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Education fundraiser to benefit AIDS orphans

    JOHANNESBURG

    A new fundraising campaign launched by former South African president Nelson Mandela will help AIDS orphans in six African countries by creating "child-friendly schools", the South African Press Association has reported.

    The joint initiative by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) aims to help 1,000 schools with every US $1 million raised, by providing renovations and improvements to existing structures, as well as new buildings.

    In a message recorded for the launch of the campaign earlier this week, Mandela said: "No child in Africa, and, in fact, anywhere in the world, should be denied education."

    Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe are expected to benefit from the initiative during the first five years of the programme.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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