UNICEF on Campus: Week 1

What a great first week! First of all a big thank-you to everyone who came and helped out at the Bake Sale for the East Africa Children's Crisis on Monday. It was great to see a mix of UNICEF on Campus regulars and some brand new members too and we managed to raise a pretty awesome £142.73. Brilliant.

Then there was our very first UNICEF on Campus society meeting on Tuesday. The turnout was absolutely brilliant and after some brief presentations from the council members we split the room into groups and opened up the discussion on 'what big events would you like us to run this year?' to the new members. We had some really interesting and innovative event, fundraising and awareness raising ideas come through from sky diving with UNICEF UK http://www.unicef.org.uk/Fundraise/Get-active/Skydive/ to running charity football leagues, a t-shirt design competition (and subsequent t-shirt sales) and all sorts of pub quiz/bingo/live music related events on campus. The council members are now going to create a shortlist, produce a short plan on how each event would work in practice and, in the next meeting, will present them to the members who are gonna vote on what they want us to do. We'll also be selecting which UNICEF UK campaigns we're fundraising for this semester so, if you're interested in helping organise and event or are passionate about a particular campaign this is the meeting to come to!

See you guys on tuesday 4th October at 6pm in the Guild Chambers! *btw if you like the look of UNICEF on campus you can also hang around after the meeting and come along to our very first social, a good old curry night at the Royal Orchid http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=253254864709778 *

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UNICEF on Campus at the Societies Fair

Thanks to everyone who came to the societies fair on Thursday, we had a really successful day signing up over 300 new people to the mailing list! We're all looking forward to seeing some new faces at the next few meetings and socials and catching up with the regular UNICEF on Campusers too!

Don't forget first event is the Bake Sale for the East Africa Children's Crisis on Monday, if you fancy helping out or baking a cake give us a shout at UNICEFonCampus.uob@gmail.com or message on fb, or if not feel free to just drop by and say hello :)

See you guys over the next couple of weeks!

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A Word on the Children's Crisis in East Africa

Right now children in East Africa are dying. A prolonged drought coupled with soaring food prices and conflict in places such as Somalia has resulted in a crippling food shortage across the region, with Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya being the worst affected. In some parts of the region an estimated 250 children are dying everyday and an estimated 2 million are acutely malnourished. On top of this, the continuing conflict in Somalia is forcing thousands of refugees across the border to overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya where living conditions are increasingly dire.

These kids need our help. At UNICEF on Campus University of Birmingham we can't change the situation ourselves, but we can help UNICEF by providing their initiatives and projects with a small portion of the funding they need to continue doing the amazing job they do. This coming semester we are going to be sending a portion of the money we raise directly to UNICEF's East Africa Children's Crisis Appeal. Our first event specifically aimed at raising money for this worthy cause is the UNICEF on Campus Bake Sale for the East Africa Children's Crisis Appeal taking place on the first day of the semester: Monday 26th September, from 10am-4pm.

If you are interested in volunteering to help out with the sale either through baking or helping run the event on the day either leave us a comment on our facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=375566171448) or email the Campaign's Secretary (Henrietta Brealey) at unicefoncampus.uob@gmail.com. Want to help but haven't got the time/can't bake? You can still show your support by clicking attend on our facebook event (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153687224718649) and inviting your friends :)

Thanks for reading

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Brand New Blog

Welcome to UNICEF on Campus University of Birmingham's brand new blog! This is the place to find out info on UNICEF on Campus society events and the UNICEF campaigns we are supporting.

You can also find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=375566171448
and Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/unicefuob

See you in September!

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