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1. Kids helping kids for UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF
is an international organization. UNICEF has its
headquarters in New York, United States of
America. UNICEF provides many types of
assistance and help to children and mothers. It
receives money from different governments and
private persons. It works in almost all countries
of the world.
On Halloween in many countries. Children in
costumes travel from house to house in order to
ask for treats such as candy (or, in some
cultures, money) with the phrase "Trick or
treat!" The "trick" is a (usually idle) threat to
perform mischief on the homeowners or their
property if no treat is given to them.
Anticipate
a. What is the trickor-treat box for ?
Anticipate
The Trick-or-Treat
box was created by
UNICEF to collect
money. Children raise
funds for children.
Anticipate
b. In what areas does UNICEF take action ?
Anticipate
UNICEF takes action in health and education.
UNICEF fights against starvation / diseases.
UNICEF fights for access to clean water /
health / well-being in refugee camps.
Listen and Speak
Selena Gomez calls for help
c. listen to the document
Listen and Speak
Selena Gomez calls for help
d. listen again and take notes about :
1. The actions of UNICEF. Compare them with
your hypotheses.
2. Selena Gomez's role.
Selena Gomez calls for help
1. UNICEF takes action on a growing nutrition
crisis in the Sahel region of Western Central
Africa where more than 1 million children could
die. It also sends early childhood development
kits.
2. Selena Gomez has many fans. She informs
them about the crisis in the Sahel and UNICEF’s
programmes on Twitter.
Listen and Speak
Selena Gomez calls for help
e. Make an oral account of the report.
Selena Gomez calls for help
The report was made by UNICEF. It deals with
Selena Gomez, a young singer and actress who
is also a UNICEF ambassadress.
She created a storm on Twitter when she asked
her fans to support UNICEF’s work.
Selena Gomez visits the UNICEF office of
Emergency Programmes, where she is informed /
briefed about UNICEF’s worldwide programmes,
including those about the crisis in the Sahel.
Selena Gomez calls for help
She learns that when children are malnourished
they are much more vulnerable to diseases and
could die.
Then, she is shown childhood development
kits.
2. Andrew Adansi-Bonnah
a. read the text and find information about
Andrew ( age, nationality, occupation), his
project ( plan, motives) and his achievement.
2. Andrew Adansi-Bonnah
a. Andrew: 11, Ghanaian, pupil / schoolboy.
His project consists in saving Somali kids from
hunger. He was motivated by images of skeletal
babies he saw on TV. He wants to raise 20 million
Ghanaian cedis, which corresponds to $13 million.
He tries to draw attention to his actions on television.
He has collected about $ 6,500 in pledges.
2. Andrew Adansi-Bonnah
b. Why is this story ''unexpected'' (l.7) ?
2. Andrew Adansi-Bonnah
b. Why is this story ''unexpected'' (l.7) ?
This story is unexpected because Andrew is a
schoolboy.
Although he is young, he is strong-willed: he
wants to raise funds for kids who live far from him.
Even his father is surprised by his commitment
3. The meeting
a. Read your notes about Selena Gomez and
Andrew.
Make a brief oral statement of their actions
against humanitarian crises.
3. The meeting
a. Selena Gomez and Andrew Adansi-Bonnah
defend the same cause: they support African kids.
Selena Gomez is a UNICEF ambassador. She
uses her fame to incite people / kids from the
whole world to give donations to UNICEF. Her
best tool is Twitter.
So far, Andrew has been walking office to office in
Accra to collect money. He went on TV to draw
attention to his cause.
Prepare your task
b. ROLEPLAY
Imagine a dialogue between Selena Gomez
and Andrew. They are discussing about the
ways of raising funds.
Prepare your task
Prepare your task
b. ROLEPLAY
‘Nice to meet you Miss Gomez! Thank you for having me here!’
‘Hello Andrew, you can call me Selena. I’m really pleased to see
you. You have impressed me! You’re so young.’
‘Thank you Selena. You know, I’d like to be as famous as you to
raise more funds.’
‘I am very lucky because I have millions of followers. Whenever I
twitter them about UNICEF, they do some research and send
donations. The internet is a good way of collecting money.’
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Prepare your task
b. ROLEPLAY
‘Do you think I could open a twitter account?’
‘I think you’re too young to have one but I can
twitter a message for Somali kids.’
‘Do you know how I could collect more money?’
‘If I were you, I would organize a big event, kind of
a concert. You could invite… a singer.’
‘Good idea! Selena, would you like to help me?’