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34 Million Friends

Media resources

News and Updates

	Thoraya Obaid Thanks 34 Million Friends of UNFPA as Contributions Top $2 Million
	UNFPA Regrets U. S. Administration's Decision Not to Restore Funding
	UNFPA Welcomes UK's Fund Increase to an Annual $36.4 Million For Four Years
	UNFPA Welcomes US Congress Support, Urges Administration to Release Funds
	Europeans Debate Their Future, Affirm Commitment to Cairo Agenda
	34 Million Friends of UNFPA Campaign Hits $1 Million Milestone See also: \| Spending the first million \| Campaign Milestones \|
	Statement by Thoraya Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director, at the Press Conference: First $1 Million of 34 Million Friends Campaign
	The Power of One Idea and One Dollar
	American Citizens Launch 34 Million Friends Campaigns To Support UNFPA
	UNFPA Expresses Regret at U.S. Decision Not To Grant it Funding

About the Founders

	Lois Abraham
	Jane Roberts

Jane Roberts and Lois Abraham visited UNFPA projects in Senegal, Mali, Nicaragua and Timor-Leste to better understand how American contributions will help save women’s lives in developing countries.

Senegal & Mali:	read Jane's story
Nicaragua:	read Lois' story
Timor-Leste	read Lois' story

Video

A two-minute introduction video about the 34 Million Friends Campaign. Additional footage can be requested from Alvaro Serrano at serrano@unfpa.org.
View the video

A powerful video from the legendary Odetta was crafted from a poem written by Jane Roberts. View the video

Photos

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Jane Roberts at home in Redlands, California. Photo: Alvaro Serrano	Lois Abraham at home in Taos, New Mexico. Photo: Alvaro Serrano
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Jane Roberts at home in Redlands, California. Photo: Alvaro Serrano	Lois Abraham at home in Taos, New Mexico. Photo: Alvaro Serrano
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Jane and Lois opening letters from the campaign at UNFPA headquarters.	Jane Roberts talks to a 22-year-old woman whose life had been saved, thanks to care provided by a UNFPA-trained doctor. Goudirey District, Senegal. Photo: Mari Tikkanen
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Jane Roberts meets a young woman and her one hour old baby boy. Goudirey District, Senegal. Photo: Mari Tikkanen	A young wife in labour being transported by donkey cart to a UNFPA clinic 6 miles away in the 95-degree noon heat. Nymana, Mali. Photo: Mari Tikkanen
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Jane Roberts meeting with social workers and community mobilizers at the urban health and family planning clinic in Bamako, Mali. Photo: Mari Tikkanen	A young wife in labour being transported by donkey cart to a UNFPA clinic 6 miles away in the 95-degree noon heat. Nymana, Mali. Photo: Mari Tikkanen
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