PHA-Exchange> UNICEF TEAMS WITH FASHION FIRM H&M TO FIGHT AIDS AND HELP GIRLS' EDUCATION

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Claudio 
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UNICEF TEAMS WITH FASHION FIRM H&M TO FIGHT AIDS AND HELP GIRLS’ EDUCATION
New York, Jul  6 2004 11:00AM
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the global fashion company H&M 
today announced a joint partnership to promote 
HIV/AIDS prevention and help girls to obtain the same basic education as boys, 
with the firm donating $1.5 million for a 
three-year UNICEF project in Cambodia as a first step.

The Swedish company will help the agency’s “25 by 2005” campaign, which aims 
to help 121 million children out of school, most of 
whom are girls. The donation will help thousands of girls obtain the same 
access to basic education as boys, 
<"http://www.unicef.org/">UNICEF said.

Under the Cambodia project, thousands of adolescents in the country will 
receive HIV/AIDS awareness training, a toll-free hotline 
for HIV/AIDS counselling and information will be established, 75 youth club 
associations will be started and 2,500 teachers will 
receive HIV/AIDS prevention training.

“Thanks to H&M’s generous donation, thousands of children’s lives will be 
changed and improved,” said UNICEF Executive Director 
Carol Bellamy. “H&M is showing how corporate sponsors can use their resources 
to work for the good of children.”

H&M CEO Rolf Eriksen said the new partnership demonstrated the company’s sense 
of social responsibility. “The presence of H&M on 
four continents makes us sensitive to cultural differences,” he said. “For us 
it means respect for human rights and the 
responsibility for the effects of our business on the local environment.”

H&M is a member of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Global Compact initiative, 
which aims to promote corporate responsibility in the 
areas of the environment, human rights and labour standards. The company’s 
Ingrid Schullström said its work with UNICEF “is also 
in line with our participation in the UN Global Compact.”
  2004-07-06 00:00:00.000

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