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The World Tourism Organization Helps Hotels Go Green
By: Zoritsa Urosevic, UNWTO
The hotel industry is one of tourism’s largest drivers of economic growth, employing millions worldwide in a wide range of positions. It is also one of the most energy-intensive, accounting for around one-fifth of the tourism sector’s CO2 emissions. Tackling tourism’s...
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International partnerships: FC Barcelona
September 2007 marks the second year of a global alliance between UNICEF and FC Barcelona. The legendary football club made a commitment of €1.5 million per year over five years to benefit children across the developing world affected by HIV/AIDS. Along with the funding, the sports club will... More
How sports partnerships are transforming the lives of refugee youth
Sports provide children with the opportunity to gain both self-confidence and the respect of others, simply by nurturing their natural abilities. For refugee youth, many of whom are subject to psycho-social problems, sports have wide ranging benefits, instilling positive values of self-assurance... More
UNWTO initiates Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) in partnership with leading tourism and energy agencies
To help encourage the European hotel sector to access and utilise energy efficiency and renewable energies, UNWTO has developed a specific initiative in partnership with a number of leading international tourism and energy agencies, co-funded by the European Agency for Competitiveness and... More
UNWTO, in collaboration with Global Compact, launched TOURpact.GC to promote coporate social responsibility in the international tourism industry
TOURpact.GC was launched by the UN Global Compact and UNWTO, on the occasion of the official World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations in Lima, Peru. It was welcomed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as a leadership initiative with a potential for other sectors. It is a voluntary mechanism to provide... More
Cartier charity gives UNHCR grant for education and sport in Zambia
Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of Dubai's ruler, has presented a cheque for 646,000 dirhams (US$176,000) from an annual Cartier charity campaign to the UN refugee agency for education and sports programmes in Zambia. More
UNHCR and Nike dressing refugee girls for sports
UNHCR and Nike started the "Together for Girls" project in 2004. It combined UNHCR's expertise in assisting refugees with Nike's experience in inspiring excluded young people through sports and physical activity. In this case, "Together for Girls" was a tool to increase the number of refugee girls... More
Nike donates sports gear to Kakuma camp
Nike staff visited Kenya's Kakuma camp in late January 2003 to produce a short film documenting the donation of sports clothing and equipment to the UN refugee agency. Nike and UNHCR agreed that this generous gift of T-shirts, shorts, shoes, socks and balls would benefit the refugee populations in... More
Partnering with UNHCR, Nike reaching out to refugees in Kenya
Nike gave a large donation of shoes and clothing to support sports activities in the Kenyan refugee camps of Kakuma and Dadaab. Soccer, netball, volleyball and wheelchair basketball are all played in the camps. Not only do these activities help people to gain confidence in their own abilities, they... More
UNHCR and Nike encourage Somali refugee girls to play sports
It has been a hard struggle, but UNHCR and its corporate partner Nike have had some success over the past three years in encouraging Somali girls to engage in sports at three refugee camps here in north-east Kenya. More