Yemen on the verge of a humanitarian disaster, UNICEF warns

20 September 2011 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced today that one of the all-time greats of women’s tennis, Serena Williams, will become the agency’s next international Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Williams will focus in particular on the current Schools for Africa initiative and on the upcoming Schools for Asia programme, UNICEF said as it named the 29-year-old United States player to the post at a ceremony during the Social Good Summit in New York this afternoon. “I b .... [More]

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