BYU UNICEF Faculty Advisor offered prestigious position with UNICEF
Dr. Jini Roby, a BYU Professor in the Department of Social Work and a BYU UNICEF Faculty Advisor, has just accepted a full time position with UNICEF! This is a very prestigious position and has rightfully gone to Dr. Roby who is considered one of the foremost authorities on children issues. It is a seven month UNICEF consultancy to work with the national child welfare system of Cambodia. In this capacity Dr. Roby will be helping to finalize Cambodia’s laws on international adoptions, set up national policies and programs to preserve families, provide foster care for children whose families are experiencing crises, and to provide ethical and professional services for domestic and international adoptions. Dr. Roby in the past has worked previously with the governments of Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Uganda and Guatemala.
In a small way, BYU’s efforts of raising money on December 6th, will go toward the vital work Dr. Roby will be doing in Cambodia. Congratulations Dr. Roby! We could not be more proud of the work you have done and will be doing in the future.
On Saturday December 6th at 7:00pm BYU WILL be taking part in the UNICEF Campus Challenge!
BYU UNICEF has already been hard at work getting ready for one of the greatest events on BYU campus. Similarly campuses across the country will be doing the same! UNICEF has partnered with the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) and the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF in a nationwide fundraising challenge on campuses from September 5, 2008 to February 28, 2009. With your help, we are going to be working with other campuses to raise $150,000 by February 28, 2009, and your fundraising efforts will then be matched, dollar for dollar, by the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF!
So start talking with your friends and mark your calender for the 6th. Details will be coming soon, but we can promise this is something you will not want to miss out on.
To learn more about the campus challenge please visit The Campus Challenge website.
BYU was congratulated by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF this week! After reading the wonderful article published in the Daily Universe, Lisa Szarkowski, Vice-President of Public Relations at the U.S. Fund, sent a personal email to ALL UNICEF Employees at the U.S. Fund. She shared…
“PR will be pitching “zero” messaging heavily beginning on Wednesday evening at the Snowflake launch/eve of Universal Children’s Day but the UNICEF campus group at BYU has beat us to the punch….
“Every day 25,000 children die of a preventable cause. Every day almost 35,000 BYU students go to classes, consume three meals and sleep in warm beds…” so begins this fantastic article from BYU’s newspaper” (Lisa Szarkowski, internal U.S. Fund for UNICEF email)
This is a wonderful honor for the BYU UNICEF Club. Thank you everyone for the hard work and the difference you are making for children around the world. YOU ARE AMAZING!
Hopefully you had the chance to read the wonderful article published on the FRONT PAGE of BYU’s Daily Universe on November 13th! If not, please click [HERE] to read the article online. BYU UNICEF was featured prominently. A special thanks goes to Emily James for her great article.
BYU UNICEF would like to thank the many clubs mentioned in the article for the creative ways in which they are making service a blessing in the lives of others.
BYU UNICEF CLUB MEMBERS COLLECT 950 POUNDS OF FOOD !!!
BYU UNICEF was once again hard at work on Halloween night. BYU UNICEF was able to collect food 950 pounds of food and other essential items to be donated to Utah’s Community Action Food Bank. Club members were warmly greeted as they raced door to door on Halloween night. Everything from canned tuna to laundry soap was collected for families and children in need. After less then two hours of work BYU UNICEF was able to gather two truck beds full of food totaling 950 pounds! What a wonderful success!
A special thanks to Brad Stringfellow and all those who made this possible.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 3 December 2009 – At the Children's Climate Forum in Denmark, young people are taking the lead in combining technology and grassroots interaction to find solutions in their work on climate change.
NEW YORK, USA, 2 December 2009 – On his impending departure from UNICEF, Global Chief of Education, Dr. Cream Wright spoke with moderator Amy Costello about the empowering force of education and the importance of a child's right to choose.
SALAMIEH, Syria, 2 December 2009 – Syria is experiencing a severe drought that is jeopardizing the livelihoods of thousands of families. After a second straight year of poor rainfall, this country in the heart of the fertile crescent is, in places, becoming barren.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, 2 December 2009 – The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is a country in crisis. Since political unrest in January, the country has been isolated and poverty has deepened.
MONROVIA, Liberia, 2 December 2009 – UNICEF and Liberia's Ministry of National Defence recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their cooperation in ensuring that children's rights are fully respected in the interactions between the military and the population – especially for children living in military barracks. […]
