Regional News/Events

The First Cologne Accordion Orchestra benefit concert for UNICEF will be held on July 13, 2008, at 5:00pm at the German House at the Alpen Club, 4875 Victoria Drive, Vancouver BC. For more information contact (604) 874-3666.

The 12th Annual “Diamonds in the Rough” Golf Tournament will be held at the University Golf Club with a goal of raising $150,000 to support orphans and vulnerable children in Namibia.  The funds will go towards building and supporting Village Care Points for these marginalized children providing them with food, pre-school and non-formal educational activities, psychosocial counseling support and opportunities for recreation and play.

Please join us for the inaugural Unite with Art Auction & Gala to benefit UNICEF Canada's Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS Campaign. This distinctive event will be held at the Vancouver Rocky Mountaineer Station on June 21st. Join us in a fabulous setting on this summer solstice evening for a spectacular night of art and advocacy, fine food, a host bar, exceptional entertainment, and so much more.

www.unitewithart.com

Uxbridge, Ontario - To help celebrate UNICEF day, UNICEF Canada has been invited to participate in Uxbridge’s annual Everything Equine Exposition and Trade Show which also happens to fall on May 10th, a day before Mothers day! Also, for your viewing pleasure, Uxbridge’s very first Tent Pegging completion, presented by Mr Akaash Maharaj. Tent pegging is an ancient sport that emerged out of training exercises to develop military cavaliers, prowess edged weapons; tent pegging is to the cavalry officer as jousting was to the medieval knight. Come witness this exhilarating sport while visiting the UNICEF booth to learn more about our efforts in making the world a healthier and safer place for our children less fortunate.

Toronto, Ontario - UNICEF Team Canada has triumphed at the 2008 International Tent Pegging Championships held in India, winning an unprecedented three gold medals and one bronze medal out of the four team disciplines.

TORONTO - In Children and AIDS: A Stocktaking, released today, UNICEF reports that there are positive signs of progress and momentum in the global response to children and AIDS and indicates that some countries have achieved breakthroughs, particularly in preventing HIV transmission from mothers to children and in providing treatment for children living with HIV/AIDS. While the report demonstrates positive momentum, it also underlines the great degree to which the children in the path of the AIDS pandemic continue to be vulnerable to illness, death, poverty and loss of opportunity.

TORONTO - Nigel Fisher, President & CEO of UNICEF Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Alison Lawton, Venture Philanthropist as Chair of UNICEF Canada’s Unite for Children. Unite Against AIDS campaign. Ms. Lawton is an accomplished Canadian business executive, director and financier. She is a committee member of UNITAID and works closely with the Clinton Foundation in her initiatives on HIV/AIDS.

TORONTO - In anticipation of World AIDS Day, Nigel Fisher, President & CEO of UNICEF Canada and Alison E. Lawton, Venture Philanthropist & Chair of UNICEF’s Unite for Children. Unite Against AIDS campaign, are in Africa to witness, first-hand, the progress of UNICEF’s work to elevate the status of children on the global AIDS agenda.