SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign for children and pregnant women with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), years after they missed out on essential vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign aims to inoculate over 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women with [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., a leading South Korean chemicals manufacturer, said Tuesday it has signed a contract to supply the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with polio and pentavalent vaccines for infants and children. Under the deal, LG Chem will provide US$200 million worth of the vaccines: $100 million worth [...]
Mississauga, Canada, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hatch employees came together in an eight-week-long campaign to raise funds in support of COVAX, helping them progress towards their goal of procuring and delivering 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally. Through the employees’ generous donations and a corporate match, $C1 million was raised! COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Coalition [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Global superstar BTS said taking part in the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) campaign aimed at ending violence and sharing hope among children and young people has actually helped them love themselves more. “I thought we’re doing this for people around us but I realized as time passed that [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of global stars BTS, joined the UNICEF Korea’s club of top donators, having contributed to the United Nations organization since last year, its Korea office said Friday. Jin’s financial donation to the Korean office of the United Nations Children’s Fund has surpassed 100 million won (US$84,000) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group BTS has joined the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s campaign to fight violence against children. The boy band and the Korean Committee For UNICEF announced the launch of the “Love Myself” initiative Wednesday, a two-year fundraising scheme to support UNICEF’s #ENDviolence program. #ENDviolence, launched in 2013, is [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Daejeon Government has donated foreign coins used by fare dodgers on public transport to the humanitarian organization UNICEF. Nearly 5,800 coins from foreign countries collected since September 2012 will be used to help children in need, the local government announced on Monday. The coins are thought to have [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Actress Lee Young-ae has been appointed to be a special envoy for the UNESCO Korean Commission, the commission said Tuesday. Lee was recognized for her status as one of the top celebrities in the country and lead in donations and voluntary services, it said. “We decided to work with [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The 16th Healthy Breast-fed Child Contest was held at the Busan Haeundae Grand Hotel on September 2. The contest, hosted by the city of Busan and the nurse’s union of Busan and sponsored by UNICEF, the Korean Nurses Association and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, was held to [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has donated US$100,000 for Nepal earthquake relief, officials said Tuesday. The Korean Committee for UNICEF, a U.N. organization providing aid to children in developing countries, said in a press release that Kim made the donation to help provide food and drinking water to children [...]