Change for Good - changing children's lives
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Click on the headings below to find out about some of the projects and emergency relief programmes which Change for Good has supported in recent years.
Morocco - Child protection
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Working together with British Airways and UNICEF, GB Airways and its customers have been raising money for the Change for Good programme. Their support has helped Change for Good to fund a project aimed at protecting vulnerable children in Morocco against violence, exploitation and abuse.
The project, which is worth over £100,000, provides services to help children who are victims of abuse and carries out research into child protection.
Image: BA/2007/Sue Hurley
Egypt - Street children
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With the help of Change for Good, UNICEF works towards a better quality of life for Cairo's street children by tackling the risks that they face and providing a safe place for them to be children once more.
Change for Good has donated £200,000 to a street children's programme that directly benefits 5,000 vulnerable children in greater Cairo.
The programme has drop-in centres and a mobile van as well as 100 counsellors and social workers. These resources provide children and young people with education, information and medical services to help them to enjoy a better quality of life.
Image: UNICEF/HQ96-1048/Nicole Toutounji
Ukraine - HIV/AIDS
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Change for Good has donated £300,000 towards a three-year programme focussed on giving better care to children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ukraine.
UNICEF aims to transfer at least 100 HIV/AIDS affected children each year of the programme from institutions to loving families who can offer them a brighter childhood and future.
Image: UNICEF/UKRA01279/Giacomo Pirozzi
Kenya - Emergency relief
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In December 2006, Change for Good acted quickly to show support after devastating floods in Kenya. The floods displaced around 150,000 people, damaging water supplies and sanitation facilities.
Change for Good pledged £75,000 towards UNICEF's emergency work in the Isiolo district of Kenya. This money helped replace equipment and was also used to reconstruct water and sanitation systems.
Image: UNICEF/HQ06-2273/Brendan Bannon
Bangladesh - Child labourers - Education
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In Dhaka, Bangladesh, there is a large population of child labourers who have no access to education.
UNICEF, in partnership with the Bangladeshi government, has developed a programme to help educate 200,000 children.
Change for Good has pledged £500,000 over five years towards this programme with the aim of providing basic education for 5,000 working children in Dhaka.
Image: BA/2005/Sue Hurley
Russia - Child protection - Supporting vulnerable children
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Change for Good has donated over £100,000 to UNICEF's creative play projects for children living in Russian orphanages. Projects such as "Maria's Children" in Moscow use therapy and play to help children become better integrated into their communities and to teach them better communication skills.
Image: UNICEF UK/2005/Kate Holme
Indonesia - Emergency relief
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The earthquake that devastated the city of Yogyakarta on 27 May 2006 killed more than 5,000 people and injured 15,000 more. Of the survivors, as many as 130,000 people lost their homes and livelihoods.
Change for Good responded quickly by giving £50,000 to the emergency relief operation. UNICEF were in Yogyakarta within hours to assess where help was most urgently needed.
The first emergency supplies, which included collapsible water tanks, tarpaulins, family tents, cooking sets and generators, were airlifted that night and arrived on the following morning.
Pakistan - Emergency relief
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Following the devastating South Asia Earthquake in October 2005, Change for Good donated £500,000 towards "Building Back Better", a two-year programme aimed at rebuilding five schools in northwest Pakistan.
As well as constructing safer, earthquake-resistant buildings, the programme helped improve the local primary school system. 33 new teachers were trained, giving 1,320 children the opportunity to experience a better quality education.
Image: UNICEF/HQ05-1775/Niclas Ryberg