Components 1 and Official Charity Companion UNICEF are fundraising at this weekend’s British Grand Prix to assist the world’s most weak kids entry high quality schooling and assist UNICEF’s humanitarian response world wide.
Over the following three years, it’s estimated that the partnership between Components 1 and UNICEF, which was introduced earlier this yr, may assist 6.5 million kids from weak and marginalised communities entry high quality schooling, together with in key areas comparable to Science, Know-how, Engineering and Maths (STEM), and allow UNICEF to supply momentary studying locations for youngsters in emergencies.
This weekend, followers at Silverstone may have the possibility to indicate their help for this essential trigger, with UNICEF volunteers stationed all through the Fan Zone and Paddock to gather donations. Followers also can donate by visiting the UNICEF website or by scanning the QR code on one of many interactive donation posters within the Fan Zone and Paddock or by way of the fundraising video that might be performed on the massive screens at Silverstone over the Grand Prix weekend.
UNICEF’s State of International Studying Poverty 2022 replace estimates that in 2022, 70 per cent of the world’s 10-year-olds lacked primary literacy expertise. Restricted entry to the web and digital units, a difficulty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has widened inequalities and the digital divide. These from deprived backgrounds have been much less possible than their friends to have entry to the web to have the ability to proceed their studying.
A big focus of the partnership with Components 1 might be to enhance digital entry via the growth of UNICEF’s Studying Passport – a transportable digital platform that allows kids to proceed studying on-line and offline. The Studying Passport is at the moment operational in 26 international locations. Components 1’s help will assist UNICEF develop the programme to an extra 19 international locations and allow the launch of an offline model for youngsters in Mexico and Brazil. Components 1 and UNICEF will use their dedication and innovation to assist thousands and thousands of kids to acquire the talents they should realise their potential and succeed within the office.
Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Components 1, stated:
Components 1 is happy to help UNICEF’s fundraising efforts at this weekend’s British Grand Prix. Enhancing world schooling is without doubt one of the key pillars to creating society higher, and we need to use Components 1’s world platform and progress to shine a light-weight on a number of the key points dealing with the world right this moment. I hope our devoted and passionate fanbase can do their half and get behind this unimaginable trigger.
Jon Sparkes, Chief Govt of The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), stated:
The world is dealing with a rising studying disaster, with thousands and thousands of kids persevering with to overlook out on college and entry to the know-how they should be taught and flourish. Funding in schooling is prime to the event of kids and younger folks and to constructing the societies and economies they want for the long run. UNICEF believes that sports activities play a singular position in bringing folks collectively, serving to us to deal with the largest points affecting kids, together with these caught up in humanitarian emergencies. This Grand Prix, I want to thank the F1 neighborhood for coming collectively to lift much-needed funds in the direction of our work for youngsters in order that extra kids have entry to high quality studying and the talents coaching they want to achieve college, work and life.
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