opportunities which are currently being explored include the introduction of an employee fundraising programme, and various customer engagement initiatives in Mr Price stores.  Macharia Kamau, UNICEF Country Representative, said “This partnership will help turn the tide of challenges facing South African children”.

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Pampers

The multi-year, global One Pack = One Vaccine campaign which will attempt to eliminate neonatal and maternal tetanus in developing regions in Africa, aims to provide more than 250 million vaccines to babies and mothers in need of this vital life-saving vaccine by 2012. Locally the One Pack = One Vaccine partnership aims to contribute more than three million vaccines to the global campaign, which was launched earlier this year. This first One Pack = One Vaccine campaign, kicked off locally in November 2008. By buying a specially marked Pampers pack during campaign periods, you will be helping to save the life of one child.

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Real Magazine

UNICEF forged a sustainable partnership with consumer magazine Real, to highlight issues affecting young people, especially young women in their early 20's, who are Real readers. A series of one page inserts features South African celebrities like football star, Shaun Bartlett and Tshedi, lead singer from the pop group Malaika, who are UNICEF advocates for children. The series began in May and will continue through December 2008. The inserts deal with the value of sport in the development of youth. They focus on children's participation in their own development, showing ways in which children can make a difference in changing the world to make it a better place. Real magazine has of 65,000 subscribers and reaches a total 450,000 readers per month. Real  magazine also launched a three month fundraising campaign along with partner magazine from from Prime Media including Huisgenoot and TV Plus. The purpose of the campaign is to recruit new donors for UNICEF to benefit child survival interventions as part of UNICEF's Country Programme priorities. ­­­­The adverts are creatively titled "for the price of a cup of coffee you could save a child's life".

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Soccerex


On 20 September 2007, UNICEF South Africa clinched a three-year partnership with Soccerex, the premier business convention for football worldwide. UNICEF South Africa will showcase its sports for development programme at Soccerex  conventions over the next three years, in the lead-up to the FIFA 2010 World Cup, whilst seeking to engage the attention of some 5,000 delegates representing the business side of soccer on the development of children through sport.Soccerex CEO, Duncan Revie said “We see this partnership with UNICEF as an opportunity to contribute towards a real legacy during our time in South Africa.  Everyone knows the power of football to reach into the hearts and minds of young people, especially here in South Africa.  This partnership will also offer encouragement to other companies looking for opportunities for their social responsibility programmes.”From the 2007 Soccerex event, the generous sum of R152,000 was raised for UNICEF's work with children in South Africa, from the the Soccerex Gala dinner.

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The Trust

UNICEF partnered with The Trust, a web portal that aims to make it easy, affordable and risk free for individuals and corporates to find and contribute to charities throughout South Africa, one of which is UNICEF

Total

UNICEF  is  proud  to  announce its most recent corporate partnership, with TOTAL  South  Africa,  the  South  African division of the global petroleum company.  At the heart of the partnership is a commitment to transformation
for  children  on  a  significant  scale.  Aligning  marketing and business objectives to CSI imperatives, TOTAL South Africa signed off on a substantial investment with UNICEF to strengthen UNICEF’s  sport  for  development program initiatives in South Africa. Both TOTAL  South Africa and UNICEF see this partnership as a win-win situation. UNICEF  is excited by the projection that the lives of approximately 1 million  children  will  be  improved  by  TOTAL’s investment in scaling up sports activities across all age groups in target schools over three years. Activities  will  focus  on  training  over  2,500  coaches,  145 community football  tournaments,  encouraging  play in over 130 crèches and with more than 26,000 balls distributed as part of the Let’s Play a Million campaign, the partnership will deliver measurable results for children.

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Woolworths

Woolworths and UNICEF have formed an exciting partnership that helps children change the world. The Kids Changing the World campaign was launched on the 1st of December 2007 as the first part of a two year collaboration between the retail giant and UNICEF to benefit educational programmes in South Africa. Customers , members of the public, but most importantly kids, will be encouraged to purchase a colourful 'buddy band' for just R15 from all Woolworths stores, the proceeds from which will benefit UNICEF and Heartbeat. The initiative is seen as an innovative way to engage ordinary kids in philanthropy, thereby empowering children to confront positively the many challenges that face kids in South Africa.

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