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UN:
UN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER ON EARTH RECEIVED SPACE-AGE HELP IN RAISING
AWARENESS: 13/9/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
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- 13 September 2007 – The
United Nations battle against hunger on Earth will receive reinforcements from
space today when Intelsat, the world’s leading satellite services provider,
will use its global network to distribute two concerts in a campaign to help
reduce the number of hungry people on the planet.
This is the ninth
consecutive year that Intelsat is distributing UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)TeleFood concerts, awareness-raising events that have
mobilized resources for hundreds of community-based, hunger-fighting projects.
To date, TeleFood has generated close to $21 million in donations and funded
2,400 projects in 132 countries.
“Intelsat’s
generosity and years of support have helped FAO to maximize the impact of the
TeleFood message, by enabling global awareness of these events,” FAO Assistant
Director-General for knowledge and communications Lorraine Williams said. “TeleFood
has made it possible for FAO to share information in the more than 100 countries
around the world which have benefited from roughly 2,400 hunger-fighting
projects."
“Millions of people
have, as a result of the reach of satellite technology, participated in the
drive to eradicate hunger by donating generously to support TeleFood projects.”
The two concerts, “Musica
vs. Hambre” in Asunción, Paraguay and the “TeleFood Cuba” concert in
Havana, Cuba, held respectively on 21 September and 11 November 2006, gathered
an impressive line-up of world class performers in support of the TeleFood
Campaign.
Entertainment stars and
other celebrities included Ronan Keating, Paul Young, Noa (Paraguay), the late
Compay Segundo, Chucho Valdés and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba (Cuba).
TeleFood is FAO’s
annual campaign of broadcasts, concerts and other events around the world aimed
at reaching out and raising awareness about hunger.
“Intelsat is pleased
to support the UN in this and the UN’s other communications requirements
around the world,” Intelsat Vice President for Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications Dianne VanBeber said, noting that with 52 satellites
serving over 200 countries and territories the company is ideally suited to
distribute global programming such as the FAO TeleFood concerts.
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