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A longstanding humanitarian advocate, Ute-Henriette Ohoven initially focused her activities on cancer research and treatment for children in her native Germany. Her 1992 designation as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador further broadened and intensified her commitment.
She has been working tirelessly to mobilize attention, support and resources in favour of UNESCO’s education programmes for children in need worldwide. The annual UNESCO Children in Need gala, which Mrs Ohoven organizes in Germany has become a major international charity event – a celebration in which leading circles of the business and artistic community rally around the ideals of UNESCO and its education programmes. The funds raised enable UNESCO to implement education projects in numerous developing countries. Mrs Ohoven regularly visits project sites, taking great personal interest in project implementation and in the lives of the people she is trying to help.
In 2005, three major projects in Batticaloa, Ahungalla and Kalmunai in Sri Lanka were funded through Mrs Ohoven’s Children in Need Foundation to help the many victims who have suffered from the tsunami in South East Asia.
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Presentation during the Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors, 3 April 2007
UNESCO's Programme for Education of Children in Need
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Goodwill Ambassadors join in the celebrations of UNESCO’s 60th Anniversary
 On 16 November 2005, UNESCO celebrated its 60th anniversary with a special ceremony at its Headquarters in Paris. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of Azerbaijan, Ms Claudia Cardinale, Mrs Ute-Henriette Ohoven, Mrs Marianna Vardinoyannis, Mr Madanjeet Singh and UNESCO Artist for Peace Ms Marisa Berenson paid tribute to UNESCO by participating in the ceremony. More |
Children in Need gala organized by Mrs Ohoven
 The annual International Charity Gala organised by Mrs Ute-Henriette Ohoven, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, was held on 6 November 2004 in Düsseldorf, to collect funds for the UNESCO’s Children in Need Programme. More |
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Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, and Mrs OHOVEN at UNESCO Headquarters |
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Mrs Ute-Henriette Ohoven, UNESCO Special Ambassador for the Education of Children in Need at UNESCO Headquarters |
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