{"id":59495,"date":"2015-12-11T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/ugandan-deprived-children-meet-with-the-barcelona-legends\/"},"modified":"2015-12-11T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T10:09:00","slug":"ugandan-deprived-children-meet-with-the-barcelona-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/ugandan-deprived-children-meet-with-the-barcelona-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan deprived children meet with the Barcelona legends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> NEW YORK, United States of America, December 11, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A cross section of Ugandan deprived children are to meet and interact with the FC Barcelona legends and the Uganda Cranes All Stars at a press conference and an interaction session, as part of the activities around the UNICEF and the Football Club Barcelona\u2019s (FCB) global partnership to improve the well-being of children around the world.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, December 12, 2015; 09:30am to 12:00am.<\/p>\n<p>WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sheraton Hotel, Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>WHO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FC Barcelona Legends<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uganda Cranes All Stars<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Martin Kiiza, Secretary General, National Council for Children<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James Elder, UNICEF Regional Chief of Communication<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jaya Murthy, Chief of Communication, UNICEF Uganda<\/p>\n<p>WHY:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sport, and football in particular, possess the power to change children\u2019s lives! For nearly ten years, since 2006, UNICEF and FC Barcelona have partnered to improve \u00a0the lives of millions of children around the world. Specifically, FCB has leveraged its\u00a0huge global reach and popularity to promote the protection of child rights \u2013 namely\u00a0the fundamental rights of children to health, education, protection and participation. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The interaction session therefore, will enable the FCB Legends better understand\u00a0the situation of children in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, United States of America, December 11, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A cross section of Ugandan deprived children are to meet and interact with the FC Barcelona legends and the Uganda Cranes All Stars at a press conference and an interaction session, as part of the activities around the UNICEF and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-59495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}