UNICEF ambassador Selena Gomez: Helping the children of Nepal changed me...... A NEW PERSPECTIVE You know Selena Gomez as the recording artist, the actress, the budding designer. What you may not know about Gomez (but should) is that the sweet pop star has been a UNICEF ambassador since 2009 and travels the globe in that capacity to help impoverished children. She shares her latest life-changing trip to Nepal with us. As one of the most recognizable names in the entertainment industry today, Selena Gomez is frequently the subject of idle fodder. People talk about her music. They talk about her film choices. They discuss whom she dates and which designers she likes to wear. When we had the pleasure of chatting with Gomez recently, though, we focused on an entirely different — and often overlooked — facet of the 21-year-old talent’s life: her work as an ambassador for UNICEF, the global children’s rights and emergency relief organization. Fresh from a mission trip with the organization to Nepal, Gomez was still reeling from her experiences there. “There are beautiful places in Nepal, of course, but in the towns we went to, there are children who die before their first birthday from preventable causes,” she told us, also noting that Nepal is still recovering from a serious conflict that occurred 10 years ago. In her capacity as a UNICEF ambassador, Gomez assisted the organization with everything from education to spending time in the birthing center — a task she found particularly touching. I got to go the hospital to the birthing center, and that was actually really beautiful, she shared. They have women volunteers who go out and get women who are pregnant — who aren’t in a healthy environment — and bring them to the birthing center. UNICEF provides all of the equipment and all of the immunizations; so then the women are essentially safe. They are now having a healthy birthing process. Continue reading... #Admin
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:22:46 +0000
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