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U.S. COMMITTEE FOR UNFPA
Since 1998, the United States Committee for UNFPA has been educating
the American public, media and U.S. policy makers about UNFPA and its
critical role in strengthening the quality of life for people in
developing countries. Based in New York with a representative in
Washington D.C., the U.S. Committee conducts speaking engagements,
editorial board meetings and overseas trips to UNFPA project sites to
raise awareness and funds for UNFPA and has a web site (www.uscommittee.org)
where individuals can make on-line donations. In 2000, the Committee
helped restore U.S. funding to UNFPA and raised $3.1 million from
individuals, foundations and schools for UNFPA activities worldwide. The
Committee led a group of U.S. elected officials to Malawi and South Africa
to increase their understanding of UNFPA's work to prevent HIV/AIDS and
care for AIDS orphans, and took a group of journalists to Nicaragua to
view UNFPA-funded projects to protect the health of mothers.
FACE TO FACE CAMPAIGN
 The
Face to Face (F2F) Campaign works closely with UNFPA and 22 NGO
partners throughout Western Europe to increase global awareness and
financial support for women's rights and reproductive health. Many of the
Face to Face Campaign Spokespersons are also UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors.
They are outspoken advocates who use their celebrity status to raise
awareness and funding for UNFPA. Since 1997, the Face to Face Campaign has
provided partner grants totalling $864,000 for women's health and
empowerment projects.
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In
November 2000, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
1999 Miss Universe Mpule Kwelagobe led a
two-week campaign for HIV/AIDS prevention
in her home country Botswana. One
of the highlights was a dinner in the capital,
Gaborone, attended by former South African
President Nelson Mandela and his wife, Graca
Machel. Proceeds from the dinner went
to the "Keep Hope Alive" campaign
and the Mpule Kwelagobe Trust Fund, which
sponsors HIV/AIDS projects in Botswana.
Above, President Mandela and Ms. Kwelagobe
at the dinner.
Photo:
UFNPA
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CELEBRITY
SUPPORTERS
Travelling around the world visiting and publicizing UNFPA programmes,
celebrity advocates – Goodwill Ambassadors and Face to Face Campaign
Spokespersons – contribute enormously to the goals of global
reproductive health and female empowerment by devoting their time and
efforts to furthering the work of UNFPA. Three new UNFPA Goodwill
Ambassadors were appointed in 2000: German television host Alfred Biolek,
1999 Miss Universe Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana, and Alexander Sanger of
the United States, an international advocate for reproductive rights. In
June, 21 UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors and F2F Spokespersons met in Geneva,
at the invitation of the International Foundation for Population and
Development, for the first UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Conference.
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