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UNICEF FILE: AFGHANISTAN
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This will be a permanent thread in which we will post and discuss updates of official UNICEF business concerning assistance to children in Afghanistan and Clay's travels there for UNICEF.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Clay Aiken visits Afghanistan
NEW YORK, USA, 18 April 2007 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Clay Aiken has visited central Afghanistan to see for himself how UNICEF is trying to improve life for children in the region.
“We met a number of young women who have an amazing outlook on their future now in post conflict Afghanistan,” said Mr. Aiken. “There is an amazing sense of hope, an amazing sense of promise, not only in the country but in the youth as well.”
At the Sadat Health Clinic near Bamyan, Mr. Aiken saw lifesaving measures in action and even administered the oral polio vaccination to a newborn baby. Besides providing immunization, the clinic offers family planning services and midwives to advise mothers on breastfeeding and good hygiene practices.
People from other villages sometimes walk up to four hours in order to reach the clinic.
read more at:
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_39401.html
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Clay Aiken in Afghanistan:
"There is so much more that needs to be done"
It's not that fun being wrong.
Fortunately for me, I don't have to do it very often! HA HA!
Okay... I'm kidding. I spend plenty of my time on the side of inaccuracy. But, few of my misdirections or misconceptions could possibly compare to how far off of the mark I was in my assumptions about my trip to Afghanistan.
I doubt it would come as a surprise that my mother was none too thrilled when I told her I would be traveling with UNICEF to a country that many consider to be one of the most dangerous in the world for Americans. My brother had just returned from his second tour as a U.S. Marine in Iraq when I let my mother know, so her blood pressure probably stayed high even after my return. I wasn't so at ease about it myself. Hostage takings, suicide bombings, and insurgent attacks are all seemingly daily occurrences in many parts of the country. At least that's what we see on TV and read in papers and magazines.
I couldn't have been more wrong about Afghanistan. And I couldn't have been farther off target about the Afghan people. With the exception of maybe my grandparent's house, I have never felt more welcomed. The Afghan people are some of the most gracious and inviting people on Earth.
Read more of Clay's blog in UNICEF's Fieldnotes here:
FIELDNOTES
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Re: UNICEF FILE: AFGHANISTAN
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Clay appealed to the Claynation and the world to raise $100,000 in 10 days for educational needs of children in Afghanistan.
By Day 7 $139,778.60 had been raised.
CLAY'S $100,000 CHALLENGE
Go here to donate:
DONATIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN
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Re: UNICEF FILE: AFGHANISTAN
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How about a video?
http://www.unicef.org/video/vodcast/7042_afghanclayaiken.mp4
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Re: UNICEF FILE: AFGHANISTAN
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On Friday April 20, Clay appeared on Entertainment Tonight to talk about his UNICEF trip to Afghanistan.
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In an exclusive ET interview, CLAY AIKEN shows his support for fallen "Idol" SANJAYA MALAKAR, saying, "I rooted for him. I was disappointed when he got cut."
Sanjaya's attention-grabbing tactic of dramatically changing his hairstyle every week proved to be a good move for the controversial contestant, who managed enough votes to make it into the final seven.
"Good for him," Clay tells our JANN CARL. "He carved a niche for himself."
He adds that Sanjaya's bold style choices got his respect.
"Anybody who is comfortable enough to go in front of millions of people on TV with a Mohawk has my vote," he says.
The 28-year-old North Carolina native has gone a long way since his days at "American Idol" -- literally! He just returned from Afghanistan as part of his work as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
But even though he grew out a beard during his trip, the facial hair did little to disguise his famous face.
"Some of the girls giggled just a little bit," he says. "But they're very shy. Everybody who we met were just really hospitable and totally welcoming."
The trip was not without some drawbacks, however.
"I would be lying if I said that I was not nervous," Clay says. "I was very nervous before I left. I hugged all my family, said goodbye." His stay proved to be an eye-opening experience.
"It was interesting," he says. I was actually in Kabul at the same time DIANE SAWYER was and she was at a hotel less than a mile away from where we were. We were trying to get together for dinner, but we couldn't because she couldn't leave her hotel and I couldn't leave mine [at night]. That's the situation in Kabul."
For more of our Clay Aiken exclusive, watch tonight's ET!
Video at the link -
Clay Aiken: ET Exclusive
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The video is also now featured on the
UNICEF MySpace.
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