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  • In March 2010, I was sent by Unicef to Haïti as a goodwill ambassador

    Unicef good will ambassador goes to Haïti

    Posted on the 21.03.2010 by Alain Hubert

    Just back from a few days spent in Haiti as a Unicef goodwill ambassador and I would like to dwell for a moment on the actual concept of the goodwill ambassador, as well as make a few necessary reminders. Plus, of course, I want to talk about what I saw out there on the ground as the wrongly-named ‘reconstruction

  • UNICEF-supported temporary classrooms are a refuge for quake-affected children.

    Just before I head to Haiti with Unicef

    Posted on the 16.03.2010 by Alain Hubert

    This week I have been invited as a Unicef ambassador to make a short trip to Haiti. My stay there will enable me to assess the relief programmes that Unicef is implementing on the ground. Many of these programmes have, of course, been running since the dramatic earthquake that occurred on 12th January, but what the general public may not

  • Alain Hubert

    “The earthquake in Haiti…”

    Posted on the 21.01.2010 by Alain Hubert

    The earthquake in Haiti of this Tuesday, 12 January has proven to be one of strongest ever recorded in 200 years. It is an immense catastrophe, yes, and especially because that country in no way has the means of coping with it.

  • Boys classroom

    UNICEF mission in Pakistan

    Posted on the 10.07.2009 by Michel Brent

    At the end of June, I participated in a mission organised by UNICEF Belgium in Pakistan as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. We left for the Mardan district where whole families fled their homes to avoid getting caught up in fights between the army and Islamists in the Swat Valley area.

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