UNICEF: Ireland's "Dustin the Turkey" visits kids in South Africa

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/southafrica_51916.html

KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE, South Africa, 24 November 2009 The popular Irish childrens character Dustin the Turkey made a surprise visit recently (in puppet form) to children in Ematimatolo, located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Accompanied by a team from UNICEF Ireland, Dustin a household name and a UNICEF Ambassador in Ireland visited a local early childhood development (ECD) organization, the Little Elephant Learning Centre for Early Education. There, the team learned about the challenges facing vulnerable South African children in rural areas.

The Little Elephant centre, with assistance from UNICEF, is working to ease the burden on impoverished families in the region. One of its programme trains community members to act as family facilitators, assisting vulnerable families with a range of tasks from obtaining medication to playing games that develop the social, physical and mental skills children need for primary school.

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• UNICEF
• Ireland
• South
• Africa
• Ematimatolo
• Dustin
• turkey
• children

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Didn't he sing in Eurovision a few years ago with a good song but went out