She is also a Unicef goodwill ambassador and wants the festival to inspire all ages.
"Just getting to this day took enormous effort, " said Unicef Executive Director Carol Bellamy.
According to Unicef, at least 5, 000 street children roam Harare, rummaging in rubbish and begging.
"The Unicef projects were the pinnacles of poignancy for us on the trip, " he said.
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Her mentor is Edward Lloyd -executive vice president of operations, US Fund for Unicef.
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They have Unicef following them on Twitter along with 49 other non profit organisations.
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According to UNICEF estimates, some 100 to 150 million children around the world are street children.
UNESCO, UNICEF, ILO, UNIDO, UNHCR and other UN agencies were represented in the seminar.
An estimated 127, 300 children under age 5 are already suffering from severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF says.
But if I then mention the little orange Trick-or-Treat boxes on Halloween, suddenly everyone knows UNICEF.
In 1950 when Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF began, kids simply decorated old milk cartons to collect change.
Hospitals in Iraq are simply unable to cope, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has warned.
This is crucial work since in sub-Saharan Africa, 40% of women are married as children, according to UNICEF.
Female genital mutilation is all over the websites of UNICEF and the World Health Organisation.
"My worry is next year's aid dollars, " says Leo De Vos, another UNICEF representative in the country.
Unicef UK warned that the improvement seen under the Labour government risks being reversed by coalition cuts.
Unicef in Britain has launched a disaster appeal fund as have numerous relief and refugee assistance agencies.
It had financially broken him when he paid to free his wife and newborn baby, UNICEF said.
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Dr McConway, of the Open University, studied the original survey data Unicef used to compile its report.
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Mr Bannatyne is also heavily involved with Comic Relief and UNICEF, and is a passionate anti-smoking campaigner.
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Core to the framing of this debate is an interview with UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.
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Other agencies including UNICEF and the WHO World Food Program are also helping aid efforts in Agadez.
We grew up carrying those Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF boxes on Halloween night, and now our kids do.
Bruce Wilkinson, Education Officer for Scotland, will share UNICEF's face-to-face approach to promoting the Right Respecting Schools Awards.
"The needs are rising exponentially and we are broke, " said Marixie Mercado, a spokeswoman for children's charity Unicef.
The Save the Children report echoes similar findings made public by the UN children's agency Unicef on Tuesday.
The roughly 1, 300 students now take classes at a makeshift school made up of tents provided by UNICEF.
Ms. CHRISTINE CHIWE (UNICEF): Interestingly enough, they were able to identify the positive as well as the negative.
"It's related to the lack of rains in 2011 and the drought, " said David Gressly, UNICEF's regional director.
Unicef, the United Nations childrens' agency, based its report on 40 indicators including poverty, family, relationships and health.
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