Hundreds of people around New Zealand took part in UNICEF's Unite for Mothers campaign. People knitted and crocheted squares that were stitched together to make a giant baby blanket big enough to cover a bus. The campaign raised awareness about the need to prevent mother-child transmission of HIV. The giant blanket will be divided into 70 baby-sized blankets for new mums in Papua New Guinea.

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Find out more how you can make a difference in the fight against HIV-AIDS by purchasing a UNICEF HIV test kit.

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Josh Bahlman, a Global Parent from Wellington, talks about why he supports UNICEF.

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Hundreds of people around New Zealand took part in UNICEF's Unite for Mothers campaign. People knitted and crocheted squares that were stitched together to make a giant baby blanket big enough to cover a bus. The campaign raised awareness about the need to prevent mother-child transmission of HIV. The giant blanket will be divided into 70 baby-sized blankets for new mums in Papua New Guinea.

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 6 September 2007 -- It was all song and dance as sporting heroes from the cricketing world arrived at the Little Champs Sports Academy in Alexandra township.

Ross Taylor, Jeetan Patel and Gareth Hopkins from the New Zealand Black Caps cricket team are in South Africa for the inaugural World Twenty 20 championships, and have taken time out of their training schedule to visit and coach children from the academy.

The visit was part of UNICEF's continuing partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC), which promotes the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS global campaign and aims to reinvigorate life skills programmes for young people in order to decrease their vulnerability to HIV infection.

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On World Water Day, March 22, 2007, hundreds of restaurants in New York City invited customers to donate just $1 for the tap water they usually enjoy for free. All the money raised through the Tap Project helps UNICEF save lives by providing safe drinking water to children around the world. Thanks to every restaurant, customer, donor, and organization who contributed to the Tap Project and helped make the first year a success! The Tap Project will be in cities across the country in March 2008. Stay tuned for updates.

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