Clay Aiken and UNICEF, helping children everywhere

Over the holidays, UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken will be visiting UNICEF projects for children affected by Mexico's worst flooding in 50 years. Help Clay raise $100,000 by December 31 to help the children of Mexico! Clay will be blogging from the field about the situation in Mexico on Fieldnotes.unicefusa.org.  We can tell you now that the destruction in Tabasco was widespread and particularly hard on children: Approximately 70% of the schools were damaged. 100% of the state crops were destroyed. UNICEF staff working in more than 150 countries around the world are unable to take a vacation from saving kids lives.  In a show of solidarity, Clay will forgo his holiday vacation to help support the kids of Mexico.  Help make Clay’s vacation a success! Clay's previous field visits Clay in Afghanistan In April 2007, Clay visited Afghanistan and launched the "$100,000 in 10 Days" campaign to support UNICEF's lifesaving programs in the country. Clay's fans responded generously and exceeded the goal well before the ten days were up. While touring health centers and schools, Clay spoke with children and women who are benefiting from the improved facilities made possible by UNICEF. He was impressed by those he met and said that Afghanistan’s greatest resource is its people. Clay in Uganda Clay traveled to northern Uganda in May 2005, to witness the phenomenon of "night commuters," children who trek from the countryside into slightly more secure towns and UNICEF-supported shelters every night to avoid being abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Clay in Indonesia While touring Indonesia in March 2005, three months after the tsunami devastated vast areas of South Asia, Clay witnessed and participated in UNICEF programs that helped children reconnect with their families, provided care for orphans, allowed children to return to school and helped prevent the spread of disease.

Read the latest on Fieldnotes PROGRESS TO DATE  Progress: 110% Raised: $ 109950     Goal: $ 100000   Streets of Mexico flooded Clay helping children in Afghanistan Clay lending a helping hand to the children in Uganda