9 – 24 November 2021 UNESCO’s General Conference will mark the Organization’s 75th anniversary with a special ceremony at Headquarters on 12 November with the participation of heads of state and government and internationally renowned artists. This session will also feature the adoption of global agreements: the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Recommendation on […]
UNESCO Special Ambassador Dr. h.c. Ute-Henriette Ohoven, who with her YOU Foundation supports sustainable development projects worldwide, including in Senegal, met Prof. Dr. Gert Auffarth from the University of Heidelberg’s renowned eye clinic at a benefit gala in Heidelberg where he donated to a project to help a young girl who was born with albinism. […]
With a portion of the 2020 Christmas Donation Funds, that we received from our generous supporters last year, we were able to install several more solar powered wells in the Matam region in northeast Senegal. Matam, because of its proximity to the dry Sahel area, is one of Senegal’s regions that is most threatened with food […]
Sailing for Sustainability A very special regatta started on August 22, 2021 in Monheim am Rhein: 17 sailing boats, whose sails for the # Art4GlobalGoals campaign by the international Artist Stefan Szczesny with its expressive interpretations of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN), started in bright sunshine across the Rhine towards Düsseldorf, drove […]
Water in a household means quality of life and wellbeing. It plays a vital role in hygiene, health and sustainable development. The supply of all people with safe drinking water is one of the sustainable development goals, the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) of the United Nations. The basic water supply and access to sanitary facilities […]
